2011-10-18

magic autumn!

Was a while ago since I wrote some lines here. Apaologize for that!
We started off with PWA Klitmöller Denmark which was the most mental competition I´ve ever made....we scored 1,5 masthigh breaking inzane waves. For guys that have been to that place knows that it can be pretty powerful on the shallow musselreef.
In the morning of the first competitionday I woke up and was almost calling mum...I just hoped that the conditions should´nt be that brutal that I though during my bad nights sleep.
I went to the beach and saw the conditions...almost shit in my paints seriously! It was just massive! All the riders said that it was the thoughest conditions they have ever competed in, and I can just agree...it was all about survive!
Anyway, I was just happy to make it without issues ;-)
I passed a few rounds and finished 25th, of course I´m not happy with the result but everything could happen in those conditions.

Back home in Halmstad have been really great, September was a lot of wind and Oktober as well. I counted it and I sailed in average 2-3 days/ week so all good!
Other great news was to get a frontcover and an intervju in Search Magazine in the September issue.
And best of all is the last one...a frontcover on Boards Magazine, one of the biggest windsurf magazines world wide, that´s just wicked!

Now I just came back from one of my best sessions I´ve had here in Sweden. We have a place called Vilshärad that was going off today. I was not sure that it was going to work because it was predicted almost sideoff wind.
Normaly it´s just flat as we don´t have any swell up here. I came down and saw the spot on the limit to work well but still good. Some guys came up with 3,9 and said it was ok. I rigged 4,5 and my custom Flikka 84 ltr quad. and My friend Love was already on the water ripping.
Ones I was out there the waves were getting bigger and we had a 3 hour session with side/side off 25-30knots and 2-3m waves...can´t be better! I was happy with my sailing and made nice takas on the face.
And have to say, my equipment is the best I´ve ever had....the new Simmer Black Tip 2012 has it all, together with my new quadboards it works just great.
That was my autumn update :)

Fotocred Search Mag: Robin Hansson
Fotocred Boards Mag: Tomas Ärlemo, www.arlemo.se

All the best!