Tag: Steven Van Broeckhoven

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 ...

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 ...

EFPT Lanzarote – Day 3

July 11th, 2014

On the third day of the EFPT Lanzarote there has been light winds around the event-site throughout the whole day and therefor was committed a 100% to tow-in windsurfing, proving that nowind doesn't have to be a problem. 20 out of 23 competitors signed up for the two fleets. Really good to see was the high participation rate of sailors who usually are not into tow-in windsurfing and even riders wh...

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...

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 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 – 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...