Newlyn fisherman and owner of Pasty Adventures kitesurfing school in Hayle, Lee 'Pasty' Harvey of has been appointed as Kitesurf Coach to the Qatar Olympic Federation. 
Flying out to Qatar at the end of march for an initial 2 week coaching session, he will then undertake a further 6 weeks of coaching in various locations during 2014, to start them on the path towards Olympic glory in 2020.

'I am really excited about this and am really looking forward to future possibilities' quotes Pasty.
Check out this article on British Kitesports for more details - http://www.britishkitesports.org/news/news-training/1013-pasty-appointed-qatar-olympic-coach.html

Back in December 2013, Lee Harvey aka Pasty of Pasty Adventures Kitesurfing School in Hayle, kitesurfed 20ft waves at the notorious Cribbar located off Towan Headland in Newquay.
For a full write up and some amazing pics check out his blog-
http://www.leepasty.co.uk/1/post/2014/02/kitesurfing-the-cribbar-cornwall-write-up-pics.html

Lee 'Pasty' Harvey of Pasty Adventures Kitesurfing School in Hayle, Cornwall has become British Kitesurfing Wave Champion after a week of testing conditions in Tiree, Scotland for the British Kitesports Wavemasters.
Big congrats on bringing the Title back to its rightfull home in Cornwall!
Read a full report in his blog http://www.leepasty.co.uk/1/post/2013/09/british-kitesports-wavemasters-tiree-16th-21st-september-2013-write-up.html

Please find the video from the round 1 of the 2013 British Kiteracing Champs- The Pasty Cup held at Marazion over 25

The country’s fastest kitesurfers came to Marazion, Cornwall over the Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend 25th – 26th May, to compete for the Pasty Cup sponsored by the National Marine Aquarium & organised by Pasty Adventures. 
Now in its 3rd year, for 2013 the Pasty Cup is round 1 of the British Kitesurf Racing Championships which for the first time this year has two titles for both men & women – Race fleet which is for IKA registered production equipment and runs to full IKA/ISAF rules and the Open fleet which is for any board up to a max of 60cm width with any kite.  

With the forecast showing a max of only 7 mph all weekend a few people were scared away and we only had 9 entries rather than the expected 20-30. Shame as it was the hottest weekend of the year so far which pulled in a fantastic sea breeze both days allowing for 8 races over the weekend. On the beach for the spectators, we had come and try kite flying sessions run by BKSA kitesurfing school Pasty Adventures along with competitions and info from our sponsors and supporters.

After a short postponement by race officer Mike Winiberg, Race 1 got under way in 10mph of wind with riders all using their biggest kites from 15-17m on the 1 mile upwind downwind course set just off Marazion beach in the shadow of St. Michaels mount making for an amazingly colourful spectacle for the thousands of people enjoying the Cornish sunshine.

 In the race fleet it was Youth World Champion Olly Bridge taking the win in front of his mum Steph with Pasty in 3rd and Mogsy having a great fight with Denzil narrowly beating him into 4th place.

Race 2 got underway just as the wind backed off a little. Olly & Steph broke away from the fleet with Denzil flying and beating Pasty to 3rd. It was then in for a pasty lunch supplied by Philps.

Race 3 started in slightly more breeze making for exciting racing although the result ended the same with Olly seemingly unstoppable at the front. A mistake on the way to the start meant Denzil missed this race by dropping his kite and having to swim back to the beach.

Race 4 was much the same although Denzil was back in the mix, narrowly beating Mogsy into 4th.
In the Open fleet it was Ollie Lawrence winning all 3 of their races on his Aguera 59 ahead of Matt Causon riding a Sector 60.

As the tide came in the wind started to drop making for a perfect BBQ evening, for which we were joined by the helpers and Lark sailors from Penzance Sailing Club.

Sunday dawned with blazing sunshine and zero wind. As everyone started to set up the sea breeze started to fill in as if on cue setting up for another 4 exciting races for the Race Fleet. Results were much the same with Denzil seemingly finding more speed overnight and beating Pasty in Race 1 & 3.
Olly Bridge was again unstoppable proving why he is a force to be reckoned on the World race circuit and took the Pasty Cup for the 2nd year in a row.
In the Open class Ollie Lawrence again won both of their races to win the Cornwall Tourism trophy.

Prize giving was then held on the beach with Adventurer, Stew Edge fresh back from his recent Everest summit presenting the Open fleet prizes & the crew from the National Marine Aquarium presenting the prices for the Race Fleet. After prize giving we all then went to Penzance Sailing Club for a party with a great band.

