Posting of the day: Down-the-line at its best - Antoine Martin in La Réunion
SURF Redaktion
· 09.09.2025
Watch, marvel and dream... Antoine Martin in perfect down-the-line conditions in La Réunion. If that's not enough, you can also look forward to the detailed photo story with first-hand information in the next issue (surf 11-12_2025).
Spock into... 3x Culo!? Lennart Neubauer pushes the boundaries of what's possible in freestyle
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Lennart Neubauer combines a Spock with three Culos in a shallow water lagoon in Brazil.
In doing so, he pushes the boundaries of what is possible in freestyle. The triple culo alone is a distant goal for many cracks - Lennart adds a smooth spock on top. The speed and technique he has to use to lose as little speed as possible is phenomenal.
Polakov with wind from the left in Ho'okipa and Co. - About Time" (Port Tack Edition)
Polakow with wind from the left in Ho'okipa and Co. Paul van Bellen makes this dream of many European windsurfers come true in a mirrored version of "About Time". If you're a North Sea surfer who mainly surfs with wind from the left, for example, this "Port Tack Edition" should put you in the mindset of the radical turns and jumps from the legendary film. Have fun with it.
Monster Aerial by Camille Juban
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Nobody does aerials as high as Camille Juban! Here's a short clip from a session at his home spot, on the outer reef of Guadeloupe. "Why did you let go?" asks Ricardo Campello in the comments. What do you think, could Camille have landed this aerial?
Backside Air into Spock by Philip Köster
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Everything has been said about Philip Köster's wave skills. But when it comes to freestyle, Köster is often underestimated. It is sometimes said that he can do more moves in this discipline than he knows their names. Philip often incorporates freestyle moves into his wave rides. This is also the case this time, with a backside air into Spock right at the beginning of the video - something you've never seen before.
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Lennart at the limit - radical move combinations from Jericoacoara
Freestyle world champion Lennart Neubauer is currently training in Jeri and pushing his move combinations such as double shakas to the limit. The radical freestyle conditions in Brazil offer unlimited possibilities and the 21-year-old seems to be in top form. We can't wait to see more action from Jeri.
Seven sports in one day - Kai Lenny takes it to the extreme in Jaws
"The first surfers to utilise the full potential of the wave at Jaws were windsurfers," says Waterman Kai Lenny in his new video, in which he practices seven different water sports in one day at Jaws. But the fact that his roots and the roots of Jaws lie in windsurfing doesn't stop him from dropping into the massive waves with six other watersports equipment that day.
An infinite number of backloops? Balz Müller fantasises
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Balz Müller wonders how many backloops he can jump in a row with the foil.
He currently manages just under two, which is crazy enough. But the Swiss rider wants more: "As soon as I've managed three, nine will also work, and I'm pretty sure that I'll then have the necessary momentum to do an infinite number of loops."
Sounds plausible? Nothing is impossible for "Radiculo".
How to turn a windsurfing board into a surfer
Geert Groenewegen started building his own surfboards to pass the time during the coronavirus pandemic. This became a passion, Geert builds anything that resembles a surfboard in his small garden in Noordwijk and creates great YouTube videos! He recently started a project to convert an old windsurfing board into a wave rider - after all, the foam core is big enough. In the video, he shows why it didn't work out with a Mistral Flow, what challenges the old Klepper posed and how he turned it into a fish!
Development of slalom boards - shaper Patrik Diethelm explains what has changed over the last 20 years
Where are the differences between a current board and a slalom board from 2005? If anyone can explain this in detail, it's long-time shaper Patrik Diethelm, who used to develop boards for F2 and now designs them for his own brand PATRIK. It's worth taking a look.
New Flaka variant from Leon Struppeck?
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A no-handed flaka in switch stance by Leon Struppeck from Kiel. The winner of the last German Freestyle Battle on Fehmarn wonders whether this might be the first on camera. He had never seen a flaka like this before. Many freestylers express their enthusiasm in the comments. However, Andy Bubble Chambers writes that he landed this move back in 2004, but doesn't have it on video. Anyway - a beautiful and technically highly demanding move!
Waveriding in super slow motion
You can count the droplets from the spray one by one - these images in super slow motion are so razor-sharp and precise. It's been a while since the IWT contest in Margaret River, but now Reflex Films has ennobled the event once again with a great edit. Images from the land camera and spectacular drone footage of Paul van Bellen combined with riders such as Jaeger Stone, Julian Salmonn and Philip Köster!
Race tactics with Nico Prien - this is what matters in a slalom race
Regardless of whether you want to win a slalom race or want to understand it better as a spectator, or simply want to beat your friends at the home spot - Nico Prien provides valuable insights and tips in his latest video. In just under 20 minutes, the four chapters cover the start, overtaking manoeuvres on the straight or in the jibe, the right line, reading swells and jumping over the obstacle.
How to win a slalom race - Tutorial with Bruno Martini
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Have you always dreamed of being the first to cross the finish line at an event? Nothing could be easier, Bruno Martini explains exactly how to do it in this short clip. All you need is 100kg of muscle mass, steel ankles, a sail two sizes bigger than everyone else's and no inhibitions. It's that simple!
