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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 – Day 1

April 30th, 2015

With a weather forecast that predicts the chance of wind on the weekend the EFPT race directory decided to run two of the qualification rounds for the final already today. Fleet number three provided some surprises and didn't disappoint at the same time. Local rider Max Matissek (North/Fanatic), who is a big star here on site, was carried through both of his runs by the cheering crowd at the beac...

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...

Milos Beach Lefkada Freestyle Open

April 17th, 2015

After a three-years break the European Freestyle Pro Tour will return to the beautiful shores of Lefkada, Greece. Christos Stratos who has been organising the event already several times was keen to make the best European freestyle windsurfers return to his surf center at Milos Beach. We met Christos to find out about his motivation to organise the event again, what he is looking forward to and wh...

IFCA Judging Seminar 2015

March 9th, 2015

The 4th IFCA Judging Seminar is taking place in Roses, Spain from the 10th through the 12th of April 2015. With several years of history and many participants, the judging seminar has been gaining more and more recognition. We spoke to EFPT race director and head-judge Tom Hartmann, who has been an active competitor for many years before his career 'on the other side' and who is now one of the mai...

Winners: EFPT Sailor and Rookie of the Year 2014

January 5th, 2015

For the third year running the EFPT Sailor of the Year has been elected. After a selection of European Freestyle Pro Tour riders done by the EFPT crew and industry partners ten freestyle windsurfers made it into the public voting that has been online for two weeks on efpt.net. You can read more about the ten nominees here. After a few days only it became obvious that the followership and support o...

EFPT Sailor of the Year 2014

December 21st, 2014

Since 2014 and yet another season for the European Freestyle Pro Tour is coming to an end, we are once again looking for the EFPT sailor of the year. With nominations that resulted from a selection of the EFPT team itself together with the tours cooperating partners, ten riders made it into the final public vote on the official efpt.net webpage. The EFPT Rookie of the Year 2014 has already been s...

Who is Riccardo Marca?

November 5th, 2014

Looking at the entrants-list of the final EFPT event in Six Fours les Plages a lot of young promising riders joined the tour this time. All of them show a bright future, yet there is one rider that is predicted a promising career in the windsurfing sport by the EFPT crew. Riccardo Marca, 18 years old, North/Fanatic rider from Italy who impresses not only with his freestyle-windsurfing skills but a...

EFE – The crowning of the European Champion

November 2nd, 2014

Wind or no-wind. The forecasted light South wind left us hoping for a local effect that would make it stronger and make a freestyle competition possible, yet it didn't fill in which left organisers, crew and riders disappointed afterall. To keep the mood up and the riders busy there was another workout session organised on the beach with coach Sylvain from Prepa&Phys, who have their head-quat...
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