Welcome to another “I am so sorry I neglected my blog for so long” apology. Yes, I promised regular updates and yes, the last post was in february. I am sorry about that.

That said: a lot happened since the last post. First I concluded my second part of winter training with a journey to Amsterdam to pick up the flatwater prototype:

And then I went back to Brittany for the first two races of the season: The Swell Beach Race at Pors Ar Vag and the Kelt Ocean Race in Douarnenez.

Both races went quite well seen my lack of experience in beach races and downwinders. I managed do finish 2nd 12’6 (6th overall) at the swell beach race and 10th overall at the Kelt Ocean Race. The Kelt Ocean Race was nevertheless a humbling experience, showing me that I will have to do a lot of ocean racing if i want to be able to keep up with the really fast guys.

In the two additional weeks of training in Giverola we had kind of the weather you would expect from Brittany. Really bad chop on the ocean and rainstorms.

But we made the best of it and went to paddle the rowing lake of Banyoles, quite illegally as we were told afterwards by a local.

Back in Switzerland it was time for the huge ICE Race, first race of the Swiss season and with 18 kilometers one of the longest.

The weather delivered and we were able to paddle the astonishing course in best spring weather. I am honoured to be able to win this race for the third time this year, especially that I managed to go even faster than last year. Big thanks also to the guys at Fanatic for letting me race the new flatwater Strike prototype (14′ x 21.5″), my time of 1h46min (9.8km/h) would not have been possible with another board.

So, next stops are going to be the two Eurotour races in Zandvoort and Namur. Looking forward to those and the whole of the upcoming season!