Martin's Windsurf Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:47:00 +0000

THIS IS IT,

The Flash,

"Dutch weather open’s for a new Sun Shine moment,
Moment were we are looking for"

The Lens open’s for a new Moment, a shot with movement, me passing trying to find the ride action, clouds passing above with the same wind where I’m floating on, water that moves from that same wind what started somewhere far away, we trying to get movement in one, THE FLASH..

The Shot, that moment of action, nature and beauty in one Flash.

Dutch waves and weather is hard, but for sure worth it.

Thanks to RUBEN SNITSLAAR who invest his time on that moment out off the water.. www.klatser.com

More will follow....

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:38:00 +0000

THIS IS IT and much more coming.

New photo's on the Aloha site: http://picasaweb.google.com/aloha.noordpier/

Wednesday more off Mark Welagen.

Stay tuned and enjoy the ride,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:28:00 +0000

HOW TO DO BACKSIDE 360 IN THE DUTCH SURFMAGAZINE,

Watershot made by Ruben Snitslaar www.klatser.com
Landshot made by JePe

The Surfmagazine you can find in your local bookstore....

Wave Boarder, The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:04:00 +0000

“THIS IS IT”

I’m at the moment more dead than alive after three weeks off almost none stop windsurfing.
From Just wave riding, jumping to combine off those, windsurf windsurf and allot more windsurf.

Today it was the last day off those three weeks off sailing.

It was really Cream of the la Cream’s of all day‘s.

Holly shit, floating out on my big wave board and 5.7 Swell Sail with side offshore light wind and 2 m full hollow lines waves breaking, for Dutch waves they where pretty hollow. Just Sick.

How stabile the last 3 weeks were is really special for Dutch weather system.
Let see what the Month December will bring..

It’s time for a Kit Kat Break..

Picture on the top is from Mark Welagen, made on Thurstday..

Soon more coming!! For now more on www.klatser.com

Oehff

See U out there,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:45:00 +0000

Holland better than ever,

It started 1/5 week ago with wind blowing from the south.
Till now it didn’t stop, still windy and there is one more week coming.

I’m enjoying this days as nothing else, each day a new day with similar condition’s.
Goals lately are to improve my wave riding, finish my turns all the way.. Carving it from top to bottum to backside.. Finding the best angle To get the best speed during the turns, when you find those turns it feels amazing..

This day’s I also med a different wind than I felt ever before. So gusty, fuck, like last week I had at leached 3 times a proper take off for a backloop where I had on the highest point just suddenly no more wind, what happened after that was just funny, falling as dead bird out off the air… au…

Yesterday I had the worst timing ever in everything, I started with a5.0 what was way to powered up, than I tuned to a 4.1 what was good but also not good, I was speeding and on the same moment standing still, than I tuned to a 4.7 were I had one round when the wind died totally. I was so pist off that really didn’t want to gif up, I rig up again my 5.0, here I found slowly a okay session with down line wave riding till the dark came sooner than I wished…

In the evening someone asked me “what it takes to get there were I’m ride now” I found that day the perfect answer on that question. To not gif up at all times..

Yesterday I saw a kid on the water, I quess he is 12 years old, he had a smile from ear to ear. I hope he has that same spirit..

Thanks to JePe For the pictures..

See You Out There,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:39:00 +0000

Pic by PWA/ JC

HIGH LIGHTS

For me this month been full off high light,

Thijs van De Meer gave me a while ago a book with the titel Flow, psychology of optimal experience.

By this book I learned appreciate more the small things, with that you appreciate the bigger things/ high lights even more.
On die end the biggest high lights are for me still connected to windsurf or surf .

Like when I made my first Backside 360 straight into top turn into a carve bottum to top turn into a nice aerial or making after 25 attempts my best wave 360 in Hanstholm. Or like last Monday making my first taka over starboard tack, or yesterday , what tuned into my best seeing/ ridded wave ever in Holland. This session came in total luck.

In competition way I reached in Sylt one off my best high lights, by beating Mister Jason Polakow who was my own Hero in my younger age. Making my first Okay double forward in a direct heat against Campello.

But one off the best was last week at Makkum’s Festival, here someone introduce me to a kid who didn’t recognised me straight away, but as the name came into his ear’s his face expression changed into a big smile.
I found that Hart warming.. Thanks for that..

Of course I also made some new High Lights by promotion stuff.

