Montag, 24. August 2015

excursion boardshaping



I watch the forecast for Sidi Kaouki, Morocco and I am a lucky one again :-) it´s supposed to be windy & wavy too!
Tomorrow I go to have a Rendevous again with moroccos coastline. To live and see more windsurfing and surfing and...to teach and coach my first "girls closer to ocean" chicas at morocco...
So, if you like to join our watergirls community, come to morocco...till the 23. septembre and take some lessons with me or just be with us, having a great time in the water...
and for sure, to enjoy the wonderful lifestyle of morocco, a little break from europe.
 Honestly, after 7 month over there, I feelt too much stressed here in our world!
People: take it easy and slow down!!!


My last windsurf session is now more than two weeks ago..and I so much look forward to have my next one. Therefore the last one was amazing!
This summer at Fuerte the windcondition have been rare. But these day was a real present for summer times. Very special winddirection, which made it possible to meet some groundswell hitting the westcoast...which is rare in summer as well...and I always wanted to sail these spot, since I have seen it! I was lucky not to discover beetween a winterswell.
Perfect wave...stoked for the rest of the day! was a morning session ;-)

Wind was low, so I hesitated because of my to small, for these condition, 62 l board and my porous biggest sail...and the peak is a little far outside...
But if you are a lucky girl, some of you windsurfmates is coming and proposes you to use his board :-)...so I had my board with enough volume to reach the peak.

Finally, I went with a "wichcraft" again...using first time a different board is always strange to me...so I felt not very comfortable. But the board excactly new what to do, while the beauty reaches me to form into a wonderfull summer wave...and me at the perfect point, just to go with her flow! Yeeess! That´s it:
only perfect! 

After that the wind droped immediatly into zero...so my worst fear about this spot became reality. No wind!
I don´t want to be take out or into an other peak by current. And don´t like so much swimming around at this corner...
Well, not that strong current, so manageable. After paddeling more than 30 mins I arrived the f...riff, cut my heel deep enough to be out of the water for now nearly two weeks. Doing no sports, not being able to walk in the right way and feeling pain all over my legs, because of the wrong way of walking, I hope I will be fine tomorrow! Some surfing was possible, but only two times. It is really time to be back in the Ocean!



This time I show you some impression about a boardshaping variant here on Island.
The shaper: my boardsponsor that day and swimming partner of this day too! :-) 
Sorry Dude! I guess without me, he hadn´t had to swimm.
I wanted to try a new board of them, but until now not possible, hopefully when I am back in october.


unmistakeably it still is a men´s world...for me interesting: the upper lady

blank for a professional windsurfer from belgium...

















was nice just to sidle around and follow the process of forming a new board...

but first I prefer to grab an old shape, which is more than enough for my skills!

You know, I am a friend of recycling ;-)



after programming...machine does the work





completion



















At Sidi Kaouki, we have a range of this boards too, specially shaped for and they work perfect with the spot right in front of the station...





always keep on following your dreams!





tomorrow finally travelling again...
a bit more excited this times, because not going with my mobile home...


Sonntag, 2. August 2015

stormy after work session


nice evening atmosphere, only few people at the water, wonderful colors...
Lovely, no waves but heavy winds at one of the famous windsurfspots of the world...at Risco del Paso. After moving to the north of Fuerte to join more the waves of the ocean, it was a great feeling not only going out under power with my biggest sail 4.6 qm...
Instead I was overpowered with 3.5qm...the result was going for some jumps again :-). 

ready to jump...out in the deep blue sea

landing...cam shoots every 5 sec...so no air pic...




After hurting my rips two years ago too much, while trying some jumps, I was scared to go on with this but flying gives a lot of fun too and I feel more comfortable now and my windsurfing skills developed into more control.











 wanna go higher ;-)









Additionally I went out with my longest known windsurfing friend from my home City, Berlin, so I felt really strong at this moment...
Yeaha, celebration times at the water!
watch my small ;-) windsurf bro...going for his duck jibe

To join the water with old friends, espacially if you have been grown up at the same "lake" ;-) gives me such a big pleasure.
Watching him makes me catapulting...:-)


nice turkouise flat water



here we go again
 Even the wind was mega gasty and strong, it was lots of fun!


sun was about to disappear behind the passat clouds
 
time to back off!
 good session! happy... now the wind drops again, maybe some surfin`days arriving:-)