40, maybe 50 windsurfers are taking their laps on Wormshöfter Noor, practising their jibes or standing in small groups in the water and having a chat. The Maasholm surf school is a hive of activity, the flags are tugging at their masts and the westerly wind is blowing little clouds of fleece over the yellow rapeseed fields and the poplar avenues at the entrance to the village. A few metres further on, some fishermen hang their nets out to dry and throw their daily catch into colourful plastic crates.
That was all 20 years ago. "Back then, the small fishing village on the Schleim estuary was very well known among windsurfers," says someone who should know: Holger Beer grew up here, cycled along the Noor as a young boy and watched the colourful sails on the water before he finally learned to windsurf himself and became one of Germany's best freestylers and wave surfers. Much of what he did back then remains the same today: The Maasholm surf school already existed back then (it is even rumoured to be one of the oldest windsurfing schools in Germany), the fishermen still take their old cutters out onto the Baltic Sea and, especially when the shoals of herring migrate to the fjords of the Baltic Sea to spawn in spring, the small harbour is still bustling with activity.
Holger Beer stands on the small dyke, squinting into the evening sun and trimming his 5.3. Although he now lives and works in Flensburg, he still regularly drives to Maasholm for a little after-work session. "I just think it's a beautiful spot on earth. And the windsurfing conditions are also impressive. Regardless of the wind direction, you'll always find great freeride and freestyle conditions with shallow water," says Holger, explaining his home spot. "Maasholm doesn't really need to shy away from comparison with Burger Binnensee on Fehmarn. And I can't even imagine what would happen on the water there on such a warm summer's day". And indeed - everything that the top spot on Fehmarn, which is only 80 kilometres away as the crow flies, has to offer, Maasholm can also offer if you take a closer look.
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