For many people, they bring disaster and destruction. They do not have a good reputation in the media. They paralyse road traffic, rail links and the power supply. At sea, they bring gigantic steel colossi to their knees. They mow down entire forests as if they were toothpicks. But for a small group of surfers and windsurfers, storms are seen in a completely different light. Without them, there would be no surfing or windsurfing.
So far this year, an unusually large number of lows have been heading towards Europe. We have been on the water in Weißenhaus as often as some of us have been in an entire year. And the strength with which some storms even reached Germany was also exceptional. The best example: Low Emma - seeing Weißenhaus almost as high as a mast is definitely something special. But Low Johanna was to surpass everything once again. It was to pass over England at 950 millibars. These are values that are usually reached in the "Roaring Forties". This time we knew we wouldn't be facing this storm in Weißenhaus.
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