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The first freestyle event of the season – MdV Day 1

April 17th, 2018

It is this time of the year again and the freestyle windsurfers reconnect after weeks and months of winter training at some of the best spots worldwide, to match each other at the first freestyle event of the year. This season is launched with the EFPT stop at the Mondial du Vent in Leucate, France. The event gained recognition over the past 20 years by providing a perfect organisation, an amazing...

DAM-X 2017 – Day 1

October 12th, 2017

For the third consecutive year, the EFPT is staged at one of the most popular windsurfing spots of Europe: the Brouwersdam in the Netherlands. Already yesterday evening 37 men and eleven ladies signed up for the last freestyle windsurfing event of the season, where the new European Freestyle Champions will be crowned. It is great to see the development of this particular event over the past seaso...

Outlook for the EFPT final: the DAM-X 2017 (with Rick Jendrusch)

September 10th, 2017

Only four more weeks to go and the last international freestyle battle will go down at the Zeil- and Surfcentrum Brouwersdam, Holland. By this day 36 men and 10 women signed up to compete at one of the best freestyle windsurfing spots in the world. From the 12th through to the 15th of October 2017, the EFPT final should be once again an event to remember - not only for the riders, but also for the...

Toro Andaluz – The Comeback

May 18th, 2017

After seven years of absence, the Toro Andaluz and therefor the European freestyle windsurfing elite could return to the shores of the Spanish South coast - Tarifa. The windy city, located at the Strait of Gibraltar is one of Europes most famous watersport destinations worldwide, providing strong wind basically the whole year around. Working together with the Andalusian tourism board and several ...

Martini EFPT Croatia – Day 2

August 5th, 2016

Day two at the Martini EFPT in Perna, Croatia started very easy with the skippers meeting at 1.00pm. The easterly wind during the morning and early afternoon usually shift to it's usual westerly direction later in the day. However the conditions didn't seem to improve so a tow-in competition was organised. In case of no wind throughout the whole event, the organiser agreed on putting 2.000€ towa...

Chiemsee Tow-In Show – The Big Final

May 8th, 2016

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 last top ten who would battle for the top positions in the Chiemsee Tow-In show as well as 3.000€ prize-money. The finalists were a bunch of highly credited riders including several times world-champion Gollito Estredo (Nort...

Chiemsee Tow-In Show – Fleet 2 & 3

May 7th, 2016

Due to the windy conditions on our first competition day we had to postpone one of the qualification fleets and had to run fleet two and three today. The full beach and the sunny weather provided the perfect scenery for the twenty riders who were eager to get into the final tomorrow. Fleet 2 was on the water at 3.00pm with some of the best tow-in riders including 2015 EFPT Tow-In Champion Adam Si...

EFPT Lanzarote – Day 1

July 8th, 2015

27 riders of 16 nations registered today for the second stage of the EFPT Lanzarote taking place from the 8th - 12th of July at the shores of Costa Teguise. Next to many experienced EFPT riders like Adrien Bosson (North/Fanatic), Mattia Fabrizi (North/Fanatic), Yentel Caers (JP/Neilpryde) and Amado Vrieswijk (Severne/JP) just to name a few, we are delighted to also have see some new faces and eve...

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...

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...

EFPT Lanzarote – Day 1

July 9th, 2014

After amazing conditions on the day of registration here at Costa Teguise, Lanzarote the EFPT crew and the riders were left disappointed, despite a promising forecast for today. Throughout the whole day it stayed overcast with clouds that messed up the local wind system. The beauty and the curse of this great sport struck us all once again - sometimes not knowing when your next session will be ma...