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Archive for February, 2010

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 →


Active day

Yesterday I had an active day. I went for an intense Slalom session on 6,2 plus 94 in front of the Jibe´s Beach Club. Was surprised, how great the new 94 iSonic worked. The water was super choppy and went Slalom through kiters, windsurfers and swimmers. Around 5.00 p.m. the wind dropped and I practiced on the 12,6 SUP. When →


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 →


Nice conditions at the 11th Vietnam Funcup

Before we travelled to Asia I was not sure, how it will work out sailing in a competition. The winter in Austria was extremely hard, no chance to enter the water since the 28th of December, when I had my last session on the lake. I did other training at home or at the gym, went skiing... And looks like this →