60 knots

Flip side

2012-01-28T14:13:00.004Z

Despite we had such a good autumn for windsurfing, we can't say the same for the winter so far, so I went to my hard disc to give a second chance to the unselected pictures from the fall sessions.

The Sea

2012-01-26T23:54:00.003Z

Overcast

2012-01-17T00:02:00.003Z

There's not too much you can do when you are shooting in the water with all the settings for a briliant blue sky and suddently a huge colud covers the sky, so I kept shooting for a while knowing that black and white would be the only option for most of the pictures I was taking, but at least we were having a good windsurfing session.

Killerfish & Haring

2012-01-16T17:34:00.008Z

In this picture Josep Pons is showing us the nice graphics (Keith Haring inspired) of his new Killerfish custom board.

Unfortunately the colors of the photo are not that good, as soon as I started taking pictures it got clouded and ruined the light completely, because when I'm in the water with the housing there's not too much I can do if the light changes.

New shapes

2012-01-06T19:08:00.004Z

Pablo "Killerfish" has been surfing quite a bit during the last years, trying surfboards and shaping a few for himself, and now he is aplying all that to a new windsurfing shape.

When I first saw this shape, I thought it was a light wind small wave demon, but later on, talking to Pablo, I knew I was wrong, it's a 78 liters board for overall conditions, it will be painted tomorrow, and the Ramones will be the subject, so I guess I'll post more pictures tomorrow.

S

2012-01-05T18:55:00.003Z

Mike

White Christmas

2011-12-23T01:44:00.004Z

Merry Christmas.
Feliz navidad.
Bon nadal.
Mele kalikimaka.

More pictures

2011-12-18T03:12:00.005Z

A few more pictures from the past two days, mote to come...

The rock (preview)

2011-12-17T02:22:00.006Z

Nice session in Pozo Izquierdo just by the rock at the north side of the beach, I have plenty of pictures from the session so I'll post them in the coming days.

Drops everywhere

2011-12-16T00:07:00.003Z

As I already said at my previous post, this first session at Mosca Point with the fisheye lens was not easy at all, I saw from my house people were windsurfing there and I just went, so I never talked with the guys about the kind of photos we could do with the present conditions and this kind of lens, and despite wind wasn’t strong and waves weren’t big, current was a big issue, it was really hard for me to stay were I wanted to be, so at the end I couldn’t do any of the pictures I wanted, but even though and despite de drops everywhere, I’m happy with this first session and I had a lot of fun watching the action from the best seat in the house.

Of course I got worked on the shorebreak over the reef on my way back to land, but nothing really bad.

First attempt

2011-12-15T18:19:00.005Z

This afternoon I tried for the first time the fisheye for windsurfing watershots; conditions were far from perfect at Mosca Point, waves were kind of broken and messy, and the current was soo strong, as always is over there, but the worse were the drops on the port lens, I've been recommended saliva or potato, well, non of those work for me, and as the port lens is not glass, it's plastic I can't use anything based on alcohol or any dissolvent, any ideas?

A year ago

2011-12-15T12:59:00.005Z

This time of the year I usually take a look at my work in the past 12 months, and if I'm lucky there's some fine unedited pictures still to publish, here you have a couple of them and I guess there will be a few more tonight.

Shove-it

2011-12-14T04:10:00.005Z

rider: Josep Pons

Happy birthday

2011-12-01T13:08:00.006Z

Today is The Twins birthday, sorry for the picture, it's a little bit old, but I don't have a lot of unpublished recent pictures of them together and I really like this one.

FELICIDADES !!!!!

Iballa & Victor

2011-11-23T03:28:00.005Z

Back home

2011-11-21T12:02:00.005Z

I've been away from my beloved Pozo Izquierdo again, not that long this time bur nearly a month, I was too tired even to take a propper picture of the beach and had a kind of an urgency of going in the water; it felt soo good it didn't matter if it was light and gusty, I'm home again.

Alessio Stillrich

2011-10-23T23:19:00.002+01:00

Alessio, summer 2007

Alessio, a feew weeks ago.

Tino's garage

2011-10-23T00:49:00.004+01:00

If I'm not wrong, Tino's was the first board storage in Pozo Izquierdo and has plenty of old (classic) stuff there, as for instance, that yellow and pink sail in the picture, which if I'm not wrong is one of the first small sails for Pozo Izquierdo Björn Dunkerbeck ever had.

