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.....

Summer has come

The summer has come !! which seems to look very nice actually isn´t the best notice for the Caribbean Wind addicts. After a windy, a very windy Winter in El Yaque, which has started already last autumn and hasn´t stopped since, the summer weather might have arrived over early as well. From one day to the next the wind has gone and hot and humid weather took over, hard rainfalls started at the Venezuelan Mainland and at many latin american countries... The right time for me to leave, with my next Clinic in Morocco and Egypt coming soon... For the Wave Special in Morocco we are already fully booked, which is just great but for the Soma Bay Clinic in May there are still places available..... just check at www.windsurflabor.de for all info or contact me right away.....

back to blog......

It´s been almost a month now without blogging.... no holidays or failing internet connections are to blame for, only work kept me away from writing about life, wind, travel or fotos.... it have been pretty intense weeks ultimately but actually that was what i have been searching for..... plus it has been windy, very very windy in el yaque which brought me on the water with my smallest windsurfgear which I really like.... inbetween some early morning foto sessions, lots of typing on my PC and editing video..... plus some publicity for my Windsurf Clinics, which work out really well with the Fanatic Boarderscenter and the Morocco Event is already fully booked and Lanzarote almost..... (see www.windsurflabor.de) Now, during Semana Santa, which is THE Party week of the year in El Yaque i am more focused on reporting about everything at El Yaque News before going back to "normal" work. of course you can always see the latest images and whatever you like to see on this site..... while i am working on my new personal site, which will come out soon with new images, videos, reports etc......... but since i´m back to blog i´ll keep you updated, promised....

Back from Colombia

Five nice days in Colombia together with Gollito Estredo and Diony Guadagnino are behind me, with a stopover at Bogota Airport, which was a pretty freezing experience, didn´t know the City is located 2600 metres above see level.... further on to the City of Baranquilla and the Windsurf Spot of Puerto Velero, a huge Flatwater Lagoon on one side and a Wavespot on the Seaside.... very very nice place for the Sport !!! It was a very good experience, also being surrounded by very nice and kind people....

Another exhausted Windsurfer

It´s always a good sign when you are tired from Windsurfing at night and surely it is a great feeling, which we lived many many times during this Season in El Yaque, in which it just keeps on blowing every single day. I derigged my Sails bigger than 5,0 already weeks ago, just no need to get them dusty in the racks. The choice I have to take now almost every day is 4,5 or 4,2 and the 5,0 on the so called non windy days.... only ultimately the choice became more, windsurf or rest ?? after weeks of daily windsurfing and training, my body just needs a rest and sometimes i even stand at the beach, watching the whitecaps but just don´t want to go on the water because i already feel every single muscle and bone of my body.... Which is great and surely i do prefer that than waiting for wind..... and soon i´ll be back on the water, maybe today ?? my body will tell me once i´m at the beach...

so long i work on the new online newspaper www.elyaquenews.com

Fanatic Pro Camp El Yaque 2010

Fanatic Pro Camp 2010

El Yaque 03. – 08.02.2010

For the 8th time the Windsurflabor.de organized a Windsurf Clinic a tone of worlds Freestyle and Slalom Top Spots, in El Yaque at the Island of Margarita in Venezuela. Not only Cooperation Partner Planet Allsports helped by providing their Windsurf Centers and brandnew Fanatic and North Sails equipment, also the Restaurants Atti, Oasis, Fuerza 6 and Da Rocco, who served some delicious dinners for the group, the students, who arrived from the United States, Germany, Switzerland and Poland and throughout the entire week showed an immense Motivation to improve their Windsurfskills and last but not least, the windgods, which made the wind blow every single day for the 4,7 and 4,2 sails, to make this Fanatic Pro Camp 2010 a great and successful Event. The Jibe group and the Freestyle group got 4 – 5 hours of sailing each day including the tuiton and the students took their chances to improve their Jibes and Stance and to learn and understand the Forward Loop, Airjibes and Flakas, good themes to talk about at the daily Happy Hour and the following Dinner. The Event finished the 08^th of February at the Planet Allsports Center, where the Sun and Fun Sportsclub organized a happy hour followed by the Event Video Clip and the 4 Dimension Movie presentation.

Event Images here ...>>>

Event Video here ...>>>

The start

I can´t believe I got already 3 months in El Yaque again, time seems to fly, maybe with the extremely hard winds we are just living this winter... juts each day it´s windy. Perfect for our first Clinic of the year which starts today at the Planet Allsport Centers. Sun, wind, beach, nice students, happy hours and nice dinners, yes it will be a very good week for all of us...