Midsummer Windsurf

I just watched this vide by surfers.se showing classic swedish windsurf conditions

Slipsen

Slipsen: probably the worst windsurf spot you can imagine....
Slipshavn aka Slipsen is my  go to windsurfspot. Its only a 10 min drive from my house and you will always meet other windsurfers there. It´s a flatwater spot working in most weasterly winn directions. Its very safe for learning, that all positive. But on the downside it is often not as windy as the weather forecast says and the wind is often very gusty... I somehow love the spot anyway. I hav had many freestyle days here the local surfers are always really nice.. Many happy memories surfing thisshitty spot ;-)
Often you will see a variety of racers, freestylers og beginners and you will be sure to meet some of the +65 seniors..

Getting air on flat water...

Holding on !!

Love this pic!

Henrik

Action !!

A short video of the spot in all its glory ;-)

After work session.

I love this time of year, it doesn't seem to get dark before 23.00

The other day I managed to squeeze in a  quick after work session..

I called my wife saying ... I migth be a little late..

I drove to near by spot on the small iland of Langeland called Ristinge...

Every now and again this spot offer suitable conditions allthough  the summer months a often spoiled by lots of seaweed.

For modays after work session we had a gusty cross onshore starboard tack wind . I was on my 5,1m2 sail and the good old 85 l tabou.

If you got lucky there were some funsized steep ramps out there...

 I was out there with my good friend brave heart..

I snapped a few photos with the Go-pro an managed to be home for dinner !!

Blåvand - spotguide

Blåvand is located at the most western part of Denmark and has a special place in my heart. It is the place I learned to wave sail and a place where I have spent a lot of summers working as a windsurf-instruktor.
Besides being a wind-surfspot it is also one of Denmarks turist capitals.
The infrastructure in the area is great,  it is pretty much entertainment for the whole family. Acommodations is offered in every price range.

Surf-wise the spot can be some what tricky. South wind is 90 degree full onshore and west is sideshore starboardtack.  The spot offers the best waves around high tide.
I find the best wind being southwesterly winds turning west. If the wind starts out west and turns northwest (cross off) the wavemachine never gets going and it is time  to go else where.

I was very happy to surf here for many years,  but nowadays it hard to catch a really good day here.
My perfect days here are crossonshore winds for 3,7m2 or sunny days of summer sailing with 5.0
You always sure to meet someone else at the beach and can get quite hectic at times.
But if you like starboard tack sailing its a must go on southwesterly winds.

Bonus info: South-east winds has the possibility of nice port tack conditions