Moritz Mauch

2011-10-17T23:29:00.002+01:00

I just found these old pictures (2007) from Moritz, I think he was 11 and already windsurfing in Pozo Izquierdo, he was using a kite board his father prepared with a mast box for him.

Under these lines you can see him a few weeks ago.

I’ve been taking pictures in Pozo Izquierdo for 15 years now, so I’m starting to have a small peace of history, I’ll keep posting some old stuff.

Arinaga

2011-10-15T10:23:00.005+01:00

Windsurfing in Gran Canaria is not all about Pozo Izquierdo, five minutes north from Pozo, we have Arinaga, a flat water spot (with sand in low tide) perfect for learning and slalom, a little bit gusty but absolutely flat (unless there's a south swell).

Pozo Izquierdo

2011-10-15T00:40:00.002+01:00

Just found this old picture from a nice day in Pozo Izquierdo.

Glassy

2011-10-02T13:02:00.004+01:00

Yesterday we had the first day with no wind at all since the summer started, it was so hot that I had to go for a swim no matter what and the guys from Pozo Winds were there with the paddle boards so I ended up taking some pictures.

Forward loop

2011-09-24T11:13:00.008+01:00

I rememer when I first started to get hooked on windsurfing (in the mid 80's), watching all those magazines and videos from Hawaii, with Mike Waltze, Dough Hunt, Dave Kalama and just a few more, doing the first loops in the big waves of Hookipa, which was supposed to be the only place in the world where conditions allowed this kind of jumps, but now, technique and equipment have evolved a lot and we can see loops as soon as the wind allows us to go in the footstraps no matter how the waves are.

Nothing but fun

2011-09-23T00:02:00.007+01:00

Since I came back to Pozo a couple weeks ago, I had two sessions taking pictures from the water, but standing on the sandbar at low tide. Last Sunday I went for a propper water session, swiming at the peak and I really felt my time away, I was so tired but I managed to stay there for nearly two hours, but the worse was that I had no timing at all, I screwed several framings and I totally lost my fight with the drops, but you know what? we had a lot of fun.

Congratulations Philip !

2011-09-14T16:05:00.004+01:00

By beating Victor Fernandez in the semis of the double elimination, the 17 year old wonder kid from Gran Canaria, becomes the 2011 Wave World Champion.
CONGRATULATIONS PHILIP!

Night sailing

2011-09-13T00:19:00.002+01:00

Mariola, Javi, Jonas, Amelie and Pablo just had an amazing windsurfing session tonight in Pozo Izquierdo with the full moon.

First session

2011-09-04T21:47:00.002+01:00

I couldn’t expect a better welcome in Pozo Izquierdo, as I am completely out of shape, the light conditions we had this weekend have been perfect for my comeback, I had two windsurfing session with moderate wind and small waves (nearly flat) and later on, the wind picked up, waves got a little bit better and I could take some pictures, here you have just a preview, but now I’m destroyed and I have to wake up early tomorrow, so I’ll post more pictures during the week.

By the way, big changes in town, there’s a new shop in Pozo Izquierdo, Jonas Carlson and Javi Espín just opened POZO WINDS.

I'm back

2011-09-02T02:17:00.006+01:00

After 75 days away from Pozo, 68 of them spent out at sea, I'm back at home in Pozo Izquierdo, here you have a few shots from my last session just before leaving.

Out at sea

2011-06-19T10:45:00.005+01:00

No windsurfing for me this summer, but for sure I'll have plenty of wind and swell, I will be off-line till mid Agust, taking pictures in a fishing boat in the North Atlantic.
Aloha.

Punk's not dead

2011-06-12T23:16:00.002+01:00

Knee high (part 2)

2011-06-08T14:08:00.002+01:00

Click down here where it says “read more” if you want to see all the pictures.

Secret spot (1)

2011-06-06T12:41:00.004+01:00

Small conditions this weekend with an unusual wind direction, so we had to move to find the right spots for the conditions.

The pictures are from Friday afternoon, it’s not exactly a “secret spot”, but it’s one of those places I don’t like to say the name, as it was small this weekend it was fun and easy, but usually is one of those places where you can end up in serious trouble.

