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The Red Bull Storm Chase- October 31st and November 1st 2006
02.11.2006
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Heavy storm with up to 157 km/h howled over germany and most parts of Northern Europe. 23 Red Bull Storm Chaser in 9 countries were on their way to chase the biggest storm of the year!
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12 Beaufort, sun, heavy rain and hail, dark clouds. Up to 17 meter high waves on open sea, the highest max ever measured in the North Sea. Reports of the heaviest storm since fifteen years. Ferry transport to Norderney was closed, Oil Platforms floated „anchorless“ – these are the conditions the Red Bull Storm chasers in all participating countries were waiting for – they all had one goal: to chase it! And they did! This spectacular and unique windsurf action was documented by professional camerateams.
Klaas Voget / Team Norderney / Spot Norderney: „These conditions were the roughest I´ve ever sailed in. I´ve never felt as much wind in my sails before. Even the smalles sail was overpowered. A storm like this comes once in two years I presume. I can´t wait to get news and details from other regions like Scotland Sweden or Ireland. The forecast was scary for these regions!”
Around noon the storm hit the Baltic Sea West (Howacht Bay) with full force up to 12bft! Temperature dropped to 4 degrees. Storm Chase team Matze Bade and Steffi Wahl had a tough and freezing fight with the nature.
Steffi Wahl / Team Baltic Sea West / spot: Lippe - Hohwacht bay: „I´ve never expected anything like this up here at the Baltic sea! I sailed my smallest sail but the wind was so heavy, sometimes it was impossible to jump. When I jumped I flew so far away, I worried where I would catch ground again”
Spectacular conditions were reported from other regions, e.g. Holland, where the huge swell reached up to 7 meters. On Rügen / Baltic sea east, Oskar Hollmann confirmed massive waves. “Right from the beginning I was overpowered, I´ve never sailed in conditions with 40kn, it was sick!”
Team England with Ben Proffitt and Phil Horrocks started their chase on Tuesday already. The Scottish Team John Hibbard and Stephen Moore chased the storm a couple of thousand miles and explored unknown secret spots!
Exclusive: John Hibbard writes to the Red Bull Storm Chase team / Nov. 2nd 2006
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| Segelgröße | | Was ich weiß gibt es kaum kleinere Segelgrößen als 3.0 zu erwerben . Frage mich echt wie die Jungs&Mädels die Segel bei solchen extremen Bedingungen halten konnten(wären sicher alleine mit Mast und Gabel schon ins Gleiten gekommen *gg*). | | mette, 03.11.06 - 21:57 |
| | Segelgröße *eot* | | | mette, 03.11.06 - 21:53 |
| | doch doch | doch das ist doch hammer geil, nimmt mich wunder was denn ein kleines segel war  | | seimen, 03.11.06 - 18:45 |
| | Krass | Die sind doch nicht mehr normal  | | Reto, 03.11.06 - 16:59 |
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