-Nice Snap Shot in the Dutch Surfmagazine off a Tweaked Push

-Getting publicity by the local Sylt paper of camping in a Van trough the Sylt competition

-More publicity by surfing into the daily news update event paper off Sylt..

-Beautiful Photo off a Foward in the Dutch Motion

FOR FULL STORY YOU CAN FIND BOTH MAG"S IN THE BOOK STORE!!!!

- Of Course the best for last..

TALKING THROUGH MY BEST TOP TEN OFF SYLT ON boardseekermag

Many Thanks to Mister "delete" AXEL and Torben for making the pica's..

See You out there,

The Lamp

Last Friday session, WAVE 360

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:35:00 +0000

NORTHERLY DIRECTION"S,

4 day’s before the PWA Worlcup Sylt would start , I phoned Mikey Clancy up if he was down for a short introduction trainings session in Denmark. He straight said yes and the next morning he catch his flyed up to Hamburg.

That same morning I step in my Van what I already got for 12 years, it just had the full check up and so was ready for a road trip.
Some where in Hannover I catch owe off my scariest adventures.
I was driving on the 3th left lane with 120 speed when my right back tire exploded, with some skills I mannish to get the car to the flight strip.
In the shaking conditions I put my engine out and step out off my car, here I saw that I would not get it fixed because I was standing with one side off the car in the ditch. Than I heard another big bang, my cooling system exploded because I didn’t let the ignition key on. Now I was getting really nerves as the truck ‘s were passing me with 100km and 30 cm distance. I didn’t brought any tools with so there I was standing.
Breathe in and out!!!!!
I fixed the cooling tube by tighten it up with a knife, than refill the cooling water, drove the car on the rim a bit father onto a more straight place, there I changed the tire, still I was scary like hell because the truck ‘s could blow my car/jack side ways. I Manish to fix it and drove off the high way where I saw a M Donald’s logo, so I thought, go there and fix the car and catch a meall. While driving there I saw a garage and asked the guy if I could use there tools, that was okay Wow that was a nice one. Took me 2 hours to refill and fixing it all as my cooling propeller didn’t work either anymore , fix that to.
Back on the road and many hours later, mane while Mikey was sitting their on the airport as a clown enjoying the people with his 4 off gigantic bags.

I was happy that Mikey liked my car as it has his character. With the heater on warm for extra cooling we continue or road. Around 1 in the night we stopped in forest were we felt a sleep.

Next morning drove the last 2,5 hours up to Klitt and dropped the gear what we didn’t needed.
We catch a small session on Old Macdonalds where the waves picked up fast. That was a good training for Sylt.
Than we drove up to Hanstholm where we continue or sailing all the way to the evening.
In the evening I was on the wave 360 mission and Manish on die end to making one full carved all the way back in the wave. Mikey self was carving the wave up. Stoked we felt a sleep.

Next morning we made or self a good breakfast with or Dutch neighbours and went out for a session off 2.5 hours. Here I scored my best ever ride. I made a backside smooth 360 straight into front side top turn, than went down and catch the lip for a nice aireal. Wow that was it, stoked like hell..

At 2.30 we repacked everything and drove down to Sylt were we arrived at 9 in the evening.

Here we went into a waiting period off a few days before we could go for a wave session again.
It was still pretty warm till middle of the week when a fat Low came over from the north west.

Thurstday 6 o’clock went my alarm, oehff that was a toff one. Tuned my gear and went out for a halve hour with 4.7 and my 93 twin, that felt all good. Not to much wind ass I’m not the best on starboard tack.
In the second heat one before mine the wind picked up as a fat cloud came over. As soon my heat started the wind died in the shorth break and so I had troubles to get out. I stayed calm and tried it again, this time I came trough. One the moment I went trought the break I saw him doing a backloop so I catch my wave and done it too, straight after catch my first wave. Again I had troubles to get out but I did, I made a up wind tack and decided to stay outside of the shorth break as I only had 3 min left. I was looking for a second jump but couldn’t find it, went all the way out were I scored a nice push loop, I came in and made in the last 30 sec my second needed wave ride.

The win was for F400 as they didn’t score my push loop because they found the jump too much out off the sailing area, if they did I would wone.. Arggg.

Back on standby for one day as the wind would come back big time in the weekend.

"Done what i had to do"

Saterday morning I woke up at 6.30, done my morning tune session and went in a standby motion till my heat against Polakow him self.

Last Year I lost in the second round really close against him, so I had a revenge on him.

The cool part that I had to sail against him was that he was/ is one of the main hero’s back in the day, as his style was more than radical and fluent.

