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
Good results come early this year and Personal Report Dirk-Jan Knol claiming a new strand horst record 82,13km/h average in shallow water, heard he said 3 runs the fin was in the ground and the others in the air. Oisin van Gelderen and Jacques van der Hout did a national record. Gerlof Hansma, Hans Kreisel … Read more
Dangerous fishtraps on Amstelmeer!! Today I got shaken up, full crash into a fishtrap at 67.5 km/h (36.5kn) on the Amstelmeer. Or should I say windsurfertrap?? Broke 1 fin, harnass +line gone..Lets start with the beginning. Yesterday I got the 2011 Starboard Futura 93 from Hans Kleingeld to try, did also some windsurfing at Strand … Read more
Down Under Youngsters Just read 2 impressive stories which I like to share: First meet Alex Halank (AUS2001) (I guess born in 2001??) Carbon Art interview Winner 2010 Starboard Prokids IFCA Freestyle World Championship He wants to be the youngest ever to reach 30kn!! Go for it Alex, these carbon art boards should be perfect!! … Read more
Gaastra Vapor 2011 Click the picture for a new background 😉 Just got an email from Bert den Boer, with the new gaastra vapor information included. Most will know Dan Kaseler is no longer responsible for the Gaastra sails, this Vapor is the very first “Peter Munzlinger Gaastra”. If I have to guess the new … Read more
Interview David Gollick about Windsurfingfins.co.uk On facebook I saw www.windsurfingfins.co.uk and there are a lot of things going on last 12 months. Also received emails from speedsurfingblog.com readers with questions about the finshop. So it was about time for a interview about this new service! Why did you Start Windsurfingfins.co.uk? For years I struggled … Read more
