“If people saw what we surf sometimes in the Winter, they would think we’re insane. We’re just stoked there are waves and that it’s possible to surf here,” said cold water connoisseur Oliver Hartkopp when talking about surfing in Denmark.
The 7x Danish Surfing Champion played tour guide for WSL CT surfer Isabella Nichols who recently spent time in the Scandinavian country for her latest film ‘Nordborn’. The 30 minute flick, produced by Jakob Gjerluff Ager and Kurt Jacobs, sees the Australian reconnect with her roots as she travels back to her country of birth to learn more about where she came from.
“This is my first time being here since I was two-years-old and my first time seeing this part of the coast,” explained Isabella. Denmark is a far cry from the warmth and ease of Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast of Australia where she grew up. The cold winter days, coupled with the ever changing conditions and variables which have to line up in order to even score half decent waves in the country makes Danish surfing it’s own separate sport entirely.
The description for the film reads: “Nordborn follows WSL Championship Tour surfer Isabella Nichols as she embarks on a deeply personal journey to reconnect with her Danish heritage. Though raised in Australia, Isabella was born in Denmark and has long felt drawn back to its rugged coastline. In this film, she travels to Denmark’s west coast to experience its powerful, icy waves for the first time and to meet the small but passionate surf community that thrives there year-round. Guided by local surfer Oliver Hartkopp, Isabella discovers not only the raw beauty and challenge of cold-water surfing but also a renewed connection to her roots and the people who live in harmony with the North Sea.”
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