MG Windsurfing

Every person who follows a certain goal knows that doing things to achieve that goal on a regular basis brings progress and finally success.  With windsurfing it can be quite hard to stay focused and motivated because in order to practise you need wind and the right temperatures. You need the right spot for the right wind direction and conditions are always different, which makes it a very challenging yet amazingly rewarding sport.  So today was one of those days where you might have wanted to skip "training". It was raining, it has already become a lot colder than before (around 14/13 degrees) and the wind was super light and gusty. We decided to sail on the river because the wind direction was south. The good thing: I could launch from where I live without taking the car.  My friend launched 4 kilometers downwind though and I wanted to go there. I was thinking about taking the foil and then swap to the fin once there but eventually opted for the fin. When I arrived at t...

It's getting colder and I think we will soon see some good winds at the Baltic Sea coasts. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Pic by Gunnar Rosenow 

A golden meadow glowing in the evening light somewhere in the Spanish Pyrenees mountains. It was the end of a hot day and the evening turned out to provide a special, calming atmosphere. Moments like that make travelling all the more compelling. 

This trip was just amazing, but there was just not enough time to capture all the impressions that the Lofoten islands had to offer. Crazy offshore winds at Unstad beach and magic northern lights - aurora borealis - at Gimsoy. One day, I'll be back. 

Life is made up of feelings. You can feel the wind in your face, the cold water on your skin... You can feel the cold moonlight and the comfortable warmth of the sun in your face. You can take a deep breath and feel the energy flow into your body. You can close your eyes and feel the beating of your heart in your chest. You can feel the wave gently pushing you and your board towards the shore. You can feel the earth's gravitational force when jumping. You can feel so much. And yet, we sometimes keep thinking and overthinking. That is just human.  Dear nature, let me feel what it feels to be alive on this planet. Let me feel the energy of life. Let me see what I should be seeing. Let me feel what I should be feeling. Let me feel life. 

I often forget how cold it can be up here, even at the beginning of April. When you think that spring is finally here and that all these freezing sessions are over - you go to Rügen just to be reminded that wearing gloves and a hoodie can be a thing for a couple more weeks.

It was at the time before Christmas when I felt that leaving the daily routine behind and going on a windsurf trip in a van was something that my soul needed. I cannot really explain that feeling. It’s like when you watch the cars on a nearby motorway driving south and you feel an inner voice telling you to go on a journey. I knew that I wanted to go south because northern Germany and the nearby Scandinavian countries can be quite bleak and cold in the winter time. Windsurfing here between November and February can still be a great adventure and you can get that cosy “hygge“ feeling when renting a house and sitting by the fire place after a cold session - But what I needed was something to warm my heart. So the plan was to drive south straight after school and to make it to Lago di Garda on the same day. Afer a couple of hours on the road I suddenly realised that the sky was changing. Its grey colour, its standard setup in the winter time in northern Germany, started to give way to s...