Severne NCX tested
When I am out for a freeride session I actually use the Severne NCX or the NCX pro in 8,0. It´s a sail, which feels extremely light, but gives you enough power, when the wind drops and a lot of control, when the wind picks up. You should have a try! Chris
Back home in Austria
Now I am already back in Europe for 19 days. These last days were busy. Had one super windsurfing session in 8 Beaufort at my homespot, sorted out almost all my gear for the 2010 racing season, had a great skiing session close to my birth place, celebrated my birthday, passed by Munich and so on and so on.. In the →
Testing Starboards and the Reflex in Thailand
Back from Vietnam we immediately went for testing new iSonics. We drove from Bangkok down to Prak Nam Pran. Remi had a lot of gear on his pickup. The windconditions were excellent. 12 to 18 knots from southern direction. The spot is definitely one of Thailand´s best. Kerstin and myself were here back in 2007 already, when exploring Thailand for →
The new Severne weapons for the 2010 racing season
Severne just launched their new racing site and the new living wing concept. Check it out! Looks like Ben Severne, Jesper Orth, Björn Dunkerbeck and Steve Allen. They created the living wing and added new batten tensioner plus super XL cams. The luff lenghts got shortened and cut out at the clew is much more compared to the 09 Code →
Freeride session at the Mole West
I was really stocked about the fact, that it got warm and als the ice went away. My homespot works again. I had to look for a place without pack ice at the beach and found one in Neusiedl, directly in front of the first class restaurant Mole West. I decided to test out my new freeride set, the Futura →
Starboard iSONICS 2010 overview
For all, who were interested in the iSONICs from 2010 and for which conditions, sailsizes and weights they are suited well: check the link with a nice overview from Remi Vila, Jimmy Diaz, Kevin Pritchard and Cyril Moussilmani. star-board.com iSONIC report They all are super experienced. The weights of the top Starboard guys are in between 85 kg and 93 kg. The →
The iSONICS 2010
I kept on testing the new 2010 wood carbon iSONICS at my homespot and got cool conditions for the next Formula session. The Formula session was definitely sweet. Grey in grey, clouds, late afternoon and 5 - 10 knots eastwind with super flat water. Pfaffi, my local testpartner and myself sailed along the reed. I got the chance to test a →
iSONIC 131 wood carbon 2010
I was waiting a while to get the right conditions to test the 2010 iSONIC 131 wood carbon. All the last week we had too strong wind conditions, which were great for small Slalom gear. I had a session with 5,4 and 86 fully powered up. Today we had the perfect 131 conditions, 7 - 12 knots in the afternoon and →
PWA Slalom Sotavento – day 1
The day started even worse than the first day in Gran Canaria, but had a strong comeback in the third race of the day. Kerstin had shown me some videostuff from the first two races. Afterwards I went up a bit with the boom and felt more comfortable. As well I changed my jibing position a bit, which gave me →
Pozo is different
I came here with the hope to go better than in the previous years. But did not really work out so far. In the beginning at the first round I had the chance to advance easily, but crashed a jibe. Then I continued crashing. On day 2 I took too small sailsize and finished very bad. On day 3 →
The new Code Reds
Here are some pics from the last session at Lake Neusiedler on Saturday, when it was windy for the whole day. The new Code Reds turned out to twist great, accelerate awesome and I like the handling. I was really scared how the new sized 7,0 will work. In the last years Severne had a 6,6 and later with the →
Tested my new Code Reds
It was the first spring day. temperatures up to 15°+. What a change! And the wind kicked in with more than 20 knots and in gusts up to 30 at Lake Neusiedler. I decided to sail in Weiden. This spot works much better with wind from south eastern direction. Today it was super exciting: it was the first time on →
Some pics from Vietnam
Today we had wind again, 15 to 25 knots. Later the afternoon it picked up. I continued the testing with Remi Vila. Cyril Moussilmani, Tiesda You and Frank Debaecker left this morning to Bangkok. Pascal Lefebvre, the owner of the Jibe´s and Fullmoon Resort, took some nice shots while the days. Hope we get some wind for the funcup, which will be →
The future of Olympic windsurfing
Some years ago I started to sail on Slalom boards and Camber induced sails. I can remember one day planning in the lightest wind wird a big Carve and a 10 m sail in Pattaya. It was fun and the gear gave me the oppurtunity to play around in lightest conditions. Nowadays I sail many days on big gear. My →
The new Gators convince
Just got the test of the actual Severne Gator 08. I saw no test so far, but felt really good sailing on the Gators. Used already sizes from 4.2/ 4.7/5.3/6.0 and 8.0. I felt that the sails are super light and the gaps in between the sizes are great. Check the test:
Serenity session in Pattaya Bay
Get used to the light winds of Thailand. But it is always a great chance to sail th ebig boards in the right copnditions. Had an awesome SERENITY session two das ago. Started in the late afternoon and came back to the house when it was totally dark. More than 2 hours I crossed thtrough the bay, enjoyed a magnificant →
Amazing how much boards can be changed within one year
Was sailing on the brandnew ISONIC 122 while the afternoon. The board could carry the 9.0 m² so easy and I could plan in so less wind. Compared to the 2006 ISONIC 125 the board gets much more lift and feels absolutely free under your feet. Just hooked in once you can accelerate. The straps can be fixed more outside →
Challenger AERO SL 2006
BLASTING WITH AERO SL 6.6 AT SOTAVENTO BEACH IN 2006_08 It´s my second year racing in the PWA SLALOM 42 with Challenger Sails AERO SL. I´m using the sizes 5.8, 6.6, 7.6, 9.0 and 10.0 in 2006. The next event will be the season final on SYLT/Germany. I just did the race in Fuerteventura right now, but will be in 2007 →