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EFE – Day 3

November 1st, 2014

On day 3 of the European Freestyle Expression everybody who has been hoping for wind was unfortunately let down. With beautiful weather and light onshore wind though the conditions were perfect for the tow-in final in the afternoon. After the annual riders meeting where the EFPT competitors were invited to give their feedback and exchange ideas about the tour with the crew, an autograph session h...

EFE – Day 2

October 31st, 2014

Day 2 at the EFE unfortunately didn't see any wind, yet a day packed with alternative program for the riders and the specators. After the skippers meeting at 10.00 in the morning a training session with the coach of Adrien Bosson (North/Fanatic) has been organised. Many riders got involved in the power-hour outdoors. Silvain motivated the group to give everything in the long warm-up run over the ...

EFE – Registration Day

October 30th, 2014

For the third time in a row, an EFPT stage is hosted at the shores of Six Fours les Plages. For the second time now it will be the place where the European champion will be crowned. This year there has been a notable recognition amongst the crew and the riders about how much the event has been growing year by year. After increasing the international interest in the event by raising the prize-mo...

Who is Jannes Thomsen?

October 26th, 2014

Ever since the European Freestyle Pro Tour was founded we have been excited to welcome back the best European freestyle riders year by year, yet also really happy to welcome new promising talents to the international stage of windsurfing competition. Jannes Thomsen (Sailloft/Patrik) is one of them. We had some words with the up an coming sailor from Northern Germany. EFPT: Jannes can you tell us ...

‘Summer Routine’ – Rick Jendrusch (F2)

October 20th, 2014

Rick Jendrusch (F2) the young Dutch rider just sent us his latest clip. We took the chance to ask him to tell us some more about his 'Summer Routine' and asked him about his thoughts about the final EFPT event in France. About the clip: 'For me it is a normal day in Holland: I go to work and then it’s windy!!! In that case I normally don't work that good and my lovely colleagues say 'Rick ok i...

The comeback of Gabriele ‘Varrux’ Varrucciu

October 19th, 2014

When Gabriele Varrucciu (Naish/Naish) entered the European Freestyle Pro Tour for the last time in 2011, the season was struck by the economy crisis and a lack of wind on the few events there were. After being off tour for several years the Naish rider is now ready to fight his way back into the European top ten. We caught up with the Italian and asked him about the reasons for his break, his lo...

Official EFE trailer – the EFPT final in Six Fours les Plages

October 13th, 2014

The big European Freestyle Pro Tour final is coming up from the 30th of October until the 2nd of November in Six Fours les Plages, France. The pre-registration list is already full with big names like Amado Vrieswijk (Starboard) from Bonaire, Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP/Neilpryde) and Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard) from Belgium, Nicolas Akgazciyan and Adrien Bosson (North/Fanatic) from France and...

The EFPT final 2014 – the EFE upgrades to 10.000€ prize-money

September 24th, 2014

For the second time in a row Six Fours les Plages will be the place where the final of the European Freestyle Pro Tour is going to happen. The organization on site, under the head organizer Fred Bosson, has been a loyal partner of the tour for the past years and managed to grow their event the European Freestyle Expression (EFE) year by year. Since the last two years have been 5.000€ prize-mo...

EFPT Lanzarote – The official event video

July 24th, 2014

Just a bit more than ten days after the EFPT Lanzarote at Costa Teguise we take a look back and present you the official event video by Aliseo Solutions. We also took the time to catch up one more time with Antxon Otaegui who was the main organiser and is the owner of the Pro Center Antxon Otaegui. Not only this stage of the EFPT was organized with a lot of dedication and effort, but also the vide...

EFPT Lanzarote – Day 4

July 12th, 2014

At day 4 of the EFPT Lanzarote the chance of running the freestyle event seemed to be higher than at all the other days of competition despite the very low forecast of only eight knots. Around lunchtime the wind seemed to increase leaving crew, riders and organization with the hopes of being able to run at least the first eight heats of the single elimination to get a result. The scheduled tow-in ...
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