Dag 3 in Frankrijk. 2de surfsessie.Niet mijn condities, wel lekker gevaren. Blij met de max en de snelste run.

Not my best day wasn't completely fit but sure had a lot of fun blasting trough the incoming swell. Got launched with 73 km/h which almost made me shit my pants.

Lekker dagje op Franqui! Het liep lekker nadat ik de handigheid kreeg in het ontwijken van de inkomende rollers. Topdag met alle duders.

Yesterday i was not sure if i was even able to sail today after i injured myself. But after taking some painkillers on the beach i felt like superman and even sailed 170km. Perfect day!

Great day for speedsurfing. Borrowed Jacq's Evo4 5.8....cheers 

A lot better than yesterday...less wind but flat water with some swell. Had a lot of fun with some waves. The wind picked up in the afternoon and when the speed went up I made a huge crash at 70kmh. Muscles are stronger than the head of a boom...... need a new one now.

Lets hope that it's more windy tomorrow and still flat...

PR time! Average above 40 knots!

Conditions weren't easy and after friday and yesterday didn't have high expectations. But it went so smooth, early in the session managed to do a 74 and a 75 run with almost every run above 70. At the end of the session got fully dialed in and managed to do an extra 3 74+ runs.

Nice bump and jump session been a long time i had so much fun was more busy playing with the swell then doing speedruns. The wind was a bit to low for 5,5 hopefully tomorrow will be d-day waves looks to be getting less i like

Nicely done Jacques !! What a results with some injured ribs !! And after yesterday still not afraid of doing some alpha's... Definetely superman !!

Nice day before we went home. Rolling chop was tricky by times but there were flat pieces and I dared to bear off into the chop. Good for my confidence..

Very glad Patje went on the water too! Untill next time  

The numbers these fast guys sail make it look so easy, but it isn't! For an averiged skilled one like me, these conditions are at the most dificult to sail. It was a bit less hardcore than yesterday, when it was impossible for me to even try.

The wind was ok for my 5.6, no problem, although sometimes I was pretty good powered up. The incoming waves, even not that big, but powerfull en hard to avoid/take at speed, made it heavy. When avoiding a wave by timing to get behind it, sometimes you're in the spray of it that is reinforced by the wind (up to 40 knt) and it's like going trough a carwash. That's ok, but getting on top of one is shitty! I've been wiped out 2 or 3 times, one made me turn over the neck and now 24h ours later I feel the pain even more. It's all about timing, and therefore one needs a lot of training.

At La Franqui it's about having luck with the conditions, there must be enough wind, but to have the water as flat as it can be is not predictable.

Great respect to the dutchies who fly in these conditions, also some french guys, and last but not least, David, my tripmate, who sailed "de pannen van het dak". Well done Dave in these conditions.

After 3 days in LF I'm glad we took the opportunity and left all over sudden.

Te moeilijke omstandigheden voor mij.

Eerst aan de buitenzijde van de rollers gevaren (teveel schrik) maar van die chop werd je ook niet vrolijk. Na wat tuningtips (thanks Sander, Hans, ea) en een persoonlijke rondleiding van Jacques (also thanks) toch nog van de speedfeeling mogen proeven. Al het blijft het varen met de billen dicht, wanneer je in je run zo'n rotgolf ziet aankomen.

wavy,square,difficult to do some long runs!

Fantastic evening Session, wind side off, permitting a few down the line wave rides on tiny, but clean waves.