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The EFE 2015 – Competition Day

October 31st, 2015

With an amazing forecast for the day the skippers meeting was schedulded for 9.00am to guarantee to possibility to use the whole day for the freestyle race. The offshore easterly wind started to fill in around lunch time and the first heat of the day could be launched at 12.30 am. The changing conditions were quite difficult with rather light and gusty winds in the competition area that was locat...

The EFE 2015 – Day 2

October 30th, 2015

Just as expected we started off day two at the European Freestyle Expression with beautiful calm weather - the perfect conditions for a tow-in competition to impress the big audience at the beach of Six Fours les Plages. 14 riders signed up to stomp some big maneuvres at Brutal Beach and give everyone an idea what's possible in freestyle windsurfing nowadays. Every rider got two runs: one straigh...

The EFE 2015 – Day 1

October 29th, 2015

After four successful freestyle events in 2015, the EFPT set up stage at Brutal Beach in the South of France for the final tour-stop this year. It has been a tough battle for the top positions in the overall ranking throughout the whole season with big names like Amado Vrieswijk (Severne/JP), Adrien Bosson (North/Fanatic), Yentel Caers (JP/Neilpryde) and Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP/Neilpryde) regul...

DAM-X: Competition Day

October 11th, 2015

On the final day of the DAM-X event here at the Zeil- and Surfcentrum in Brouwersdam the wind finally kicked in already early in the morning. For several hours the conditions were suitable for 5.2s. Just around midday the wind dropped to then leave everyone praying for it to come back in the evening. It did. In the end and just before sunset we could award an event winner who hasn't been on a firs...

DAM X: Day 4

October 10th, 2015

Since the wind forecast didn't look too bad for today and the hopes were high to continue with the next round of the single elimination the skippers meeting has been schedulded for 10.00 am. With clearing up weather the wind slighty increased until midday and then unfortuantely dropped off completely. Race director Tom Hartmann used the time though to prepare the whole crew and the contest area f...

DAM-X: Day 3

October 9th, 2015

After two exciting tow-in qualification rounds yesterday, the last 12 riders of fleet number three were battling for the three remaining spots in the grand final this evening. Tow-in round three saw some of the best tow-in competitors in Europe and a few rookies that still showed a mega impressive performance. 15 year old Wave Antonia (Starboard) and Richard Richie (Starboard) from Curacao had no...

DAM-X: Day 2

October 8th, 2015

Day 2 at the DAM-X event at the Zeil- and Surfcentrum in Brouwersdam was all about tow-in windsurfing. With a marginal wind forecast yet beautiful weather the conditions were more than suitable to start with the 3.000€ prize-money tow-in competition. 38 riders registered to battle for the ten places in the big final on Friday evening. Amongst the experienced sailors also several EFPT rookies ...

DAM-X: Day 1

October 7th, 2015

After two years of absence the international competition scene was returning to one of the freestyle hotspots of Europe: Brouwersdam. At no other place more top-level sailors have been developing. Local rider Rick Jendrusch (F2/Severne), former world-champion and multiple EFPT champion Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP/Neilpryde), Belgium pro windsurfer Yentel Caers (JP/Neilpryde), EFPT champion of 2012 ...

EFPT Lanzarote – Official Event Movie

August 28th, 2015

The second stage of the EFPT Lanzarote took place from the 8th-11th of July 2015 at Costa Teguise. With 27 international riders attending, amongst them some of the best freestylers world-wide and awesome conditions, this tour-stop possibly delivered the best freestyle action ever seen in competition. We went through four days with strong winds, pumping swell and big moves. After two single elimina...

Martini EFPT Croatia – The event movie

August 15th, 2015

The Martini EFPT Croatia took place from the 7th-10th of August 2015 on the beautiful peninsula of Peljecak, Croatia at the Surf Klub Tri Strijele in Perna. 16 riders participated in the third stop of the European Freestyle Pro Tour to join the ongoing fight for this years title. Unfortunately only half a single elimination could be run, yet there has been a lot of nice tow-in action going on with...
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