Author: karel
Videos of the BOC on powerboating.be
If you’re interested in videos of the Belgian Offshore Challenge, just visit powerboating.be and select in the categories dropdown menu ‘video’ > ‘Belgian Offshore Challenge’. Many thanks to all the camera men or women to have documented the races. I’m sure there must be more videos out there. Have you found one? Let me know!
Read MoreThe Belgian Offshore Challenge Community on Facebook
If you were part of the Belgian Offshore Challenge experience in the past, become a member and share your memories, photos and videos. It’s a retrospective community in Flemish and your posts will revive these great times when organisors were truly passionate about powerboating. They were not in it for the money – they even put their own money in the organisation – and welcomed every participant. These people were no ‘day flies’ hence the huge succes of 10 years Belgian Offshore Challenge. So join this unique, growing community of ‘soulmates’.
Read MoreUIM F2 World Championship 2017 – Antwerp
Hot of the press. In the weekend of July 21 the UIM F2 World Championship 2017 will take place in Antwerp, Belgium. We invite all supporters there. Excellent concept: the entrance is free and the arena is in front of the ‘Zuiderterras’, a walking terrace along the river Scheldt. The venue is quite unique, it is located very close to the pictoresk part of Antwerp with lots of restaurants, pubs, shops and the Town Hall. Be there, we will!
Read MoreVIP interviews are coming your way on powerboating.be
Powerboating evokes impressive speeds, lots of adrenaline and living in the fast lane. When it comes to events or competitions it’s the people behind it that also make it possible. They’re the project managers who have the necessary skills like perseverance, persuasion, people management and above all the passion for powerboating. They empower people and make it happen. Most of all they put the participants in the spotlights and not themselves. Soon you will able to read interviews of people that mean(t) a lot to the powerboating scene, outstanding organisors, but also pilots, record holders, boat builders … you will meet them all here. Together they build our powerboating history.
Read MoreThe Belgian Offshore Challenge: a decade of fun and passion
Anyone who talkes about offshore racing in Belgium comes up with the Belgian Offshore Challenge (BOC). Thomas Vandamme and his passionate enthusiasts as Jean-Marie Van Lancker, Kris Deraedt, Francis Notschaele, Hendrik Goderis – just to name a few, the list is quite long – he and his crew were able to pull it off every time again. Together they made powerboat racing in Belgium fun. Ingrid and Heidi from BMC also supported the events. Aquabikes were a part of the BOC as well. It were great weekends with a saturday night dinner for everyone. For everyone. The BOC was a winning concept, very close to the people. The organizing team has always put the participants and their safety first. I remember it well. These were the key success factors. These guys along with others have invested their own money and lots of time to turn the BOC into a reference that still stands today. It has become a benchmark. Check out the Facebook page. (more…)
Read More2017 Belgian Championship Offshore
The Belgian Championship Offshore started many years ago, organized by a.o. Jean-Marie Van Lancker and Kris Deraedt. It was an instant success and it put Belgium on the powerboat racing map again. Then there was the financial crisis and times got tough. Since 2016 the BC Offshore is back. Starting slowly. Enough for powerboating.be to put this on the radar. Besides the (smaller) powerboats aquabikes will also participate. (more…)
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Of course I like it when you check powerboating.be every day but in real life things are always different. That’s why I’ve implemented a new feature: the notification. When you subscribe you wil get a notification by email whenever a new post is published on powerboating.be. It’s all about comfort. With this, I don’t think a newsletter is needed. By the way, your e-mailadres won’t be used for anything else and won’t be passed on to a 3rd party.
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Read MoreThe magic of the new powerboating.be
If you visited the new powerboating.be (thank you!) you’ve noticed in the side bar on the right a dropdown menu ‘Categories’. That’s were the fun begins. Try it out and see for yourself how easy the content is accessible.
You also notice the number which displays how many articles are in that category.
I think that this solution keeps the design really sober and efficient.
Read MorePowerboating.be gets overhauled
Since its origination in 2008 powerboating.be had the same look and feel … until now. Because visitors gave me feedback, I took the opportunity to make the content more accessible and offer a better overview. You also wanted even more power boating videos directly on the front page. You found the links section not very interesting what puzzled me a bit but the solution is at hand. Also the site now has a powerful search feature which was the number one feature request. I now say goodbye to the old lay-out (see below) and hope you will like the new one and share this article. (more…)