Latina in Denmark

For a good ten hours, I already sat in the back seat of a motorhome, some jams and mileage on German highways already are behind me and the tension in me continues to rise. Countless times I have been wondering why this spot in the far north of Denmark would be so high on my husband´s Tom's list of Top Spot, right next to the warm spots such as Maui or Cabo Verde. Of course, I have seen some videos and photos from our goal of Klitmoeller, but dropped for me as Venezuelan just the impression of coldness in the eye, so much that I had the real windsurfing conditions still largely unnoticed.

But something had to be tuned to this spot after Tom and our friend Olli from El Yaque for weeks hardly had a different theme, as finally drive again on the spot, where both were before their departure from Germany had been so frequently and over they repeatedly fell into raptures, we decided this year to schedule one week in Klitmoeller. Summarily decided another friend, globetrotter Charley to join us along with his motor home. For both, Charley and me, it should be entirely new field, we usually prefer both warm and shallower water, for my Freestyle preferences and Charley for easy cruising with his kite and windsurfers, and in Denmark we both would have to think different. But first, should we still await a few hours drive and even an unplanned overnight stay before arriving in Klitmoeller caused by some more traffic jams.

Although only a slight breeze passed by on the open sea, I could already guess why Tom and Olli so often the ordeal of the long journey had taken upon himself. After we had rented our house and our belongings stowed there, I could get an idea of how diverse can be the entire region for windsurfing. The light breeze that we had in the Bay Klitmoeller identified in the morning, turned out on South Beach, the Beach called  “Bunkers “,  than enough wind for Charlie's 12-meter kite, and even brought Tom with the 5.0 and his 76 liters board one or another times with the help of small waves in the air. Of course, I could not stand there long indifferent at the beach and watch. In a short time, I rigged up my 4.7 and after passing the Shorebreak, I was planning the first time on Danish waters. To my surprise the water was warmer than at some spots on the Canary Islands, of which we had left only a week ago, and still the most radiant sunshine rounded off the day perfectly, even when the waves were like something to be desired. In preparation for our Tripp to Klitmoeller and the daily online wind check, Tom and Olli mentioned more than once, that you can find good conditions in almost all directions, whether in Klitmoeller itself Vorupor, or Agger and Hanstholm.

Only easterly winds were not really ideal, but would not occur too often. This case, unfortunately, not so ideal occurred during our week. The southeast and east winds gave us plenty of sunshine and very mild although temperatures, but was no longer think of windsurfing approximate. Even a trip to the Viksö Bay, northeast of Hanstholm, brought only a short Windsurf pleasure. So we spent our time with beach runs, trips to Thisted and Vorupor and barbecues. Only three days remain to us as without hope, Tom returned with his laptop under his arm from the Internet hot spots in a parking lot at the Klitmoeller Bay to tell us that the wind forecasts have improved significantly. To which Tom was delighted, gave me a queasy feeling in my stomach, because although I already had often windsurfed by harsh conditions on the Canary Islands and in Spain, I will at the thought of big waves still get very nervous. The next morning it would start, but instead of wind and wave, there was once continuous rain, but in the early afternoon, the stronger wind blew the clouds away and I was able to get myself with my 4.2 on the still relatively small waves, and my nervousness decreased slightly. In our spot check early in the morning, I finally understood why this spot is one of the best wave spots in Europe. Clean, the waves were running over the Shell Reef, so clean that even I did not have problems with timing. The fact that the waves broke just headhigh, gave me the thing of course, easier, and I found it not so hard to train a few turns harder at the Face and use the true power of the waves.