Matthew Buzza (Buzz)
I have to thank John Stanley for getting me into windsurfing. After helping him with a computer problem and refusing to take any money for doing it he insisted he gave me something. In his garage he had an old Rainbow long board and offered it to me for the help I had given. This board was the start of the change of my regular life. Windsurfing is a great sport and I am thankful that from taking it up and becoming addicted to it I have travelled because of it, and met many great friends in places I would probably not visited otherwise. I would encourage anyone who loves the water to give it a go you never know where it will take you.
| Home Country | UK |
| Started Windsurfing | 1992 |
| Started Teaching | 2001 |
| Windsurfing Companies Worked For | Club Mistral Windsurfing |
| Favorite Food | Indian, Thai & Mashi Cromb (Egyptian stuffed cabbage leaves) |
| Life Comments | Your only here once and you can’t take anything with you so live it |
| Best Windsurfing Tip | Enjoy every moment, do it as much as possible, respect the sea and the life within it and respect to fellow sailors |
| Favorite Discipline | Waves |
| Favorite Destination | Le Morne Mauritius, Windsurfing, Kite surfing, Surfing and SUP its got it all and Dahab Egypt |
Bob Hoekstra
Back in the summer of 1982 my parents bought a windsurfer (like almost every family in Holland did back then) and took me and my sister to a small lake near home. It was in that summer I found the thing for me to do, windsurfing! I got addicted to it from the very start and windsurfing became and still is one of the biggest passions in my life.
Go out and have fun as much as you can ! No matter your level or ambition , you can always improve and learn new stuff but the most important of all is to simply enjoy being out there.
| Home Country | Holland |
| Started Windsurfing | 1982 |
| Started Teaching | 1997 |
| Windsurfing Companies Worked For | Flisvos Sportsclub Naxos, Happy Surf & Club Mistral Windsurfing |
| Favorite Food | Spinach Pasta |
| Life Comments | Live it and enjoy it as much as you can |
| Best Windsurfing Tip | Always respect nature and your fellow windsurfers |
| Favorite Discipline | Waves |
| Favorite Destination | My home break Vijk aan Zee |
Stef Nys
My parents love sailing and put me up for Optimist sailing lessons on a small lake nearby when I was a kid. After a couple of years sailing I had my first windsurf attempt and was hooked from day one. After years of windsurfing at a famous center in Almanarre, France I got the opportunity to become an instructor there during the summers. During college I found a second passion and 10 years of professional dj’ing and nightlife had made me forgot how much I love windsurfing. The weekend after I decided I had had it with the nightlife I was on the water again for the first time in well over ten years. Since that day I have been doing the craziest things to get am many good sessions in as possible.
PS A big thanks to my friends here on windhut for all the great tips, sessions and after sessions.
| Home Country | Belgium |
| Started Windsurfing | 1986 |
| Started Teaching | 1992 |
| Windsurfing Companies Worked For | UCPA, SPORKU, Recrea |
| Favorite Food | Italian |
| Life Comments | Windsurfing may easily cause a lifetime addiction that can affect your performance at work, the way you interact with people and the ability to contribute to society. |
| Best Windsurfing Tip | Look where you wanna go! If you ever have a chance to take lessons from one of the other guys here, TAKE IT! Always enjoy every moment and respect fellow sailors. |
| Favorite Discipline | Waves |
| Favorite Destination | Travel: Le Morne Mauritius, Favorite homespots: Wissant, Ouddorp and Wijk aan zee |
Alexis Redelsperger
More soon…
| Home Country | Corsica |
| Started Windsurfing | 1995 |
| Started Teaching | 2003 |
| Windsurfing Companies Worked For | Club Mistral Windsurfing Cape Verde, Ras Sudr and Le Morne Mauritius |
| Favorite Food | Rotties* |
| Life Comments | Do as much as you can |
| Best Windsurfing Tip | Keep trying stick to it and you will rip |
| Best Kitesurfing Tip | Unhook |
| Best Surfing Tip | Get barrelled |
| Favorite Discipline | Waves |
| Favorite Destination | Mauritius |
Pics coming soon
Manolis Lambros
My name is Manolis Lambros,my job is teaching people how to enjoy windsurfing. Started the basic steps at the age of 16 on the island of Rhodes and kept on doing it for the next 4 summers there. After an accident I didn’t ride the board for the next 4-5 years until I started it again after a push from my friends in Club Mistral Karpathos. Ever since I never stopped windsurfing, I tried to do it all year around and I found out that is a bit hard in the winter in Greece, so I decided to join Club Mistral and after that I joined Fun System which I work for until now. Currently I am working in Dahab and enjoying my freestyle sessions, some wave sessions too!!!, with my good friend from Club Mistral Dahab, Matt
| Home Country | Greece |
| Started Windsurfing | 1996 |
| Started Teaching | 2002 |
| Windsurfing Companies Worked For | Club Mistral Windsurfing & Fun System |
| Favorite Food | Pizza, Steaks and Souvlaki |
| Life Comments | Keep on learning and keep an open mind |
| Best Windsurfing Tip | Stay motivated |
| Favorite Discipline | Freestyle |
| Favorite Destination | Dahab Egypt and Karpathos Greece |
Onur Sanlav
After being an entertainer for many years by luck i started windsurfing,and i still feel like an entertainer,er,on the water i mean.Sure its a gr8 sport,with a lot of passion,and will never get boring to me.We should all have one aim…..get everybody into windsurfing….everybody!!!
| Home Country | Turkey |
| Started Windsurfing | 1998 |
| Started Teaching | 2000 |
| Windsurfing Companies Worked For | Fun System, Surf & Action & Club Mistral Windsurfing |
| Favorite Food | anything from the turkish kitchen,burger king,pizzas,steaks,pastas… |
| Life Comments | Take care of your health,know no limits,a limited mind is the worse thing to have… |
| Best Windsurfing Tip | Its a sport not a war,so….RELAX!!! |
| Favorite Discipline | Freestyle and waves….ooops!did i just say that??!! |
| Favorite Destination | Dahab Egypt of course papaaaaa!!!! |
