Speedvideo Port Saint Louis 2010 Really high quality video summarizes the event perfectly!! I like it 🙂 Erik Loots Erik is windsurfer for 10+ years. In his daily life he is professional in construction dewatering, advisor, troubleshooter. Erik likes adventures, explore and to challenge himself. During his life he is trying to get the best … Read more
Black Project Fins http://www.blackprojectfins.com/?page_id=281 The Black Project Type SÂ is a new speedfin design too me. Tom Hammerton and Martyn Ogier ride/ developed/ tested these fins. We know Martyn from the speed:world:cup and Tom from Hotsails but also high speed on Maui between breaking waves. The design makes me remember the Kai Kopf fins some years … Read more
Interview – Manfred Fuchs This post guest-editor is Herman Maes and uploaded to speedsurfingblog by Erik.As a first post on speedsurfingblog.com I want to give some credits on one of the persons who are making the whole gps speed revolution so much easier, by providing gps-results (gps-speed.com). Manfred Fuchs is the German developer of this gps … Read more
Introduction To Alastair Nichol, the Speedsurfing Blogs Latest Author I’m very happy to accept Erik’s kind offer to become an author here on the Speedsurfing blog so i’ll introduce myself. My names Alastair Nichol and I first started windsurfing in 1984 age 12 and very quickly i caught the bug for the sport. For the … Read more
GPS team challenge 5th place Just discovered I am at the 5th place at the gpsteamchallenge individual ranking, thanks to my recent improvement on hour and alpha. Great news to see myself between some big names. Too bad it is soo cold, I just would like to do a very big distance on 1 day … Read more
Most promising speed product for 2012 Well I like to know the latest developments in windsurfing, especially speedsurfing. In 2010 the idea of the reflex battens of Severne was definitely something I thought that stood out. This year it was the year of “the widebase”, loads of brands added such a design which must be … Read more
Mobile Phone Died, what would be the best mobile phone for wind/speedsurfing? Yesterday my mobile phone died (actually the touchscreen died), a bit disappointed, I had this Samsung S5230Â for just over 1 year. I think the phone was good value for money. For speedsurfing a mobile phone with internet is great. Before the Samsung I … Read more
new KA race 2012 action Awesome windsurf photo’s Jeffrey Leeflang -For me the 1st time to see the new KA race and its looking great! Photo’s token at Strand Horst, the Netherlands Dirk Doppenberg -NED51 Dirk Doppenberg-NED51 Erik Loots Erik is windsurfer for 10+ years. In his daily life he is professional in construction dewatering, … Read more
New boardrange I decided to change my boardrange. I have now 5 starboards, all great in some conditions. But since my car is small (and budget for speed not big) I had to pick one board to sell. iSonic 107 Â (most used size) iSonic 86 (hourrecord- amstelmeerrecord board) iSonic W54 (surprisingly turned out to … Read more
[preview] RRD X-Fire LTD V3 RRD teamrider Marcel Braas told me about the new boards. The 3th serie for Finian Maynard, also this year Finian did great in slalom. Some refinements for the bigger models. I understood the smaller models were fast enough. photo from:Â http://forum.windsurfing.nl/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=13867538 Erik Loots Erik is windsurfer for 10+ years. In his … Read more
