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Before the selections in Plattling I went to a new spot in the Netherlands found by Remko Brouwer, Wageningen. With the high april temperatures and little rain the water got low in the fields and thus they had to open a dam to provide water. It’s probab.. read more

Last weekend Plattling hosted the test-event for the World Championships held in little more then a month. The perfect chance for the Dutch and German selections on top of the German Championships. A week with lots of sun and little water, as noted by Anne Hu.. read more

Since my last update I did not paddle for a couple of weeks giving rest to my shoulder and finally giving it the chance to recover. Last week I got back into the boat for a tiny little session at the pool of Dutch Water Dreams to feel how it is. It felt great.. read more

Wow, it has been some time since my last update here. Problem was, as some of you might have noticed, that my website wasn’t working properly and I didn’t have the time to fix it. Which was in fact really easy, but that aside. After my last post I.. read more

Erft has always been the best option for a nearby paddle with good temperatures, and so it was time to get back there this winter. Due to an electricity facility upstream of the hole, the water is hot and around the water there is this subtropic micro climate.. read more

So last couple of weeks I took my girlfriend (Lizzy) and sister paddling a couple of times, both in the swimmingpool as on the ocean waves. My sister had not been in a boat for a long time so she is getting back into those moves again, but you can see she has.. read more

Besides the title being a song from Keane it is also good to look back at a year and think what you have done, and appreciating the great times you had. In 2010 quite a lot changed, mayb.. read more

So along with the winter the swimmingpool sessions started again, training the juniors. It is amazing to see how far the boys have come since last year, proving to be real talents and taking paddling seriously. Did we train a double pump last year, this year .. read more

A couple of weeks ago a good storm struck the Dutch coast and caused big waves, happy times! When I walked out to get in (actually doing some time-lapses with my Gopro) photographer Arie van Duijn saw me and started taking photos. Luckily my girlfriend Lizzy .. read more

So at the end of october I finished my first term exams and was so done, I decided to go to Morocco for a week. Together with Lizzy I found a ticket for €110 return flight and 24 hours later we were on our way, into the unknown with one bagpack and a lonely.. read more