I tell you, you don’t want to be downwind, right in front of the cave under the cliff, when the gust is down and a big set is coming.

Of course, in a waist high session, there’s always at least one shoulder high set, Pablo Ruiz (Killerfish) was the lucky one.

Drops on the lens

2011-06-04T13:44:00.007+01:00

After years and years with drops only ruining great whater shots, finally, yesterday for the first time in my life as a photographer, a few drops not only didn't ruin the picture, but gave it something special otherwise wouldn't have had, and turned an average shot into something, framing the picture and giving the sensation of a bigger wave, or at least that's my opinion.

Gabi

2011-06-04T01:40:00.004+01:00

Gabi, with his new board, was today the happiest guy on the water.

Weekend

2011-06-03T21:40:00.006+01:00

The forecast is not that good for the weekend, with NNW wind, an unusual wind direction here, we will have to find out the right spot to windsurf, because Pozo is not the place with this kind of wind.
Have a nice weekend!

On fire !!!!

2011-06-03T13:24:00.004+01:00

The boards Victor is using in Gran Canaria look soo good, yesterday during a forward loop coming in, really close to the shore, I had the perfect chance to take a picture of the board, but suddently the tail of the board went on fire !!!!
I guess that means I still can't show you the last prototypes from Sebastian Wenzel.

Vargas

2011-06-03T10:15:00.004+01:00

Yesterday afternoon the wind was too gusty at Pozo Izquierdo and waves were perfect for a playmobil, so I went to Vargas with Aleix Sanllehy and Victor Fernandez, and just when whe arrived there, everybody was going out of the water, they were sailing in 4,0-4,2 with some fun waves, but just dropped (the wind and the waves), we decided to go anyway (Victor with 4,7 and Aleix with 4,5) it was a fun windsurfing session and we had the beach to ourseves.

Backside 360

2011-06-03T00:17:00.009+01:00

Two days ago, I shooted this sequence of Aleix Sanllehy doing a nice backside 360, and I asked him to explain the maneuver himself, thesse are his words:

First of all I would like to clarify that we are facing a move considered as part of the last generation in waveriding, from the Shaka in freestyle but incorporated to the wave, being called then Backside-360 or Shaka in the wave.

The first step is making the correct selection of the most hollow part of the wave, finding in it a good wall to lean against it, allowing to complete the maneuver in the wave and not at the back.

The next and crucial step is the famous hip hit, that is essential to allow the rotation of the maneuver, at the same time your head looks towards the point at which you want to rotate in order to complete the rotation, because you have to know that where the head goes the body will follow.

It is also essential to move your back hand to the end of the boom, so you can keep the sail against the wind pushing gently with the back hand to control the sail and overcome the 360 degrees rotation needed to complete the maneuver.

If you have these three points in mind and train a lot, you will end up getting the "timming" needed to feel the wave which is what will allow you to complete the maneuver and will make you feel very satisfied to successfully overcome this difficult yet rewarding, nice and spectacular maneuver.

Go for it !!!

See you in the water !!!!

PS: the original words from Aleix were in spanish, I did my best to translate it, but I'm affraid the final ressult is not as good as it should, for the ones who preffer the original words in spanish, here they are:

En primer lugar me gustaría aclarar que estamos frente una maniobra considerada de última generación en el mundo del Wave, procedente del Shaka de Freestyle pero incorporada en la ola llamándose Backside-360 o Shaka en la ola.

El primer paso para realizarla es la correcta selección de la parte mas hueca de la ola, encontrando en ella una buena pared donde podernos apoyar, permitiendo así poder terminar la maniobra dentro de la ola y no fuera de ella.

El siguiente y fundamental paso es el famoso golpe de cadera el cual es esencial para permitir la rotación de la maniobra junto con la cabeza, buscando de nuevo el punto en el cual queremos rotar para así poder realizar todo el giro ya que tenemos que tener muy claro que donde va la cabeza va el cuerpo.

También es imprescindible llevar la mano de atrás un poco retrasada, así podremos mantener la vela contra el viento empujando con suavidad con la mano de trasera para poder acabar de rotar los 360 grados necesarios para terminar la maniobra.

Si tenemos estos tres puntos en la cabeza y entrenamos muchísimo, nos encontraremos que poco a poco vamos consiguiendo un “timming” al unísono con la ola que nos permitirá finalizar correctamente la maniobra y nos hará sentir muy satisfechos de salir airosos de esta difícil pero a la vez gratificante, espectacular y bonita maniobra que uno puede realizar.

