Early Mornings

It has been a long time since my last posting which isn’t because of bad surf but more a result of me being busy being a daddy. There have been some fun surf during the winter but most sessions have been either short and intense or in poor lighting due to the short winter days. Now things are lighting up and the days are becoming longer and there is light early in the morning again, making it possible to go surf before work :)

Last Friday there was a small NE swell in the Baltic Sea, it wasn’t much but enough to get up at 04 am and get 2 hours of surf.



When we arrived the conditions was doubtful but a few reasonable sets sneaked through. We went in and within a quarter the wind dropped totally and the current shifted cleaning up the small swell. Most sets were in the waist to shoulder high range and an occasional headhigh set came in.



It was a session that without doubt was worth getting up in the middle of the night for.

At Monday it happed again, this time just in Kattegat. During Sunday night the wind had been hauling from NV and the forecast was predicting a fast drop during Monday morning as a low pressure was passing close by.



Conditions were Ok but not as good as we had expected. The forecast had predicted 2-3 m waves but it was more like headhigh and a few sets over headhigh due to the wind had dropped earlier than expected.


Rider: Anders Ekstedt

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During our session the wind dropped and turned offshore which improved conditions considerably. Sadly the waves faded quickly and lasted for only 2 hours, though it was enough to get stoked and without doubt the best way to spent Moday morning.


Rider: Matthew Baxter

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All photos are from early morning when the wind still was messing up the lineup.

More photos here (diasshow)

Happy New Year

The 17. of December I got this little wonder of a boy



Be aware, soon there will be a new charger in the lineup.

Happy new year to everybody

From Anton, Ann-Sophie and René

Thanks to: Jesper & Ann-Sophie for the cool shirt, Mathilde & Cedric for the Ugg boots, and Mads-Emil for the trousers.

Glassy Northsea

The winter has kicked in and the classic NW swell has announced it's arrival. During the winter period it is common with very light or no wind at all along the danish west coast while an arctic low simultaneously is placed over northwest Norway. Which is exactly the conditions that is needed to bring on a big smile during the dark short winter days.



Roelf Hans and me quickly arranged a trip to the west coast to see if 0.5-1 m swell with a 12-14 second period and dead offshore wind could produce anything worthy.


This is from a place south of Thyborøn with several nice sandbars.



And these mini barrels belongs to Bunkers.



The short winter days in combination with a need for all you can get feeling didn't leave much time for photography, sorry :)

There is a few more pics here, and a slideshow here

And not to forget, happy Christmas!!!

Seal Point

Another great day in Sweden with headhigh waves, sideshore wind and a bit of current. Compared to recent sessions this one wasn't much, even though this was a worthwhile session with heaps of good rides.



This late summer and early autumn has been amazing. We have had some epic days both in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. If you asked me one year ago I would never believe that you could find conditions like these in Scandinavia. I would probably say "nah you are kidding me, to surf you'll have to go to Hawaii". But here we are, in little sheltered Denmark and we have had more than a handful of good sessions in one month. That is incredible, though you could get even more good days if it wasn't for the work and family responsibility. Most of the time it is only weekend surf as the weekdays are spent working. So who said that you cannot surf in Denmark?

Vince throwing a big snap off the lib.


Rider: Vincent Bakker

Must be viewed large. It's a shame, this shot had been much better taken from down the line.

Aerial time!!!


Rider: Vince Bakker

And here is the proof, we got headhigh to over-headhigh waves.


Rider: Vincent Bakker

Notice that this dude is a 2 m man!

Here's some more pics

Lets hope that the autumn and winter offers similar conditions.

Tomorrow I'm off to Portugal for 10 days. See you ;)

Ike leftovers

It's not only the Caribbean shores that harvest the waves of tropical hurricanes. After Ike has been destroying large parts of the US it moved on toward Greenland and sent long period swell down toward the Nordic Sea.

This is the wave and swell height in the morning of the 19. of September.

Which by itself does not look as much, but topped with the long period of 10-12 seconds it got very interesting.

After a few quick calls a short and intense trip was arranged. We left Copenhagen Thursday night and was back in Copenhagen Friday night. 6 hours of drive, 3 hours sleep, 8 hours surf and 6 hours drive back to Copenhagen. And it was all worth it!!!


This is what we was rewarded with.


We started with a sunrise session at bunkers where we got overhead-high waves.



The duck setting up for a barrel


Rider: Anders Krygell


Rider: Mads Ejstrup

Around noon the wind shifted and picked up a bit thus Bunkers vent messy. We had a quick lunch and continued to Nr. Vorupør where the wind still was offshore. The waves wasn't as high as at Bunkers but way cleaner and total glassy. We had an amazing afternoon session with head-high waves and no crowd to speak of.

This is the lineup, just perfect!



Glassy lefthander


Rider: Anders Krygell

A decent drop


Rider: Rasmus

In every way a worthwhile trip...

Here is some more pics

Full Moon Surfing

Once again a high-pressure has stabilized over south west Sweden and the Baltic sea has been awoken.



To appreciate the real beauty of this lineup shot it must be viewed large. Look for the two small black dots.

We spent yet another weekend with some decent surf. Ranging from shoulder to headhigh waves and a shifting wind between offshore and side-shore.


Rider: Vincent Bakker


Rider: Anders Krygell

After 6 hours of good surf we made a fire and had a nice barbie just in front of the lineup while watching the waves in the moon light.


Our camp fire is in the center of the lower part, super nice spot.

Sunday delivered a little bigger waves early in the morning thought the wind picked up after a few hours and turned side-shore. The waves quickly became messy and less hollow. It didn't matter too much as we all got our share and couldn't stop smiling while leaving the messy conditions for those that could not get out of bed for the early morning session.


Rider: Anders Krygell


Rider: Vincent Bakker

Checkout all the pics here (new high resolution slideshow)

Hossegor or Agger

Friday night at 04 am the alarm clock buzzed and it was time to get up. A 5 hours drive was awaiting and the forecast was looking quite good. No problem getting up knowing that we soon would get some waves. When we arrived it was nearly flat and a long and painful waiting period started. First in the late afternoon the first surfable waves arrived and we hit the water even though it was a messy onshore wind swell. A little is always better than nothing!

(haven't got a single photo of the crappy conditions)

Sunday morning we woke up at sunrise and hit straight to Agger.



This was our first sight!

We had 1.5-2 m swell and 0-2 m/s offshore wind all day.


Rider : Olaf

A semi barrel


Rider: Vincent Bakker

Radical takeoff


Rider: René Brask (me)

Have to admit that I got wiped on this one after the first buttomturn.

Massive cutback


Rider: Vincent Bakker

And the big question, Hossegor or Agger?



Floater?


Rider: Vincent Bakker

End of session



After 6 hours in the water it was time to head back to Copenhagen. A super way to spent a Sunday. Believe it or not, this weekend the Quiksilver DM Championship was suppose to go off but it was canceled!!! why ?

More pics here