Tag: fanatic

Countdown to EFPT Sardinia 2018

May 27th, 2018

White beaches, crystal clear water and stunning landscapes - this is how Sardinia presents itself in travel guides and magazines. Apart from being a famous tourist destination in the Mediterreanean Sea, it has also become a hotspot for freestyle windsurfers. After six years of absence, the EFPT will finally return to the shores of this beautiful island, that has been delivering conditions at the t...

‘Nine till now’

October 1st, 2017

The trailer to the new windsurfing movie ‘Nine till now’ starring North/Fanatic rider Marco Lufen dropped just a few days ago, giving an idea of what to expect from the final result: a high quality image film about one of the most popular freestyle windsurfers. The production company ‘Hometown Creations’ is new to the windsurfing scene and watersports in general and the challenging shootin...

Fresh Faces: Alexandre Mertens

August 24th, 2017

Since the European Freestyle Pro Tour was founded, the events were not only a place for the pro windsurfers to face each other and battle for the European title, but also a great oppurtunity for up and coming talents to gain their first international competition experience. Former EFPT rookies like Johnny Yagen (RRD/RRD) and Riccardo Marca (North/Fanatic) were making their first baby steps in the ...

EFPT Lanzarote 2017 – Day 1

July 5th, 2017

Since four years now, the best freestyle windsurfers of the world have been travelling to the Canaries to compete in what is known to be one of the best freestyle windsurfing events ever. The strong trade summer winds of the Canaries and the spot here at Costa Teguise, with the outside reef, used to provide a perfect playground year by year. At the 4th edition of the EFPT Lanzarote, 27 riders from...

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 ...

Who is Christos Loizou?

May 26th, 2015

This time the one and only EFPT rider of the small island of Cyprus made it into the fresh faces section on efpt.net. Find out more about the up and coming young North/Fanatic rider Christos Loizou. EFPT: Christos can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Christos: My name is Christos Loizou, I am 18 years old and I come from the small island of Cyprus. I just graduated from high school a...

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 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 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...