In the begin of the heat I was kind off struggle to find any good jump’s, slowly I mannish to do a Tweakted Push and a Backloop okay height one handed.
Than I made a nice backside to front to back to front side wave ride. There was one minute left I only needed one more wave, I was struggling to get out again but I mannish, with 25 second’s left on my watch I catch a nice wave up, what tuned into a nice 2m hollow wave and made a tweaked aerial shoved above the break and landed nice again back in front off the wave made another backside, that was it.
I went up to the judge tower were after while waiting received my best ever fictory.
I was not only winning of the rider Polakow but also the Name and next to that I also won against my self, because that’s was my main problem. In The Pocket!!!!

Up to heat two, there I med my friend Mikey Clancy.

He was sailing well but I guess I was in the zone, so I won that heat too.

Than Ricardo came on my road, Mister Triple men him self.

The wind picked up to a nice 4.1 Swell size, twin 86.
I started my heat a bit to sharp as I made a big backloop in front off the horn, what I didn’t know..
Than I went for pretty big tweaked push but I guess it was a bit to big as I was getting shake off my gear when I landed that….
Made some good wave riding, but as the wind picked up the waves did too, so the beach break was getting pretty high 3m at leached. On my second wave in the front side turn I was getting pretty gnarly washed, with sand in my ear’s I took off again and found a nice ramp for a Double and I made it, my first ever okay double in a heat. Stoked.
That was that, at the judge tower I hear that the call was for Ricardo, but it was a close call..

17th place Sylt 2009 and 24th place overall my best result till now.

All wavey pica's are from JC of the PWA

See you Guy’s out there,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:21:00 +0000

LOW HUNTER,

Seems like after few weeks on the road I been tracking on die end one low pressure the hole way..

1/5 week ago I was just back in Holland after a trip to DK, when Peter Volwater call me if I was interested in a trip. Destination was not really clear yet, the only thing what was clear that peter needed some wave action soon!!
After almost been a half year doing only Slalom and scoring really good, i undetstood.

So Last week Wednesday afternoon we decided to go the next morning to Ireland to catch there some big swell 6m and 12 seconds.
I med in Pozo The kid Mikey Clancy and gift him a ring as he is from there. He had the same plan as us and picked us up the next morning.

With a long Night/Morning travel in or legs we arrived on Brandon were we where earlier than the low.
In the evening we scored a okay session port tack and went early to bed.

The Day,

Next morning the swell still needed to build up, but good enough for some onshore starboard tack 3m waves sailing. I seemed that the problem later that day not would be swell high but swell direction and wind direction..
In the mid day we sailed at a break with port tack with some side shore 2m waves max.
But still couldn’t get the ride combo.. So we went back to the morning spot where we tried to do some low wind wave sailing with starboard tack onshore.. Didn’t really worked out…
So that was the big day, hmmm not really what we expected to get but still three session’s on one day..

Next morning we woke up with a beautiful view over Brandonbay. There we also saw that the swell dropped to a small wave..Arggg
Still we step in the car and drove to Dumps were we were surprised to see some okay waves.
So we catch a surf what ended up to be a good surf. In the evening we scored again a surf what even pick up to a good size clean.

Next Morning it was back on to the windsurf tune as the wind would slowly pick up.
We scored some 1/5m down the line wave riding. This day gift us the peaceful feeling that the trip was worth doing it. As extra Peter and mikey even scored the next day a freestyle/ wavey day. The winner of that was Mikey.. Pulling some nice Goiter’s behind the wave, almost in front of the wave!!!

So that was that in Ireland, back to the plane to go as fast as possible to Holland as the wind should picking up to a strong wind size..

Thanks to Gerry and the Uncle Off Mikey for the nice warm beds .. Gerry’s Emaill (Bed and Brandonbay View) is manzor@io.ie

Back in Dusseldorf/Weeze , we were glad we made it as we had some pretty heavy bag’s. Oehff
Once by Peter’s house we saw that the wind should pick up in the afternoon so we repacked or gear and went straight to Good Old wijkie were we scored some 5.0 1/5 port tack wave sailing..
If I was not enough, next day I done some low wind wave sailing with my Sado 6.2.

Yesterday ‘Thursday’, the wind picked up to a strong wind in the gust’s up to 50KN..
I sailed 2hours and gift full gas, see the result below.. Many Thanks to JEPE who was out there in the Dog weather, thanks..

