Besides that you can feel it yourself, you already read in it kitesurfing December blog. November was a lot milder in terms of temperature than the long-term average. Yes, you read that right. Kitesurfing year 2020 will go into the books as the year with the most days above 10 degrees.
Year of weather records
Our eye caught a message from Weather Plaza. It was again shown that between April 1 and November 20 it was warmer than 10 degrees every day. Autumn was therefore late. The super fanatic kite surfers were then treated to a little while autumn storm Odette. It is a fact that more weather records fell in 2020. For example, 2020 also had the highest number of tropical days and the lateest tropical day in the year. In December 2020 it was also the hottest temperature ever recorded.
Climate change and what you can do as a kite surfer
The breaking of heat records clearly indicates that we are dealing with climate change. A lot has been said about it and we are probably not doing enough to combat this. How you can contribute as a kite surfer? We have the good kite surfer habits drawn up. Every little bit helps.
For the climate, a white Christmas, ice wing surfing, ice kite surfing and snow kiting might be better.
Kitesurfing without shoes in December
What did kitesurfing year 2020 bring in December? We were at sea again for 2 days last weekend. The weather was so mild that I even doubted whether I should put on my neoprene shoes. Because I wanted to go kite surfing a little longer and didn't want to get cold toes, I put them on. Afterwards we saw online that there were kite surfers who started kite surfing without shoes. Gilion Goveia for example. The number of kite surfers on the Maasvlakte last weekend was also a record in itself. For the climate, a white Christmas, ice wing surfing, ice kite surfing and snow kiting might be better. At the same time it were wonderful sports moments at sea last weekend.
