La Malate!
saturday, sept 2nd, 4 o´clock in the morning. martin's trying to pick me up, deaddrunk...
well, at least we´re finally on our way. us that is ahoi-riders martin koll, micha schomann and myself. the last three days we were hoping for the water to come back up for la malate on the river doubs in northern france. we constantly checked the gauges and weather forecasts for doubs area. at first it looked as if we wouldn't have too much luck. we already were ready to go throughout the week, but then the levels dropped on us.
so it wasn't until friday evening until some heavy rains brought the already high water back up to perfect levels for the wave. we immediately decided to drive that night, 600 km to go, three guys in a tiny opel corsa, a weekend to spend.
it took some time though til we got there. we were not on the water before 2:30 in the afternoon, spent too much time picking up my astro 58 and trying to avoid the expensive highways in switzerland and austria didn´t help either. oh, and no worries, martin got sober again, he seemed to enjoy a pretty good sleep in the trunk of his car...
nevermind, this wave is one of europe's best, a huge green wave feeding into a massive hole.
at levels of around 500cm³ you kinda have eddy support, but you don´t really wanna go through this hole. so we carry back up after every single one of our rides.
and it´s so worth it!
after getting used to the sheer size of the hole we´re all fired up and everybody tries to push themselves a lot. but i guess pictures can tell a bit more, and how about a video?
also check out ahoishop for some more pics of the other guys.
well, at least we´re finally on our way. us that is ahoi-riders martin koll, micha schomann and myself. the last three days we were hoping for the water to come back up for la malate on the river doubs in northern france. we constantly checked the gauges and weather forecasts for doubs area. at first it looked as if we wouldn't have too much luck. we already were ready to go throughout the week, but then the levels dropped on us.
so it wasn't until friday evening until some heavy rains brought the already high water back up to perfect levels for the wave. we immediately decided to drive that night, 600 km to go, three guys in a tiny opel corsa, a weekend to spend.
it took some time though til we got there. we were not on the water before 2:30 in the afternoon, spent too much time picking up my astro 58 and trying to avoid the expensive highways in switzerland and austria didn´t help either. oh, and no worries, martin got sober again, he seemed to enjoy a pretty good sleep in the trunk of his car...
nevermind, this wave is one of europe's best, a huge green wave feeding into a massive hole.
at levels of around 500cm³ you kinda have eddy support, but you don´t really wanna go through this hole. so we carry back up after every single one of our rides.
and it´s so worth it!
after getting used to the sheer size of the hole we´re all fired up and everybody tries to push themselves a lot. but i guess pictures can tell a bit more, and how about a video?
also check out ahoishop for some more pics of the other guys.
all pics courtesy of micha schomann, freestylefoto
peace, outsven
