After 4 days struggling in south france with high winds and low speeds it finally worked for me. The water was very low at strand horst. So you had to walk a lot after your runs. But the fived day in a row with hard wind finally wrecked my pr's. More than 10 runs and 11 topspeeds above my old records. Finally broke the 70km/h barrier. After the hammering winds in south france surfing at strand horst is easy. Even in the gusts. So it was a good learning trip.