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FPT Vesoul is back for 2024!

May 18th, 2024

The Tow-In event in the heart of France is back for more action in 2024! On the 8th and 9th of June the picturesque town of Vesoul will once again be filled up to the brim with freestyle. The 4 star Proving Grounds Event is expected to attract some of the best Freestylers for an explosive display in front of the countless local crowds. Hosted by the Club Nautique Haut-Saônois Vesoul and the Fourn...

Free Spirit – An Interview with Dudu Levi and Julien Bru

April 25th, 2024

Dudu Levi (FutureFly/Gunsails) finally released his long awaited film "FREE SPIRIT". In collaboration with filmmaker and freestyle windsurfer Julien Bru the two travelled to Dudu's home in Israel, where they dedicated almost 2 weeks to capture the film. The result is a stunning portrait of one of the most stylish freestyle windsurfers out there, supercharged with the feel-good attitude everyone on...

Vieste is set to make history once again!

April 15th, 2024

The biggest Freestyle Pro Tour event of the year is just one month away! From the 22nd to the 26th of May, the world's best freestyle windsurfers will travel to Vieste in Italy for the 4th edition of the FPT Vieste. Hosted by Panini di Mare, this event will be the first ever FPT event to run all three disciplines: Freestyle, Foilstyle and Tow-In. Men, Women and Youth&Juniors will all be presen...

Shaken not Stirred – Rafael de Windt is Back!

April 3rd, 2024

Rafael de Windt used to be a staple on the international windsurfing scene. The Curacao island boy with a powerful style secured himself a couple of impressive results in the past, but then faded out of the scene to pursue a medical career. He recently graduated and "the wind doctor" is back on the water! In autumn he travelled to Jericoacoara in Brazil and he just released a clip from his eventfu...

What’s the Limit?! – Balz Muller and Yentel Caers in a crazy Fohn Storm

April 1st, 2024

Balz Muller (Severne) and Yentel Caers (JP/NeilPryde) go haywire at Lake Uri in their new video Wild and Sweet. A crazy Fohn Storm hit the Swiss lake last week and the two riders were not intimidated by the 70+ knots forecasted for the day. Water wasn't the only thing flying on the lake as we see perfect Pushloops, Backloops and Shifties executed in seemingly untameable conditions. Make sure to wa...

FPT and Starboard plant 1000 Mangroves to offset the 2023 Freestyle Pro Tour!

March 28th, 2024

In its ongoing commitment to protect the very playground that makes freestyle windsurfing possible, the Freestyle Pro Tour is excited to announce it will be planting 1000 mangroves to offset the entire 2023 season 4 times over. Together with sustainability partner Starboard, the FPT crew is working hard year-round to calculate and reduce all CO2 emissions that are inevitable as part of running a g...

“Now my biggest passion is Foilstyle” – Interview with Steven Van Broeckhoven

March 25th, 2024

During the 2023 EFPT Geneva we caught up with 5 times European Champion Steven Van Broeckhoven (Starboard/GUNSAILS). The Belgian freestyle windsurfing legend tells us about his early days, his newly developed passion for Foilstyle and about his thoughts on the current windsurfing video landscape. Steven had a great year on tour in 2023 and looks to be a contender for 2024 again. You do not want to...

2024 Calendar Update

March 20th, 2024

With the new Freestyle Pro Tour season kickstarted in Cape Town, the rest of the year is now in the starting blocks ahead. The 2024 tour has plenty of excitement in store and in this update you can read all about the upcoming events as well as the official cancelation of the FPT Bonaire and the FPT Austria. One of the exciting new additions is the Youth & Junior division in Vieste. The FPT is ...

Salome Fournier in “Mathematic mythology or the Aegean limbo”

March 12th, 2024

Part academic part action, Salome Fournier's (MB-Boards/Sailloft) new clip "Mathematic mythology or the Aegean limbo" follows her during a summer in Karpathos, Greece. The French freestyler who impressed during the Tow-In competition at her home in Vesoul last season is seen throwing down some big moves in this video, while also reflecting on her learnings on mathematics and greek mythology. Betwe...

Repertoire – George Grisley in Cape Town

March 12th, 2024

After a fruitful trip to Brazil, UK freestyler George Grisley (Duotone Windsurfing) relocated to Cape Town in South Africa to further work on his move repertoire. The brit has been steadily improving over the last year, and his new clip shows that spectacularly. Besides adding double power moves to his bag of tricks, you can also witness him landing move combinations that very few people in the wo...
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