donderdag 29 december 2011

sideoff session @ The Zandmotor - 28th of december 2011

As i was able to go out for a bit of surfing, i went to the Zandmotor . Unfortunately by arrival it was low tide, shallow waves. At the point of the Zandmotor, at times there were beautifull long 'small' waves. The direction of the wind was a little bit sideoff. Perfect.
There were only kiters on the water in the beginning. Later on when i was busy out there.. more windsurfers came along.


As the windmeter gave right away gusts of 31knots.. with an average around 20knots i rigged my Sado 2g 5.0m2 and quatro quad LS95

The wind was on and off during the day, but overall a 5.0m2 size was the best choice. A few hours later it became hightide and more swell was coming in. I took my Gopro HD with me and shot some nice footage.

Whenever the winter starts to kick in. ill have still tuns of movies to edit. 8-) The media in our country were talking about a 'horror'winter coming up, but so far its the warmest winter since many years. 'Like' !!

Here below a few gopro shots.

zondag 18 december 2011

Sideon, @ IJmuiden 18 december 2011

a day @ IJmuiden, minimal windconditions. But there was swell coming in!!
Rigged the 5.4 and LS95 underneeth.. Had my bits of fun again.
surfbuddy Torben and his witchie!!

I had some delay getting on the water. Got everything rigged to go. Wetsuit on, winterboots, cap.. ready to walk the walk with gear towards the beach. Oyea my harness, then i realised SHOOT i left my dakine T4 harness at home.. #$^%. Luckily the kiteshop on the boulevard was still open, and after a bullshitconversation able to rent a kiteharness. strange dude in the shop by the way. He asked me, what it was worth to me to rent a kiteharness. I said max 5euro for 2hours. He said, first go surf and then decide whats worth to you and pay then? No, i pay now 5 euro and stop the bullshit. He was like or buy some stuff in our kiteshop and you can borrow the kiteharness for free. i was not amused by that noncense. Just give me the damn kiteharness and ill go surfing for 2 hours and youll get it back. Dropped 5euros and my licence on the counter and left.




bottomturning.. the wind was sideon. managed to do some nice turns, but i had some better days for sure.

maandag 12 december 2011

Stormchase 29m/s/56knots @Wijk aan zee 8 december 2011

What can i say about todays session.. Man o man.. where was my 3.3m2 when i needed it!

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As this could be an kinda extreme day i took for this occasion from work a day off. My intention first was to go towards a another spot The Zandmotor, but in the early morning the wind out there was minimal and quite offshore. At wijk the wind was at the time allready a 5-6 beaufort. These winterdays are very short. Around 4.30pm its allready dark. So last minute i decided to drive towards Wijk.

Once i arrived, the wind was quite minimal, slightly offshore and nice waves were coming in.

A few people were on the water aslike PWA sailor Lampie, Martin ten Hoeve. The guys out there werent planing on the way out, only waveriding the way back.

First i took some pictures before i rigged my sails.

at the time...minimal winds... but within a few hours rising upto 50knots!




Because the wind was going to increase in the afternoon i rigged up my P7 Sado 2G 5.0m2.
So i could start full power straight away and tied up my P7 SALT 4.0m2 to a pole at the beach for whenever the wind was going to kick in. The very first lap i did with 5.0m2.
i got almost blown off the water.. pfff. HAd to get my 4.0 allready..So changed the 5.0sado 2g for a 4.0m2 Salt.




Several laps out there and again i was to much overpowerd. In the later afternoon i got blown of the water.


As it was getting dark so quickly.. i kept sailing the 4.0m2 out of control.

Hardly able to do any decent jumps or waverides. Just been struggling to have some control on the water. In the topturn i wasnt able to hold onto my boom.







If the wind was allready strong when i started, i would of rigged my 4.0 AND 3.3m2. that would of give me so much more control. Next time more luck with rigging the right sails.

