I competed at the SPEED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

[@da-hajo]

Thanks for giving us an insight into this competition and you should be proud of being one of the top 20 speed windsurfers in the world. Would love to hear more about how you think about gear, skill and the lucky gust. And also a review about your new GPS watch would be interesting to me.

[@windwavewinter]

Congrats to your great placing! ☺ and good job on the narration-- special thanks for giving the women's race some attention, too, this kind of validation in a sport dominated by men makes speed surfing seem a lot more attractive to other female surfers 👍☺

[@WindsurfingNils]

i hope it does, was happy to see a close battle at the top and hope more women will enter in the future!

[@WindsurfGenerationX]

Thank you for the good report and explanations. This will make the events even better known.

[@WindsurfingNils]

thanks, i hope so!

[@mjoosterhuis]

I am facinated how all of you are handeling these sail sizes with 50 kts(!) of wind. Last weekend (June 6th) there was 30-35Kts on Strand Horst (Netherlands), and with my 80Kg I was having serious trouble in properly managing 5.0 (and was substantially slower than when there is less wind). Any tips (next to getting fat & heavy ;-) which I’m trying to avoid). Maybe Weight vest, strength training or some other secret ingredients? Great content, big thanks for sharing!🎉

[@RonaldvandenBerg0411]

Well done Nils, and great video!

[@fabianmagnee9115]

Thanks a lot for all these complete informations. Beautiful videos and photos

[@davethewave9380]

Thanks a lot for sharing your experiences as a competitor! 👌

[@rcggijzen]

Playing with the big boys! Very cool.

[@doofercall]

The Ecstasy Of The Windsurfer Nils Strong Herzog vibes here, love it

[@doofercall]

(for the first minute anyway 😂)

[@windwavewinter]

Thought the same! Absolutely loved the intro 😂👍👍

[@WindsurfingNils]

haha, always like to shake things up in the editing process 😅

[@doofercall]

@@WindsurfingNils very effective too! I'll be looking out for Herzog Easter eggs in future. Maybe there will a bit of Aguirre in your Defi wrap-up.

[@dairyairman]

That's right! Like the conquistadors descending down the Andes into the jungle.

[@hclaessen]

Nice footage Nils, see you on the next one🚀🚀🚀

[@WindsurfingNils]

Thanks Harald, see you on the next one I hope!

[@weisseric2]

excellente vidéo très claire !! moi qui rêve d y participer un jour avec ma fille :-) !!! juste rajouter le classement des autres épreuves mondiale et expliquer le classement .... !

[@schobihh2703]

gr8 result! impressive.

[@TRUMP2four]

Congratulations 🎉 awesome watching speed runs🌊🤙🏻

[@timhumphreys3057]

Great video thanks. Looks a great event too. So lucky to have sun and windy conditions, unlike the uk 🥶

[@WindsurfingNils]

perfect speed event for sure!

[@thierryguerin1977]

41 kt on sea and 44.9 kt on the canal 👌✨ well done !

[@murphyflynn6471]

would love to see your critique of your technique. I am very short at 160 cm and struggle to beat my taller friends at speed sailing

[@bohvasspedersen4834]

Please make a video about stance 💪

[@heidiulrich_windsurftravel4486]

Cool video 🎉 thanks!!

[@MarioKuempel]

Megaaa, nächstes mal mach ich mit!🤣

[@heidiulrich_windsurftravel4486]

Yessss🎉

[@heidiulrich_windsurftravel4486]

Vielleicht machen wir vorher ne cliniq 🤣

[@WindsurfingNils]

Ich nehm dich beim wort!

[@Filip-cb6zf]

Yes Please do the stance video! Than you!

[@michelletran7852]

Thanks for a super cool video. What do you means about square wind..

[@WindsurfingNils]

wind at an angle of 90° opposed to broad (120-140°)

[@michelletran7852]

@@WindsurfingNils Thanks.

[@Hydrosurf_]

Great job,just have to catch the best gust

[@WindsurfingNils]

and then be able to translate that best gust into speed as well ;)

[@Plamen422]

Hi, Nils. Nice video. It's very hard to race and shoot at the same time.If you ride without camera, you will be faster with 1kn ;). Are there big differences between Coros and Motion in GPS measurements?

[@fredericbonet2569]

Good video Nils 👍

[@WindsurfingNils]

thanks again for letting me use your very nice footage 👌

[@Slalomsurf]

Question - why do most surfers in the video walk their gear back to the starting line? 800m is a long stretch. Why not surf back to the starting line slightly away from the beach, even if it means crossing upwind a bit?

[@simongodfrey3765]

Great video Nils and yes please for the follow up video about improving. Question - why are you sailing upwind sometimes and other times walking? Is it about the wind angle? Also - if there's a line of people walking back up the speed course, doesn't it affect how clean the wind is for the guy sailing the course?

