Tarifa

Even if a student does it, I think I'd go.

Track 7, Le Chèvre de Tarifa, that's movement one of this two-movement work.

It starts with some appealing modal harmony, almost sounding like one of Debussy's Greek-themed pieces in this style.

There's some great harmony in here, too.

Yeah, we're getting a sense of the hills where the goats are, the chevre of Tarifa, the goats, or the goat herds.

Pretty much a slow-moving life, I bet.

The flute leads, giving a piece of sensual tone.

Tarif returned in July, having successfully accomplished his mission.

He had landed at a place which still bears his name, Tarifa, had plundered Aldeghiras, and seen enough to assure him that Count Julian's tale of the defenseless state of Spain was true, and that his own loyalty to the invaders was to be depended upon.

Still, Musa was not disposed to venture much upon the new conquest.

The Caliph of Damascus has enjoined him on no account to risk the whole Muslim army in unknown dangers, and had only authorized small foraying expeditions.

Always under the influence of his spiritual advisors, and sufficiently prompted by his own ambition without any such external impetus, Yusuf readily fell in with this view, and before the year 1090 was out, he had begun the subjugation of Spain.

He entered Granada in November, and distributed its wonderful treasures, its diamonds, pearls, rubies, and other precious jewels, its splendid ornaments of gold and silver, its crystal cups and gorgeous carpets, its unheard-of riches of every sort among its officers who had never in their lives seen anything approaching such magnificence.

Tarifa fell in December, and the next year saw the capture of Seville and many of the chief cities of Andalusia.

An army sent by Alfonso under the famous captain Alva Fanez was defeated, and all the south lay at the feet of the Almoravides, save only Valencia, which no assault could carry so long as the seed lived to direct the defense.

He's, he's on the beach.

If you're in Tarifa, he's on the beach, um, you know, couple times a week for sure, you know.

And, and he's active.

He's playing his rock band.

The AI boys, I mean, I think they train much more on the water.

So they try to find as much of the 40 knots that are around on all the famous spots, Tarifa, Gran Canaria.

It's hard for me to match that.

But to train, I mean, the body preparation is really good.

They could maybe make that a – they could make it a Red Bull qualifier in the future maybe.

Well, I haven't heard much about full power Tarifa.

I don't know if that's going to happen this year.

But I would say that's the – you know, if you look at full power Tarifa, Paco, and maybe Windsor-Sinai is sort of like what I call feeder level clubs, feeder level comps.

I think that's probably – could be the best of the rest now.

It might even be better than full power Tarifa since full power Tarifas have such bad luck over the last few years with wind.

Yeah, yeah, definitely.

I've done Winds of Sarno.