On the end I just found out that the Low in DK was the same as the one in Ireland where it combine with a new Low and that one I now back above Holland doing some windy things..

Trip in Ireland we were a bit on lucky with the rain, it was not possible to score some good pictures, sorry for that.

See You out there,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:12:00 +0000

Best Action Picture off the DK trip now in full size!!

See You out there,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:14:00 +0000

REMIXXX OFF,

"This is my Crib and these are my Ride's"
as exstra being PIMPed by Mother Nature....

“Frustration Brought us back to Denmark and gift us Nature on his best”

Saterday morning, was the moment of the call.. The weather down here (Holland) been dissing me in the last few days, as it say wind but brought now wind or not enough.
Today it was kind off the same again, so after doing the round off call’s we putted the flag on green and putted the dream Team LOW hunter together.

Saterday day night we arrived at the camping in Denmark were was spread a nice warm bed for us.
Next morning, the wind was there and after the breakfast we checked Hanstholm, there it was pretty flat and to offshore, at Klittmoller it was onshore and it looked it would be 24 off Happy Hours (way to busy).

Last year when I was here for a Competition I saw that Old MacDonald could work when I was to onshore on Klitt..
So that was the call, once there it was busy with Surfers but enough space for us.
4.7 and 1/5 m waves side shore, Ahhaaa……
After 2 hours sailing we done or Lunch at home and a beauty sleep!!

Once Back, the wind shifft to side side off, with waves up to 3m/ maybe more waves..
Beach break was gnarly and during the session I made my pray at leached 10 times off not breaking my mast…
“Luck was on or side”

As finishing touch after 3,5 hours sailing we received a beauty gift off mother Nature.
Clouds above us , rain and Beautifull sun shin from the side.. Thanks for that.

Next morning , we went back and catch a okay surf, a bit to busy!!!!!
In the evening we checked the forecast and that said, ‘earlier up than the birds‘!!!

Next morning at Hanstholm we were not the first once, U still got some crazy German’s. Hehehhehe
4.7 Swell was the size again, the waves were still high as it been blowing the hole night already far on the ocean.
After together 4 hours high quality sailing or energy level was empty..

Once again Thanks To’

Red 'Hansie'and Hugo 'Boss'

See You Out there,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:28:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:04:00 +0000

High Lights,

- I got my first introduction line on the famous site www.Boardseeker.com (see Head movie about Pozo, after three kwart movie).

-Klatser Pictures now online. www.klatser.com

-Enthusiasm about the Pictures off last Thursday on http://forums.windsurfing.nl/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=13858268&start=40

- Photogragher JePe site for more Pica's: www.jepe.nl/

- Photographer Mark Welagen site: www.flickr.com/photos/welie/

- Photographer TT in action

See You Out there,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:54:00 +0000

Here a few more Pica's off last Thursday.
Check check it out... Enjoy

Soon much more.

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:40:00 +0000

THe Better days off Holland,

What started in the morning in Wijk Aan Zee with almost flat ocean ended few hours later with head high waves or a bit more…

3,5 hours Sailing and 1000 pica and a very good feeling father, I stopped in Wijk.

With a small break and a hour drive to Schevening I continued were I was ended in Wijk.

I will show you more action along many more pica’s in the next few days.
Thanks to Torben [car], Mark and JePe and water Camera Men Ruben

For now I got this….

Enjoy

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:45:00 +0000

Pozo Time,

Its 3 weeks ago that i left Holland to go to Gran Canaries to do what i love the most {windsurf}.

The wind forecast was not that looking that good before i arrived and it seems I was maybe the special Joker as the wind kicked in on the day i arrived, one week before the competition.

The training went really well I was getting into a nice flow. Most of the time I was sailing with my 4.7 what was for me perfect were other guys were sailing with 4.0 or smaller.

Only one day I sailed with my 4.2 using a 4m mast in it, that was not really working for me as I’m a tall bastard.

After one week sailing I was feeling {ready, Set, go to take off}

Pozo is a perfect place to sail but also a place were its hard to stay focused as the wind blows out your brain and sucks all your energy away.

So it was really nice to spend my free time with Laure Treboux, Boujmaa and the other people in the house.

My first heat was against Bennie what should have been a nice starter.

The wind was stronger then the week before, so I tested my smaller sail with a 370 mast, but that felt too soft, so in that moment I didn’t really know how to change that or what to do.

The heat before my heat Kenneth, a friend of me from Denmark, went out with a 4.5 and that looked pretty okay.

