Insta360 One X – next Level Action Camera?
Which Housing?
As you can see the cool thing about is that you can really move the camera around. FlowState is also working really great while Windsurfing those hardcore chop on the brandvlei lake. The only small problem right now is, that you need a housing to make the Insta360 OneX waterproof. I first used the "Diving Case" but found out it is not perfect for watersports as it is too open on the bottom - this is exactly what you can see in my video on the Skopu.
So I was talking back to Insta360 and they told me that I just need the cheaper "Venture Case" - which is designed for watersport (OK my fault, I ordered the wrong one). On a new trip to Croatia I used the Venture Case and finally got some really pleasing results. With the Venture Case the Insta360 worked like a charm.
As you can see on the following three Videos: Flaka with adjusted superwide view, Spock with adjusted view and rotating with the rotation (great possibilities in Waves I think!), and last but not least another cool Feature, the little Planet on a Funnel.
Capetown 2019
After working my ass of on different projects and my mission to finish my university degree, I decided that I needed a creative break. I checked the usual spots around and gave Capetown 2nd chance. With a very nice crew we hit the plane to South Africa and with us the wind arrived after a bad season (I heard). The beginnig was crazy, I sailed almost everyday on my 3.6 for Freestyle and when we hit the waves (if there were some) in the afternoon often 3,7 was the choice. After Mauritius the South African Waves were quite difficult and very sketchy to ride for me. Anyways I was pushing my level as hard as I could and tried to inhale all those vibes. In the 2nd part of the trip the South-East wind got less and less, so I got some time on the SUP surfing some small (and sometimes smaller) waves - great fun. Anyways we (Marco Lufen and me) did a some videoshooting at an inland lake called Brandvlei, I guess there will be a very short edit soon. Somehow we missed quite the best sessions for filming....BUT this trip was about surfing not filming - there is some big project coming up - I will tell you more soonish...
Yours Max
Win a Roadtrip
My Partner Chiemsee raffles a Roadtrip with their famous #Vanlife VW T6. Best thing, you not only win the Van for two weeks, you and your travelbuddy will get enough Chiemsee Clothes for the trip – sounds like a Surfers dream to me. Wanna take part? Check this link: https://www.chiemsee.com/vanlife/
Spotguide Rhodes
In the newest issue of the Surf-Magazin is the last part of Andre’s and my Travelstory to Greece. Some magazines ago we had 8 pages with Kos, this time it’s the story of Rhodes. Rhodes is a very special island to me, as my windsurfroots start there. Feel Free to read the article online or printed and let me know how you like it! As all this stories would not be possible with the support of some amazing people, I would like to thank Chris Sammer (Duotone), Chiemsee, Surf & Action, Surfshop Upsidedown for supporting our Greecetrip.
Almost a Cover
In the first Issue of 2019 in the Surf-Magazin, one of my shots was printed on the „inside“ Cover, the first Page inside the Magazin. Not a Cover but pretty cool. The Photo was taken by Max Matissek in Mauritius last summer.
New Video
Time to make it official: SEEN 8, my new Video is here. This time you can find some crazy action from Vienna’s Citywindsurf Spot: „The Bridge“. But then…What is going on?! I crash straight into the 80s?! But hey Windsurfing was still there, the cars were sick aswell, the closes and sunglasses had a different style, but they had style, and the Windsurfequipment? Yes, different – but unexpected very good rideable and good fun. To say the truth riding the old Sunset Slalom with the more than 30year old North Sails was one of my best Crusing and Freeridedays I ve ever had – so much fun! But now go and check the Video.
Ah yes, and the Video takes part in the Windsurfers.de Video Competition. Check it out.
Autumn in Austria 2018
Wow. That has been the best Autumn in Austria, since I ve been Windsurfing! The bridge was going of, a lot of perfect south-east wind days, really awesome conditions I could share with some of my best friends. I think after travelling so much the last 1,5 years coming home and sail almost every single day at the spots where you grew up, is just as good as it gets! When the South Wind kicked in September me and my buddy Jo started working on a proper Windsurf Action Clip straight out of Vienna. It will take part in the Panasonic Windsurf Video Competion hosted by Windsurfers.de, it will be online pretty soon!
