Looking forward to this!

Just about a month left till the Sup highlight of the year in my hometown

 

Enjoy the video:

Winter Look back

 A few more looks bask at what was a pretty epic winter
First of is my Good Friend Karsten ripping up Cold Hawaii on his SUP







The SKP buys have had some fun during the winter as well:

Check out the RedBull recap here

Paddlefest

OK we are setting for the event of the year in my hometown Odense.
Be sure to join if you can

SurfEars

This looks like a really cool project, that I think you should support if you have the oppurtunity.
I still have a feeling of bad consciousness whenever I get into cold water and I feel the pain form cold water getting in your ear.
If you spend a lot of time in cold water , your risk of getting surfers ear ( the common name for an exostosis or abnormal bone growth within the ear canal).
check out the site 

Weekend recap

I know I am a little late for this, but a lot of stuff has been going on. Plenty of action over the weekend as well.
Friday was the previously mentioned Moonlight surf, it turned out a big success with a good crowd and some nice waves

Check out more shots here

There has been some windsurf action as well

Lars Petersen flying in to the sun

More here

Even I got to go for a very nice sunny session, in between eating birthdaycake with the family.

Dont mind the facialexpression - it was an epic session

Birthday Presents

Over the weekend I celebrated my birthday and I was lucky enough to score some cool gifts.
Here are a couple of nice gadgets that I think you should check out if you get the chance. They come highly recommended

Atan Surf-boots
I was lucky enough to score two pairs of theese. They without comparrison the best boots you will ever get your hans on ( If you ask me). Give yourself the chance to check them out the next time you shopping for surfboots.
I got the toasty warm 6.5 mm winter-version and the 3mm spring version

Reminds you a bit of a Fetich-party? - dont be fooled they rock

My daugther agrees -they rock

Took the 3 mm boots for a spin on sunday- great session no problems keeping warm. More on the session later

Order your next pair here


Kanu logs
If you like me drive a smaller car it can ease your mind that you are able to lock down your boards and reduce the risk of theft.
These steel-enforced straps look like the real del to me I will definitely put them to use during this seasons combined family-surf trips

SUP -tips with Danni Ching

 for practising your technique... pretty cool

Get your copy here

Board update

Since I first posted about my new Fanatic Falcon 14x25  SUP raceboard. I have received quite a few questions regarding the board and how it handles diffrent conditions.
I really like the board , its definately fast ,  paddeling in the flats really has gotten much more fun with this board.
Its quite narrow and of course its a little tippy but its has great secondary stability.  Its not made for stading around talking to your mates,  you end up taking a swim.
It becomes more stable the faster you go. It took me a little pratice to master bouy turns the way I am used to , but now I dont really  think about it anymore.
On downwinder conditions is a huge improvement to my previous boards, it catches runners real easy and its very easy to surf. The nose shape prevents the nose from getting stuck when going down step faces, it is however not a real ELf-shoe nose  like some dedicated downwind boards have, but I find it works both in the flat and on downwinders.
Bear in mind that I am riding the 2013 version, I recently took the  2014 Falcon 12'6 for a quick spin and I most say I was impressed
A video from the other day

Below Zero recap

So here is my little recap of this weekends event. The first race of 2014
Let me say first of I had a blast!
The route was scenic, the weather was sunny with mild temperatures and the water was so still it was like cutting through glass.
15 eager riders met for a race course with a few suprises.
 We started straight of the beach in an epic battle for position
The Pictures are all from the event site:

Notice how Fanatic Grommet Christian Andersen aka Polarbear is already up paddeling

Then a short sprint to go around a bouy.

Here a short video of the start and the bouy from a riders perspective:

 We then raced back to shore and had to saw through a piece of timber with an old rusty saw.


Back up  on the boards and start paddeling. 8-9 km through some beautifull scenery. After some catching up I soon caugth the tail of Peter Steinfath ( younger brother of world Champ Casper Steinfath) we chased the leader Mads Ring for quite a while before Philip  came strong from behind and joined our group.

My view for most of the race , Mads out front, Peters tail right in fornt of me

We weren't able to fully catch Mads before we hit the shore. He was  a little ahead before Philip, Peter and I hit the shore only seconds apart.

Crossing the finishline

We only had one last challenge before the rae was over. We had to chop through a piece of wood with an axe.

Years of working in the forrest came to my advantage and I moved into second position.
Much deserved winner was Mads Ring who had the lead for almost the entire race

From the left: Blog Author, Mads , Peter and Philip

We raced for almost an hour, I ended with an average HeartRate of 177 so pretty hard work , but so much fun
It was a great event- i will highly recommend everybody to join in!
I am already looking forward to the next event be sure to join in at :
folkesurf.com

Below Zero

So ijust a few days until the first SUP-race of the season is coming up. 1. Of March Below zero kicks of the race-season .

