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Milos Beach Lefkada Freestyle Open – Day 3

May 31st, 2015

With a wind forecast that left us with low expectations for the morning, the skippers meeting was once again set for 12.00am. What we learned by now though is that this place is full of surprises when it comes to the weather conditions. Already shortly after midday Milos Beach delivered the famous thermical wind of Lefkada. The first possible start was timed for 2.00pm. The riders looked powered ...

Milos Beach Lefkada Freestyle Open – Day 2

May 30th, 2015

After the disappointing news from yesterday when we weren't allowed to send the riders out on the water due to a restriction by the port-police on day 2 everything was looking better from the start: the permit was arranged, the buoy course was set and everbody was ready for the first EFPT freestyle event in 2015. The thermical wind started as forecasted around mid-day and increased hour by hour. R...

Milos Beach Lefkada Freestyle Open – Day 1

May 29th, 2015

After a three-year break, the European Freestyle Pro Tour was brought back to the beaches of Lefkada by Christos Stratos who is the local organiser and owner of the Milos Beach Resort. Being a passionate windsurfer himself it was just a matter of time that the urge of getting some of the best freestyle windsurfers of Europe won over the motivation of the Greek to organise the Milos Beach Lefkada F...

Chiemsee European Tow-In Championship – Day 1

April 30th, 2015

With a weather forecast that predicts the chance of wind on the weekend the EFPT race directory decided to run two of the qualification rounds for the final already today. Fleet number three provided some surprises and didn't disappoint at the same time. Local rider Max Matissek (North/Fanatic), who is a big star here on site, was carried through both of his runs by the cheering crowd at the beac...

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 ...

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...