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
Links – 150 windsurf Blogs Now the newest list with links to all blogs I know, new are the catagories. Just contact me to add your blog (because I don’t know everything online 😉 ). This list contains over 150 blogs (most are regular updated) about windsurfing. Click on the title “Links –  Blogs” to … Read more
Rallye raid Dakar 2011 & windsurfing http://www.dakar.com/ At home my brother Wouter is huge fan of the Dakar rallye and so this means I watched most  reports of this legendary rally last years. Started to search more about this rally, it has similarity with our passion speedsurfing only more expensive. Enjoyed really watching this rally … 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