[@WindsurfingNils]

a bit about wind angle yes, also sailing up costs a lot more energy than quickly walking back up, sometimes i feel it's better to walk up and start the next run with a heartrate of around 90 instead of sailing back up and starting the next run with a heartrate of 140. Yes it affects the wind a little bit if a lot of people are walking up, but not that badly...

[@captainashcam]

Super impressive result, congrats. What kind of technique do you need for speed runs, or is it a case of “hook in and hang on” ?

[@WindsurfingNils]

lots of little details, body tension, positioning, etc... will make the video ;)

[@nicke14]

It seems like you (and Mario in his videos) don't have the harness lines in the middle between your hands, but further back (or hands further forward). Do the point 7 sails have more back hand pressure than other sails?

[@freddowns9708]

Love to see something on stance, body position and how you would change based on your video review. Is your speed being calculated by gps or static timing ? Any other locations in Europe to visit for speed sailing ? Visiting from Australia in July 2025. Thinking Fuertraventura for 2 weeks ?

[@WindsurfingNils]

fuerte is not the fastest but for sure good to get some wind. all other spots work more on a forecast and not that consistently.

[@rcggijzen]

I can imagine walking back along the beach 800m after every run is quite exhausting. Is that easier than sailing back upwind? Allowed to use a caddy like in Luderitz?

[@WindsurfingNils]

sailing is exhausting as well as you have to go far outside around the buoys of the course to not disturb anyone on the speed run, with a tiny speed needle that is also rough, so i mostly walked one run, sailed one run back and forth...

[@jos_t_band3912]

How do you protect the camera from the sand?

[@therealgoodhurt]

When you fly the board, is it simply just trying to minimize wetted surface ie just ride on the tail of the board?

[@WindsurfingNils]

sounds so simple, but yes that's the goal!

[@rcggijzen]

About the effect of weight and height on speed; what were Heidi's speeds compared to for example yours? I imagine she has a physical disadvantage, being relatively short and light? Are weight vests allowed?

[@WindsurfingNils]

she does, but makes up for it with excellent stance and technique, yes weight vests are allowed, almst everyone had some lead in the back. I left my weight vest at home 🤦‍♂️

[@thierryguerin1977]

Well done 👍 how does it feel compare to Luderitz ?

[@WindsurfingNils]

it's different, i really love the la palme speedstrip especially when only on the water with 3-5 people, Lüderitz is another beast entirely...

[@thierryguerin1977]

Which level is needed to register to the world championship?

[@Kacperoo]

I don't understand why the organizers didn't allow to get back on the water on board.

[@WindsurfGenerationX]

Better will be a Shuttle Service.

[@WindsurfingNils]

it's allowed, you just have to surf around the outside of the buoys of the competition zone as to not disturb anyone on the run, sailing far out in the chop on a 45cm speed needle is a challenge in and off itself.

[@suelinton3453]

So that speed is the average over 500m?

[@ThomasWessel-ny5ew]

You are sailing with your back insteads of your legs. Use a waistharness on your hip with two strings between legs. Lines go straight out anyway. Hipharness. 10% more efficeint rig and board feels wider. Sorry I didnt tell you before, but well.. dont be a sheep and follow everybody else. Good luck.

[@Team33Team33]

Not so much finding out who is the fastest one and for all, but who is the fastest each year ... Sorry mate, but you sound like "Fox News" there ! Hopefully you will be able to come back next year and finish within the top 3 🙂 You're doing everything for it. I got into speed sailing because of you. I loved speed but I'd never gone out to actually go as fast as myself or my equipment allowed before. I just had fun = Funboarding ... No worries - I'm far behind you but I do get some scary runs in. Would be interesting to know what equipment you used. Fin size for example and is it asymmetrical ? Well done for your position. 3rd German not bad.

[@marc.rogiers]

Yes, please, show us, the smaller (172cm) and lighter (68kg) persons how to have a good stance to go fast 😉

[@WindsurfingWithCroanster]

Nice!!!

[@kitewindsurfschuleduotonep5876]

Cooles Video ,👍💯

[@WindsurfingNils]

danke dir :) cooles event!

[@sharewavestv]

Zu spät, aber nicht weniger von Herzen: Moin Nils

[@WindsurfingNils]

Ich habe mich schon gewundert dass nichts kam 😅 Moin!

[@tilmann13]

switch to kiting - perfect for short people :)

[@WindsurfingNils]

I tried it years ago and didn't really like the feeling, also hear from others who do both that the pure feeling of planing on the board is much more exciting on a windsurfer, so i am not that keen to switch over 😉

[@tilmann13]

@@WindsurfingNils wrong board ;)

[@davemacvean4353]

Enjoy your videos. If you were the viewer, and a reporter was walking though a field of windsurfing gear, would you want to see a close-up of the reporter's face, or check out the gear? Overall, please, less face, more sailing.

[@ThanosSofroniou]

It's a vlog. People don't have the capacity or the budget to film windsurfing all the time

[@davemacvean4353]

@@ThanosSofroniou But while you walk through all of the leading edge gear, how about point the camera at the gear? Thanks for reply, I’m a fan! Congrats on awesome speed runs!