German Championship: Wave SUP on the artificial wave at Surftown MUC - pictures and results

Paulina Herpel and Moritz Mauch are the new German champions and no dark horse surprises. The fear of not being able to o2 Surftown wave The fear that pure pool specialists could win is unfounded. At the top of the podium are experienced SUP surfers who have also won previous championships in Portugal. The take-off in the artificial wave is particularly different to that in the open sea. "There's quite a lot of current in the pool where you start, which isn't easy with the SUP," reports Guido Meier, one of the SUP pioneers in Germany. On the other hand, the competition conditions are apparently pretty fair.

The conditions are maximally fair, of course the tactical component like on the sea is missing here, but this way the best surfer wins

"The conditions are as fair as possible, of course there is no tactical component like at sea, but the best surfer wins," says Kai-Nicolas Steimer - someone who is known to scrutinise contest conditions from time to time. "The wave is always the same for everyone, everyone surfs three waves frontside and three waves backside and the best wave from each side is then judged." The system can be individually adjusted for this, so the entire width of the pool is surfed in the contest. Three waves as "left" and then three waves as "right".

Moritz Mauch surfs superiorly to the podium

Moritz Mauch showed a top performance in the very first round - and on his backside. With a 7.4 on the first wave, he achieved the second-highest score of the finals, which only he himself bettered in the second round - frontside - with a 7.63. The rest of the ranking was then the same on both waves: Valentin Illichmann ahead of Kai-Nicolas Steimer and Carsten Kurmis.

Paulina Herpel wins the women's category

Unfortunately, the women's heats were held on Sunday from 08.00 and the weather was rainy. It's a shame that the organisers didn't schedule the SUP finals a little later - said some. But for most of the stand-up paddlers, the glass was not half empty, but half full: "We are glad that we were considered for the Surf-DM and were able to take part here in the O2 Surftown. Normally you can't SUP here," says Kai-Nicolas Steimer happily on behalf of the SUP community. And Carsten Kurmis promises: "I will of course continue to campaign for stand-up paddlers to be allowed in the normal sessions at some point." What's wrong with that? Because "there aren't the same problems here as at sea, stand-up paddlers and surfers can easily surf here at the same time," adds Kai-Nicolas, "everyone gets their wave here." The field in the women's contest was manageable this year "I came second out of four participants," summarises Lena Erdil, sounding a little wistful. Perhaps next year there will be an opportunity to prove herself against more participants.

O2 Surftown MUC - an impressive facility

Anyone who has already seen videos from the O2 Surftown MUC will probably still be surprised to see it live. "The whole facility is much bigger than I thought, but the pool seems a bit narrower," marvelled one visitor. The pool is actually more elongated in width than in depth, but the surf action takes place along the longer side, offering the option of really long wave rides with plenty of turns. In normal everyday operation, the facility also regularly runs as an A-frame, whereby both sides can be surfed - but only with half the wave length on each side.

The wave can perhaps be compared to Portugal - on a good day."

And how good is the wave at O2 Surftown Muc?

And the wave quality? SUP veteran Kai-Nicolas Steimer leaves no doubt about that: "The wave can perhaps be compared to Portugal - on a good day." Now that's a statement. From the edge of the pool, the wave already looks very tempting. Prices start from 89 euros per hour (A-frame) and go up to 140 euros per hour for the point break session.

Impressions of the Surf-DM in Munich in the video

SUP-DM: Results

Open Women

1. Paulina Herpel
2. Lena Erdil
3. Milanka Linde
4. Britta Boos

Open Men

1. Moritz Mauch
2. Valentin Illichmann
3. Kai-Nicolas Steimer
4. Carsten Kurmis

Surf-DM: Results Shortboard

Open Women

1. 1st place: Camilla Kemp (German champion 2024, Shortboard Open Women)
2. Place: Rachel Presti
3. Place: Lisa Boos
4. Place: Valeska Schneider

Open Men

1. 1st place: Leon Glatzer (German Champion 2024, Shortboard Open Men)
2. Place: Tim Elter
3. Place: Lenni Jensen
4. Place: Finn Springborn

Grommets

1. Tristan Strätz
2. Gené Gibert Schlechte
3. Fynn Crato
4. Noah Boockhoff

Cadets

1. Jarko Kreuzeder
2. Reef Long
3. Noah Hoch
4. Kai Schmitz

Juniors

1. Fabiana Klein
2. Ludmilla Günther
3. Lilly Issberner
4. Hannah Yukiko Meyer
5. Stella Lindemann

Juniors

1. Fin Lange
2. Kekoa Bumblebee
3. Lucas Santiago Wehle
4. Paul Stache

Seniors

1. Moritz Schreiber
2. Philipp Kuretzky-Glocker
3. Benedikt Becht
4. Vincent Bock

Masters

1. Kai Burmeister
2. Florian Schäfer
3. Andreas Barkowski
4. Markus Elter

Surf-DM: Results Adaptive

1. Ben Neumann
2. Dominik Kistler
3. Johannes Grasser

Surf-DM: Results Longboard

Open Women

1. Bianca Dootson
2. Mascha Trietsch
3. Lisa Boos
4. Lilly von Treuenfels

Open Men

1. Marvin Amend
2. Aleksander Heeke
3. Kristof Göbel
4. Tim Surtmann