The Magic of Aruba's Trade Winds
There is something special about sailing where it all began.
Aloha Classic 2023 & Wave World Champion
I love Maui and have great memories from there, so I was really keen to be back there for the last event of the year, I […]
Sylt World Cup 2023
This must have been my 16th time coming to Sylt World cup and STILL Sylt manages to surprise me. Unfortunately we didn’t get any results for […]
Fuerteventura Marathon 2023 & 14x Freestyle World Champion
Woah! Winning both slalom and freestyle in Fuerteventura this year may be one of the biggest highlights of my entire career! After competing in Pozo, I […]
Pozo Worldcup 2023
Pozo Izquierdo 2023 I’m leaving Pozo this year finishing 2nd place in slalom AND 2nd place in waves! Slalom was announced last minute, and I just […]
Fiji Surf Pro
Arrival My trip to Fiji started stressful with a missed flight in Lima, Peru. They wouldn’t let me, well actually they wouldn’t let my 2 board […]
Peruvian Swell
After a couple of months of flatwater in Aruba it was time for some wave sailing. This time Oda convinced me to travel to one of […]
Back in action in Pozo 2022
Yes ! We finally got a chance to battle it out again in Pozo Izquierdo! After a 2-year hiatus I was so pleased to hear that […]
Bonaire King of the Caribbean
The world is finding its normal and people are putting energy in organising events again. So, when Tonky Frans asked me to come to Bonaire for […]
Garda and the Fantastic Hour classic
In my whole 21 years career of windsurfing, I only travelled to Lake Garda for the first time 1,5 year ago. I could not believe my […]
Aruba Hi Winds 2022
Yes ! More events are coming back! This time it was time for the Aruba Hi winds. I haven’t competed at the Hi Winds in years […]
Brasil 2021
I flew out to Brasil at the beginning of October to prepare for the last world cup of the year in France! Couldn’t think of a […]
France slalom and Freestyle world champ!
France came up a bit unexpected this year.We got the green light for it quite late, but with the lack of contests I was excited to […]
Foiling international Games in Italy
First foiling contest in the pocket!I really started foiling back in December when the Dutch team came to train with us in Aruba! The goal was […]
Silvaplana 2021
Silvaplana was a blast once again. This year I was invited for the tow-in and I competed in the IQ foil division.I was on the go […]
Double Trouble in Pozo
It’s been almost 2 years since I did a pushloop or backloop.So even though there would not be a worldcup in Pozo this year, I flew […]
Israël Slalom World Cup
What a rush to finally be drag racing around the slalom course with 10 other women again!The confirmation of the event in Israël came a bit […]
Lake Garda Foil training
Hi Everyone!After my trip to Pozo it was time for foil training in Lake Garda before the IQ foil worlds in Silvaplana, Switzerland. We got a […]
Karpathos Clinic
Read about our first camp in karpathos!
Euro Trip part 2 : Murphy’s law versus Team lovely holiday
Murphy’s First Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Thanks Murph, it did.We scored up North in Denmark but the colder weather got to us […]
Aruba 2021
I have been back home in Aruba since end of October. In the beginning it wasn’t very windy so it was good to spend time with […]
Camp Bela yen
Back home in Aruba after my trip in Europe I was re-energized and decided to organize a kids camp. Within a week the idea of the […]
Euro roadtrip Part One
First stop: Italy but via Denmark Well since all the competitions officially got cancelled Oda came to grab me in Holland to go on a road […]
Naxos
After spending 5 months at home, I felt it was time to fly out to Europe.Even though most events got cancelled, the training must go on.I […]
Silvaplana, Engadin wind 2020
Finally things came together for me to go to the engadin wind at Silvaplana.This was my first event of the year and I was invited to […]
Brasil 2019
Yeahooo! Here we go off to my last trip of the year.After the whole season it’s always quite nice to cool down with a mojito and […]
Gran Canaria
I don’t event know where to start for the Canary Islands.This year was such a blast, and must have been my favourite part of the tour. […]
Slalom in Hvide Sande
What a thing! 3-time champion of the slalom world cup in Hvide sande.This has been one of the best slalom contests I’ve done to date, sailing […]
Tenerife 2019
After Fuerteventura Oda and I managed to travel back to Pozo with 5 bags on our car. With some will power, pushing, shoving, some helping hands and […]
Freestyle worldchampion x12
After Pozo it was time to grab that freestyle board again.And what a terrible first session I had again hahaha. It’s so hard to transition from […]
Sylt worldcup 2019
2019 Sylt world cup is over and out and I’m taking home gold!Sylt has been delivering for 4 consecutive years now.It was a pleasure sailing this […]
Aloha classic and 1st world Title win!
