Check out the freestyle action in Camocim, Brazil, as they near there peak season.
Watch the trailer of the upcoming EFPT stage in Six Fours les plages, featuring action from last years event where the local ‘Mistral’ Wind was blasting! The event taking place in South France, runs from October 24th to 27th at Brutal Beach.
More news and stuff about EFE 2013 on the website efe-sixfours.com or on Facebook @ facebook.com/EuropeanFreestyleExpression.
Stay tuned for more vids during the contest!
A nice edit from Nico Hauschke featuring footage from the 2013 Brouwesdam PWA Freestyle World Cup in the Netherlands.
The best Freestyle Windsurfers of the PWA World Tour competed on the water and as the wind was increasing in the late afternoon on September 10th they were facing “Freestyle-Storm-Chase” conditions. While it was windy and raining I found a spot inside a garage and got a few shots of the competition and the sailors in their struggle with gusts of 50knots. Check it out! – Nico
Check out our wrap up of the event if you missed the results
Meikel Thies spent 2 weeks on Gran Canaria followed by 4 weeks in Fuerteventura with Valentin Böckler and Felix Söder. “We were almost every day on the water to improve ourselves. We Had a really nice time with a lot of windy days :)”
Kiri Thode finally ends Gollito’s unbeaten run and Sarah-Quita Offringa grabs a straight six.
The return of the PWA to the Netherlands for the first time in fifteen years proved to be a huge success as Brouwersdam produced a superb blend of conditions for the elite of the freestyle world. Anything from storm force winds combined with heavy rain, to glorious evening light with 20 knots and perfect flat water greeted the competitors over the course of the week. Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins) proved once again that she is in a world of her own as she emphatically claimed her sixth PWA Freestyle world championship in a row. In the meantime Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra) ended the reigning world champions – Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North) – unbeaten record, as the Venezuelan tasted defeat for the first time since 2012 – but more importantly Thode claimed the event victory – his first since 2011 – to blow the title race wide open.
Kiri Speaks after clinching victory:
“For sure the wind was pretty light for both of us. I was struggling at times in the middle of the heat but I just tried my best to pop as high as I can. I just tried to stay focused and do whatever I could do to win. I think Steven [van Broeckhoven] sailed a great heat too. I don’t know what it is but every time it’s the first time an event is held I seem to win, just like in Vietnam in 2011. For sure I’m really really happy!”
Overall Men’s Results @ DAM7 PWA Netherlands World Cup:
1st Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra)
2nd Steven van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde)
3rd Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra)
4th Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North)
5th Youp Schmit (JP / NeilPryde)
6th Davy Scheffers (Tabou / Gaastra)
7th Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / North / Maui Ultra Fins)
7th Anthony Ruenes (Tabou / Gaastra)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne)
9th Philip Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks)
9th Max Rowe (Fanatic / North)
9th Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)
Overall Women’s Results @ DAM7 PWA Netherlands World Cup:
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North)
4th Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde)
5th Oda Johanne Brodholt (Maui Ultra Fins)
Kiri Thode wins the first Double Elimination at the DAM7 Festival PWA World Cup in Brouwersdam, Netherlands.
The fifth day of the DAM7 PWA Netherlands World Cup saw the men’s double elimination completed as a brief period of wind swept through Brouwersdam in the afternoon. Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra) successfully defended his single elimination victory to clinch his first event victory since the 2011 Vietnam event ahead of Steven van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Different). In the meantime Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins) fought back to book her place in the women’s double elimination winners’ final where she will face Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins).
Check out the recap video of day 5 above.
The battle continues as Brouwersdam produces the perfect freestyle conditions
Having played the waiting game for much of the morning and early afternoon on day four of the DAM7 PWA Netherlands World Cup, Brouwersdam burst into life to deliver several hours of perfect freestyle conditions, as winds of 20-25 knots combined with flat water created the ultimate windsurfing playground – which head judge Duncan Coombs described as the best conditions of the year – for the contortionists of the windsurfing world. The competition for the day was eventually concluded just before 8:20pm as fading light brought an end to the explosive proceedings. The men’s fleet has been whittled down to the remaining top three sailors – Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra), Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra), both of whom didn’t sails today, and Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Different) who held off the strong challenge of the reigning world champion Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North) – whilst only the top four ladies remain in the women’s fleet – Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins), Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North), Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins) and Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde)
Tuesday saw some crazy action after two days of less then ideal conditions. Epic winds from 15 to 50 knots hit the water during the PWA World Cup in Brouwersdam, Holland. As the day went on trees fell and action escalated, but by the end Sarah-Quita Offringa and Kiri Thode convinced the judges most and are the winners of the Single Elimination
Dutch freestyler Thijs Westbroek freestyling in Fuerteventura taking his new Black Project Fins Freestyle Control 16cm fin for a rip.
Check out this clip from Swiss freestyler Loïck Spicher as he spent two months on the Canary Islands. Here’s what he had to say:
After 7 month of windsurfing break due to School and an injury at my foot, I was finally back on the water in July and spent two amazing month on the Canary Island… I put together a small clip with the footage we got. Thanks to everybody who filmed, it was a pretty cool time, good training, a lot of funny and crazy moments!!
Thanks to s3one for filming most of the action and some lifestyle shots!
Pro freestyle windsurfers; Gollito Estredo & Max Rowe hit up Lagoon Watersports’ cable tow on the 4th September.
See TeamPryde in action aboard their Wizards at the 2013 PWA Fuerteventura Freestyle windsurfing competition.
Michi Rossmeier (AUT-256), author of the Tricktionary freestyling at Malcesine, Lake Garda, Italy. Conditions were a bit light in the morning, and not idea for filming, but check it out as Michi sails at a high level, landing near perfect Culos, double Flakas and more.
Italian freestyler Dario Troiani bring us into his way of life and his lifestyle on Sardinia, summed up by him as, ““Do what you like and live what you love”. check out some lifestyle, freestyle action and we can assume some sexy Italian babes. Enjoy, and if you want you can always visit Dario at Sporting Club Sardinia in Portopollo.
Rider: Dario Troiani I-179
Filmed and edited by Giulio Rosso Chioso
Aquatic GoPro shots by Mauro Menichino
Check out the latest clip featuring Youp Schmit in Bonaire.
At only 18, Youp’s name is already well engraved in the history of windsurfing, in part, thanks to his unique explosive yet flowing style, his charismatic personality and his multiple world youth freestyle titles.
Raised on a small Caribbean island called Bonaire, known today to be amongst the most competitive in the world, this island gave birth to a multitude of windsurfing legends such as Tonky Frans, Taty Frans and Kiri Thode.
But Youp, who remained as a silent follower is now clearly forging his own path into the spotlight. One year ago he came up with his own clothing label, HeyYoup (heyyoup.com).
He will inspire a whole generation of windsurfers if he remains on track.
Paradise City is a short film and gives you an inside view of Youp’s training grounds. The idea was to show this island paradise from a different perspective then its already famous perfect flat waters. It is time to show the diversity the island offers. One of our crew, Markus, already began filming in January and went with Youp to a few secret places. Later, in May/June, Oli also passed by and took some shots to finish the film.
Enjoy!
