ON THE VERGE OF A HURRICANE
Windsurf
|Issue 436 - August 2024
Faced against winds verging on hurricane strength, Chris Audsley and Lucas Meldrum brave the first major storm of 2024 on the UK's south coast.
As you may have read in our recent Mission Impossible article in May's edition of Windsurf, there were actually three missions to Pagham Beach around the start of 2024. However, the second mission to face Storm Henk on the 2nd January, felt like it warranted a story of its own, as it was just one of those days where you couldn't script the drama with Mother Nature at its wicked and wildest best.
A BREWING STORM
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