Looking back at where my wave year started with two 3rd places in the canaries, I would not have thought that it would end this way. […]
Quick summer ’19 recap
Well Hello there! It’s been a while since I wrote an update.The past 5 months have been so exciting and fun! Here’s a quick recap. See […]
Bonaire stories
What a fun couple of weeks in one of my favourite places in the world.let’s see what this year’s trip to Bonaire consisted of:Windsurfing, wrestling, pinky […]
May update
What !? She’s already there? Over eager much? Overstoked? Too excited?! Probably all of the above. But the main reason is that my beloved island Aruba, doesn’t regularly produce waves and since last year canaries I’ve really only wave sailed about… 15 times. Even with taking a break from slalom it seems like I can’t find the time to fit in wave sailing.
Défi Wind Japan
The first time I saw anything about Miyako island was about two years ago.Andrea Cucchi and Matteo Iachino sailing near a bridge over impossibly blue water!! […]
Bring it on: 2019 Adventures
At the moment I’m writing from Japan where I’m attending the Défi wind in Miyako island. When they asked me to join the event I said […]
Brasil 2018
Hey all, I’m back in Aruba after a bomb 2,5 weeks in Brasil. It’s the second year in a row that I travelled there, and it […]
Nordic adventures
Between Tenerife and Norway I had about one month of cruising in Holland. Much needed after 8 weeks of Canarian madness Really, my favourite thing there […]
Wave Vice Worldchampion at Sylt 2018
Up until Sylt, I’ve had a really good year recording only 2nd place finishes at all wave events. In Sylt I could either finish 2nd or […]
2018 Fuerteventura Freestyle World cup & Title #11
Let me cut to the chase. I scored again in Fuerteventura. I secured freestyle title # 11. 11 consecutive years, not a single heat lost. Wabam. […]
Tenerife Wave World cup 2018
Fuerteventura was a whirlwind event. In 10 days I did a contest, gave a clinic and of course had to hit up the carpa for that […]
Gran Canaria Wave World cup
This was my 5th Gran Canaria event in a row, and I have gradually been spending more time there every year! I think the next step […]
Viana do Castelo te amo <3
Boom ! What an event we just had in Portugal. I finished on the podium for both freestyle (1st) and slalom (2nd). This was a week […]
Canarian Sweep
Woah. This year is coming together nicely. I just made it back to the Netherlands and am looking back on 3 months of competition with a […]
Slalom Slowdown
Somewhere in February it hit me that I have been travelling and competing non stop since 2014. And maybe that is the reason why I’ve been […]
Morrocan Mousse
This event was an unexpected one since it was confirmed last minute. I’ve always wanted to go to Morocco and this was the perfect reason to […]
Aruba Acrobatics
As a kid I always used to tell my parents I wanted to become an acrobat. That didn’t really pan out, as I wasn’t any good […]
Bonaire Brunotti Shoot
So on my flight from Cape Town to Amsterdam I managed to lose my passport at Istanbul airport, and I only realized that 20 minutes prior […]
C A P E T O W N Caribbean vibes ,near-shark experience, wrestling, squash championships and some windsurfing.
As my plane soared over Cape Town I shed a couple of tears catching a glimpse of table mountain again after a year. It’s so beautiful! […]
2018, here we go!