So I went out with my 4.7 and that felt powered up but okay.

I needed 3/4 of the heat to finish my jumps and by the time I went for the wave riding I became too powered up.

So I could not really make my turns.

The call was 2 to 1 for Bennie, it was close but I just sailed below my level.

So that was pretty much a Knock out for me..

I was feeling miserable that I blew that, even Benny was surprised to see the results.

Took me a few days to refocus again..

In the double elimination I was against a new kid one the block.

Before my heat I went out to test my small sail and that felt really good as I putted a 4m base with a 370 top in it. Being tall and heavy is not always an advantage.. J

First time out I found myself doing a huge backloop and straight after a tweaked push then a spin forward and as a finish I dropped a back loop one handed. As I came in I made also a perfect back 360, so I felt more than ready.

The wind was really strange as it was really cloudy and not allowing for the sun to penetrate.

As my heat started it was gusty like hell. I started my first minute of the heat under powered which changed fast to okay power. I did all the safe moves in the jumping and I thought that would be enough.

In the wave riding I could not get really into a nice flow, the wave waves were bumpy and it I get in trouble when it’s like that, still I made some okay turning. But the call was for the local kid who sailed really well..

I was more than mad, and had the feeling of really having fucked up.

I’m now more than ever poised to get a good result, as I know I can do it… Argggggggggggggg

Sorry guy’s for the low action picks, I can promise u there was more than enough action of me out there..

Up To Sylt. Time to take the roof off there!!!!

Thanks to the Greece Crew and the Danish Crew {Jens} for the Photo's.

See u out there,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:54:00 +0000

March Coverage....

This interview in the Dutch Surfmagazine done by Thijs van de Meer was the best interview till now. I would like to share it with you guys for the time be, between now and soon Pozo.
I'm looking foward to do that competition.

See you out there,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:47:00 +0000

'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.

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’
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.

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

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:31:00 +0000

From bad to a good Forward,
Hey guy’s,

This Sequence of Mark Welagen is from a few weeks ago during the Sunny Day’s.
Mark made for the fun a picture of the hole sequence for me, so some moments are not really balanced..

Back to the old day’s the Forward was my first big move what I learned.
I remember that I still count them some were up to 25 after that I lost the count.
I made them higher and higher and once I was in South Africa I also want to start going for the Double.

I found out that my rotation was not going ride to go for a double. I made the higher front loops pretty much end over end ( Killer Loops). At that moment I was already making good backloops and was surprised that a good nice rotated controlled forward was harder than a backloop. ‘Yes it really is’

I had some good advise of Mike the Killer. He makes perfect Forwards..
I had to start al over from the beginning on, that was a hard time.
Slowly I learned the hole process of the Frontloop. There are like 5 or 6 steps during going up and going into your rotation.

This days the best forwards are still made by the Pozo boy’s, they make “The Sky Man” Forward’s.
They go first full up wind (almost a backloop) and than going down wind into a Forward insane beautiful..

Hoop to see You guy’s out on the water soon again.

Photo is from Mark Welagen: www.trademarkphotography.nl

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:40:00 +0000

ON A Journey with the Swell...
I would like to take you guy’s along a small journey about my Point -7 Swell sails.
That's because I’m really stoked about the sails and each session the sail do surprise me again and again.

SO how does it comes they are working that well and why they got that big wind range???

On the Picture above I’m sailing with a 4.7 Swell, what is trimmed with full downhaul tension and almost a negative outhaul. If you look to the bottom till a little bit above the boom , the sail is fully curved above that {stabile power}. The sail open’s with to much wind by twisting in the top, but the bottom stay’s curved and powerful at the same time..

At that moment I was sailing on the max of the sail, but I was still convertible. The gust were a that time up to 39 knots!!This same size sail (4.7)I’m using too in really light wind conditions . Like 21-25 knots
On those moment’s I rig the sail up with less tension and with still negative outhaul.
So I get full power in my sail with a soft top end. because there is less tension on the sleeve and by this, the mast flex’s easier and also the sail top…

The different off both trims are that the sail in the first example, releasing the power by twisting open in the top. By the second example the sail released by having a soft top end off the mast .
So you got at all time the ride amount of power and easy handling.

See You Out there,

The lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:51:00 +0000

Stoked!!!!!!!

The photo up is a delayed foward in my second round going out....

This shot i a nice sharp shot off a backloop..

