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Picked up a few new Tabou slalom boards (thank-you Steve Allen). Now all I need is some water and some slalom sails …

So my van got stolen just before I arrived in Europe this year! Sooooo many memories gone (but luckily no gear was in it). Thank-you ‘global financial crisis’ and the Dutch government increasing road-tax by 20% this year and now the price of second hand cars has plummeted! I purchased a van twice as good, [...]

Yesterday I travelled to a tv studio in Mijstrect for the filming of the Dutch version of MTV’s “Pimp My Ride” tv show – De Grote Beurt, hosted by the lovely Jorinde Moll. A good windsurfing friend of mine, Dennis Littel somehow managed to get picked for the show and got his old and (at the [...]

A year or so ago Markus Bouman  and I discovered a great little secret rigging spot not far from the “Windsurfing Oostmahorn” club on the Lauwersmeer. A spot that allowed us to drive the van right up to the water (only 2-3m from the edge) and rig up in a soft patch of grass centimetres [...]

This week, myself and Markus Bouman caught the ferry out to the small Dutch holiday island of Ameland. On the northern side of the island, in the North Sea, there is perfect ocean Formula training conditions which will be similar to what we’ll expect at the Formula Windsurfing European Championships in Poland the week after next. We are here [...]

Last year one of Holland’s biggest surfshops, SurfCenter, opened the doors to its all new and bigger new location at Steendam, in northern Holland. Today, Markus and myself decided to visit Jack and the boys at SurfCenter to check it out and also pick up a few spare parts for myself. Of course, in true [...]