For those interested in improving their gybing skills I believe this video would be very helpfull We have shot a lot of slow motion close-up video to be able really show each of the individual elements of gybing. This video should allow you all to improve your gybing, understand what you do wrong and visualize
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Defi wind Clinic punten voor de eerste meeting. Introductie. Vertel iets over jezelf voor de groep. Leuk om met jullie allemaal even kennis gemaakt te hebben, ik vind dat we een super leuke groep hebben en denk dat er voor ons allemaal nog flink wat te leren is. Ook voor mij!! Wat denk je zelf
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Défi Wind with Pieter Bijl Misschien heb jij al een paar jaar de droom om ook eens mee te doen aan de Défi Wind, om een wedstrijd te varen als geen andere wedstrijd op deze planeet. Toch praat je jezelf er elk jaar weer onderuit. Het begint met de voorbereiding voor dit evenement, het is nogal wat. Het kan
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I’m about to spent my first winter in Holland since a long time, not sure what the expect I’m getting my winter gear ready. As we all know Autumn (Fall) is the best time in Holland for windsurfing, lots of low pressures moving through giving the best winds and also the best waves. But staying
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In life we need challenges, windsurfing provides those for us all the time where the challenges are really created by the elements, it can be the the wind, the waves, the patience and the big one perseverance. In windsurfing you can only find comfort in all conditions if you keep trying, so don’t give up and
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This past weekend we had a forcast for a little wind, but you know how it is with those summer low-pressures. They are small and the move around, meaning you can get lucky and … not so lucky. When we called the test day at Ouderkerkerplas it was all very last minute as it looked
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The summer of 2015 in Holland is proving that we can have some good conditions for all kinds of sailing. June and July especially provided some fine conditions. The biggest storm since 1901 sure played a good part in the success of the July sailing. On July 25th while people where waiting for the storm
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A week or so ago, I met some friends at the lake (Oostvoornsemeer) a lake we all sailed when we where young and hungry to spent as much time on the water as we possibly could. Now with kids and nice weather we thought we should go have a day of play at the water.
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This time of the year is the busy time and usually one with plenty of light to medium wind, but nothing ever to special. This spring has been a little different. With some days of strong W/ZW winds and this last week some good N wind. You might say wind, where?? Well if you look
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Yes, we have been out of the loop here for a few days. It’s been busy, receiving a container of boards, shipping them out getting to a product introduction and test event at www.surfcenter.nl all in one week. Needless to say, it’s been hectic and cranking. This is good in my world, how I like it.
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