Monday, July 16, 2012

Going back in time - Seppel the Seperation

The other day when I was busy cataloging some of my old pictures I stumbled upon a few movie clips that I have edited back in the days. This one dates back to 2005 when I spend a month with my buddy Markus (who filmed all the footage) down at the Cote the Landes. During that trip I crossed off two important milestones in every surfers life. First and most importantly I pulled into the first barrel (closeout) of my life and secondly I broke my first board. The sad thing was that it was not just some surfboard (by now I have broken quite a few of those), but it was my first and last custom made board. It was a sad moment and I sometimes still shed a tear when I look at the two peaces of my beautiful Fatum surfboard. Enjoy!


Sunday, July 1, 2012

Costa Caparica

After a couple of weeks of behind the desk, saltwater shots is finally back with some action from Lisbon Portugal. In fact this was a very special trip for me, because I was able to meet up with my good friend Malte who is doing a semester abroad there. Together with Florian, I took a super cheap flight down to Porto, from where we took a train to Lisbon. I was super psyched, two of my best friends and the opportunity to score some great waves. Unfortunately, Flo managed to cripple his hand when he fell on a bottle, dancing drunkenly in the club, just a couple of weeks before the trip. On the bright side, I was able to take one extra board and probably nobody would have taken any pictures, if not Florian ;p. All these pictures were taken at the beautiful Costa Caparica, just outside of Lisbon. Overall, it was a great trip with great friends, great food, and great waves.