Wave & Jump of the Winter 21/22

November 30 2021
12 min reading time

The Natural High Wave and Jump of the Winter. This year in a new format. The idea for this surfing contest came last year when most surfers needed to stay home over winter. We wanted to show what a great playground we have right at our backdoor with the North Sea.

NATURAL HIGH
WAVE & JUMP OF THE WINTER
VIDEO CONTEST

1 December 2021 - 31 March 2022

THE WAVE AND JUMP OF THE WINTER IS BACK!

We said to try to make this contest an annual thing.
Here we are with a second edition.

This year in a new format. The Natural High Wave and Jump of the Winter. The idea for this surfing contest came last year when most surfers needed to stay home over winter. We wanted to show what a great playground we have right at our backdoor with the North Sea. And to point out the appreciation that you don’t always have to travel far to satisfy your needs. After last year's success we are excited to continue with that mission and to keep on sharing the surf stoke of the Lowlands!

With the Wave and Jump of the Winter video contest we like to challenge all surfers in Holland/Belgium to push themselves to the limit in an attempt to score their best wave or jump in the cold and rough North Sea this winter. Throughout a four month period 1 December 2021 - 31 March 2022, surfers around Holland and Belgium can submit a video of their pumping barrel or their biggest jump. All the entries will be judged. Crazy prizes to win. So what's new? How to participate? Read here more…

In what discipline can you compete in?

How do you enter?
What is there to win?
What are the video guidelines?
What are the judge criteria?
Contest conditions
What were the winning entries of 20/21?

New Format!

We only have two disciplines to compete in: wave surfing and big air kiting. We dropped the foil discipline. To be honest we loved this discipline, just because we love to do it ourselves. However, by far this one had the littlest entries and it was also quite confusing and broadly interpretable what you understand under foiling (surf foiling, wing foiling, freestyle, slalom etc). Which made it confusing to communicate and to judge. Skipping for now, doesn't mean it’s never coming back...

WAVE OF THE WINTER

The Wave of the Winter is about your greatest and most fun wave, the biggest barrel, or some send it airs. #nhwaveofthewinter

jump OF THE WINTER

The Jump of the Winter is about big air kitesurfing.
Scoring your highest jumps in combination with some good tricks.
#nhjumpofthewinter

VIDEOGRAPHER
of the Winter

For the brave ones that stand behind the camera for hours just to get that one winning shot. The videographer, stating his name, automatically competes with the entry of the rider. Riders are also allowed to film from their own point of view (POV). In that case a videographer does not apply.

How do you enter?

for who

Any wavesurfer or kitesurfer

date

From 1 December 2021
till 31 March 2022

spot

Located in The Netherlands
or Belgium

Platform

Instagram

How to submit?

Follow @surfshopnaturalhigh on Instagram.
On your Instagram feed, post a single shot video of your biggest wave or highest jump.
Tag @surfshopnaturalhigh
Use the right hashtag #nhwaveofthewinter or #nhjumpofthewinter
Put down in the description of your feed post; videographer, date and spot name.

There is no maximum on entries. Also not per user. You can submit as many videos as you want.

What is there to win?

You will receive respect and honor from the surfing Lowlands. And there are 2 main prices for the winners. Per discipline one price. Plus an extra price when the skills of a videographer have been used.

Wave of the Winter

One time € 1000 cash prize

Jump of the Winter

One time € 1000 cash prize

Videographer
of the Winter

€ 250 Natural High gift card per winning entry, when videographer is present, with a maximum of two for the two disciplines.

What are the video guidelines?

For a valid entry

Single shot video of your wave or jump of the Winter. No full edits or compilations.
You can film it yourself with, for example, a Gopro
Or it’s filmed by a videographer from the water or from the shore. In that case the videographer can apply to winn as well.
The video has to be filmed in The Netherlands or Belgium.
Between 1 December 2021 and 31 March 2022.
Minimum 720 dpi, but we prefer as high a quality as possible.
Shot is posted without visual sponsored advertising or watermarks.

What are the judge criteria?

We hope for loads of entries. Therefore we have a judge team ready that will judge all the entries.

Ted de jager

@teddejager

Watersport man to the max. Born and raised, North Sea Coastline. Nature lover. Especially when nature delivers nice and pumping waves. Whether it’s for kitesurfing or wave surfing. As chief of the surf shop and former coach of our own Natural High surf team, he can’t wait what entries come in this year!

MARtijn van sinderen

@martijnvansinderen

Surfing as a way of life. That for sure counts for Martijn. Since he has his own camper van he travels around Europe to score the best waves. Also he is one of our most technical riders and will look for the combination of style, difficulty and power of each surfer in this contest.

CHANTALE PÖTTGENS

@chantalepoettgens

A.k.a Chanti surf is our creative force behind the surf shop. And also a competitive surfer that participated in former championships. From her creative perspective she will have a look at the video style and of course the full sendit action in total.