The whole of Fehmarn is into stand up paddling!

German SUP Championships

Organiser Dirk Herpel and the regatta management left it open until the last day which discipline would be raced on which day. And that was deliberate. Dirk Herpel: "We are by the sea and want to offer all athletes top conditions; this is only possible if Mother Nature has the last word in timing." This apparently flattered the lady and so she rewarded the participants with top conditions: Friday flat water for the sprints, waves for the Technical Beach Race on Saturday and perfect downwind conditions for the Long Distance Race on Sunday. Here, the organisers once again proved their flexibility and laid out a new downwind course with a start in Gold, under the Fehmarnsund Bridge and back to the event area.

In all three races, only one thing was certain: in the end, Normen Weber stood on the podium in the men's race. In the absence of Ole Schwarz, the SUPinator demonstrated that no other German paddler can currently pose a threat to him. The women's race was much closer, even though Hannah Leni Krah won the sprint and the technical beach race. The women's Technical Beach Race was the most exciting race of the DM. The three top women, Paulina Herpel, Noelani Sach and Hannah Leni Krah, fought a tough head-to-head race over the three-kilometre course - peppered with plenty of turns and two beach runs - right up to the last buoy. In the long distance race, Noelani took the title ahead of Paulina, who also fought for victory for a long time.

In the U-18 age group, Benjamin Kohl in particular put in an impressive performance. He paddled his way into the top 10 of the men in all three disciplines. The 14-year-old from Hamburg is rightly the new German junior champion in the sprint, technical beach race and long distance.

Event manager Julia Behrend from the Fehmarn Tourist Service: "Lots of happy faces! That's probably the best way to sum up the SUP & Beachsport Festival 2019, which focussed on taking part, trying out new things and enjoying life. Simply fantastic! There were exciting races in the various disciplines and well-deserved victories to be seen. Congratulations to the newly crowned German champions!"

Many thanks to the visitors and athletes; we are already looking forward to seeing you again from 17 to 19 July 2020 at the ninth SUP & Beachsports Festival on Fehmarn.

Results German Championships 2019 Stand Up Paddling:

German Sprint Championship:

Men's performance class:

1) Norman Weber

2) Kai-Nikolas Steimer

3) Denny Kambs

4) Maui Sach

5) Martin Teichmann

6) Valentin Illichmann

7) Steven Bredow

8) Viktor Kraus

9) Michele Capizzi

10) Marco Brandt

10) Jonas Pauldrach

10) Michel Schorsch

13) Matthias Peter

13) Morris Ebermayr

13) Niclas Imruck

16) Benjamin Illner

Women's performance class:

1) Hannah Leni Krah

2) Noelani Sach

3) Paulina Herpel

4) Ariane Wittmann

5) Tanja Ecker

6) Milanka Linde

7) Frederike Rusch

8) Anna Kraus

9) Leonie Jebe

PLACEMENT Juniors:

1) Benjamin Kohl

2) Jean Drago Graf

German Technical Race Championship

Men's performance class:

1) Norman Weber

2) Martin Teichmann

3) Steven Bredow

4) Maui Sach

5) Denny Kambs

6) Valentin Illichmann

7) Benny Kohl

8) Kai Nicolas Steimer

9) Jonas Paudrach

10) Michele Capizzi

11) Victor Kraus

12) Roar Benecke

13) Henrik Schäl

14) Robert Glöckner

15) Morris Ebermayr

16) Niclas Imruck

17) Ronny Kilian

18) Mathias Peters

19) Sebastian Graeber

20) Jean Drago Graf

21) Marco Brandt

Women's performance class:

1) Hannah Leni Krah

2) Noelani Sach

3) Paulina Herpel

4) Ariane Wittmann

5) Tanja Ecker

6) Milanka Linde

7) Frederike Rusch

PLACEMENTS: Juniors

1) Benjamin Kohl

2) Jean Drago Graf

Long Distance (Downwinder) overall ranking

Ladies:

1) Noelani Sach

2) Paulina Herpel

3) Tanja Ecker

4) Marion Behrens

5) Ariane Wittmann

6) Bettina Kohl

7) Nicole Schmitt

8) Annika Röber

9) Maria Barrera Vitores

10) Annett Paunz-Theil

11) Frederike Rusch

12) Katharina Rüsbüldt

12) Frances Demmig

Gentlemen:

1) Normen Weber

2) Steven Bredow

3) Maui Sach

4) Denny Kambs

5) Martin Teichmann

6) Valentin Illichmann

7) Kai Nicolas Steimer

8) Jonas Pauldrach

9) Carsten Kurmis

10) Benjamin Kohl

11) Dirk Worrmann

12) Frithjof Sach

13) Michele Capizzi

14) Henrik Schäl

15) Morris Ebermayr

16) Viktor Kraus

17) Carsten Schroer

18) Thomas Straubel

19) Matthias Peter

20) Hauke Hartmann

21) Ronny Kilian

22) Stefan Grosch

23) Michael Pongratz

24) Matthias Vagt

25) Michel Schorsch

26) Marco Brandt

27) Thomas Hinkel

28) André Ribbecke

29) Jean Drago Graf

30) Uwe Schindwolf

31) Christian Hahn

32) Henning Rothfuss

33) Andreas Becker

34) Jörg Petzell

35) Niclas Imbruck

36) Peter Reimers

37) Leopold Reiter

38) Dirk Utecht

39) Kai Mühlbauer

40) Phil Mandeau

41) Lars König

DSQ Andreas Kulawik

DSQ Christian Wittig