Ánimos y adelante !!!

Nos vemos en el agua.!!!!

Power and style

2011-06-02T13:52:00.004+01:00

Let's not forget the basics, because, in my opinion, the rail to rail surfing is the base every windsurfer should have to start building his waveriding from there.

Everybody can go down the line with a twinzer and do some kind of off the top or even a little aerial, but not everybody can do a propper carving turn, the classic rail to rail, which might look old and easy, but it's not, definitely not, and I don't mean to put a little bit of rail at the start of the turn and finish with the board flat at the top of the wave, I mean keeping the rail all the way to the end of the turn, there's not that many guys who can do that.

Victor Fernandez is in town

2011-06-02T02:09:00.006+01:00

I was checking the conditions this afternoon at Pozo Izquierdo to decide if I was going to take pictures or not, and as it was nearly flat I decided to try Vargas, but when I turned arround Victor Fernandez was just behind me, with his new gerar and a smile ear to ear, so I decided to go in too, and somehow conditions got better and ended up being such a fun session.

FUN

2011-06-01T23:37:00.006+01:00

As you can see it was fun this afternoon in Pozo Izquierdo, I would even say, Josep Pons (in the picture) was having a blast.

The sandbar

2011-06-01T21:33:00.005+01:00

We are having a lot of sand now in Pozo Izquierdo, so I can stand up on the sandbar to take pictures comfortably from the water which is great, because allows me all the control I need for frame and forcus but I can stay really close to the action and have water angle.

Backside tail slide

2011-05-31T12:08:00.006+01:00

I don't know if they call it different in windsurfing, but in surfing they call this a backside tail slide; from here you can go into a reverse o just put the nose back towards the beack to recover the original position.

The rider in this sequence is Jose Romero.

Knee high (part 1)

2011-05-30T23:03:00.005+01:00

Here you have a few more pictures from the freeride session we had this afternoon at Pozo Izquierdo, where the local crew made the most of the mushy knee high waves breaking on the sandbar where I was standing up with my camera (inside de housing, of course), so I did not even had to swim to be where the action was.

More pictures tomorrow.

Windsurfing

2011-05-30T20:03:00.007+01:00

Knee high waves, light and gusty wind and clouded sky; but no matter how bad the conditions are, when you have some of the best windsurfers of the world on the water, they can always do something amazing just in front of the camera, like Moritz in the picture above, doing a goiter while half the beach was not even planing.

I'm having dinner now (and maybe watch a movie), but I'll post more pictures later on.

Shaping room

2011-05-29T03:46:00.002+01:00

Turning heads

2011-05-27T18:03:00.005+01:00

It's not that windsurfing conditions last week were amazing, it's just we are not used to waveriding righthand pointbreaks in light side-offshore wind.

More photos from last week

2011-05-25T19:19:00.007+01:00

A few more pictures form the windsurfing action last week at Las Salinas.
I'll post the ones from the afternoon session tonight.

Shaping room

2011-05-21T12:38:00.007+01:00

A fisheye view of the glassing room at the Killerfish factory.

Black & white

2011-05-16T12:38:00.004+01:00

Sometimes you can't choose the light you want for a picture, and noon backlight with a little bit of mist, is not what you usually are looking for if you want bright colors, so if I can't wait for better light (we knew the wind wouldn't last till the afternoon), this is one of the situations I like using black and white.

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Pozo down the line

2011-05-14T15:23:00.004+01:00

Yesterday, with a long period WS swell and wind from the South, we had such a fun down the line windsurging session just 200m away from Pozo Izquierdo.

Pablito

2011-05-12T19:02:00.000+01:00

Pablito may seem a little bit quiet and shy on land if you don't know him, but once he is on the water, he delivers all his power.
If you want to know more about him, check his blog.

Fisheye

2011-05-10T00:16:00.006+01:00

I never had a fisheye lens and it's such a werid thing, so I'm having a little bit of practice (and fun) with it shooting my friends on the beach. In the first picture you can see Juan with his Mazinger board shaped by Pablo, the guy in the secon picture, shaper in Pozo Izquierdo, the lovely girl of the last picture is Daida, with a 2012 Starboard.

