Fishnet Alert Amstelmeer In the South-East corner of the Amstelmeer there are 2 nets placed from today 13 till 18 February. I will give an update of the depth of these nets.Update nets are 20cm under watersurface!! So definitly keep away of these nets Erik Loots Erik is windsurfer for 10+ years. In his daily … Read more
How Fins Work in New Windsurfingmag.com The new February windsurfmag is out and this one features some nice information about windsurf fins, and how they work. Not each fin does work great for everybody is a message, this is something I completly share. Read here more: http://www.windsurfermag.com/magazine/pro-slalom-windsurfing-fin-tuning-tips-kurosh-kiani-vector-fins/?params=M3w2Mnww Erik Loots Erik is windsurfer for 10+ years. … Read more
iSonic speed special W54 in red zone (43kn) Photo of equipment used (token late 2010) STOKED, bizarre, Crazy, abnormal. What A day, totally unexpected!?! New personal records for W54- GPS_2 300 – Reflex 6.2. The sweet water still in frozen state at some places!! Check the speeds here: http://www.gps-speedsurfing.com/default.aspx?mnu=user&val=72972&uid=870 Today I went buying a new harnass … Read more
Windsurfing 1000 Nautical Mile for Donation to Charity Meet Lea Spencer, windsurfer/speedsurfer from United Kingdom, his blog http://redsurfbus.blogspot.com/ about the 1000nm windsurfing challenge. I asked more about his interesting challenge. What made you decide to raise money with windsurfing? At the start of 2010 a windsurfing friend of mine kindly gave me some of his old speed … Read more
Proud to announce speedsurfing is covered in the brand new Water Safety Magazine. After getting in touch with Tomas via LinkedIN we started to write the first article. My first 2011 action to promote windsurfing/ speedsurfing in a new group of readers. Erik Loots Erik is windsurfer for 10+ years. In his daily life he is … Read more
RRD X-Fire 2011 The brand new 2011 X-Fire I just got this email from Marcel Braas with PDF and have to share the new RRD X-Fire. Just because they look great, soo for all RRD fans and speeders the stats: RRD text: The X-Fire V3 is the most complete slalom range ever developed by RRD. … Read more
Speed equipment weight (Now versus 3 years ago) Three years ago speedsurfingblog.com just started as my personal blog. One of the very first english articles was about my equipment weight (check the article here).Now I thought lets compare my 2008 speedset with my new equipment. Now it turns out the total weight is exactly the … Read more
Speedteam Lauwersmeer Intro Here it is Ingolf his movie about the upgraded 2011 speedteam Lauwersmeer. Have fun guys! 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 … Read more
There is no better workout than windsurfing! January 2011 has been a good month so far, we have windsurfed many times in the Netherlands. Now at least till the weekend below zero Celsius at night :(, so maybe some icesurfers get some action. Lets hope it becomes warmer at the end of this week. Just … Read more
Windsurfing in the cold Now suddenly windsurfing 2 days in a row (weeks of snow, ice and other bad stuff). After some time sitting onshore it is fun to go out on the water again. December was not possible to surf and I had no problems with that 2010 was great. But January 2011 is one big … Read more
