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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

'This is my CRIB and these are my ride’s’.

Normally DK is already heated up with windy days around this time off the year, but this year it seems it got his starting problems.

I always keep a eye on the weather down there, but it seem that the Dutch weather been even better than there lately!
But last weekend that changed again, DK was promising.

We packed the station Mercedes of Red Hansie Together with Hugo ‘Boss’ and drove Thursday on Friday night up to Klitt.. During that drive the wind front change a bit , we cast the full wind front while driving in the North off Germany. That didn’t make life easy as we had a quit pack on the roof. Once there we took or nap and wake up few hours later. With the night still in or mind we wake up and saw flying birds instead of flying wind. Argg.

‘Lucky me I’m surfing too’


I was quit happy we brought or surfboards with us. As the wind was there but not there.
Hanstholm was covered with a huge cloud what kept the new front away, but at Old Macdonald’s it was 5 up to 6 beaufor, with perfect onshore hollow waves. We ripped or Bud off ‘ I never seen Hansie that stoked!!

‘Marathon sailing,’


Next morning wind was there ‘Oehfff’. The Locals were already out there on the water as the forecast was still sketchy. Luck was now on or side.
I rig my favourite sail up ‘4.7 Swelll’ and took my new big wave board under it.
First session was low wind , good for waking up and getting in the rhythm. Backside 360* went pretty well.. ‘Spining the shizzel my nizzel’..
Later the wind didn’t drop as thought , so after a small break I continued. With a bit more jumping ‘as the wind picked up’ I also enjoyed this ride.
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I took a small power nap after this Session what I really needed. By the time I wake up It was still windy and light.. The waves picked up to a nice size and tuned into better line’s .

‘Same Gear different time of the day’

I never sailed so long on one day with one Kit. I pushed my head under the water to really wake up.
After that I catch wave rides after wave rides. ‘Wow’ video video
At nine in the evening , I needed to stop, there was no more energy…

Next morning the wind was kind off there but the waves where at Hanstholm a bit low, this stayed till the end off the day, so we catch a last session off surf a Mac D and packed everything and drove up home with a peaceful feeling.
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Thanks Hugo ‘Boss’ and red ‘Hansie’ for the Pica’s.
Next time i will stand behind it instead of infront...

See U out there,

The Lamp

1 reacties:

Mr_Wolly said...

dude...now thats awesome...!?

whoooaaahhoooo...!?

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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, Martin ten Hoeve from Heemskerk, the Netherlands. Every Summer me and my family spent our holidays at the beach of Egmond aan Zee where we have a little house (caravan) at the beach. My friends and I started windsurfing, after a few years 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 (because of my age and weight) was flowing around the water like a mad man! At a certain moment in time I realized that I wanted to make more out of windsurfing than just a hobby. So at 16 years of age I bought a (motor)bike with a trailer so I could go surfing whenever I wanted in Wijk aan Zee, that became my homespot.

In the Winter 2000/2001 I made my very 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, when I don’t travel I work as a furniture specialist to finance my trips.) In the Summer of 2003 I made my first sponsor deal 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. Quite an achievement: I was one of the only amateurs that entered the competition. 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 of 2005 in Pozo (Gran Canaria) in Spain. Because of my good results in competitions in the past 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 much impressed by the high level the surfers had. Also I was a amazed by the fact that I could surf a long 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 became vice Champion by beating P Volwater in the final off the Dutch Champion ships..

In 2007 I started with a new sponsor deals by signing a contract by Fanatic/North Sails/ Prolimit and where I also will start Slalom…

I am on the way and convinced that I will succeed!

Face your fears, live your dreams! See you out there on the water!

Martin ten Hoeve