Christmas 2015

Maciek Rutkowski receives the perfect Polish Christmas present

Most windsurfers dream of scoring a Christmas Day windsurfing session and for Maciek Rutkowski that was the reality this year in his home country of Poland — where you would usually expect sub-zero temperatures and snow, but this year he was greeted with 10 degrees air temperature together with wind and waves to begin his Christmas in style.

Maciek Rutkowski: "It was my first Christmas at home since 5 or 6 years. But this year I spent December at home to work on my physicality and last thing I would expect is to windsurf! When I was a kid every Christmas was white and sub-zero temperatures. We would rather build snowboard jumps or tow-board behind a car. Couple years later and there I was windsurfing without gloves! I could easily be without boots and the hood as well.

“Another big change is the artificial reef that was built over the last year or so to protect the coast. I thought maybe it would make the waves better or at least more powerful, but instead of putting the reef 50cm under the water it's like 10cm at most! So I actually had to avoid it and sail upwind of it keeping in mind that if I crash the current will take me straight into head high waves breaking on dry concrete! Nevertheless I managed to have tons of fun. Rowy is not exactly the most organised and easiest place to sail, but I can you can hunt some good sections. Besides nothing really beats a good session at home, especially on Christmas Day after an amazing breakfast.

Massive thanks to my man Daniel Dmytrów for dropping the Christmas fork, grabbing his 7D and filming some of the most beatiful shots I ever got to edit “

To see Maciek Rutkowski’s Christmas session click HERE.

Maciek has also recently announced that after 4 year with Patrik and 3 years with Point-7 he will be moving onto a new adventure. We’ll be catching up with him soon to see what’s in store for 2016. You can see a short summary video HERE of some of his highlights.