Paradise City – Youp Schmit in Bonaire

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!

An Epic Photo Friday

Ton’s of truley epic shots this week, deciding ona  cover shot was hard, Tyson Poor in Hood River, Yoli de Brendt in front of a cruise ship, a sick shot of Olya Raskina, or rotating around your face during a freestyle trick?  But this weeks cover photo is nice relaxed shot of Youp Schmit doing some hands free freestyle

Kuma Movie Youp Schmit in Bonaire

Another fun and awesome clip from Kuma Movie. Youp Scmit rocks out some freestyle in Bonaire after undergoing surgery on his foot earlier this year. Enjoy the action!

STYLING WITH SCHMIT

Two time PWA Youth Freestyle World Champion Youp Schmit is hard at work training on his home waters of Bonaire, in preparation for the second freestyle event of the season.  He opened with a ninth place finish in Podersdorf, and will be looking for another top 10 finish. Pretty remarkable for an 18 year old.

Check out his latest clip brough to us by Juma Movie.  Watch as Youp delivers, making the moves look effortless.  Landing perfect Culos, Ponches, and pops a shuvit spock while underpowered.   Enjoy!

Youp Schmit – Bonaire

Check out the epic video with crazy angles, moves and a style of the kid who grew up on Bonaire.

Moves – Kono by Youp Schmit

A nice Kono from Pro freestyler Youp Schmit.

Team Pryde at the Sylt PWA 2012

Philip Köster crowned Wave World Champion, Antoine Albeau Slalom World Champion, Youp Schmit Youth Freestyle World Champion and Steven Van Broeckhoven 3rd place in the freestyle. A very successful finish to 2012 for Team Pryde.

JP Photoshoot Maui – 2013 Products

The anual JP product photoshoot for 2013 was blessed with good conditions for all products. Here are the highlights of the action from the all-star international JP team with Jason Polakow KA-1111, Kauli Seadi BRA-253, Steven van Broeckhoven B-72, Ricardo Campello V-111, Robby Swift K-89, Youp Schmit NED-27, Andy “Bubble” Chambers K-540, Shawna Cropas HI-925, Olya Raskina RUS-14, Maxime van Gent NB-22, Bryan Metcalf-Perez US-505, Morgan Noireaux HI-101 and many more

Youp Schmit in Greece (Sigri)

Youp Schmit Ned-27 from Bonaire went to Greek island of Lesbos to a sick spot called Sigri. He didn’t get too much footage but enough to show you a little what it’s like. Also make sure to check out www.youpschmit.com

Youp Schmit Fuerteventura Summer 2012

Dutch freestyler Youp Schmit brings us this clip from Fuerteventura. Check it out.