Huge thanks to all our volunteers and members of Penzance sailing club for the loan of boats and running the racing. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Thanks to our sponsors – National Marine Aquarium, The Seiners Arms & Philps Pasties

Also our supporters who provided assistance & donated some great prizes- Kiteworld magazine, Freeriders, Lodeys, North Kiteboarding, Hager-Vor & Cornwall Tourism

Results
Race Fleet-
1st Olly Bridge (Exmouth), 2nd Steph Bridge (Exmouth), 3rd Lee ‘Pasty’ Harvey (Hayle)
1st Cornish - Pasty. 1st No Pro – Gareth ‘Mogsy’ Morgan (Tenby)

Open Fleet-
1st Ollie Lawrence, 2nd Matt Causon

See you for Round 2 of the British Kitesurf Racing Championships, The Edge Cup 15th – 16th June in Exmouth. For the 2014 Pasty Cup we are looking to include the Stand Up Paddle racing championships alongside kitesurfing, details out soon.

It is with great sadness that we lost one of my best friends and cameraman for the Pasty Cup, Jacob Cockle on Tuesday 28th May. We love you Bro and will never forget you!

Love always

Lee xxx

Check out the latest video from Hayle Kitesurfer, Lee Pasty Harvey competing on the KSP World Kitesurf Wave Tour in 2011 & 2012.
For kitesurfing lessons with Lee at Gwithian & Marazion, Kitesurf clinics in Cornwall & Kite Coaching Holidays in some of the best places in the World visit his school Pasty Adventures

BKSA Coach and World No. 10, Lee 'Pasty' Harvey has set up a new kitesurf coaching technique blog. The focus of this blog is to give people tips and advice using video and pictures to break down maneuvers allowing you to grasp each segment in stages. 
With winter now fully locked in the focus is on wave technique with race tips and freeriding in the summer. If you want anyting particular covered then you can contact lee be email lee@leepasty.co.uk or you can come for a kitesurf coaching session or kitesurf clinic at lee's school Pasty Adventures.

Subscribe to the Kitesurfing Technique Blog here - http://www.leepasty.co.uk/technique-blog.html 

Pasty Cup 2012

Saturday 25th August saw the country’s top kitesurf racers battling it out in Mounts Bay for the 2012 Pasty Cup. As a new Olympic discipline there has been a lot of interest surrounding the sport and a few of the ex Olympic windsurf squad who have made the switch for Rio came to pit their newfound skills against the seasoned kite racers in arguably the best kite racing location in the country.

Organised by local kitesurfing school, Pasty Adventures and with racing being run by Penzance Sailing Club competitors were greeted to windy squally conditions along with professionally run races out in the middle of the bay between Marazion and Penzance.

After 6 exciting races it was UK Tour leader Olly Bridge who’s only 15 in 1st place winning all races bar the last as he went in after the 1st lap! This left 2010 UK champ Callum Edge to take 2nd by winning the last race ahead of 4 times women’s World Champ, Steph Bridge in 3rd.

For a full report and pics visit http://www.pastyadventures.co.uk/2/post/2012/08/pasty-cup-2012-report.html 

KSP World Tour 2012

Round 1- Cascais Pro, Guincho, Portugal

 

Lee ‘Pasty’ Harvey recently drove down to Portugal for the first stop on the 2012 Kite Surf Pro Tour at Guincho near Lisbon.

After a pretty miserable winter on the wave front in Cornwall, I travelled out a week early to get some practise in the famous howling winds of Guincho armed with a full quiver of North kites from 12 down to 5m. An epic session at Buracos on the way down followed by a few windy days, one even on the 5 and when it was time for the comp to start, I was feeling confident on a good result and start the year off well on achieving my goal of bettering my 2011 rank of 10th.

So the first day of competition saw no wind but waking on the Sunday, it looked promising wit good waves and little cloud. The wind was up and down all day but we finally started around 3pm. I was up in heat 3 and dominated my heat riding on the 6’0 Wam and 12m Fuse against Chilean ripper and ranked 7th, Juan Pablo and Mark Moore from Canada. This meant I advanced into round 3 and a match up against Mitu Monteiro which I was really looking forward to. In the next few heats the wind gradually dropped until it was called in heat 5.

The next few days were super light with heat 5 being run 3 more times until it eventually counted. By the end of the week it was looking like we may not have time to finish due to the poor forecast so the organisers decided to run round 2 of the men’s and women’s simultaneously. With only a few hours of good wind, this was unfortunately still not enough and I didn’t get to fight against Mitu and we were left with no result and equal points.

The closing party was held in the city of Cascais at the Citadel, which was great fun and awards were given out for the highest wave scores for both men and women.

Still I had a great time yet again in Portugal with some amazing waves and super friendly people. You can check out my video of the trip including some spots before and after the comp below.

I would like to thank- Mum, Dad & Tara for helping towards fuel costs and all of my sponsors for keeping me going with kit throughout the year- North, Resin8, West, FCS, Freeriders, BKSA.

Stay tuned to my website www.leepasty.co.uk where you can also like my Facebook fan page to stay up to date with all my adventures. Next up Mauritius in September for the One Eye Pro.

Cheers

Lee