Jericoacoara, 2024. An amazing few weeks it has been again, as every year!  It was a windy year. I arrived end of October and I was often overpowered with my 3.6 freestyle windsurf sail or my 2.5 wing. But hey, never gonna complain about TOO much wind as it can’t get much better than walking…

Last week was my WING camp in Karpathos, and I am still smiling thinking back of the great week we had and the improvement participants made. We had wind four out of the five days from the clinic, with three strong wind days and a lighter wind day.. so we got to spend so much…

I came back from Karpathos last week and when I went for a windsurf session yesterday I realised autumn has really started.. it’s getting COLD! So…. I guess that’s the time to make epic plans for 2025! Happy to share the dates of my yearly destinations in Bonaire, Turkey,  Karpathos and Brazil. Stay tuned for…

I have done quite some water fasting this year. A few ‘shorter’ ones of 36 and 72 hours and one long one of 144 hours (6 days). In this blog post I like to share my experience, the reasons why I did the fasting and the potential benefits I believe it has. I will share…

While sitting at home in Holland, drinking hot tea as it’s cold and grey outside;  it’s time to make epic plans for 2024! Happy to share the dates of my yearly destinations in Bonaire, Turkey,  Karpathos and Brazil. Stay tuned for a new destination this summer!     Bonaire:  Week 1: Windsurf and Yoga  clinic 18  till…

I had been competing for nine years when I unexpectedly stopped for three years. My last competition was in November 2019.  Beginning of 2020 I found out I was pregnant and around the same time the world went into lockdown. In 2019 I had a crazy schedule with competitions. I competed in Japan / Bonaire…

Behind the laptop, but still smiling thinking back of the great windsurf week we had. This year I had 11 participants joining; 5 men, 6 women, Dutch, German, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Belgium.. between 31 and 60 years old; so a great mix of people. Not sure how it’s possible to always have SUCH a nice group…

De kracht van ademhaling. De meeste topsporters kunnen zich volledig richten op hun sport; hetgeen waar ze in uitblinken. Als je echter, zoals ik, topsporter bent in een niche sport die buiten de Olympische Spelen valt (want freestyle windsurfen kan geen olympische klasse zijn omdat je een minimale hoeveelheid wind nodig hebt wat ze niet…

I am a windsurfer, yes. But I am more than that, I am also Arrianne, a mom, an entrepreneur, an atlete and a SUP-er, WING-er and surfer. Because we can be soooo much more than just one of them, right?! As watersport lovers we often used to label ourselves as a kiter, windsurfer or surfer….