The strong breeze was a  icr opportunity to test the isonic 55. I really like the board for this full power slalom conditions. 

First session of the day testing the new 4.9 through the chop

trim was not good had not enough Downhall realised it too late

Nice afternoon session with a funrace in the end....

trim was not good had not enough Downhall realised it too late

fin was a 32cm finish V2

Properly powred up with 5.6 in the morning gusting over 40 knots followed by a pre Defi funrace at the ens of the day

My start was a bit messy so playing catch up for the 4 legs between Gruissan and mark number 1 (5 km away).
Half the normal distance 20 km race.

No official results, guessing top 30 overall and top 10 on the fin.

Looks like that was the last session here as the wind drops tonight. 

Nice battle the last three days with Ingmar for the number 1 spot on GPS speedsurfing. 

On to the next adventure.

The training for next year’s Defi starts tomorrow

Happy vibes 

Nice fun day, full power 5.9. Gust 40knots

Fun morning session, gusty at the plage du chalets

Defi fun race

Defi fun race

Ochtend eerst nog de iSonic 90 geprobeerd (63 BRD) maar dat ging mij te heftig. Dus de Tribal Libero gepakt. Dat was tenminste onder controle te houden. In de middag ook nog een Defi trial wedstrijd gehad. Leuk om weer met zoveel surfers de zelfde richting op te gaan. En oha: koken zeewater, dat begrip is me ook weer duidelijk. Wat een geklots als je midden in de groep zit. Door al die rare golfslagen was het toch lastig om snelheid te maken. Lol gehad en enorm gezellig met alle bekende op het water.

WaW today was a really DefiWind conditions especially on the morning.  It was a long 200+ session but it was very hard  work. A proper Defi survival! What a day!

Bra Defi setup som hanterade all vind bekvämt idag.

Beroendeframkallande att bränna halvvind ihop med hundratals andra!

Defi fun race

Evening session of the day.

Session 2 with the Heida brothers, pushing slalom race... exhausted.

Heerlijke avondslalomsessie

what an incredible day again. Such a joy to sail in between so many happy smiling faces. 

It was a weird setup and basically overpowered the whole day again but the fun was to high to change something.. missing my 61 cm wide tho. those 9 cm more width really gives that more stability over all those hekgolfjes... But the longer fin made it work above my expectations

Evening session of the day.

Defi wind full power morning ?? 

Great DeFi conditions. Took too long to find the right tuning.

Should have taken a bigger fin.... still really great vibes on the water, especially with the fun race.

Next time hopefully more runs to compete with Ingmar and Dennis ;) 

Toch nog een ingelaste Funrace over de halve afstand.

altijd lekker om een race te doen.

ging mooi!

Ook mooie opkomst van 500 man/vrouw

Practical Defi race

Voor het eerst gevaren in Frankrijk. En zelfs voor het eerst op zee sinds mijn jeugd.  Nog 1 dag tramontana mee kunnen pakken, maar het was heel druk en super vlagerig die dag op die plek. Langs het  strand van het defi-terrein bij Gruissan. Achteraf beter bij La Palme kunnen varen, daar waren we niet alleen zag ik later. Maar hèy; i did it, en iedere dag op het water is een goede dag. 

oude sessie! van begin mei 

gruissan - super dag 

WaW today was a really DefiWind conditions especially on the morning.  It was a long 200+ session but it was very hard  work. A proper Defi survival! What a day!

oude sessie! van begin mei 

gruissan - super dag 

Bra Defi setup som hanterade all vind bekvämt idag.

Beroendeframkallande att bränna halvvind ihop med hundratals andra!

what an incredible day again. Such a joy to sail in between so many happy smiling faces. 

It was a weird setup and basically overpowered the whole day again but the fun was to high to change something.. missing my 61 cm wide tho. those 9 cm more width really gives that more stability over all those hekgolfjes... But the longer fin made it work above my expectations

Great DeFi conditions. Took too long to find the right tuning.

Should have taken a bigger fin.... still really great vibes on the water, especially with the fun race.