In Rhodos already

11 June 2007

We arrived last Thursday here in Trianda in Rhodos/Greece.
The first day (Friday) was pretty windy already - in the afternoon on 4,7 and quite some waves. Kevin Mevissen did some backloops! Tine Slabe and Fabian Weber were also here already and we had some nice sessions. No wind during the weekend - and today there was something again - some pix from Fabi and me from the session today below.

Well - Trianda is a nice place, there are bars and restaurants all around the village. We stay in a nice appartement pretty near the beach. The surfcenter at Forum Beach Hotel isn't ready yet as they just moved there from another place, but like this we, the riders for the EFPT Event which is starting in a few days already, have the whole center for ourselves and some locals.
The wind usually kicks in by miday and picks up around 3pm. Today unfortunately it dropped again after around half an hour and the current was very strong (was difficult to stay upwind). Most of the guys were on sails around 5.0 and 100 liter boards - however, 5.8 probably would had been a better choice...

One of the guys which is renting umbrellas on the beach around 100 meters downwind was going crazy and started throwing stones on Fabi - luckily he didn't hit him...

We hope for the next days to get some wind and serious action!
keep you updated
greets from Rhodos
Rossi