Moritz at Hookipa

2011-04-29T14:31:00.007+01:00

Of course the picture you see it's not Hookipa, this photo is one of the discards from a recent photoshoot I did in Pozo Izquierdo with Moritz and Claus for Club Mistral, but they are now in Maui, and you can see a picture of Moriz riding Hookipa yesterday at the great blog of Giampaolo Cammarota, Maui Surf Report.

Happy birthday !

2011-04-25T01:10:00.004+01:00

¡¡¡Feliz cumpleaños Víctor!!!

Relax

2011-04-19T00:32:00.005+01:00

I've been a few days in Lanzarote, no computer, no camera, just relaxing; so now I just wanted to post something, so I went to one of the old external hard disks, opened the first folder and saw this picture from the Twins just relaxing a few years ago in a no wind day at Pozo Izquierdo.

My first time

2011-04-10T02:08:00.009+01:00

I just found this scan from a slide of my very first session shooting from the water in Pozo Izquierdo, I know it's not amazing action in the picture, but nice memories, for sure. I did not even had a proper water housing at that time, I had my camera in one of those spcecial plastic bags, and of course I waited for Björn Dunkerbeck to be in the water for what was a very special moment for me.

Pozo Izquierdo from the water

2011-04-06T17:43:00.012+01:00

We had a few fun days last week at Pozo Izquierdo and I had a couple of nice sessions taking pictures from the water, this day in particular was a little bit crowded, so I could take a lot of pictures but I also missed some nice shots, I was specially unlucky with Omar Sanchez, who was one of the infrom windsurfers of the session, but beacuse of drops or focus issues, I missed a couple of really good jumps just in front of me.

On the other hand I shooted a really nice sequence from Eleazar Alonso, you can see the sequence here.

And of course, if you want to see more of my windsurfing pictures, you can visit my website: www.danimiquel.com

Backloop by Josep Pons

2011-04-06T12:43:00.007+01:00

It's a pity that I missed the take off of this backloop, would have been an amazing sequence if I've had it from the start; somebody did a jump on the wave before and when I turned around Pons was already flying un in the sky.

Drops

2011-04-04T22:55:00.006+01:00

Action sports photography is not an easy job, you not only have to control the elements of a regular photo, but you have to do it fast, in fact it's no chance to go fast, you have to take decisions before the action happens (when you see it, it's too late to shoot), but if you try to do that while you're swiming in the ocean, with strong wind and waves, then you have a feew extra difficulties; if it's not enough to keep in focus and in a good frame somebody moving fast, try to do it while swiming, but that's not all, then you have the drops, AAAGHHH, THE DROPS!!!.

Fortunately, in this photo, the drops are not on the subject, so the picture could be acceptable, but for some reason (Murphy's law, I guess), drops tend to be just in the middle of the subject most of the times, from this same session I had to discard a couple of good shots because of that.

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Pozo Air Force

2011-03-29T18:28:00.008+01:00

Pozo Izquierdo was a little bit crowded today at 9:30 during the improvised shooting we had; some of the best locals were there, great conditions and just friends on the water, so it was good fun, too much fun maybe, for a while they were all jumping over each other, shouting and laughing, I was enjoying the session so much that I even losted a little bit of concentration and I missed a couple of good shots, but there're plenty of nice pictures too, so I'm definitely happy with the session.

The riders were: Julio Franco "Fito", Omar Sanchez, Jose Romero, Aleix Sanllehy, Josep Pons, Pablo Ruiz "Killerfish" and Eleazar Alonso "Ele".

I have a couple of busy days now, but as soon as I can, I'll post all the pictures, a couple of really nice ones, maybe a cover shot from Ele in case a mazazine or any of his sponsors are interested.

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Fun session

2011-03-27T18:39:00.008+01:00

Fun windsurfing session this morning in Pozo Izquierdo, with 4,2 and some little waves. After two hours shooting in the water with strong current I was exhausted, so I decided to call the day, but then I had a call from a friend telling me, that the surf was good at the south of the island, so I went surfing for two more hours, now I'm so tired I cant even work on the computer, so I'll post more pictures tomorrow.
By the way, at certain algles, as you can see at Ele's picture, I'm having issues with a reflection or refraction with the sun on the port lens, any ideas so solve it are welcome.

