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Archive for May, 2008

Le Che

Today a big exhibition of Che Guevara had its first day. So many people met in the museum Westlicht. Magnum photographer René Burri spoke to the guests. He took some great shots of Che back in 1963, smoking a cigar. As well the oldest son of Che, Camilo Guevara, attended the opening ceremony. His father would be 80 years already. →


Back in Austria

We saw no results in South Korea, but it was definitely worth to go there. I could test my new Code Red 08 9,0, meet my teammembers and train many hours on the water. While the first days it was tough. A lot of rubbish and seaweed and dangerous ropes under the water. I  really had bad crashes. But had →


First day without windsurfing

Since I have been arriving here in South Korea the wind was good enough to get a windsurfing session done. But today I would have needed my serenity board and the Glide sail to have fun. We saw 2 to 5 knots while the whole day. Jesper Orth rigged a Severne Code Red 09 proto. I would like to put →


Light wind

The third competition day was the day of the AP flags and postponed starts. I had to start three times in heat 2. It was a good training and could nail a quite good start at the third attempt. My new Code Red 9,0 works excellent in the light wind. In between the races iwent for some runs. Check →


windy, but not strong or long enough

It was the fourth day here in Jinha Beach, a village of love for locals and one week a year since 2007 the location for a PWA Slalom 42 event. Yesterday a thunderstorm brought some wind and killed the wind. No races, but two attempts. I was in a heat. It was so scary. A lightning came down and brought →


Registration and more

The wind was up again and the seaweed drifted around the bay. On the outside the waves were quite high, like in Sylt. While the registration I went through the eventmag and saw myseld printed. Yeah, cool guys. That´s nice? What else happened today. I went for two sessions with Isonic 101 and Code Red R2 7,7. The wind was →


All good at Jinha beach

I arrived this morning at Jinha Beach, Ulsan. Relatively strong wind from notheastern direction was blowing and the sea was pushing 1 - 2 m high waves into the bay. A lot of seaweed is swimming around. I went for a sailing session on 7,7 and Isonics 101 and 122. The village has not changed compared to last year. It still →


Goodbye Austria

Tomorrow I will be on my flight to South Korea. Hope all gear will fit. LH has weightlimits. Do not know how accurate the guys in Munich will take it. The last 2 weeks were full of work and less spare time. I even could make an update only once. There was some time left to drive to lonesome places at →