From Ice-Cold Germany to 50 Knots in France – Finally Trying Wing Boarding

This vlog wasn't really planned. It just unfolded.

After six weeks in Brazil, I landed back in Europe and went straight from summer mode into full winter reality. Snow, two degrees, grey skies. I drove north to Fehmarn to visit CORE Kiteboarding, thinking it would be a smooth transition back into European sessions.

It wasn't.

Instead of warm-up rides, I found freezing wind, icy water, and the kind of sessions where motivation is the real challenge. Winter kiting in northern Germany isn't about comfort — it's about willpower. After one session of numb hands and frozen thoughts, I was ready to move on.

Then the forecast lit up.

South of France.
Mediterranean.
Over 50 knots.

So I packed the van and drove 1,800 kilometers south, chasing what looked like the storm of the season.

When I arrived, the wind was howling exactly as predicted. But there was one problem: a storm surge had flooded the entire parking area and the access road to the beach. The spot was literally under water. No driving down. No dry rigging area. No safe place to launch a kite.

The wind wasn't the issue.

Getting to the water was.

Standing there, looking at 50-knot gusts sweeping across surprisingly flat sections behind the flooded area, I remembered an idea that had been sitting in my head for years.

Since wing foiling took off, I've been wondering:
Can you ride a twin tip with a wing?

No foil. No volume board. Just a twin tip and raw wind power.

Normally I would have rigged a kite. That day, it simply wasn't an option.

So I pumped up the wing instead.

The first attempts were chaotic. Gusts, turbulence, way too much power. But once I found cleaner wind and committed to it, the board started planing.

And suddenly, it worked.

An idea that had lived in my head for five years turned into reality — in the middle of a storm, on a flooded beach in southern France.

Of course, I pushed it further than necessary. Smaller wing. More power. Bad decision. Let's just say my brand-new wing didn't survive the experiment.

From frozen winter sessions in Germany to storm-force wind and flooded parking lots in France, this episode captures the entire chain of events — the road trip, the unexpected obstacles, and the moment where everything clicks.

If you want to see how wing boarding on a twin tip in 50 knots actually looks — and how the wing met its end — this one's worth watching.