From Denmark to Greece

Long long time i had to wait before I could finally go back to one of my favourite Spots. After living a couple of years living in the Caribbean now and travelling to the Canaries and warm water Spots in the summer, it became really about time to get into my car and just drive up north, really north, to Klitmöller in Denmark. I never forgot the great days I had in the beginning of my Windsurfing history and I always wanted to go back to one of the best Wave Spots with great ambience and landscapes in Europe. After surviving the long long ride, it seems like german highways are all under construction at the moment and so I needed almost two days instead of normal ten hours to get to Denmark, I took a deep breath when I passed the entrance of Klitmöller. Unluckily it was sunny and the wind easterly. Not the best Conditions for some good wavesailing days. 6 days I had to wait to finally take my new Newwave 76 to the water. The Board loved the conditions, and so did i, even some much better could be possible at this Spot, but for me it was the last day and with a teardrop in my eye at the next morning I had to leave Klitmöller Beach, were at this morning 3 - 4 meter waves were rolling in and the wind was blowing for the 4,2... sometimes it is very hard to follow your timetables.... but I had no choice, my next Clinic in Greece, at the Island of KOS was waiting.... But for sure it won´t last soo long anymore to be back here, up north....

German Summer...

Almost a week since I´ve arrived in Germany from Fuerteventura, and so far the biggest difference is the not existing sand and sea, but the temperatures and sun have been more likely. Sunny every day with Airtemperatures passing the 30 each day. At the moment I´m sitting at 34 degrees and it´s still getting warmer and the people are starting to go crazy., hiding in the shades, trying to get as many fans in their offices as possible and wait for the day to pass by quickly to finally go for a huge ice cold beer in the Biergartens, germans famous outdoor Beer Bars. Yep, sometimes it´s good to be used to the hot weather. But already tomorrow we will travel to colder and more wet weather for sure. For one week we will visit my ex favourite Spots in Denmark, with klittmöller in the north of Denmark as base.... Actually I really don´t care if it´s gonna be clowdy or rainy, after such a long sunny period I would like to have a nice and drastic change. I just hope it´s gonna be windy as well.... After the Denmark Trip I will get a nice warm up session in Greece anyway.... Kos we come !!!! I´m pretty glad about the year so far, finally I got and get to know some new Spots and Islands and get out of the normal travel rythm I had the past years. Our new Toys, the Fanatic Boards and new North Sails also have arrived, are prepared and also ready for the first rides.... awsome !!!! I will try to keep you all updated, maybe not, because i also hope to spend all day on the water and be too tired for Internet at night :-)

postcard from germany

After almost six weeks at sandy and windy Fuerteventura, a succesful Worldcup and Windsurfcamp done, I just arrived in Germany for a week. Relaxing with some homemade food and cakes before leaving to denmark and than Kos Island in Greece for the next Windsurfclinic with the Windsurflabor... there are still places available, you can get all info at the windsurflabor website... would be nice welcome some of you in Greece. But before we will hopefully enjoy the full beauty of Denmark, travelling to Klittmöller and his close Spots. It´s been a very long time now that I haven´t driven all the way up North for some good Sessions at one of my former most liked Spots. But I´m pretty sure that I´ll meet some friends there..... I´ll keep you updated throughout my Journey at tom-brendt.de , by the way I got some Gear for sale now... just also check my website shop.......

Sand, wind, water.... Fuerte.....

It´s already 5 weeks that I arrived at Fuerteventura. With the PWA Worldcup and our Windsurfcamp at Costa Calma, the time passed by flying, unbelievable that there are only 3 days left before leaving to Germany and than Denmark. Even if we were provided with some great windy days at Costa Calma and Matas Blancas in the past ten days, it´s nice to see the next change and some a bit cooler temperatures, less sand but unluckily also less water..... The windsurf Camp at the Fanatic Funcenter at Costa Calma once again was a really great one, with very nice guests and a great Team plus some extraordinary conditions at the Costa Calma. The Windsurflabor Events as Fanatic and North Windsurf Pro Tour will be back for sure next year again !!

Check also Windsurflabor.de for the next Clinic at the Island of KOS in Cooperation with Fanatic "The Boarders Center" in the beginning of September, there are still places available....

Hot and hot Worldcup at Fuerte 2009 is over

Oh yes, it has been a very hot Competition at Sotavento Beach. First the PWA Freestylers performed a just hot action at their first Double Elimination. Absolut fantastic Level of almost Sailors. Unbelievable how much the Level rises each year. Still it were the Top Riders who fought for the podium places in the end. Gollito Estredo managed to keep his number one status, but was followed very close by Tonky Frans, who really excited the spectators and judges in all his Heats, and Marcilio Browne. With incredible power also Browne catapulted himself once again on the podium. Also the women were on fire. Not only Sara Quita, who realized perfect double Moves, one handed Ponches and huge Airflakas, also both Moreno Twins managed to show Freestyle Skills, japanese Junko Nagoshi showed why she came as number two in the overall rankings to Lanzarote, and Yoli, who sailed and rotated herself with great Moves on third Place and also a third Place tie overall with Junko Nagoshi. Only Nagoshi´s better result in the previous Event made her stand on the third step of the overall podium alone. Sara Quita could be announced once again as Freestyle Worldchampion followed by Daida Moreno.... after only two days of Competition the wind died down completely and instead of 40 knots windspeed we got way more than 40 degrees airtemperature for three days..... only when the ompetition had been called off at the last day, the wind decided to come back..... Still Fuerteventura has been a great Freestyle platform once again and we can hope that it will be also in the next year, with spectacular Freestyle Action.....

You can still see all reports and images here : PWA Fuerteventura 2009