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I just edited some footage from ourlast trip to Lapland this spring. Excuse my quick and dirty editing, but timewas short to get the video online for the contest. After the contest I will cutone properly and publish it in HD!Please vote for my new Lapland-Videoin this Sportscheck-Video-Contest, because the winner will get 10.000 EURO (=around 13.600 US Dollar) shopping-voucher for this sports-shop “Sportscheck”and if my video wins, we will sell all the products on ebay and donate themoney to a charity of your choice! We guess the money will accumulate to around6.000 - 10.000 US Dollars. You can vote for the charity the money should go to here on my blog at the top of the right navigation.To support thischarity-project just like the “Sportscheck”-Fanpage on facebook and vote (=click the button "abstimmen") for my video.Vote here: Our Video in the Sportscheck-Video-ContestTwo possiblecharities you can give your vote for on my blog are Soft Power Health or SoftPower Education in Uganda.If our video wins we will keep you updated about the auctions and the money raised here on the blog.Please vote and s***** the word!Thanks a lot foryour support!Markus
Reichenbach-Wave update
The city of Munich is working hard on the river banks of the last Isar stretches in Munich around the Reichenbach-Bridge in the city center. Yesterday we had a peak of the river level as it rained and it was really warm so all the snow melted as well. Therefore we had the chance to see how the work on the river-banks so far has influenced the wave. The good news, there still is a wave/hole. The bad news it is not so good anymore. It is less steep and the green is less smooth, coming in with many bubbles. In the last two days we had a level between 2m and 1,6m and you can see the according wave and the construction work on the following pics (the "panoramic" pics at the higher level and the surf pics from today at the lower level).And we still need all your online-signatures here! www.rettet-die-reichenbachwelle.de Thanks for your support!Markus
Season 2010 closing at La Malate and Hawaii Sur Rhone
In the middle of Dezember the temperature suddenly rose in France and a lot of snow in the mountains melted. In addition it rained and the water-levels of the Doubs and the Rhone shot through the roof. Hence we adhoc took two days off work and did our season 2010 closing 4 days paddling-trip to France. Well first we had to wait in Munich for our friend Toby Hüther who had quite an odysse with the ICE (fast train in Germany) through Germany and therefore we started our trip a little late around 4 o`clock in the morning instead of in the evening the day before. And as you can see in the picture it was cold in Munich.Our first destination was the La Malate wave on the Doubs. Unfortunately we missed the perfect level for the La Scie wave by one day. But when La Scie goes down La Malate starts to kick in and La Malate is the sicker wave anyway. Just the small hole next to the shoulder gives your head some kind of tense feeling when throwing some moves ;-)We met at the wave with "local" Stephane "Stefun" Pion. The hole looked too intimidating for Maria and Toby, so they left for the Deluz-Wave which is situated around 30 Minutes upstream. The wave is really nice and smooth, easy to throw moves and land them in the foam. On top the feature provides a nice eddy service. They both got company from two Munich board surfers who also had made a short trip to the waves. Check out the pics from the Deluz-Wave:So Stefun and myself were left by ourselfes to surf the La Malate Wave alone. I have to say, really nice without queing but although quite physically and mentally challenging to shred that wave without long breaks. See here some pics from the session:On the second day the water had dropped some more and the wave had gotten much smaller and the whole as well. At this lower level one can enter the wave through the hole and therefore an eddy-service is possible. Now also Maria and Toby joined in and Maria had her first La Malate session. Wicked!After the session we decided we would leave for Lyon for the next two days as the level should be good there. Stefun lives just between La Malate and Lyon and he invited us over to stay at his place the night. What a lovely place he has built himself and his family I have to say! Thanks again for the hospitality of the whole family! The next morning we left for Lyon straight after we`ve played a football match in his garden. And the picture gives a false impression, wedid not all play against his small daughter, I was in her team ;-)In Lyon we teamed up with David Arnaud and I got to paddle his carbon Nemesis M. What an awesome boat, so light, stiff and fast. I had so much fun although the wave was really difficult. The middle part with the foam was really trashy and it was hard to do moves on the shoulder as the green was quite flat. As well it was really hard to get on Wall B.After the session we were invited over by Sonja Jankowfsky and Vincent Mercier, big thanks as well! The next day after another session it was unfortunately already time to hit the road again and head back home.Goodbye France, cu again in 2011!All pics by Maria Stelzig and Stefun PionPower on,Markus
One battle lost but still fighting!
Again with some time lag I finally had the time to cut the footage of our Reichenbachwave-Sessions on the Isar-River in Munich this summer. Probably it was the last season that paddlers and surfers could enjoy this awesome wave like you see it in this video. The excavators are already working and most likely the wave will never be as big again or even more likely will be totally gone when they are finished with it! But as we are still fighting for other surf-spots on the Isar-River please keep on signing this online-petition, if you haven´t already and keep spreading the word, link or youtube-video as every signature helps us!Thanks for your support!Sign the online-petiton here: Save waves on the Isar-RiverPower on!Markus
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