Tag: EFPT

EFPT Surf Opening: Day 1

April 22nd, 2021

Today has been the day that had been anticipated by professional freestylers, EFPT crew and online spectators likewise: the first international freestyle event after a break of over 1.5 years kicked off in Neusiedl am See, Austria. All eyes were on the new EFPT, with Adam Sims holding the reigns and the reloaded Surf Opening with Georg Kloibhofer as head of organization. With the whole world being...

JP/NP & THE NEXT GENERATION

April 17th, 2021

JP-Australia and NeilPryde are stepping up and offer a brand-new JP-Australia freestyle board for one of the participants of the first EFPT rookies camp in Austria & send Yentel Caers as an additional coach for day 2. JP-AUSTRALIA AND THE NEXT GENERATION JP-Australia has a long history in supporting the next generation freestyle windsurfers by founding and running their JP Young Guns camps t...

Welcome to the EFPT 2018

March 10th, 2018

2018 will see exciting new tour-stops, some great comeback as well as events that became regulars and highly upgraded the European tour over the past years. The season will be openend at the Mondial du Vent in Leucate, France in the middle of April. It has been a wish for many years for the local organisers and the team of the European Freestyle Pro Tour to bring the EFPT riders to this event. We...

Queen of windsurfing: Sarah-Quita Offringa

September 24th, 2017

At the young age of 26 years, Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard/Neilpryde) already made it to the all time ranking of the most successful windsurfers ever. The sailor from Aruba is undefeated in the freestyle discipline for ten years in a row and also holds several world titles in slalom, whilst consistently also making it onto the podium in PWA wave competitions. Sarah-Quita is also the reigning Eu...

Fresh Faces: Alexandre Mertens

August 24th, 2017

Since the European Freestyle Pro Tour was founded, the events were not only a place for the pro windsurfers to face each other and battle for the European title, but also a great oppurtunity for up and coming talents to gain their first international competition experience. Former EFPT rookies like Johnny Yagen (RRD/RRD) and Riccardo Marca (North/Fanatic) were making their first baby steps in the ...

EFPT Lanzarote 2017 – Day 1

July 5th, 2017

Since four years now, the best freestyle windsurfers of the world have been travelling to the Canaries to compete in what is known to be one of the best freestyle windsurfing events ever. The strong trade summer winds of the Canaries and the spot here at Costa Teguise, with the outside reef, used to provide a perfect playground year by year. At the 4th edition of the EFPT Lanzarote, 27 riders from...

Adam Sims – Taking event videography to the next level

June 25th, 2017

Adam Sims, pro windsurfer from the UK, is the man behind the EFPT video-production, which was first launched in 2017. Being a freestyle competitor and passionate videographer for many years, the Sailloft and Patrik Diethelm team-rider knows exactely what it takes to produce an action loaded clip, that would not only fascinate the windsurfing community, but also the world beyond it. We caught up wi...

DAM-X 2016 – Day 1

October 12th, 2016

After hosting a stop of the European Freestyle Pro Tour for the first time in 2015, the organisation team of the Zeil and Surfcentrum in Brouwersdam, Holland are staging the big final of the EFPT this year. With a great set-up already last season and a flawless organisation the DAM-X is an outstanding event which makes it hard to think of a better place to hold the last freestyle event of the seas...

IFCA Judging Seminar 2015

March 9th, 2015

The 4th IFCA Judging Seminar is taking place in Roses, Spain from the 10th through the 12th of April 2015. With several years of history and many participants, the judging seminar has been gaining more and more recognition. We spoke to EFPT race director and head-judge Tom Hartmann, who has been an active competitor for many years before his career 'on the other side' and who is now one of the mai...

The EFPT at the Costa Teguise, Lanzarote

May 27th, 2014

It is a premiere for the European Freestyle Pro Tour to be staged in the Canaries. With former European Freestyle Champion and top PWA rider Antxon Otaegui as an organiser and with the venue being one of the windiest destinations worldwide, a lot of freestyle action can be expected from the 9th until the 12th of July. To upgrade the 5.000€ prize-money event, free accommodation for the top 25 EF...