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EFPT rookies: Noah Vocker (North/Fanatic)

June 27th, 2014

When the European Freestyle Pro Tour was founded in 2003 the aim of the organisation was not only to assign the official title of the European Freestyle Champion, but also to foster upcoming freestyle talents. Due to that reason it is always good to see when young riders sign up to an EFPT event. 14-years old Noah Vocker is one of them. We caught up with the young sailor who told us about his life...

EFPT Lanzarote Video Teaser

June 16th, 2014

The days to the next European Freestyle Pro Tour stop are counting down. It is less than a month to go until the EFPT will have it's debut at the Canaries. Since the start of the tour in 2013 the team had the wish to run a competition at one of the most promising windsurfing destinations world-wide: Costa Teguise, Lanzarote. The pre-registration deadline will be over at the 18th of June and the li...

The EFPT at the Costa Teguise, Lanzarote

May 27th, 2014

It is a premiere for the European Freestyle Pro Tour to be staged in the Canaries. With former European Freestyle Champion and top PWA rider Antxon Otaegui as an organiser and with the venue being one of the windiest destinations worldwide, a lot of freestyle action can be expected from the 9th until the 12th of July. To upgrade the 5.000€ prize-money event, free accommodation for the top 25 EF...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Day 6

April 30th, 2014

Amazing weather, no chance to start the double and an incredible final of the Chiemsee European Tow-in Championship. Day 6 here in Austria was tow-in day. With the windsurfing competition being called off at 2.00 pm in the afternoon as the conditions didn't seem to improve at all, the riders used the time to chill after the very long day on Tuesday and the top ten of the tow-in qualification roun...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Day 5

April 29th, 2014

The skippers meeting for today has been set for 6.00 am in the morning as the conditions were forecasted best early in the day. With rather light north-north-west wind the sailors reached for their big sails from 4.8 to 5.6 and the bigger boards, many wishing they had bigger equipment. The first heat was on the water at 6.30 am with Philip Soltysiak (Starboard) sailing against Romain Pinocheau ...

EFPT at the Surf Worlcup – Day 4

April 28th, 2014

A day off, some fun action and a false alarm at the Surf Worldcup here in Podersdorf.   At todays skippers meeting in the morning the decision was made to temporarily cancel the competition due to the light north wind which was forecasted to drop even more during the day. To keep the riders busy though the organisation managed to set up a spontaneous trip to the Jetlake in the Speedworl...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Day 3

April 27th, 2014

With the best forecast since the start of the event the skippers meeting was set for 9.30 am this morning with the first possible start at 10.00 am. South-east wind in Podersdorf is always a bit of an issue as the competition area needs to be very far outside in the lake as this direction only fills in if the wind is unusually strong. When the first freeriders started planing on the outside thoug...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Day 2

April 26th, 2014

The day did start off with low expectations concerning the freestyle windsurfing competition, yet with the outlook of another exciting fight for the places in the final of the Chiemsee European Tow-In Championship. After the riders presentation yesterday night in the big party tent with more than thousand spectators, the day at the event area started a bit slower. From 1.00 pm though the EFPT c...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Day 1

April 25th, 2014

After years and years at the Surf Worldcup where we have been spoilt with the best possible conditions,south wind, warm weather and sunshine, this year's April has been showing us all of it's facets since our arrival at Podersdorf. Today though not even a bit of rain and moody skies could diminish the good atmosphere at the beach while the first fleet of the annual Chiemsee European Tow-in Champio...

Andraz Zan changes to JP/Neilpryde

April 25th, 2014

EFPT: JP/Neilpryde are two of the leading brands in the windsurfing industry. What does it mean to you to be on their team? Andraz: I know there has been a lot of changes this year which many people don't understand and appreciate but windsurfing is now on a level which is very concerning for all of us. On one hand it reached a higher extreme we could ever imagine and it's tendency is still goi...
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