mitch blog » summer news http://mitch.at/blog this blog follows freerider mitch toelderer snowboarding and surfing around the world. from snowboarding in the alps, alaska or russia to surf trips in norway, mexico or indonesia. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:00:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Escondido Tow In experience – Surfing big walls feels like Snowboarding http://mitch.at/blog/2011/09/10/the-escondido-tow-in-experience-surfing-big-walls-feels-like-snowboarding/ http://mitch.at/blog/2011/09/10/the-escondido-tow-in-experience-surfing-big-walls-feels-like-snowboarding/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:14:17 +0000 mitch http://mitch.at/blog/?p=1577 For many years i am coming back  to visit my friends in puerto escondido and every year i am hoping for a big swell to realize my dream of towing into big walls. When the swell than was suddenly on the radar and we were watching the crazy towin footage of that  same monster swell already hitting tahiti  i was really getting nervous. I have had some tow sessions with my friend chris over the last years but nothing like that predicted swell! For me not being into it for a year made me questioning myself if i was ready for that.
Once out there and letting go of the rope all the questions i had were far away and it did feel so damn good…like snowboarding a steep powder face, only the face is consistantly changing its shape and character when on your way down the line…
here a little clip i did put together and some impressions from our two day tow session at the playa zicatela, puerto escondido:

 

swell is arriving with 21 seconds period and 12 foot

the show is on at the beach

waiting for the set to pass

game on! chris on the early shift

down the line chris is disappearing

chris in the house! square beach break at zicatela

next to go: Stan the man! he got the sequence! 1st nice view of the peak

Stan the sequence 2nd

`when i pulled into this i said to myself today is a good day to die!´ Stan the man still alive

my turn! Chris driving the ski i am taking a righthander

dropping into a left

my last possible exit on this one
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sometimes you got to carry your bike to get to the sweet spots...
]]> http://mitch.at/blog/2011/07/06/summer-time-in-the-mountains/feed/ 2 From tropical surf to tropical snow, soon… http://mitch.at/blog/2010/11/01/from-tropical-surf-to-tropical-snow/ http://mitch.at/blog/2010/11/01/from-tropical-surf-to-tropical-snow/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:18:10 +0000 mitch http://mitch.at/blog/?p=1067 For the last week we got a good S/SW swell making us surf 5 to 6 hours a day. The surf forecast for our remaining last  week in mexican summer is looking small and we are getting ready to move on for climbing and snowboarding some vulcanos in Ecuador with the crew from the summits4kids project.
From board shorts and paddling in warm water to winter gear and hiking up to over 6000m peaks in the snow. What a trip!

a nice last summer swell made us surf all day
a nice last summer swell made us surf all daybibi was catching a lot of good waves, bottom turn with pelikanochris in the sweet spotour van loaded with everything we gotbottom turn and......and slashour little neighbour is preparing the camaronesaussi paul in one of his many barrelswiping outtwo for twolast summer surf, between two polesfrom tropical surf to tropical snow and ice, one of the vulcanos we want to climb and ride in ecuador, the cotopaxi

tropical snow and ice are waiting for us, that is one of the vulcanos we want to climb in Ecuador, the Cotopaxi
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well, thats kind of my favourite fitness center, nice view, uncrowded, light ocean breeze and good tunes!… we did set this little gym up at a friends place in mexico to get in shape before the winterseason starts while enjoying the beach!(yes, we can have it all!)

our little gym with ocean view

bibi talking to her leg...

after training sunset surf
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