If you want to see more of my windsurfing pictures, click HERE.

Training

2011-03-26T02:30:00.005Z

For more information about the Training Camp with the Twins and Victor Fernandez click HERE.

Where's Wally?

2011-03-25T16:19:00.006Z

Just recovered a CD with old pictures, some of them were impossible to open, but found this little gem, a helicopter shot at the PWA event in Pozo Izquierdo (I don't remember the year), with some classic characters on the beach, such as Robby Naish, John Carter, Jerome Houvet and Antoine Albeau among others.

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The kids are growing (2)

2011-03-24T16:07:00.009Z

I took these pictures two and a half years ago; today it's Moritz's 15th birthday and he is like one head and a half taller than he was when I took the pictures (he was 12) and has a smooth, fluid and really stylish waveriding.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MORITZ!

Ivan Zecca

2011-03-21T12:38:00.008Z

I took this picture during the Quatro/Goya photoshoot last summer, it's the kind of picture i absolutely love because it shows the FUN, it shows how much we enjoy windsurfing, but it's the kind of picture the brands end up not using because it's funny, and kind of windsurfing became too serious during the nineties and brands and riders went on to look professional, serious and radical. But at least colors are back, thats a step :)
And talking about colors, look at the picture, Ivan, as the good italian he is, takes care of the look and matches them perfectly, which is always good for the picture.

Darío Ojeda

2011-03-19T14:08:00.005Z

When you go in the water for a windsurfing photoshoot session with a wide angle, you really have to trust the rider, because he has to do all the stuff close to you, really close if you want to capture all the action, but not as close as landing on you, of course. Darío Ojeda is one of those guys, in the picture he is fliying right over me in perfect control of what he is doing during the Simmer photoshoot last summer (this os one of the shoots which didn't go into the final selection).

If you want to see more pictures from that session, go to Simmerstyle.

The view from Pozo Izquierdo

2011-03-15T22:47:00.006Z

That was the view this morning, looking at the mountains from Pozo Izquierdo. I guess for most of you is not that strange to see snow in the mountains during the winter, even at the neighbor island of Tenerife, at El Teide, they are used to see snow from time to time, but here, at the South East coast of Gran Canaria, for sure is something special.

The kids are growing

2011-03-14T12:47:00.007Z

Looks like it was yesterday when I took this picture, but it's not, Alessio is turning 16 today, does some amazing goiters and backloops and is taller than me, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALESSIO!

Discards

2011-03-04T21:01:00.004Z

After what at the moment has been the worst fall-winter windsurfing session I've ever seen in the Canary Islands, we finally had some nice days at Pozo Izquierdo, and I could finish the photoshoot for Animal with Alessio, Pablo & Moritz. In the picture you can see Moritz in one of the discarded pictures of the session. I guess in a few weeks you will see the pictures at some selected magazines.

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Silver Surfer by Killerfish

2011-03-03T21:25:00.009Z

Pablo "Killefish" just finished a 90 liters quad which will be the delight of his owner for the winter windsurfing conditions in Gran Canaria, with an amazing graphic of one of my favorite superheroes, which of course is Silver Surfer.

For more information you can go to Killerfish.

John Skye in Las Palmas

2011-02-26T23:00:00.005Z

John Sky SUPing in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

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Omar Sanchez, back on the water

2011-02-26T19:51:00.007Z

After a few weeks out of the water, Omar Sanchez is completely recovered and ripping again, the picture is from the windsurfing session we had this morning in Pozo Izquierdo.

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Old pictures

2011-02-19T03:18:00.009Z

Just found some scans from some of my old slides, I think they're more or less from 1998-2000

Jonas Ceballos, Pozo Izquierdo

Jason Polakow, north shore Gran Canaria

Björn Dunkerbeck, Vargas

Francisco Goya, Vargas

Pozo Izquierdo, PWA

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Unpublished

2011-02-11T00:00:00.009Z

Philip Köster

Eleazar Alonso

Victor Fernandez

Philip Köster

Here you have some unpublished photos taken during the last few months in Gran Canaria, as windsufing magazines doesn't seem very interested in them, I'll keep posting here some of the best shots I've been taking lately.

Of course, you can see some of my favorite pictures at my website: www.danimiquel.com

New move?

