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Days We Live For – Yentel Caers and Balz Muller in Urnersee

March 5th, 2024

Just a day after we released our extended interview with Balz Muller (Severne) from Geneva, he puts out a clip underlining everything he says about freestyle when he spoke to us. In "Days we live for" he partners up with Yentel Caers (JP/NeilPryde) to chase down a massive storm on the Urnersee in Switzerland. Explosive and radical moves were filmed, often in synchronisation and with mutual cheerin...

“My biggest dream is to be a pioneer” – Interview with Balz Muller

March 3rd, 2024

During the 2023 EFPT Geneva we caught up with freestyle legend Balz Muller (Severne Windsurfing). The Swiss waterman gave us a glimpse into his radical, creative and above all windsurfing obsessed mind. In this interview he talks about his background, about learning new moves and about his motivation to get out there time and time again. A great opportunity to learn from one of the most innovative...

2023 FPT Awards – Dudu Levi cleans up!

February 22nd, 2024

The official 2023 FPT Awards results are in! After an exciting public vote and countless deliberations on the judging panels, it's finally time to announce the winners. The FPT Awards are a celebration of what freestyle windsurfing had on offer in 2023, making all the winners for this year great ambassadors for our sport. You will learn who the most improved rider, stylemaster and the rookie of th...

Kloster and Testa win 2024 FPT Cape Town in Paternoster down the line freestyle conditions

February 16th, 2024

Lisa Kloster (MB-Boards/Sailloft) wins the 2024 FPT Cape Town double elimination for the women and becomes the first FPT Freestyle Wave champion. Fending off Heidi Jabbari who came battled her way up and came in second, the german rider wins her first ever international event in style. On the men's side most of the double was completed, with the exception of the final where the winds were not suff...

Green light for double elimination in Paternoster – FPT Cape Town 2024

February 14th, 2024

The official green light has bene given for the double elimination of the 2024 FPT Cape Town. With no sufficient wind conditions in Cape Town itself, the riders and crew will go on a strike mission 2 hours north to Paternoster. With good winds forecasted as well as a decent head high swell, the competition will be run on the afternoon of the 15th of February. Jacopo Testa (WeOne/Point-7) and Lisa ...

Jacopo Testa wins Single Elimination despite injury – Day 1 FPT Cape Town 2024

February 11th, 2024

Jacopo Testa (WeOne/Point-7) wins the single elimination at the first day of the 2024 FPT Cape Town. The season opener was marked by nuclear winds on the Rietvlei lake at the Milnerton Aquatic Club, leading to spectacular action on the water. Lisa Kloster (Sailloft/MB-Boards) won the women's single, putting herself in a great position to secure her first international event trophy. The talk of the...

Green Light for the FPT Cape Town Airstyle Contest! What to expect?

February 9th, 2024

It's ON! The green light for the 2024 FPT Cape Town Airstyle contest has been given for this Saturday. The single elimination of the competition will be ran at the Milnerton Aquatic Club with a first possible start at 13:00 local time. The double looks to be run on the next strongest day of the forecast, which currently looks like Thursday the 15th of February. With a mix of freestylers and wave s...

The 2024 FPT Calendar

February 5th, 2024

With the first event of the season about to start in Cape Town, the Freestyle Pro Tour is excited to announce its 2024 competition calendar! The successes of the 2023 season are built on, while brand new events are also added to the line up in this all-round freestyle windsurfing tour that reaches outside of the European continent as well. With guaranteed action thanks to the three disciplines, Fr...

LIFE with Felix Volkhardt

February 1st, 2024

Watch Felix Volkhardt's (Severne/Maui Ultra Fins) latest video titled "LIFE.". The german freestyler, who won his first national event in 2023, celebrated his win in California together with Alex Mertens (Duotone). After a summer of filming and sailing, the put together a 15 min clip with his reflections on what windsurfing means to him. We caught up with Felix in an interview below, make sure to ...

Lovely Holiday – Freestyle action from Brazil with Oda and Sarah Quita

January 27th, 2024

Beatrice and Magdalena are BACK! The "British" duo of Oda Johanne Brodholt (Severne/Starboard) and Sarah Quita Offringa (NeilPryde/Starboard/Maui Ultra Fins), actually from Norway and Aruba respectively, have graced us with Episode 9 of their series, Lovely Holiday. With some excellent synchro freestyle and foil surfing, the coffee-loving freestyle fanatics never fail to entertain us. https://w...
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