On the way to Gran Canaria
Yesterday afternoon we had to leave Fuerteventura and to get on the Ferry to Gran Canaria. We had a great time on Fuerteventura with a lot of different action: running, photoshooting, freestylewindsurfing, writing, staying with friends.... Now we are here on the hard core beach of Pozo Izquierdo.Registration is done and will go out for some sailing. The wind is up →
The trades arrived at Sotavento
We arrived and the wind arrived. The June was bad with the wind here on Fuerteventura, but the July seems to be great. Was out on my new 4,2 Gator with the EVO 80 and work on my Freestyle Classix performance. Today the plan is to sail on the Slalom kit. Wind seems to up far above 20 knots and that →
Back on the Canaries
It´s a good feeling to be back on the Canaries after almost a 11 month break. Kerstin and myself had some troubles to get on the plane yesterday afternoon. But finally the very friendly pilot gave the ok and all the Slalom gear and some waveboards plus sails got packed inside the plane. Now we are here at Costa Calma, →
Hello from Costa Brava
Once a year I enjoy to be a member of the Camping community. Wind kicked in today and the forecast looks good. Competition starts tomorrow afternoon. See you, Chris Together with Markus Poeltenstein (Pic: Kerstin Reiger)
Freestyle Classix
Great weather, great wind and a big crowd on the beach here in Podersdorf! Was fun for me to compete in Freestyle again. Airjibe - Pic: Continentseven.com
Gusts up to 40 knots
In the moment I really live on the right place. Almost windy every day and not too cold. I write about my homespot Lake Neusiedler. Today a massive stormfront kicked in and 30 to 40 knots of wind blew from westerly direction straight onshore at the beachpark of Podersdorf. I went out for a trainingssession with Tom Böhm, who is →
SUP session on lake Taco
I had a nice SUP session and great Thai food before leaving to Vietnam this afternoon, where I am going to test Futura boards out of the 2010 range together with Remi Vila. keep you updated, Chris
Arrived well in Thailand
Vienna - Munich - Bangkok. That was our connection. This time with only two boards and some riggs. That´s easy travelling. Today we sorted out things here at the Starboard headquarter, met many friends. The company grows. Some new buildings are up, with a massive SUP office. Margarete Engström work in there. After lunch we got the chance to test some SUP →
Back in Austria
It´s a really cold and foggy winter here in the east, in lower Austria. But there is not much time left to think about, if it´s good that the lake is frozen or the temperatutes all day and night long below zero. I still remember the nice days down there in South Africa, but did a lot of thing s in →
Wavy slalom at Witsands
Witsands is a really nice spot ,but challenging for slalom. Big sets kicked inside the bay and one of this monster cracked a mast on my 7,7. So I sailed the whole day on the 6,7 and iSonic 101. 3 eliminations got sailed and I made it twice into the final. Once I missed it by one position and the B-final →
Cape Town feeling
Share my first view on the Table Mountain from Table View with me. The other pic shows my spot in the club. I sanded my fins and sorted all gear out yesterday. As well we met our friend Werner and got some Asian food.
Arrived well in Cape Town
Keep it short. Arrived well in Cape Town, South Africa. It´s warm, flat and no wind, but should change. I registered 7,7 / 6,7 /6,1 / 5,6 and iSonics 101 and 86. Ross, Dirk and Ben are on similar sized gear as well. Today it could start. Cheers, Chris
Windy again
I was lucky and could sail again today. Had some fun on my 6,7. Attached is a picture, which got published in the actual German SURF. I rigged all my 2008 Slalom sailsizes, which are six. A lot of work, you can imagine and placed them inside a volleyball court. It´s hard to find a sandy beach in Austria. We →
A december 2008 windsurfing session
For a while the weather was grey in grey and the wind was down. While the past week fronts from northwestern directions showed up at the Lake Neusiedler. And I am so motivated to touch the water as often as possible. There are two reasons: (1) on the 4th of January 2009 Kerstin and myself will fly to Southafrica and I →