This year again in October 2011 a group of mainland windsurfing friends visited our beautiful island for their yearly "Texel Road Trip". It's becoming a great tradition and also this year the three days were filled with wind, sun, great laughs and overall just a great time. Texel offered three days with steady winds, at times big surf, big swells, off-shore flat water blasting and jump and bump conditions. This year I guided the group on a windsurfing safari over the Northsea from Texel to "De Razende Bol": a large sandplate in the Northsea about 5 km's from Paal 9. We formed couples of two windsurfers for safety and to look out after each other: in big swell it is easy to lose sight of each other and of land all together. Once on De Razende Bol is was magic: pure, sunny, seals watching and a stunning scenery! I think all the guys were somewhat in awe to set foot on this beautiful piece of land in the middle of nowhere after a sometimes demanding crossing over the Northsea. After the stop, we crossed back to Texel and spent the afternoon on the southern tip of Texel (De Hors) with nice side-off winds. The last guys standing were picked up in a Land Rover and brought back to Paal 9. Too bad Taucha and Niels were injured and Niels even broke his ankel.....Hope to see you all next year in good health!
Posing on De Razende Bol:
Back to Texel: De Hors
First Youtube film of the Texel Roadtrip 2011:
The guys picked up from De Hors in the back of the Laro....back to Paal 9....
Actionpicture above by Paul Koster, rider blogauthor Bart Goemans
Texel: latitude: 52.220818 / longitude: 6.891140
Inhabitants:
15.000 (sheep), 14.500 (people), almost one each.
What else? For starters we've got our own beer brewery. And the biggest whisk(e)y bar in the world. And it's windy. And the records show that Texel is the most sunny place in Holland. We've got a lot of great spots too and Amsterdam is only about an hours drive away.
In this blog I'll try to keep you updated on all the windsurf action here on Texel.
The place to be after a good session
Windhouse for Chinook, BPF Fins, Sailworks, KA, NSP and more
Born in Rio de Janeiro, lived in Brazil, Ghana and Holland. Emigrated to Texel in 2002. Got infected by the windsurfing bug at quite a young age. Can't seem to get rid of it, so most steps in life involve accomodating windsurfing.
Komend weekend zijn we er weer Bart!
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