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

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 

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

SPRWINGTER

Here is the latest SKP-Steinkopp Spring-Winter video
Enjoy and make sure to get in the water yourself.

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 .

Home ground

When I was younger I used to windsurf a lot on the danish island Rømø as it was the nearest wavespot from my parents house. I still go there maybe 2-3 imes a year and mostly like it. Its often described as the softer sister of legendary Sylt. I wouldn't call it that beause I find that they are two very diffrent spots. At Rømø, like Sylt, west -wind is directly onshore, so the best thing is to have some sort of angle, Southwest or south-southeast are the preferred wind directions but I have also had some pretty fun days in a northwesterly wind. There are a lot of sandbanks so you will have to manage a lot of breaking waves going out.
The on land conditions deserve some mentioning as well.
You park on the very large beach  and when the conditions are on, you will have sand flying and getting in everywhere. The sand also makes for some pretty interesting driving as there is a potential risk of getting stuck. I remember that all too well from bak in the days when I had to borrow my parents car. It was quite a task just getting permission to lend the old wreck and you didn't, under no circumstances, want to return it all covered in sand.
Here is a nice movie about some guys surfing my old home break, I enjoyed it !

Wintersessions

Great surfvideo shot during  some of the more hardcore danish winterconditons


Jonas Bronnert : Denmark : The Winter Session from The Winter Session 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.

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...

Denmark - the Flip side

while we all mostly look at tha danish westcoast for waves it looks as though there also a lot of potential in the baltic sea.
Lately a lot of pictures have come out from the island of Bornholm.
Check out Bornholm surf Farm for more pictures, here is a little appetiser.

 I am definitely considering it for my next family surftrip

Reuse it !

Hereis something new from Cold Hawaii.
Great idea and great surfing by Mor Meluka from Cold Hawaii Surfcamp

N151 Klitmøller Surf Culture from Noerfilm on Vimeo.

Swedish Winter Action

First of a great clip by Swedish ripper Markus Rydberg, be sure to visit his blog , here or like his facebook page here




Second a great surf- video from the swedish westcoast!

More Hanstholm

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

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

More winter fun

First of a great video , Made by Klitmøllers own Arne Stjerna, featuring  the spot Fakir ( link 1 , link2)

This is followed by photos from a nice morning session on the 25.

In the pit

Laying it down

Fakir

Another post from a great day in Fakir.
The spot just nest to the harbor with a very rough atmosphere.
Not a spot were you want to take the kids for a stroll. The normal Hanstholm spot , Middels or Fishfactory are much more userfriendly
Even getting in the water can prove a little tricky

Standing at the shore, I am deliberately not using the word beach here, you get  a good viea of whats going on

You see your mates ripping

You see the the beautifull waves rolling in

And looking down to where you want to enter the water you realize why the spot has its name

Not really your ideal launching spot

But the waves often make up for troubles at shore

Christmas session

Last year the conditons around christmas were pretty epic and this year looks like more of the same. Waves almost everyday and really mild temperatures means that I really look forward to getting in the water around the hollidays. On thursy I had a really nice session in Fakir , a notorius break in the Cold Hawaii region know hos is rocky shore line.A break that is in danger with the planned expansion of the nearby harbor, read more

Here are few shots from the day, lots of people in water allthough its already end of December

Lars Petersen enjoying a  few nice rights

Karsten in the right spot

Christian on a nice sized wave

Even the Sun came out

More to come hopefully