Morocco trip
In the summertime the Morocci coast is next to POZO the place to be because ofhis highwinds. The plan was to stay there for 10 days and have a maximum surf.
Next to the great surf,Morocco hase a lot more......... Yes.... culture!!
We arrived the 22th of July at Marracesh. The evening we spend at the big plaza where you good eat with the local population.
Marracesh is famous about his small alley's and picturesque hotels.
The day after we arrived we drove to the coast. It was a three hours drive true the dessert where we past primitive villages of the Shepherds.
The destanation was Essaouira. It's a fishing-village whit a big history. After a big lunch at the beach we notice that the wind is pikking up...so
we drove to the spot called Moulay Bouzerktoun. It's the homespot of Boujmaa and it's a very small pour village.
The wind was good for a 4.3 Smack and Witchcraft 77 L. The waves where not that high but enough for a lot of fun!
After a hour of good windsurf, Axel dicide to take some pictures. We switched after 30 min and Axel went out.... The first wave he takes was immediately the final wave of the trip. The result was a dislocated arm. Damn....
After a hour of good windsurf, Axel dicide to take some pictures. We switched after 30 min and Axel went out.... The first wave he takes was immediately the final wave of the trip. The result was a dislocated arm. Damn....
After a 4 hours stay in the local filthy hospital the arm was back on his place but for Axel it was done!
The forecast for the rest of the trip was also bad. We only had one day to look out for and then the wind switched off after a three weeks blowing.
Fortunately there were some small waves and we had some surfsessions at Sidi Kaouki.
After some small surfing and site seeing we decided to go home. Axel his arm was hurting like mad and the conditions looks #@%#$
Better luck next year!
The forecast for the rest of the trip was also bad. We only had one day to look out for and then the wind switched off after a three weeks blowing.
Fortunately there were some small waves and we had some surfsessions at Sidi Kaouki.
After some small surfing and site seeing we decided to go home. Axel his arm was hurting like mad and the conditions looks #@%#$
Better luck next year!
About the war of fins
In the Dutch Surfmagazine #2 you can find a article about the war of fins.....
In this article there's a paragraph with my opinion about the tri-fin including two shots which are taken by Sjaak van der Linden.
Big thanks to Simone Vellekoop en Sjaak van der Linden or ....
See more on the links below!
Next to JP
The trip to South Africa brought me some nice shots. The same day when the picture was taken of the huge aerial, I sended the shot to the Dutch Surfmagazine. You never know......A few weeks ago, I e-maild Stefen of the Dutch Surfmagazine..... And yes!
He told me that he was going to place the shot in magazine #2
Wijk aan Zee - Wednesday 31th of March
After a long winter, finally the time was there to go on the water. Wednesday the 31th of March was a day with a strong side off wind. Fortunately we had some windswell this day.... The shot above was make by Edwin van Santen at the end of my first session this day. Later the day the wind turned to side shore what makes the conditions a bit bumpy but still oke.
EPIC conditions at Witsands
While the most windsurfers stay high in the bay or even on the beach, a couple of guys (incl. me) where riding the big clean waves just in front of the rocks. The pictures speak on there own....
Date: 12 feb' 2010
Spot: Witsands
Wind: NW 21 knots
Waves: 3 - 5 m
Picture: Celester Reijnart
Southeaster is back in town
First southeast session with my new Witchcraft V3.0 at Sunset beach, Cape town. This board turns faster, quicker and is more snappy.
First day starts with gusty NW and big swell
Blue water, clean waves and white beaches...... paradise!
A day after the long flight from Dusseldorf to Cape Town the northwester starts to blow. Normal the southeaster is the wind for the cape but when the northwester pass by you can expect epic conditions at Witsands. The wind is blowing site off between two hills so the conditions are very gusty and it's very hard to get out.
Capetown On FIRE!
Capetown is on Fire! This month Capetown is hit by huge waves. While most of the windsurfers stay safe on the beach a couple of die hards defy the monster waves.
Hopefully the month february gives me the same conditions ....... ;-)
See more on: windsurfersmag.de or Stehsegelrevue.com
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