Here we are in 2018 and it’s already going so fast. I just spent 7 weeks at home and at the time, I thought it would […]
Sylt Wave world cup Storm
Just like last year I rented a van to drive to the European contests. I really enjoy the adventure of driving right now! I can stop […]
DAMX
Yeahoo! Another fun filled week at the DAMX at Bouwersdam in the Netherlands. After a stormy sylt and a quick pitsop in Amsterdam it was time […]
Brazil #overdramatic action
Freestyle mission Brasil: Complete ! I’ve been competing non-stop for a while and looking back on the European leg I think I lost a bit of […]
Rolex Sailor of the year in Mexico
Well whaddaya know ! I got nominated for the rolex sailor of the year awards! This was quite nice news knowing that I was chosen out […]
New Caledonia & World Title # 14
New Caledonia Right at the end of my freestyle trip in Brazil I received a shocker of an e-mail. It was Thursday the 2nd November 2017 […]
PWA Slalom Denmark 2017
Yes !!! Let’s make slalom great again! What a week I’ve just spent in Denmark. It’s been a while since we managed to complete so many […]
Norway & Oda’s windsurf festival
Hei alle sammen!! I’ve been telling Oda for a while now that I would come and visit her in Norway. It never happened until a couple […]
Gran Canaria 2017
While planning my trip to Gran Canaria this year I was on a mission. I wanted to arrive early so I’d get completely dialed into the […]
Fuerteventura world cup 2017
What a rollercoaster ride this event has been in Fuerteventura. But First I had to make it from Gran Canaria to Fuerte by ferry with quite […]
Tenerife World Cup 2017
Time for the second wave stop of the year! After my rollercoaster ride of Fuerteventura I arrived in Tenerife a bit out of competition mode. I […]
Korea & Japan Slalom!
The first two slalom events were held in Korea and Japan. We didn’t get to race as much as we hoped but we got two results […]
Aloha classic 2016
Let me just say it straight away: I still can’t believe I got away with winning the Aloha classic title!! It was a title that I […]
Danish adventures at Hvide Sande
Finally a new adventure ! It’s been a while since I travelled to an entirely new destination. The last stop of the women’s tour was going […]
Throwing it down in Tenerife
The second wave event of the year here in Tenerife is a fact! This has been one of the best event experiences I’ve had on tour. […]
Fuerteventura 2016
Hello !! I’m writing from Tenerife right now. Time for the second stop of the wave tour! Fuerteventura was a great event this year. We had […]
Gran canaria 2016
Pozo is king kong Yes !!! Pozo this year was the bomb. I arrived a month early this year and got familiar with the heavy conditions […]
Tenerife PWA World Cup
Tenerife was a rollercoaster ride this year. It started when, for reasons I do not know, whether Tenerife was happening or not was a mistery. I […]
Fuerteventura!
After wave sailing in Pozo I had to switch to freestyle mode for fuerteventura again. Would you believe me if I said I was nervous ? […]
Gran Canaria 2015
BAM!! I didn’t know I wanted this so bad. The moment they called my name and I was standing alongside Iballa and Daida on the podium […]
Update: Cabeibusha movie
Aw0o0oraa! I have not written in a while. I’ve been on a heck of travelling rollercoaster. Last time I wrote was somewhere in November at the […]
Marseille freestyle cup
Yeah !! Back to France for the second time this year. For those who don’t know. I love anything French. So, happy me. People are always […]
Iceland The land of beautiful
Iceland… Why would I , a caribbean girl ever decide to go to Iceland? Not just go there. But get in a wetsuit in 5 degrees […]
Korea slalom Worldcup
It feels like yesterday that the 2014 season ended. On the plane to Seoul it still hadn’t fully set in that I was actually off to […]
Défi wind: The Tramontana wind experience.
Specs. Where: Gruissan, France When: 14-17 May. Competitors: 1200 Distance sailed: 120km Windforce: 30-60knots Distance driven to and from event site: 2400km Baguettes eaten: Too many. […]
Korea slalom Worldcup
It feels like yesterday that the 2014 season ended. On the plane to Seoul it still hadn’t fully set in that I was actually off to […]
Maui photo shoot glamour!
