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 S5230 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
Evaluation after 8 Months of Speedsurfing Its November, since April I have been speedsurfing without any school or time consuming job, for the record I never lived from unemployment pay (it is all money saved over years)! The goal was improve some personal records and extend this 100% windsurfing period as long as possible. … Read more
Speed Classic 2010 great photos!! Got the information from the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/SpeedClassic See the water blasting away, crowdy course. Swell… This looks like the PWA slalom ;), aggressive conditions. Keeping control and confidence in this cold choppy and highwind conditions, Respect! Sometimes pro windsurfing can be a hard job!! Dunki leads with his new … Read more
Become Speedsurfingblog.com Author We are looking for ways to make speedsurfingblog.com even more interesting to read. Therefor we are looking for “experts” in speedsurfing (related) subjects. We are looking for passionate speedsurfing writers. Examples of expertise “Do-it-yourself, speedsurfing in Australia/ USA/ etc)”. example: Headeditor his expertise is Speedsurfing in the Netherlands, Tuning Windsurfequipment, Windsurf Development, BloggingIt … Read more
10 Speedsurfing DO NOTS 1. DO NOT Think upwind has higher priority than downwind… OK officially the upwind sailor goes first, but on most ‘speed-days’ you don’t have the perfect wind on every run, and the good runs are not too regular. It is not good when you finally seek out that gust and … Read more
