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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...

EFPT at the Surf Worldcup – Registration

April 24th, 2014

The EFPT at the Surf Worldcup in Austria is one of the biggest contest of the European Tour since it's beginning and has been awaited by the organization, the crew of the tour and the riders since the announcement in January. With the fleet being limited down to 32 top European riders and the pre-registrations exceeding this number by far, the sailors who made it into the fleet seem to be s...

The 32 riders of Podersdorf

April 24th, 2014

View a gallery of the 32 registered riders of the Surf Worldcup here in Podersdorf. Registration will be on from 6-8pm tonight!   [nggallery id=3]...

32 Riders at Podersdorf

April 14th, 2014

Since the organization of the famous Surf Worldcup in Podersdorf, Austria decided to run the competition with a fleet of 32 riders only, but the interest to participate in the event was way higher amongst the riders of Europe and beyond, we had to generate a seeding list with the top 28 riders who would be allowed to take part. Then, to complete the fleet, wildcards had to be issued by the organiz...

Preview: EFPT at Podersdorf

April 14th, 2014

Being the organiser of the famous Surf Worldcup in Podersdorf for many years now and by being a driving force when it comes to the promotion of freestyle windsurfing, we decided it was time to speak to Gerhard Polak about this year's European Freestyle Pro Tour edition at the event in Austria. EFPT: You have been organizing the Surf Worldcup in Podersdorf from the start many years ago...

Matissek Joins Team North & Fanatic

April 14th, 2014

After signing up big names like Leon Jamear, Tonky Frans and Klaas Voget the Austrian freestyler is the latest addition to the team of the brand CHIEMSEE, which gained recognition during the past years by financing the CHIEMSEE European Tow-In Championship at the Surf Worldcup in Podersdorf, Austria. Max about joining the CHIEMSEE family: 'I am really happy to have CHIEMSEE as a new coope...

IFCA Judging Seminar 2014

April 14th, 2014

The third judging seminar will take place in the city of The Hague on the sandy coastline of Holland from the 4th of April till the 6th, at the Internationaal Topzeilcentrum in Scheveningen. The seminars program contains several sessions from mornings till afternoon about subjects such as freestyle event set up, judging, freestyle maneuvers knowledge and event management. On the final day th...
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