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BITTERSWEET – A Windsurf Story from Brazil

January 25th, 2024

The freestyle community has plenty to choose from this month when it comes to windsurfing videos! After a couple exciting releases to kick 2024 off, the spotlight is now taken by the 2023 European Tow-In Champion George Grisley (Duotone), who just released his first short film titled "BITTERSWEET". Set in Jericoacoara in Brazil, one of the best places in the world to practice freestyle windsurfing...

2023 Nations and Brands Rankings

January 14th, 2024

With 2024 kickstarted, the FPT is looking back at the freshly passed season through the lens of the Nations and Brands rankings. The Dutch dominated during the 2023 season, coming out on top in the Nations Championship. The battle for the constructors was tight, especially due to the Foilstyle discipline, but it was Starboard and Severne who take the top spot respectively for boards and sails. Lea...

UTOPIA 1 – Raphael Bauer’s new windsurf travel series

January 11th, 2024

Every year the freestyle world sees the same migration. Like breeding birds, many leave Europe to fly to warmer and windier climates. One of the most popular destinations is Jericoacoara in Brazil. Raphael Bauer (Starboard/Severne), a young french freestyler made the trip as well and decided to share his travels with the rest of the community. In "UTOPIA", his new travel series, he shows the viewe...

Vote for the best move of 2023!

January 5th, 2024

With 2023 officially over, the FPT Awards are in full force. The public vote for the best move of the year, in both the men and the women, is live now on our instagram. Riders from all over the world sent in their best move of the year to compete in a knockout elimination for this prestigious title. The best thing about it is that every fan of freestyle windsurfing can make a difference! Head over...

2023 Tow-In Recap by Andreas Roessler

January 1st, 2024

Neusiedler lake local Andreas Roessler (JP/NeilPryde) just released his 2023 season Tow-in recap on his youtube channel. The Austrian rider made a name for himself this season with countless memorable runs, yielding him a 7th place in the rankings. Taking a lot of risks and truly embodying the concept of "sending it", he ended up diving underneath someone during Syncro runs at his homespot as well...

Yentel Caers clutches the 2023 EFPT All-Discipline title!

December 29th, 2023

Belgian Yentel Caers (JP/NeilPryde) manages to claim the all-round 2023 EFPT title over the 2023 Freestyle European Champion Lennart Neubauer (Starboard/Severne/Maui Ultra Fins) by just 15 points difference! Caers has shown his exceptional versatility, competing in all three disciplines: Freestyle, Foilstyle and Tow-In this season. Becoming the first ever European Foilstyle Champion, next to winni...

Going Large in Leucate – Sebastian Gux

December 24th, 2023

The FPT was delighted to welcome German freestyler Sebastian Gux (GA/Tabou) back on tour after a 5-year hiatus. The Kiel local put an impressive performance in at our season finale in Brouwersdam, securing a brilliant 13th position. This result seemingly lit a fire under “Guxi”, and as a result, he went straight to Leucate to continue his training. The clip below is the result of all his hard ...

High moves down under – Lucas Nebelung in Western Australia

December 23rd, 2023

Lucas Nebelung (Gunsails/WeOne/Maui Ultra Fins) has been avoiding the winter down under in Western Australia. The 2021 EFPT Rookie of the Year has been steadily improving and has almost eveyr move combination in his repertoire now. Finishing 2nd in this years GFB rankings, he just released his latest video with a flurry of powerful moves. Filmed from the air, on-board and from the water, this clip...

Dudu Levi’s Top 10 Move’s from 2023

December 19th, 2023

Dudu Levi (Gunsails, FutureFly) has been a staple on the Freestyle Pro Tour for a few years now. Showing off an incredible repertoire of moves, a unique style as well as countless video productions, he is one of the most well-rounded freestylers out there. To review his 2023, he created a quick clip showing off his top 10 moves from 2023. A must watch, as there are a couple insane combinations in ...

2024 FPT Cape Town AirStyle Contest confirmed!

December 19th, 2023

After providing a banging start to the 2023 season, the Freestyle Pro Tour event is back in Cape Town for 2024! An on forecast event, from the 5th to the 15th of February, will see the crowning of the first official FreestyleWave champion in this 5* Men's and Women's event. The single elimination will take place at the Milnerton Aquatic Club, whereas the double elimination will be held in the wave...
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