Fuerte Ventura - Island of strong winds

Once again I am back at the sandy Canary Island of Fuerteventura, or better Fuerte Ventura... the Island of strong winds which is more than just true these days, we´ve arrived two days ago and it is really WINDY.... the first sessions I started with some stomach Problems, maybe the heat weakened me too much to hold on my 4,2 for more than 2 minutes, but when I saw all the others with their tiny little 3,.... sails i felt better somehow, even if my body still hurt and I needed my bed pretty urgent..... Today it looks a bit better and hopefully i´m ready for the wind..... At least I got some work to do... on my TBNews website where you´ll find all info and news about the 2010 Fuerteventura Wolrdcups with lots of Fotos of course.... www.tom-brendt.de

New Products

Fanatic has just launched its new Range for 2011 including Windsurf Boards with the new Quad Waveboards, plus a nice range of Stand Up Paddle Boards, Surfboards and the Surfskates.... all at te brandnew Website www.fanatic.com

FPC Lanzarote 2010

Between the 07th and the 12th of june we had our first Fanatic Pro Camp "Carve and Ride" at the Fanatic Boarders Center, Club Nathalie Simon at Costa Teguise, Lanzarote. A Spot with all different kind of conditions you can imagine, from Flatwater in the Bay to Choppy Water, swell and waves, all at one Spot, just great and so were the clients, which had come to improve their Jibes, learn Duckjibes, Jumps and Forward Loops. The week provided some perfect conditions and a no wind day for a really nice excursion over the Island of Lanzarote with its vinyards and volcanos and a big amount of great surf beaches especially in the north and north west of the Island. It has been another great week and the Event for 2011 is already planned and almost ready to be published...
See all images to the event at www.windsurflabor.de

Soma Bay Clinic 2010

Fanatic Pro Camp Soma Bay 2010

For the first time the Windsurflabor.de Crew visited Soma Bay in Egypt for another Clinic of the Fanatic Pro Camps and surely it wasn´t the last one. A great week with lots of wind between 15 and 45 knots windspeeds, a very nice and super friendly Windsurf Center, beautiful watercolours combined with easy going water surface and airtemperatures of around 34 degrees. The Planet Windsurf Center in front of the Caribbean World Resort Hotel has been a very good choice for our six days clinic, where most participants had arrived to improve their jibing skills. The 2011 Soma Bay Event is already been planned and all dates will be online here at Windsurflabor.de soon.... so far see the Fotos of the Event at the Foto part...

Marocco and cold cold Germany

Just back from Morocco. Back from the Wave Special at Moulay we just held at the Fanatic Boarderscenter at this great Wave Spot in Morocco. A week with great Windsurf Conditions and lots of very nice people, I really enjoyed this Clinic and was super happy that all participants, which came from all over Europe, improved so much during this week. Now I´m sitting in cold and rainy Germany, trying not to get too sick..... but at least i´ll leave soon again, this time egypt.... it should be a bit warmer there

the little delay.....

and it came a little different than i thought, actually a lot different.... One week of waiting might be over as I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, with the ash clowd hopefully disappearing from the Iceland Volcano, which has stopped the entire Air Traffic over europe and caused a worldwide travel chaos. Also many of my friends and colleagues had to spend a couple of nights at various airports before airlines started slowly to fly some routes yesterday and today.... it seems that from thursday on the normal flightplans might be possible and so I also could finally leave Margarita to Europe and for my next Windsurflabor Clinics..... In the end it was all good, i missed some important dates in Europe but I am looking forward to maybe at least be at the next ones.... fingers crossed......

mother nature is stronger than my wish to fly....

Yes, also i am one of the hundred thousands passengers waiting to get his flight. but at least i am stucked "home" while i am waiting and checking the web news to follow the ash clowd news and in the end to see that all Airports remain closed and possibly for longer than expected.... Hopefully the nice westwinds, which we just love once we are at the north sea for windsurfing, will help to push the huge clowd a bit faster easterly and away from central europe to finally get on that plane.... especially for those who are waiting at the airports, for days, while their families or friends are waiting .... Now we can see if we start gambling with the nature, we will possibly always loose. Now, sitting at El Yaque Beach, watching the clowds and the rain coming closer, at least I get some days to relax, since there is really no way to change the actual situation.....