Beside ripping up the Danube we got some storm days on Lake Neusiedl aswell. Hell yeah, nothing beats the feeling of being totally overpowered in some pure flying water gusts, two days stayed in my mind: First we experienced a massive NW day in Podersdorf. Flying water everywhere, measured windgusts up to 120km/h, me totally stacked on my Idol LTD 3.6 and my small Flikka FS Board. WHAT AN AWESOME DAY! A few days with SE directly followed the big storm, and guess what it got even better.
THE DAY of the Year!
If you were following my stories on social media or here, this year Neusiedl was a bit of my Kryptonite, I just did not get warm with the spot during the EFPT Event there. Anyways a forecast popped up which predicted up to 45knots South Wind. Usually I would go to Weiden, but my friend Luki convinced me to give Neusiedl another try. Already on the way there, I heard on the Radio that’s up to 100km/h South Wind in Neusiedl. I was excited. After a few runs on my 4.0, I changed down to 3.6. And I was sailing until it got dark, as it was just THE DAY OF THE YEAR. I think for me it was also a gamechanger. As I finally realized I can land also the hardest moves in not ideal conditions when I pulled of my first planning shifty and some crazy Airfunnel Burners and Kabis in the mega chop. I think it has been at least one year that I ve been so stoked about Windsurfing! And for sure my personal highlight of 2018, which is crazy when you think back on what kind of dream spots I ve been, that I still find the biggest pleasure at the place where I grew up, where I learned to Windsurf and what I call my home!
What’s next? Right now I need to catch up with some projects I was working on the whole year to still push it out. There are three Windsurf Videos coming in the following weeks – so prepared! The plan is to squeeze in at least one or two Croatia trips now in December for some R&D Work on new Flikkaplans. I would love to hit the mountains aswell, as I ve a really cool new Cooperation coming up. Anyways latest in Jannuary it will be the time to kick Windsurfing 2019 of. I was thinking quite a lot how Windsurfing could be then. After all those years it is still my big Love. So there is only one way. Windsurf More. More Quality. Go Bigger and send it more!
Yours,
Max
25.11.2018
Surf 9/18 – Kos Spotguide
Hey Guys!
Last June I spent a couple of weeks in Greece. My friend Andre and me did some island hopping to produce a stories for the German Surf-Magazin. It’s the biggest Print Magazin in the Windsurfworld with around 25k issues sold every month. So if you are keen to jump on a cheap flight next summer (Vienna-Kos you can go for aroung 80!! €) Maybe this spotguide helps you. You can read it online on digital.surf-magazin.de
Mauritius 2018
An intense summer coming to an end. I ve been in Mauritius for almost two months and enjoying it’s amazing landscape, the pure nature and some very nice Windsurfing.
Altough this spot will never be my favourite place to Windsurf, you can score some proper conditions. Some of the days are as good as it gets, with huge glassy waves steady wind and just friends in the water. On other days you are battling with 30 Kitesurfers and 20 Windsurfers in light gusty winds for some choppy waves…which caused some upsets aswell. Anyways I tried to make the most out of it, sail whatever was there and had a lot of watertime – which is the most important thing anyways!
Beside the Windsurfing Side of Life, we got some very nice SUP Sessions and saw whales and Dolphins – which made the whole trip unforgetable.
There will be definitly a short Windsurf Video from Mauritius and there will be also a JBL Imagevideo feat. the brandnew Clip 3 aswell. Beside that we shot some content for Surf&Action Company and Chiemsee. You will find more about this soon on this page.
As so many people asked me for recommendation for their stay, one of the most amazing houses I saw is the Villa Seewoo directly in La Goulette. I would totally recommend it for you if you want more quality, but have not enough budget for one of the **** Hotels.
There are some exciting Videos and NEWS coming soonish – so better check my socialmedia channels and this blog…
Max