Low Expectations

If there is one thing that I've learned as a channel surfer than it is the value of keeping expectations low. I usually check the beach cams before going for a surf to see whether it's worth the drive. If the conditions look favorable I quickly grab my suit and my board and hurry to my car. However, in my car I am already mentally preparing myself to arrive and find a flat lake. If you arrive and the waves are glassy and the wind is light offshore it makes the pleasure even bigger.

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Dutch Glass

This day was completely off my radar as I thought that it was going to be flat. When I checked the cams in the afternoon some first little bumps started showing up. Since my camera lady was not available and the wind seemed to be favorable I decided to take along my GoPro. Although the waves were pretty small I had a great session and stayed in the water until sunset. For the editing I played around with a templet that came with the new GoPro Studio upgrade. Enjoy!

Dutch Glass from Sebastian Potthoff on Vimeo.

Frantic Days

Here a little clip in black and white, which I think fits Holland pretty well, since the weather is often rainy and the water has a brown/yellowish colour...

Frantic Days from Sebastian Potthoff on Vimeo.

Still Wild - South Sumatra - Part 2

Here the second part of my travels to Sumatra. Again big thanks to the camera men Alex, Ingo, and Manuel...

Krui 2013 - Part 2 from Sebastian Potthoff on Vimeo.

Still Wild - South Sumatra - Part 1

First clip from this years trip to South Sumatra. Big thanks to Manuel for letting me use his GoPro (mine broke on the first day) and filming in the lineup!

Krui 2013 from Sebastian Potthoff on Vimeo.

Tudo bem?

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Aguardiente

A typical day in Portugal means getting up late and having some delicious custard filled pastry with a coffee, going for a surf, having an extensive lunch involving meat and more deserts, followed by a nap/ or going for another surf. In the afternoon one could have a portion of grilled sardines before a last sunset session, after which it's dinner time. At this point I was usually too full to enjoy another value meal, so I had to prepare myself with a clear liquor called "Aguardiente" which can be translated to "burning water" and is stronger than anything I ever drank in my life. Anyways, given the essence of the burning water in my portuguese routine I thought it would make a nice title for this clip. Enjoy!

Aguardiente from Sebastian Potthoff on Vimeo.

New King on the Block

After Queen's day Matthias and me drove to Noordwijk to clear our heads in a couple of clean little waves. Enjoy!

In the doghouse

As soon as the first warm sunrays hit the lowlands of Holland everybody is out and about enjoying the beaches. I especially enjoy watching all the people with their dogs. Seriously I enjoy the beach very much, but if I see those cute short-legged creatures jumping though the sand their is no comparison. If you don't enjoy the lousy surf action in this clip, I hope you at least enjoy watching the main actors (and the song, which I think fits pretty well) ;D!

Unterkuehlung

Yesterday Matthias and me pulled up on a big tourist parking place close to Noordwijk. The place is a bit hidden behind some dunes and around this time it is pretty deserted. We looked at the empty fish restaurants and Matthias said: "Dude we a we are really lucky to live in place where others usually go on vacation, but the best thing is that we will be gone when they arrive ;-)". True that....

4 degrees

At this time of the year the water temps drop to almost unbearable lows. Of course you are wearing one of these super high-tech wetsuits that give you that jacuzzi feeling for the first 30 min, but after that the comfort drops quickly. Especially when you are diving under a wave and your face is exposed to the almost freezing water, it feels like somebody is giving you a smack in the face. Usually the conditions have to be very good to convince me to go for a sesh, but if you drank a bit too much the night before and you are hang over there is no better cure.

Sching, Schang, Schong! Extras

For all of you who have watched "Sching, Schang, Schong, part 1", you probably noticed the awesome cruisy song during the second half of the clip. The song was called "caravan' and was recorded by my good friend yibenedikt aka Markus Becker. This video features another song by him called "little devil" and it fits the atmosphere perfectly. Not only is Markus a great musician he is also a very talented artist creating some fine drawings, which you can check out on his webpage http://markusbenediktbecker.com. Hope you enjoy this one!

Sching, Schang, Schong, part 2

I know, the title of the clip must sound weird to people who haven't been on the trip. Well, to give you a bit of background, although we had an awesome apartment with three stories and view on the ocean, we did miss one bed. So each evening we had to fight out who would get to sleep in the nice bed. At the end the emotions were running a bit high, because Matthias seemed to have figured out the game and didn't loose a single game.

Sching, Schang, Schong, part 1

During my last trip to Morocco, I had my new GoPro Hero 2 with me and ended up filming the whole clip with it. I must say the thing is really great and it finally allows me to capture some of the best moments of surfing. So far, I have only been able to fix the camera on the board, which gets boring after a while, but hopefully I'll get some better perspectives during the next trip. Make sure to go watch the clip on youtube to get the full resolution. Btw, sorry for the awkward face in the video preview ;)