 

Really looking forward to this route

A scenic route through a unik peace of nature

Its the perfect opportunity to race with some good friends, enjoy some beautifull nature and it all ends with a whisky-tasting at the local whisky distillery.

Thats racing - wiking style. Its not about winning its all about the stoke .

More Westcoast Fire

As previously mentioned, we have had a spell of good conditions lately. Wind, waves and temperatures that give some hope of spring lurking just around the corner. There has been lots of windsurf action:

Here Lars Petersen gets some serious Airtime haniging over the lip
Maybe a nominee for "danish surfphoto of the year 2014" ?

Rocket Air:

Another facebook page worth following is this
Enjoy a few recent photos from Cold Hawaii

 
Further south we had both
surf:

 

And SUP conditions

 

Westcoast on Fire

Lots of action going down over the last days
I have been temporarily sidelined with family but managed to sneak  in a little paddle on sunday.
First of a litlle paddle- and SUP- action.
Klitmøller waterman Lars Petersen put this litlle video online:

Middles clips 13-14 Feb 2014 from Lars Petersen - bit & pieces on Vimeo.





Further south in Hvide Sande Betweens also seems to have delivered some lines
orgen session med rob from mads on Vimeo.

Mister cool

Here a great movie made by a good friend. He shows what wintersurfing is all about, getting out there no mather what mother nature throws at you.

New gear

When ever the weather gets cold and non-surfable I find myself spending more time in front of the computer surfing the net.
I often stop by the classified sections of different websites to see if I can make a goood deal or just to drowel over other peoples stuff.
Other times Its just fun to watched really old gear beeing put to sale for unrealistic amounts of money allthough a museum or even the dumpsters would have been better options.
But this time I think I have struck gold, I found and offer  to good to resist , another new SUP raceboard.
Fanatic Falcon 14 feet x 25 inches. super ligth and fast.
I made a quick decision and the board is mine
When the sun finally came out the other day I  simply had to take the new board for a spin. We had only 17 hours of sun in January, so when  the sun was finally out I couldn't resist the chance to get in the water allthough conditions were far from great.

Safety first

As I have grown older and after becoming a father I have been giving the safety aspekt of our sport more and more attention.
I have probably surfed for than 20 years without suffering any real injuries aside from bruises and scratches.
None the less I bought a helmet a few years ago to use while windsurfing in more extreme conditions.
The latest addition to my safety equipment is the  Restube
It is a small and Handy device that wont bother your performance on the water, it can be worn attached to your harness or camelback on longer sup runs
with one strong pull the floating body inflates and you  even have an integrated rescue whistle.
Watch the video to learn more.

 
 

I will definitely be wearing mine during this years sup-races including the ocean crossing Strokes

Winter- days

We have had a real cold -spell over the last few weeks. Its has demanded a lot of will power to go out there allthough it has been freezing.
Strong wind from an eastely corner has brought in icecold weather from Russia.
I have had  a few downwinding days, its addictive get out there and your are able to dress warm with thick boot and gloves.

Remember this gopro mount?

And after a little  photo editing:

A little downwind video...

Racing gone wild

Here is finally the video  recap of the danish beach race championships, that went down in rough conditions with wind around 40 knots. Still waiting for the video from the second day were the wavecompettion was held in  even windier conditions

SUP DM RACE PART 1 from Noerfilm on Vimeo.

More Hanstholm

More video material from some of those great winterdays we have enjoyed in Hanstholm during this awesome winter

Sunset surf

While the rain is pouring down outside, I found this sweet video on vimeo.
Great stuff from back in september,thanks to the producers -enjoy


Sunset Surf at Bunkers - Klitmøller from Wendt & Maus on Vimeo.

Downwinders

For a long time I  wondered: whats the point with these downwinders everyone is talking about?

Battling out there in high winds with a huge board doesn't really make that much sense

Here are 2 videos that ,hopefully, show why it is afun and pretty addictive thing to do

First of a superb video  from Hawaii, showing great conditions and great boards

Second a small go-pro version from the 2. january, 15-20 knots winds from a southerly direction left me a litlle clueless of what to do. But fortuneately we decided to try a downwninder at a local beach.

12 hours of winterfun with an average heartrate of 164 ;-)

Happy New Year

First of Happy new year to all of you,  I hope you made it safely in to 2014.
What a year it has been, lots of water time and lots of fun, hopefully I will be able to have the same amount of fun in 2014.
We still have surfconditions almost on a daily basis, this winter is absolutely amazing.
As I am writing this I am actually on my out th e door to score another surf-session
Here is another video showing you some of the bice conditions we are experiencing at the moment.


LarsBj from Kristian Rønn Lauritsen on Vimeo.


If you are desperate for warm windsurfconditions, check out the Kulingvarning-guys enjoying warm-Hawaii