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The photo to your FREE WALLPAPER CALENDAR for the month of May has been taken from a jet ski by Jamie Scott, one of the greatest surf photographers of all times, on a rather epic day, when considerable swell had hit the coast, at my personal very favourite place in the whole world.  Yeah, I refer to it as ‘paradise’, though, folks, apologies, it’s only for me to know where that is and for you guys to find out yourself…   otherwise I would spoil the fun of discovery, right Read more ...

Today, precisely one year ago, I was as close to ‘not seeing next day’s daylight…’  as I’ve never been in my life before. Yep, I experienced THE most serious wipe-out of my career in a rather serious swell that rolled in at Australias amazing west coast on 12th of March 2009.

You can read up on that day in my blog from a year ago, if you want. Basically what happened, is simply what can happen anytime, any day, in any condition…:  All of a sudden it all went horribly wrong and although I’ve been having the greates ball out there for almost 2 hours, suddenly sh$t happened… a monster munched me, I got tangled in my lines and got the second wave of a monster-set on my head, whilst still having a line wrapped around my arm… Read more ...

Although I’m currently in my hometown Vienna, which is at the moment suuuuuper grey, drizzly, cold and snowless, and there’s certainly no waves or swell around my neighbourhood here   !?  …I would like to give my my personal opinion on North Kiteboarding’s latest wave-masterpiece:  The 2010 Kontact. Read more ...

Shortly before boarding the airplane to grey, wintery Europe, I was praying for some last joy session in the mind-blowing waves of my beloved W.A…. and the Wind & Swell Gods answered my prayers    Thanx !!!

Yes yes yes, stoked, cause pretty decent swell rolled in with some sweet 20 knots, sunshine and I could go onto a wave Rock’n'Roll with my favourite kite and board, the 2010 Rebel 5m2 and Kontact 6′3 … mhhhhh, was so, soooooo good   !! Read more ...

Huff, after a 32 hours journey, pretty much from one side of the World to the other, I’ve arrived well back home in Vienna for the first time in almost one year…

3 planes, lots-of-rather disgusting plane food and a couple of tranquilizing glasses of vino, I have to admit, I’m pretty stoked arriving in Vienna in the afternoon of Friday the 13th.  yep, wasn’t too impressed with myself after I realized that I had booked myself onto this monster-journey on a Friday the 13th, especially after having been on a rather unlucky patch lately anyway…  and having just survived a rather heavy car crash, flying on friday the 13th was perhaps pushing it a bit… only if one is supersticious, though, right Read more ...