Tag: Surf Worldcup

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...

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...

IFCA Grand Prix Neusiedl am See – Registration day

May 4th, 2017

27 riders out of 12 different nations signed up for the first ever IFCA Grand Prix in Austria. After successfully finishing the windsurfing foil and slalom competition last weekend, the freestyle elite of Europe took over here in Neusiedl am See,  to fight for the total of 13.000€ prize-money. Just like the past years, Chiemsee provides the 3.000€ for the tow-in competition that will see a...

Surf Worldcup 2017 – Reinvention

April 28th, 2017

After running the famous Surf Worldcup in Austria for many consecutive years in Podersdorf, the venue of one of Europes biggest outdoor festival changed. So did the competition format. A kitesurfing competition was always part of the big happening at lake Neusiedl - this year though, the organisers decided to go for a windsurfing only event and an all new format: the IFCA Grand Prix, featuring sla...

Chiemsee Tow-In Show – The Big Final

May 8th, 2016

The ten riders who made it into todays final fleet qualified over the last few days in three intense qualification rounds as everyone was fighting for a place amongst the last top ten who would battle for the top positions in the Chiemsee Tow-In show as well as 3.000€ prize-money. The finalists were a bunch of highly credited riders including several times world-champion Gollito Estredo (Nort...

Chiemsee Tow-In Show – Fleet 2 & 3

May 7th, 2016

Due to the windy conditions on our first competition day we had to postpone one of the qualification fleets and had to run fleet two and three today. The full beach and the sunny weather provided the perfect scenery for the twenty riders who were eager to get into the final tomorrow. Fleet 2 was on the water at 3.00pm with some of the best tow-in riders including 2015 EFPT Tow-In Champion Adam Si...

Chiemsee Tow-In Show – Fleet 1

May 6th, 2016

After an amazing launch for the Surf Worldcup here in Podersdorf with stormy conditions, the region around lake Neusiedl presented itself in a whole different light today. Lots of sunshine and calm weather implied a great start for the Chiemsee Tow-In show with 3.000€ prize-money up for grabs. For the first time in years the waiting list to get into the 30 riders who would be allowed to compete...

Chiemsee Tow-In: showdown in Podersdorf

May 5th, 2016

2016 is the last time that the famous Surf Worlcup will be staged in Podersdorf, Austria before moving to a new venue in 2017. The windsurf week starting from the 4th of May through to the 8th of May had an explosive start with the PWA freestyle competition that was held in winds gusting up to 40 knots on Wednesday. Whilst many riders have been taken to their limits in partly extreme conditions, t...

Chiemsee European Tow-In Championship – The Final

May 3rd, 2015

After the whole Saturday was all under the sign of the PWA freestyle competition as riders and crew were trying to make the best out of the conditions and to get a result, the tow-in finals got postponed to Sunday afternoon. The ten riders who made it into todays final fleet qualified over the last few days in three intense qualification rounds as everyone was fighting for a place amongst the las...

Chiemsee European Tow-In Championship – Day 2

May 1st, 2015

Day two at the Chiemsee European Tow-In Championships started with the second qualification round that included some of the best freestyle windsurfers in the world, amongst them current World Champion Gollito Estredo (North/Fanatic) from Venezuela, who won the first edition of the Chiemsee Tow-In Championship in 2012, Taty Frans (Starboard) and Youp Schmit from Bonaire as well as tow-in expert Jul...

Chiemsee European Tow-In Championship

April 29th, 2015

The Chiemsee European Tow-In Championship will take place for the fourth time at the Surf Worldcup Podersdorf, Austria from the 30th of April through to the 2nd of May 2015. In 2012 the brand Chiemsee began the movement of tow-in windsurfing, calling upon the best 30 freestylers in the world to show their moves in zero wind. Since then thousands of people have enjoyed the show that takes place dur...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Day 5

April 29th, 2014

The skippers meeting for today has been set for 6.00 am in the morning as the conditions were forecasted best early in the day. With rather light north-north-west wind the sailors reached for their big sails from 4.8 to 5.6 and the bigger boards, many wishing they had bigger equipment. The first heat was on the water at 6.30 am with Philip Soltysiak (Starboard) sailing against Romain Pinocheau ...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Day 3

April 27th, 2014

With the best forecast since the start of the event the skippers meeting was set for 9.30 am this morning with the first possible start at 10.00 am. South-east wind in Podersdorf is always a bit of an issue as the competition area needs to be very far outside in the lake as this direction only fills in if the wind is unusually strong. When the first freeriders started planing on the outside thoug...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Day 2

April 26th, 2014

The day did start off with low expectations concerning the freestyle windsurfing competition, yet with the outlook of another exciting fight for the places in the final of the Chiemsee European Tow-In Championship. After the riders presentation yesterday night in the big party tent with more than thousand spectators, the day at the event area started a bit slower. From 1.00 pm though the EFPT c...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Registration

April 24th, 2014

The EFPT at the Surf Worldcup in Austria is one of the biggest contest of the European Tour since it's beginning and has been awaited by the organization, the crew of the tour and the riders since the announcement in January. With the fleet being limited down to 32 top European riders and the pre-registrations exceeding this number by far, the sailors who made it into the fleet seem to be s...