MAURITIUS
After my first trip to Mauritius I went back every single year for around 3 months because I really liked the place for training and photos. About four years ago I decided to move there. After fifteen years of travelling I realized it is the best place I know for windsurfing. I felt like I needed a home base and I could live there and do my other travels from there too. I started a company there with a partner in Mauritius and we are putting a lot of focus on that. That is where I see my future at the moment. It is an amazing windsurfing location and the unique thing is that it is a spot that covers all kinds of conditions in one small area. If you go with a family or a group there are great conditions for every level. The same beach has conditions for everybody to have fun. It is a really consistent place all year round. There is never really an off season. It is a well developed country, a chilled place and I like the people. I have made a lot of friends there over the years.
One Eye is a real surfing wave, a clean long wall with side off conditions. It is very consistent throughout the year. It can hold huge swells and it is just a full speed mirror like wave that is never really choppy. It is just perfect for down the line wave riding. I like powerful waves, big aerials and proper turns. If you like these conditions, this is the place to go. It took me a few years to understand the wave. I broke a lot of equipment and swam a lot. I was never afraid of the wave, once you understand the place and the currents you learn fast what to do in certain situations. For sure if it is big it is a heavy wave. It is a barrelling wave and from mast to double mast high you really need to know what to do. If you get in a bad situation and you get washed in when it’s huge there are not many boats that can come and save you. That is the spot I have sailed the most and I grew my wave sailing skills there so it never scared me that much. It is a place that makes guys be very careful when they sail there. The wave is perfect and clean and you just need to know the timing and how to read the wave. Once you have learned the way it works that is when the real fun starts!