I had today 3 layers of wetsuits on my body, a Quiksilver neoprene longsleeve body2mm + over that my 3x2mm Sola shorty, and over that my O'neill Psychofreak 4.5x3.5mm. Combined with my thickest XCEL 5mm Infiniti Drylock Bamboo Boots, Billabong airlite 3mm cap + inside my wetsuit i stuck a drink caprison (so i dont have to walk back to the parking)and a pair Camarogloves (for when i loose my gear and have to swim back)

Forecast : The black hole!
local windspeeds at the local speedspot, same time @speedspot strand Horst.. out there the wind was a lot less today.
here below, actual data from the spot IJmuiden, which is next to Wijk aan zee.. gaining windspeeds upto 28,9 m/s which is 56 knots.
Ive had it for today.. on my way back.. getting sandblasted!

In the dark on the parkinglot, my windmeter gave right away a gusts of 40 knots.

What a day.. could of worked out so much better with a 3.3m2. then i would of been able to do some serieous higher jumps and more controlled waverides. Now i was just surviving with a 4.0m2.
Another downside of today was at the parking, the front of my car was placed in the wind as i normally do. When i drove away from the parkinglot i stopped the car for a second to get a drink which was placed in the back of my car. Just that one second i forgot that there was 10 beaufort blowing outside my car and my door got rammed open. HARD. Some steel part broke in half + a dent in my door. Beside that I wasnt able to close my door anymore. 20 minutes later struggling in the dark to get my door closed again. Next week it has to go to the garage :-S.

woensdag 7 december 2011

Another AB+54 session @ Horst 08-12-2011

Finally a bit of wind @ Horst.
But first things first.. bringing my kiddies to my sister in law. to babysit this afternoon 8-) thanks!

Looks like i finally got some PR's today :-)
Could of used my speedboard AB+46 speed instead of my AB+54slalom.
But then again.. Now i have something still to look forward too.
Im happy about todays speed on the AB+54 slalom.

session_date woensdag 7 december 2011
Spot Wolderwijd - Strand Horst, Netherlands
Board AB+ 54, 2009
Zeil Point-7 AC-1 2K11 6.3, 2011
Fin C3 SLINGSHOT 23
Type GPS Navi GT-31

Gemiddelde snelheid 68,23 kmh ( 69,24 68,52 68,29 67,83 67,26 )
Max GPS 72,72kmh

Max. 2 sec. (software)72,25 kmh
100 m run 70,82 kmh
250 m run 67,49 kmh
500 m run 62,74 kmh
Nautische mijl 44,5 kmh
1 uur 16,59 kmh
Alpha racing 0 kmh
Afstand 36 km
Duur 01:00:00
Windsnelheid 18 - 38 knots
Wind richting W ( 270)

The Point-7 AC1-2k11 6.3m2 was a bit big.. I dont have a smaller racesail. At times overpowerd but mostly i was able to hang on. A 5.5 and a speedboard would be a better setup i think for today.

my windmeter gave lower speeds..
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Next time its windy like today, i'll definately try out my AB+46 speed.

My speedbuddy Aart V. also an AB+ sailor! 8-) he didnt had much luck today as his board blew away agains someones car.. Next time we can do a little battle together Aart!

Tommorow its even more windy. But ill take a break from the speedsailing. Going for a another stormchase wavesession tommorow, probaby sailing the 3.3m2 again @ the zandmotor

zaterdag 3 december 2011

De Zandmotor 3 december 2011

Tried out a new spot today.

De Zandmotor which is located below at Machiel Vrijenhoeklaan, Loosduinen.. www.dezandmotor.nl









Looks like an awesome spot to be sailing at. The direction of the wind was quite west. i heard it could be sideonshore at the Zandmotor. Finally arrived... late as usual. the winddirection was allready changed to WNW.. which is unfortunately onshore for The Zandmotor.



Petervg normally a Wijklocal was at the spot aswell.

In the early morning it was much more sideshore with decent waves I heard. But okay i did have my piece of fun.. Glad i took my big board with me.



I been sailing around with the quatro Quad LS95 and 5.4m2 Sado 2g.

GOPROSHOTS:







In the beginning the wind was very minimal.. but kicked in a bit later on. Been sailing till darkness came in. Shot a bit of gopro movie and made some pictures out there.




Here below some statistics of the gps gt31.



going round and round and bail out!!





I think this spot can REALLY ROCK with the right conditions.

SSW 7-9 beaufort that probably would be it! Time will tell.