Windsurfing Magazine

kristin
2008-01-22 14:00:00 | 72 views | 0 Comments

The following is a report and youtube movie about windsurfing action in the mountains of Tirol, Austria.  Enjoy!!

“Hi everybody,

Here at my home in Tirol, Austria we had -20°C around New Year's. There isn't that much snow, but it is quite cold. Well on the 4th and 5th of January there was “Foehn,” a strong wind from the south that raises the temperatures enough for the snow to melt, creating almost spring-like weather for a few days.

However, it was not really inviting to go windsurfing, as the temperature was just around 6°C, but i had not been sailing for a month, so it was time…

Check out my video from those 2 days!

I know that I don't have many moves there, but it's really hard to film yourself… believe me!

The weird thing was, on the first day, the lake (Achensee) was half ice! I was just sailing a few meters next to the 10cm thick icefield. On Saturday, just one day later, ALL the ice was gone… hmm… well maybe not gone completely, but it was broken apart and building a five-meter-wide belt along the shoreline.

First day i was on my 5,2 360Free and IStyle 94, the wind was more constant than on the second day, when i was on 4,7 with the same board.

It reminded me of several really great sessions in winter at our lake. For example, I did my first 3 flakas on 26th of December some years ago at this lake!! Will never forget that…

Keep windsurfing! Ciao, Rossi”