summer season has started!

(view on the lake from our room... this spot rocks!)

beginning of may is always somehow a turnpoint in the daily routine as well as in the course of the year. last shoots (except camp of champions) are done, season preparation for 10/11 is in full swing, which means more hours in the office again. the slopes being more water than snow anyways, its also time for me to change the element and finally switch to summer mode.

(from bed to board within just 10 meters or so... niiiice!)

karpathos being still some weeks ahead, we decided to take a small break and go down to nice lago di garda in italy. hotel pier is a famous spot here with perfect sideshore conditions both in north and south wind, the rooms just meters away from the waterfront.

(the 'speedy', a tourist motorboat throws the only 'wave' on the lake. good for some airtime! upper right pic shows heidi cruising back towards the hotel... below: water is still pretty darn cold... around 14° celsius... brrrrr...)

the weather wasn't too good, yet better than expected with a wild mixture of sun, rain and everything in between. we were super lucky and catched two days with really good winds, so i could try out the gopro in the water for the first time. still no luck with mounting it on the masttop, i have to think of some proper way to fix it there. boom angle is okay, but a bit too close yet...


all in all a nice weekend with good italian food, lots of surfing and even more relaxing... summer can come!