A growing windsurfing scene meets right at the mouth of the river Stör, which ends in the Elbe. It's best to enter "Borsfleth" into the sat nav and drive through this small village. After about a kilometre, there is a small car park on the right-hand side where we park our car. We briefly cross the dyke and at first glance we are greeted by a fantastic view. The Elbe is easily 800 metres wide here and we marvel at the huge container ships heading for the port of Hamburg. The "great view" is perhaps diminished, or let's say it is given a very special touch: the Brokdorf nuclear power plant on the other side of the Stör "gives the spot that certain something. Or to put it another way, something would be missing here without the nuclear power plant," says Jörgen. The windsurfers in front of the large pressurised water reactor with its semi-circular dome, which is typical of nuclear power plants, seem almost bizarre to us.
But back to the windsurfing conditions on site. We are standing on the dyke, which is overgrown with thick grass "and covered with sheep dumplings," Jörgen says. In fact, large flocks of sheep often graze here, leaving behind a lot of "dirt". Today we have a strong westerly wind of around 20 knots. Jörgen Vogt arrives in the VW bus, still in his business suit, quickly rigs up the 4.7 and off we go. When does this spot work? Most windsurfers go out here two to three hours before and after high tide, "otherwise it becomes a mud party". Sure, that's possible and just like on the East Frisian coast, you otherwise have to march through mud to get to the water. There's always water, it's just that you quickly get dirty in the mud around low tide.
"The best wind direction is north-west or south-east, then you have chop-free water to the left or right of the pier to practise freestyle moves," says Jörgen Vogt. Today the wind is blowing from the south-west and there is no smooth water to be seen for miles around. It's not exactly easy to jibe smoothly in these conditions. But the small, steep ramps are perfect for spin loops and air jibes. And local Jörgen Vogt adds very precisely: "The spot works perfectly from east-southeast to west turning to northwest. In the south-east you have shallow water to the right of the pier and in the north-west to the left.
