Martin's Windsurf Blog: Martin Ten Hoeve with Point-7

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Martin Ten Hoeve with Point-7

Here we go again,

Martin Ten Hoeve H-999
Point-7 International are pleased to announce the signing of Martin Ten Hoeve, the Dutch wave sailor. Martin who is born and raised in Holland, is ideal to represent Point-7 sails. He has competed on the PWA World tour for some years now and is also taking part in numerous other wave events around Europe. Having the North sea as his home spot and Sardinia as the backyard of Point-7, Martin will be playing a key role in the development and testing of new wave sails, making sure they will be perfect in real world conditions.

Martin self: One of the reasons for me to change from North Sails to Point-7, is that before I was just one of many riders on a big team whereas with Point-7 I’ll be part of a more compact group, who has a totally different approach to the way they work and develop their material. I believe in the commitment and expertise they are showing and after having tried some of their sails I’m totally convinced that I’ve made the right choice.
Being part of the development will help my understanding of how sails actually work and hopefully this will help me to improve my sailing and reach some of my own personal goals, such as to become Dutch Wave Champion and get a better world ranking. In 2008 I will also be competing more in slalom and with the support and help of Andrea Cucchi, one of the best riders there is, I’m sure to improve my game dramatically. Moreover since a few months I get financial support of Acernum Consultancy and Groundwater Consulancy and dressed in the warm and flexible surf wetsuits of O'Neill the future looks bright . I’m stoked to be given this opportunity to join the Point-7 team!

See you out there,

Jah Man

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Biografie Martin ten Hoeve

Biografie Martin ten Hoeve
Picture a sunny day in 1988, a seventies windsurfboard, a red old fashioned triangle sail and a little eastern breeze at the beach of Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands...the ideal ingredients to learn windsurfing!

That’s how it all started for me. Every Summer me and my family spent our holidays at the beach where we have a little caravan. My friends and I started windsurfing and my passion was born! In those years my nickname was Flow: all the other windsurfers couldn’t surf with just a little breeze while I ‘ cause of my age and weight was flowing around the water like a mad man! At a certain moment I realized that I wanted to make more out of windsurfing than just a hobby. So when I turned 16 I bought a motorbike so I could go surfing whenever I wanted in Wijk aan Zee, a kick ass surfspot just 15 km away from home.

In the Winter 2000/2001 I made my first surftrip to South Africa, I stayed there for three months. Because of the fantastic weather conditions; steady wind all the time my surfskills grew very much. Nowadays I make this trip every year, I work as a furniture specialist to finance the trips.

In the Summer of 2003 my first sponsor deal came along with Van Someren Consultancy, an enterprise that’s specialized in groundwater research.
In the same year I started to enter big surfing competitions, my first victory was in 2004: I won the Naish Wave Challenge that was held in my favourite homespot with my dearest friends and family to support me. I was one of the only amateurs that entered the competition, so it was quite an achievement.

During Wintertime I went to South Africa again to improve my skills and to get ready for the competition season in Summer of 2005.
My first Worldcup competition was in May in Pozo (Gran Canaria) in Spain. Because of my good results I was about to get a wildcard to enter the main event. When I finally got to Pozo after a tiring trip the organisation told me that the only way to get a wildcard was by winning the pre rounds. So I entered the pre rounds and I won! I entered the main event and was very impressed by the level the surfers had. Also I was amazed by the fact that I could surf along with those professionals without being a lot less than them.

2006 was a exciting year where I came 25de during the PWA event in Pozo Gran Ganaria. Later that year I became vice champion by beating Peter Volwater in the final off the Dutch Champion ships, due to my overall impression and strong jumping skills that charmed the jury at that time.

In 2007 new sponsor deals came up and I signed a contract by Fanatic and North Sails.
I worked hard to improve my skills but most important I wanted to learn to be a good overall sailor. I got the change to enter the slalom discipline at world cup events.
I performed pretty well and I did like it, although I never felt like this was my cup of tea.

I decided to put full attention and focus on the Wave that made my heart beat faster. I wanted to improve my surfing skills, prepare mentally and put more effort into training.

In 2009 everything came together and fell in the right place. I was invited to the PWA competition in Cape Verde in Western Africa to surf with the world top 32 wave sailors.
Later that year I beat Jason Polakow in a heat on the famous windsurf Island Sylt in Germany. I felt super strong and I achieved the 17th Place.

2010 Really started off well by signing a sponsor deal with Mistral boards and Aeron booms. Together with the sponsors that I could rely on for many years I feel very confident to perform well in competitions and find the well known flow again.

Face your fears life your dreams.

The Lamp