Finally some riding again

Although it is almost a week ago, i had a relative nice but short session last week. The wind was flaky, not to strong, nearly not long enough (only 2 hours worth mentioning) but i enjoyed totally. It was almost 2 months ago that I've been on the water.. i hope that we will get some more windy weekends because until now it has been very sad..

Still didn't buy a new wave board, still a bit doubting what will be the best for me. But some good news, I've ordered Tricktonary II but i can only open it when it's Christmas.. :(
Polakow movies are on their way to, can't wait to see them !!

My first wakeboard session.

Since there was no wind for quit some time and the weather was outstanding (a lot of wind would have been better of course, but still) I decided to join my work colleague Stepan Wagenknecht to join him on his wake board session somewhere in Holland.

I must say, I had a lot of fun and it is a lot physical tougher than first presumed. But definitely a do again. For a first timer, I didn't do it that bad... by the end I was able to go halfway the full lake, which was a bit more then I suspected to achieve :)

Stepan in full action :)

So Stepan, thx again and see you on the next session :)

Domburg vacation

It is a real real real shame on me that it took so long. But here is the first photo :)

The others are coming soon, including a more travel like story with it.

Domburg - Holland

Well, it's decided. We're going to Domburg. It's not as extreme as the previous choice, but looking @ the current forecasts the better one. Not as far away is a bit of a plus to because we can get an evening session on arrival and stay longer on Sunday's...

Hoping for lot's of wind in combination with glazzy waves so we can both windsurf as surf.

Blancs Sablons - France

We are thinking about going to Blancs Sablons @ France.




Judging from the pictures it can get pretty epic !!

We'll see how it will be.. it looks pretty fine, but it's well over max. distance of 600km

Two rookies surfing

Like i told you guys earlier on, i was editing some footage from our first surfing session @ the Maasvlakte - Holland. It was a fun, enjoyed the weather and the sea very much. Conditions were not bad at all for two rookies enjoying themselves.. The best replacement for windsurfing when it's not windy if you ask me :)

So here it is, our first surfing movie :) If you got some tips to improve our style (very much needed) then don't hesitate to let me know..

Now for those of you who want the see some real action, check this. Real cool photo's, look likes an awesome spot to me !

Check this link out for sure dudes, real massive wipe out's. Some real crazy stuff! Glad that it wasn't that bad with us...

Low-wind weekend

The past weekend (19-20 april) was a very low-wind weekend. Some of the weather models had predicted a immature 5 bft but the peak's were at max a messy 4 bft. But i just couldn't stay on the sideline, i had to get at least my gear wet, it was just to long ago.. but i wasn't alone on the water. Many of the BK riders where on the spot, which was by the way the Punt - Holland, for practicing some low-wind freestyle.

One of them was Steven Van Broeckhoven and it was just awesome to see that even with really marginal conditions he could pull out perfect ponches, grubby's etc., i was just floating for crying out loud! To bad i couldn't get good pictures..

But the party Saturday night made up for the wind. We went with a couple of windsurfers to a dance café in Ouddorp. It was a blast! Especially Jelle was in the mood to get party started! (Photo's will follow as soon as i get them)

Sunday was a bit better on Grevelingendam, although it was a just a little 4 bft we could at least get some windsurfing done. I was mostly training on the Gecko. I must say, i was really tired afterwards but hell yeah, had a lot of fun with my mates!



Thanx to Gino Joskowski for taking the photographs!

Christmas

Happy Christmas to you all!

Although i'm not an Christmas lover, there's one thing i always enjoy besides the presents :) Indeed, the great food (and mountains of it)!

My Christmas present's were great !! The windsurfing movie !!


If you haven't seen it yet, you should !! It is an magnificent, brilliant movie !

The other present was a real big one ! From now on, i'm a teamrider for Aerotech ! But more info will follow soon.

What a great day

Last sunday (2/12) was a super day for windsurfing!! It was a long time ago since i was overpowered by a 4.5 and i will cherish every moment of it. Although it wasn't very warm (about 10° degrees), the weather was doable apart from some rain (that really felt like hail).

Because it was so long ago for me to actually windsurf (and not windskate) i never stopped or got some rest which resulted in unfortunately no photo's or movies.. The good part of this though is that it's probably the first time in such extreme conditions i have not a single sort of damage, neither on my material or myself.. what a glories day ! :)

Now something else, my good deed for this year :) I've bought for me and my girlfriend an Charity String for SurfAid.
The FCS strings for charity are a high quality functional leash string of which 100% of FCS profits go to SurfAid International. The strings are bright blue as a symbol of your support to SurfAid.

Today's fun session

Because there wasn't any wind, we (as in me and my brother Seppe) went today out on a fun training session on our dirtboard. After an hour of real practice (for me at least) on my one-handed flaka and airjibe we were up for some real fun and slightly crazy experiment. But i'm gonna tell you about that later on, when the edditing of the movie is done. All i can tell for know is that you will need a good bike for this kind of fun :)

In the end it was a fun and various session. It delivered some nice photo's too.


I don't know if you see it, but it is a no-handed flaka. I'm pretty proud of it!


After a while my brother decided to try some jumps.


May the surfspirit be with you.