The citizen classes were ruined On the other side of the Straits of Gibraltar were the soldiers of Islam All hardy warriors fired with the fervors of new faith Bred to arms from their childhood Simple and rude in their life And eager to plunder the rich land of the infidels Between two such people there could be no doubt As to the issue of the fight But to remove the possibility of doubts Treachery came to the aid of the invaders Witisar had been deposed by Roderick Of prince Who seemed to have begun his reign well But who presently succumbed To the temptation of wealth and power His selfish pleasure-loving disposition Set fire to the combustible materials That surround him And then needed by the spark to explode And destroy his kingdom It was then the custom Among the princes of the state To send their children to the court To be trained In whatever appertained To good breeding And polite conduct Among others Count Julian The governor of Ceuta Sent his daughter Florinda To Roderick's court at Toledo To be educated Among the queen's waiting women The maiden Was very beautiful And the king Forgetful of his honor Which bound him To protect Her as he would His own daughter Put her to shame The dishonor was the greater Since Julian's wife Was a daughter of Witisar And the royal blood Of the gods Has thus been insulted In the person of Florinda In her distress The young girl wrote to her father And summoning a trusty page Bade him If he hoped For knightly honor Or lady's favor To speed With all haste Night and day Over land and sea Till he placed the letter In count Julian's hand Julian Had no Reason to love King Roderick In his Own connection With the Deposed And probably Murdered King Witisar Forbade Fellowship With the Usurper And his Daughter's Dishonour Fanned his Smoldering Rancor To a Blaze of Vengeful Fury He had So far Successfully Resisted The attacks Of the Arabs But now he Resolved No longer To defend The Kingdom Of his Daughter's Destroyer The Saracens Should Have spent If They Would And he was Ready to Show Them the Way Full of passion For revenge Julian Hastened to the Court of Roderick Where he so Skillfully Disguised his mind That the King Who felt Some remorse And trust That Florinda Had kept Secret Heaped honors Upon Him Took his Counsel In everything Related to the Defense of the Kingdom And even By his treacherous Advice sent The best horses And arms In Spain To the south Under Julian's Command To be ready Against the Infidel Invaders Count Julian Departed From Toledo In the Highest Favor of the King Taking his Daughter With him Roderick's Parting Request Was that The Count Would Send him Some special Kind of hawks Which he Needed for Hunting Julian made Answer that he Would bring him Such Hawks As he never In his Life Seen Before And with his Covert Hint of the Coming of the Arabs He went back To Ceuta As soon as He returned He paid a Visit to Musa The son of Nosair The Arab Governor of North Africa With whom His troops Had many times Crossed sword And he Told them That the war Was now over between Them Henceforth They must Be friends Then he Filled the ears Of the Arab General With stories Of the beauty And richness Of Spain O which Rivers and Pastures Vines and Olives Its splendid Cities and Palaces And the Treasures Of the Gods It was a Land flowing With milk and Honey He said And Musa Had only To go over And take it Julian Himself would Show him the way And lend him The ships The Arab Was cautious General However This inviting Proposal He considered Might cover A treacherous Ambuscade So he sent His messengers To his master The caliph At Damascus To ask for Instructions And meantime Contended himself With sending A small body Of five hundred Men on the Tarif In seven Hundred ten To make a Raid In Julian's Four ships Upon the coast Of Andalusia The Arabs Had not yet Become used To the navigation Of the Mediterranean And Musa Was unwilling To expose More than an Insignificant part Of his army To the perils Tarif returned in July, having successfully accomplished his mission.

He had landed at a place which still bears his name, Tarifa, had plundered Alderiras and seen enough to assure him that Count Julian's tale of the defenseless state of Spain was true, and that his own loyalty to the invaders was to be depended upon.

Still Musa was not disposed to venture much upon the new conquest.

The Caliph of Damascus has enjoined him on no account to risk the whole Muslim army in unknown dangers, and had only authorized small foreign expeditions.

Always under the influence of his spiritual advisers, and sufficiently prompted by his own ambition without any such external impetus, Yusuf readily fell in with this view, and before the year 1090 was out he had begun the subjugation of Spain.

He entered Granada in November and distributed its wonderful treasures--its diamonds, pearls, rubies, and other precious jewels, its splendid ornaments of gold and silver, its crystal cups and gorgeous carpets, its unheard-of riches of every sort among his officers who had never in their lives seen anything approaching such magnificence.

Tarifa fell in December and the next year saw the capture of Seville and many of the chief cities of Andalusia.

An army sent by Alfonso under the famous captain Alvar Fanez was defeated, and all the south lay at the feet of the Almoravides save only Valencia which no assault could carry so long as the Cid lived to direct the defense.

All right.

What is Tarifa famous for?

Tarifa is famous for, eh, for the wind.

Not for de wind.

wind.For-

So I mean, for me, I still try to get back to Cape Town as much as I can and, uh, you know, that's an important connection point for a lot of the work that we're doing.

And then I also spend a fair amount of time in Tarifa, again, you know, working with a foil designer, Sam, and, you know, he does the boards and the foils.

He's based there.

Um, you know, working with Dano in Sri Lanka, then working with the team here.