2011-02-05T13:22:00.008Z

Checking back the unedited pictures from the last monts I found this one from Philip Köster, that doesn't look like any of the jumps I know, maybe a new jump?

I know this picture looks like kind of a pushloop-tabletop, but it was a downwind rotation, so definitely not a pushloop variation.

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New website

2011-02-04T01:47:00.002Z

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Second round

2011-01-25T01:03:00.007Z

From time to time, I come back to the old unedited pictures to give them a second chance, and it's always something that didn't keep my attention at first sight, but that I find interesting a few months later, and that's what just happened with this two pictues from Alessio Stillrich taken last summer.

Björn

2011-01-21T00:31:00.004Z

Björn Dunkerbeck a few weeks ago, with the SUP at one of the fine pointbreaks of the shouth shore of Gran Canaria.

Thanks

2011-01-18T18:53:00.002Z

Thanks to Daniell Bohnhof my computer screen is calibrated again, thanks for your help Dani!

Paco

2011-01-11T13:57:00.005Z

Paco is a friend from the years I was studing architecture, he did not even windsurf then. I don't remember when he started windsurfing, I just know, suddently he was more one of my windsurfing friends instead of one of my architecture friends, and here he is now, doing backside aerials in Pozo Izquierdo.

Windy again

2011-01-08T23:50:00.002Z

I think is been the worse period for windsurfing since I'm living in Gran Canaria, so the session I had this afternoon with 5,3 felt like heaven.

Year review (part two)

2011-01-06T10:23:00.001Z

Open publication - Free publishing - More windsurfing

Year review (part one)

2010-12-07T20:44:00.003Z

Open publication - Free publishing - More windsurf

Happy birthday!!!

2010-12-01T14:38:00.001Z

Balls of stone

2010-11-29T11:49:00.007Z

Last week, Eleazar Alonso "Ele" was the first person ever to windsurf at the infamous wave of El Fronton, I kind of heard lots of things about that, like; he just did for the picture, it was not that big, he just went down the wave... you know what I thing about all this: BULLSHIT!!! He was there and you weren't.
El Fronton is one of the most powerful and dangerous waves in the world, and Ele is the only one who had balls to ride it with a windsurfing board.
Congratulations Ele!!! All my respect.
Check out his blog for action pictures of the session.

World champion

2010-11-23T11:58:00.004Z

Bonzer session

2010-11-13T10:10:00.001Z

More pictures of this session HERE.

Surfing time

2010-10-21T23:07:00.001+01:00

Open publication - Free publishing - More asp

The QS season at the Canary Islands starts next tuesday at Lanzarote and the following week here at Gran Canaria.

Pons & Noe

2010-09-10T01:04:00.001+01:00

Old ideas, new forms

2010-08-14T13:15:00.005+01:00

It's no secret I go pretty often to Pablo's shaping room, It's been a long time since we first talked about certain surfing shapes and the possiblility to apply those concepts to a windsurf board, well, the moment arrived, can't wait to see (maybe ride) the board finished.
For more information abou Pablo's boards: Killerfish

Ricardo Campello

2010-06-25T00:41:00.000+01:00

Pablito

2010-06-15T00:19:00.001+01:00

Colors

2010-06-14T22:29:00.007+01:00

Pablo testing one of his own shapes. If you want to know more about him or his boards, you can visit his blog.

FUNatic

2010-06-03T18:01:00.008+01:00

This picture is like 20 years old, that was my room at my parents house, a few years before moving to the Canay Islands, I watch the picture now and kind of everything makes sense, windsurfing was too strong inside me to keep on with a "regular" life.

Philip Köster

2010-05-20T17:04:00.009+01:00

Most of you have seen Philip in videos or at Pozo Izquierdo last year, during the competition and you think he is an amazing windsurfer; but I tell you, what you have seen is nothing, go to Vargas and watch him sailing in front of his house, that's another level.

LOVE

2010-05-11T11:31:00.003+01:00

Amazing day

2010-04-16T22:50:00.005+01:00

Amazing day with south wind at Las Salinas, if you want to see more photos from the session, click HERE.

El Yodo (2)

2010-04-07T00:36:00.002+01:00

Of course, Daida was there too.

El Yodo

2010-04-06T00:58:00.004+01:00

I recognize I look for elevated points of view quite often, in this case, once again, my terrace with a nice view over El Yodo.