I found two more shot's off me on the dutch forum http://forum.windsurfing.nl/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=13856658&start=20

Seems like that my stoked feeling on the water reflexed to the other sailors too out there on the water. thanks guy's for the stoked wurths on the forum.

Next to the jumping i found the waves for wave riding also prety sick. It's a pitty that there are no pictures off that!!

The upper photo's are from JePe

Thanks guy's

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Go big or go home!
Mark welagen thanks for this shot

The Surfers life line,

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:24:00 +0000

I started surfing in my younger age after I started with windsurfing .

From the begin till a half year ago I always surfed on a short board, sometimes more and some less, but I always keep doing it.

The last half year I started to do Long boarding after I saw a guy here on my home break smacking it on his long board. I always thought that I would be more radical on my short than on a long board. I guess I was wrong.

For me it was always hard to keep on speed and get the carves finished.
On a long board you get faster speed but it is harder to change that speed into finishing the turns. So you really need to pay attention in how you use you body, the carves and the flow of the wave. You really need to push your self to get the board there were you want.

This feeling helps you really again in your windsurf wave riding!! Pushing it again harder!!

The photo’s are from Bretagne where I was on a small surf trip with friends a view weeks ago…

Photo's made by Hugo 'Boss'

See You out there,

The Lamp

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Sun, 24 May 2009 07:56:00 +0000

Hey Guy's,

This Taka sequence is from one week ago, i could not use it for the Magazine because i miss the last two shot's. You need to take my wurth that i stick it.

Enjoy it.. Photo's are from Mark Welagen :www.trademarkphotography.nl

See you out there.

The Lamp

Sunny day's in Holland,

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:11:00 +0000

Sunny day's in Holland,

After a few weeks period of no wind last week the wind was back on track.
From the 3 days of sailing the last day was the best one.

This day i scored some prety okay shot's of Ruben and Mark.

In the water was Ruben Snitslaar, who was in the early days one/or best skateboarder in holland,. He' is now fully focust next to his surfing on his Photo Cameraman carrier, i belie
he is on the ride track. Check his site on: http://klatser.com or http://rubensnitslaar.viewbook.com/portfolio/rsphotographyf.
And Mark was shooting from land, he already made earlier some good shot's of me, see other story below.. His site is www.trademarkphotography.nl

See U out there,

The Lamp

What U see is not always what U get!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Lampie) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:22:00 +0000

What U see is not always what U get!!!

A Amazing week,

This started with a quit okay temperature windsurf session on Wijk Aan zee.

The wind would be wzw but once on the water I still could make proper jumps and okay wave ride’s.
Still sailing with the hand gloves, the temp was around 7/8 degrees.
High light of that day was a smooth backside 360* into a Taka..

Next day the forecast mend to be side onshore from the right.

What we get was side and later side side off shore pure perfect wave riding with full power sun shine.
It was a 1/5 to 2m good breaking wave with okay power. Here I was again sailing with my 4.7 Swell and my 84L twin fin. Each session I am loving this set more and more.
In CV I was also sailing on this set in the last part of the event, were I straight away sailed much better..

On Thursday I went later at the day to the beach, once there looking over the dune I saw pretty much a flat sea.
I went for a coffee and after that I looked again and it was a bit better. By the time I walked over the dune with my kid I saw suddenly okay waves with side side onshore conditions.

I sailed 3 hours and mannish to stick 10 backside 360* in the growing conditions.
We recieft on the end of the session 2m waves . I’m still strucking at the moment with the front side wave 360*. ‘That’s a hard one‘. Again there was some jumping ramps. I done my standard repertoire, later I also tried a double again, only this time the rotation didn’t went like I planned it. I had to rotate it more with my body than by the sail, so I crash pretty hard on my back . Later I thought about what went wrong and u can see it also in the photo’s what were shoot by www.trademarkphotography.nl the power point moved to the back hand. I think It was mistake by me and suddenly to much wind!!

On Friday I relaxed a bit as I chrasht harder than I thought. I could not really move my head, During the day that became a bit better.

During the day the conditions changed slowly from dead onshore to side onshore. I gamble in the morning on the end of the day. I was hoping the wind changed more side shore and perfect waves.
What I whished what I get.

Again I tuned my 4.7 Swell and 84L on. I had to walk to the Jetty as there was not enough power to sail upwind.
Once there I saw perfect 3m pretty hollow lines.
The wind was still a bit side side onshore but more than okay for riding the wave.
What I get was two big aerial’s what I land, but straight away get eat by the white water and some good turns..

See U out there,