MG Windsurfing

The first German Freestyle Battle 2011 took place on the island of Norderney last weekend. With flatwater conditions behind sandbars and steady winds, this was a perfect venue to run a freestyle windsurf competition. About 25 German riders gathered on a sandbar just about 500 metres offshore to run the event. In winds gusting up to about 28 knots it was a great day to be fully powered up on your 4.7. I managed to win the event and am really happy with the result. See here the single elimination ladder and some pics of the supersession:

Well, it's probably been a while that I haven't posted anything on this blog. Here's another concise update of what was going on in the last couple of weeks. I have had some amazing freestyle sessions as it has been uncommonly sunny and windy for a while now. Now is a great time to come to Germany in case anybody was thinking about doing so. To be honest, the wind just stopped - but it's still warm. So this was last weekend and the vid showing the bob was filmed two weeks ago. See you on the water. Pics by Valentin Boeckler.

That was so nice. Even though I was on a freestyleboard as I have just saved up for a new waveboard now, it was so much fun to ride these waves and do some moves in between.

Here's a quick edit of a couple of windsurf sessions I had in February. Spots are Pozo and Arinaga on Gran Canaria and Brouwersdam in the Netherlands.

Here's a short interview in German. You can read about my new gear and about my plans for the upcoming season: http://windsurfnews.de/news_read.php?id=1218 Check out this Funnell as well, if you haven't seen it yet. Really nothing special but it was a nice feeling to get on the plane with just the power of the wave.

Was driving around a lot looking for wind today and finally found what I was looking for just "in front of the house" in the harbour of Rostock. The wind had already dropped a lot by the time I got on the water but it was nice to finally sail this spot. I really should have listened to that one guy on boardseeker who was talking about how you shouldn't look too far for better conditions when there's wind on your doorstep!

Just came back to Germany after two weeks in Gran Canaria. It was a great trip. I met new people and had good conditions on the water.