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Heerlijke middagsessie met eindelijk weer eens veel wind. Helaas liep m'n snelste run mis doordat ik de grip aan de giek verloor. Result met 68 op de rug in het water. Kreeg even geen lucht meer.

Nice afternoon. At last serious wind. John Tuin did a 82 max. A lot of Dutch speedees went to Horst. My second best this year.

Hoped for a PB but in my fastest run lost the grip on the boom and crashed with 68km/h. Not nice.

Yes yes, pee erren! :-) en wat liep dat makkelijk! De vlagen hadden voor mij downwind nog wel wat harder gemogen ;-) ... de 6,3 was waarschijnlijk de betere keus geweest :-))) ... ach, ik klaag absoluut niet, was een top eind vd middag sessie! 15.10 het water op tot 18.15 en toen kakte de wind wat in. 18.45 naar huis met onderweg wat lichte regen.

crash session... broke my extension and board :(

Didn't get the speed out of the boards don't what it is was. Was able to miss al the really strong gusts and was cold and had no feeling and strnght in my body. More luck next time.

After work session, hit the water after 17:00 so missed the best wind.

F2 Missile XS, HotSails GPS 6.0 , Select Caspar 23

Mooie dag, veel zon en bij momenten veel wind. Lekker gesurfd, maar wederom vielen m'n snelheden wat tegen. Het was druk vandaag, zo ook bij Bellini.

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And again a great session!
I had a lot of fun with Roger and his gadgets :D :D

The first run was the fastest. I didn't want to go downwind but decided to go. A bit chicken mode as I wasn't ready when the gust hit me. So I was very surprised with a 70+ run.
After 2 more runs I did some matchracing and alphas, the speeds didn't bother me. I tried Eriç Baardmans board, a Sonic 85. This one is a good alpha racing board.

Next time it would be very nice to have better markers in the water. Only 3 meters too much for a 49.2 for a valid alpha... :( :(

Rogers mastcam is great! :) :)
when seeing the results of my teammates I had to make more speedruns. Willem Jan Heutink is fast but was unlucky with his equipment today (although the crash-facelift did him good ;) ) Let's hope Menno Barkmeijer and Robert Seinen did some good speeds.

In about 30 days my winterbreak starts, we need more windy days!!

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Wow, wat een dag. Een hele serie PR's, waarvan de run van 70 en de max van 75 het mooiste zijn. De omstandigheden waren prima, dat zeker, maar ook de set liep uitstekend en betrouwbaar. Tot slot op last van Onno nog een paar alfa's voor het team gedraaid, dat ging ook niet onaardig. Dik en dik tevreden dus.

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First time in 4 years on a real speedboard. Last time was the isonic 50, now the Missile XS.

Conditions looked perfect to increase my PR's, but the number of occasions where you can use such a small board are really seldom too. Decisions decisions.. took the Missile XS.

Of course I was already too late for the best wind and strongest gusts (got onto the water at 15:30 - story of my life, had to work first). Then had to fiddle with the footstraps.

After all there was 1 gust (short one) I managed to take. Not enough for a reasonable average; but sufficient to know what this board is capable of - with me on top of it that is ;) Unbelievable the acceleration you get, when you have the board trimmed right.

Must admit I was a bit intimidated at start by the board's behavior in chop. Different piece of cake than the Manta 54, which is extremely well behaved. This board is more... uuhm... lively. But the 76 peak was done the one time I let the board run free over washboard chop (to the outside!).

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Forgot to bring the is87 and I was struggling with the new Blade 7.0. Smallest sail used this year.