Tag Archive for 'sports'

A few words of wisdom related to falling down when cycling

Published May 27th, 2008 in Abroad. 0 Comments

I recently got my road bike fixed up again and hope to be starting some serious exercise again from this weekend on. That is, when the wind is not going to be any good–so far it looks like it’s going to be only 5 or 6 knots, not even remotely enough for the 14sqm kite. […]

Ironman??? …….. ?

Published January 2nd, 2008 in Other. 1 Comment

Dennis Hettema (of OP3 fame) was in town last week and I met with him, Mikky and some others in Den Haag. We had some serious catching up to do. I hadn’t seen Dennis since we did some eating, drinking and clubbing in Oslo back in 2005. Mikky and I don’t exactly see eachother every […]

Endurance is a terrible thing…

Published December 19th, 2007 in Other. 0 Comments

I know endurance is something can improve with enough exercise. I also know endurance is something you have to maintain with exercise. I hate that! I just took up running again. I have not ran since the middle of June which is when I did 70km for two weeks in a row. That, combined with […]

Kite boarding in the Netherlands is (not) fun

Published December 4th, 2007 in At home. 3 Comments

–One hundred things to do before you’re 80: go out kite boarding in the cold waters of the Netherlands in December… check–
Kite boarding in the Netherlands is (not) fun. It depends on how you look at it. I came back from Mauritius just over four weeks ago and I had a great time there. Although […]

Kiteboarding on Mauritius - part I

Published October 26th, 2007 in Abroad and Leisure. 6 Comments

I’m fortunate enough to live in Holland. When you like kitebaording, Holland is a great place to be. There is lots of wind, we have a lot of coast line, but there are also a lot of lakes so you do not only get the surf, but also flat water. Simply great. There is one […]

Fall isn’t what it used to be

Published October 14th, 2007 in At home and Leisure. 0 Comments

I just got back from a nice game of soccer. Of course we lost, but then again, we did have fun and the weather was great. It’s mid-October and I have been waiting for weeks for the winds to pick up, but so far, no luck. This means no kiteboarding for now. I have to […]

Kite boarding at Wijk aan Zee

Published September 21st, 2007 in At home and Leisure. 1 Comment

I promised some pictures from my kite boarding session from last Sunday. Marc just zipped them up for me today, so I can finally put them online! As I told earlier, Sunday we had a really good session at Wijk aan Zee, which is a little North-West of Amsterdam.

The direction of the wind was perfect. […]

Almost perfect weekend (arghh, that soccer match ;-)

Published September 16th, 2007 in At home and Leisure. 1 Comment

I couldn’t be any more perfect. I got back from London last Friday evening and had a few beers with a couple of friends of mine. I hadn’t seen them for quite a long time, because of my crazy schedule the last few weeks.
Today, I had a wedding anniversary of my grandparents yesterday (they […]

Phew, that’s easy, my kite is repaired again

Published September 5th, 2007 in At home and Leisure. 1 Comment

You might have noticed (from my Road Trip Europe post) that I took up kite surfing a couple of months ago. So far it’s been an excellent experience with nothing but fun. Some might argue that kite surfing is a dangerous sport and I guess it a more dangerous sport than say playing tennis, but […]