That time of the year again! Photo shoot time for my sponsors. I haven’t been able to be part of the photo shoots for about 4 […]
Aruba – Film session part 2
After 5 weeks of travelling in Australia we went straight to film in Aruba. This time we had a bigger film crew. Julian, Johannes and the […]
Into the wild with SQ
Laure Treboux has told me so much about it. It’s been on my to do list for the longest time. So as soon as I knew […]
PWA aloha classic
Maui: Rainbow capital of the world & the PWA aloha classic My 6 week trip to Maui (Combined with one week in New Caledonia) was absolutely […]
Noumea slalom world cup!
The last event on the PWA calendar is OVER & OUT! Honestly, after the wave event in Maui I was not looking forward to flying out […]
Report: La Torche
Bonjour mes amis! My latest adventure to La torche, France has come to an end. This was the first time in 20 years that a windsurfing […]
Varsovia indoor exhibition event
5-7 September Dziedobre !! Happy to say that I survived the Warsaw indoor competition. I really didn’t know what to expect from this event or from […]
Alaçati seni çok seviyorum
Awo Tin Kos !! My first slalom event of the year could not have gone any better for me. My initial plan at the beginning of […]
Tenerife PWA WAVE
4th of August-10th of August After an amazing freestyle week in Fuerte and a proper closing party, with practically no sleep involved, Maxime van Gent and […]
Fuerteventura Freestyle Worldcup 2014
31st of July- 2nd of August What a blast I had this year in Fuerteventura. I’ve been coming there for 8 years now I think. I […]
Report: Pozo
AWO! Just finished the first PWA wave event of the year in Pozo, Gran Canaria. We didn’t get the epic conditions everybody expects from this spot. […]
Report: Bonaire
Here’s an update on the PWA event in Bonaire. It was a great 4 days here n Bonaire with probably the best wind this event has […]
Mzansi – My trip to South Africa-
On the 11th of December last year I started part 2 of my winter cheating master travelling plan. Destination ? Cape Town, South Africa. A heavy […]
Aruba & Royal visits
Spent a great week in Aruba from the 14th till the 22nd of November. Got a bit of windsurfing in, spent time with my family, soaked […]
Freestyle fun in Lanzarote
I’ve made a habit of travelling as soon as my semester is over. I usually have about 10 days off which is perfect to go and […]
BRAZIL LALALALLA
After Royal visits in Aruba it was time to head out to Jericoacoara Brazil. Travel trajectory: Aruba-New York-Sao Paolo-Fortaleza-Jericoacoara. Jeri would be the perfect place for […]
What’s up fellow windsurfers !!
Just got back from the freestyle Worldcup at Brouwersdam, Holland. This event was super nervewracking for me, So claiming that first spot and with that my […]
Hellooo Amigoos !
After the Canary islands I made a mini Caribbean trip as I travelled back home to Aruba and then St. Martin to visit my family. I […]
Report: Alacati
So that’s that for my first and only slalom event of the year. I couldn’t have hoped for a better performance in Alaçati ! This year […]
Winter travels !!
Right, let me start of by saying that I’m writing this from my home in Aruba. WHAT !? Aruba ?! You not supposed to be studying […]
Sylt & Dutch Wave Championships
Amigooos ! It’s been a while ! Not much windsurfing after the event in Brouwersdam. I’ve been on the water exactly one time since then.The day […]
Report: POZO
The 14th was the last day of the Wave world cup in Pozo. Most of you may know we didn’t get any official results. This is […]
Fuerteventura update
Hi All !! So that’s that! 2 weeks in Fuerteventura have come and gone in a flash as I expected. Fuerteventura is probably one of my […]
SQ the Knight
With consent from Queen Beatrix of Holland, On the 1st of May I received a recognition for being 6 times world champion from the Aruban governor […]