Summary of article in Billed Bladet #38, 2013.
Prins vandhund - Prince water hound.
Written by our coastal reporter Ken Richter.
Recently Frederik went to the west coast of Jutland as patron for Kia Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup 2013. Here 32 surfers competed in what is apparantly the best surfs in Northern Europe.
- Allow me to brag...eeh, inform you about Cold Hawaii: This is for real men or real wifemen! This isn't like surfing in the tropics, where you at worst have to worry about bumping into a shark and where you can wear shorts. Ha! That's for chickens.
No, this is the North Sea, where you face and hands become numb within minutes all year round and where the underwater holes can drag you under. (Seriously, it cost the lives of a couple of tourists every year).
Frederik is a novice when it comes to surfing, let alone windsurfing. As such he competed against a bunch of local 8-14 years old surfers - and they knew what they were doing, Frederik didn't...
Frederik acknowledged that fact when he gave up: "When you are no better, don't do it.
It's been 30 years since I tried surfing and I never really got started but I can tell there has been a big developement with the equipment.
It's too late for me to become as good as those out there on the water. But it motivated me a lot and I'd like to pass it on to my children. In my world it's about not putting all eggs in one basket but I'd like to try/challenge myself and keep hanging on for long periods.
I'll require at least two thousand hours in order to surfe like the best. That must wait for my second life". (*)
After having been beaten by the children Frederik went on to watch the actual championships in surfing. Here he again donned a wet suit and mounted a jetski, and that was something Frederik was much more comfortable with!
- Klitmøller, where "Cold Hawaii" is located is about an hour or so from Trend, so perhaps Frederik will go there when the family is on weekends and holidays there. The autumn holiday is coming up.
Because as I know Frederik he will not rest until he is more proficient for the competition next year.
(*) Well, at least he doesn't blame it on the weather, the equipment, the tilt of the Earth and cosmic radiation, like so many athletes are in the habit of. A certain national soccer team shall remain unmentioned here...
thank you