The most spectacular crashes from Slalom X on Fuerte
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The Slalom X at the World Cup on Fuerte had it all! The PWA has summarised a few of the most spectacular crashes in a clip! And at the end you can see impressively how you should do it on the "sausage"... and how not to do it!
Antoine Martin's Monster Aerial
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Antoine Martin is currently travelling to La Reunion, where there are some of the most amazing wave spots in the world. Anyone who, like Antoine, sets off for an aerial in Etang Salé should know what they're doing, because the spot doesn't forgive mistakes. A botched landing here is tantamount to going ashore over a razor-sharp reef peppered with sea urchins. But we also take our hats off to the water photographer, because a full wash is no walk in the park here, even without surf equipment. La Reunion is also considered to be extremely "sharky".
"Sail, adios"
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A freestyler's sail goes flying at the Spock into Culo in Risco del Paso on Fuerteventura. The strong wind lifts it into the air and it shoots over the sandbank towards the sea. A tricky affair!
Wild crash on the starting line
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The Dutchman Ingmar Daldorf starts far to windward and just manages to squeeze between the boat and Nico Prien on the start line, but then makes contact with Prien at the wrong moment and flies over the front of the boat. Luckily everything went well. For both of them, however, the race was over. Matteo Iachino (red Severne sail) narrowly managed to escape.
You can see the crash from his perspective on Nico Prien's channel. In his daily Recap video he reviews the violent collision.
Fuerte Warm-up - Yentel Caers on fire
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Yentel Caers hits the ground running in the warm-up for the Fuerteventura World Cup one crazy combination after the other: Kabikuchi into Culo, Airfunnel into no handed Burner... You don't see that every day. And with a fluid style, as if they were his standard manoeuvres. Will defending champion Lennart Neubauer have to dress warmly this year? The freestyle contest on Fuerte starts on 23 July.
Dancing with the foil
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At the iQFOiL World Championships in Aarhus, Frenchman Lucas Gadeyne wanted to relax his arms, legs and soul for a moment on the way back from the race course. What looks stylish in the still image turned into a dance on the foil after posing, and the Frenchman was able to avoid a major crash at the last moment.
Navela - The Story of the Women's Wave Tour, Ep. 1
The first episode of the video project "Navela" is out! The series aims to show the women in windsurfing and accompany them on the wave tour to the most important events. It starts with the World Cup in Chile. Interviews, background information and, last but not least, great filmed windsurfing action - definitely one of the video highlights of the year!
Sarah-Quita Offrings told us more about the Navela project in an interview: What is the "Navela" project? Three questions for Sarah-Quita Offringa
Midsummer in Denmark
The Windflüchter crew with Steffi Wahl, Frithjof Blaasch and Dominik Röckl had a dream day in Denmark. With sun and wind, they celebrated Midsummer in their own way and Frthjof, alias Bulgenslag, put together a great clip. "Long days at midsummer time in Denmark," he writes. "We were motivated and pretty overpowered with 4.0 - the waves got better as the day went on. Just a good (summer) day on the North Sea..."
How close is too close? Lennart Neubauer gets up close and personal
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Lennart Neubauer knows what he is doing. Nevertheless, it would be perfectly understandable if the filmer saw his previous life flash before his inner eye in this scene. At the FPT event on Paros, Lennart put a move so close to the lens that you think you can see the fibre structure of his board. But of course, with a top professional rider like Lennart, everything goes well - nevertheless, he takes one last look back to be on the safe side...
Radiculo goes crazy
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"You are from another planet", writes freestyle world champion Yentel Caers under this new foilstyle clip by Balz Müller aka Radiculo. House-high shifts from flat water, kono diablo, double rotations and a new duckjibe variation... Watch and be amazed!
Pozo tour with Ben Proffitt
Pozo is one of those spots that everyone knows. But where exactly is the best entry point, what is there to discover in the town and what tips do the riders who have been coming here for years have? Ben Proffitt takes us on a tour of Pozo, which will be the centre of the windsurfing world for the next two weeks!
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Marc Paré in the pozo vibe
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Last year Marc Paré missed the event in Pozo due to a foot injury, but this year the Spaniard is obviously in top form! In this short clip, we see the complete repertoire of dry double loops, stalled forwards, goiters and much more! The man is hot and definitely a candidate for the podium!
What not to do in Pozo...
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The soundtrack in this short clip by Antoine Martin is fittingly the theme song of the series "Curb your Enthusiasm". Antoine obviously didn't manage to do that, he went all out in one of his first pozo sessions and jumped an impressive stalled forward... unfortunately with a suboptimal landing that his board didn't survive. "What you shouldn't do after two and a half months off", Antoine wrote, and later commented: "You'd need a coach and a full-time repairman!"
Old against new - "Windsurfing Top Gear" with Dudu Levi
How does a board from 2007 fare against a modern board? Freestyler Dudu Levi tried it out and got himself an old Mistral Joker, his dream board at the time and "state of the art". Even a direct comparison with his Future Fly Tamado reveals the differences: the old Joker is longer, has a much thinner tail and the mast track is further forward. "It was the beginning of really good freestyle boards back then," recalls Dudu. Then he takes to the water with both boards - he reveals the results in the video!
Surf editor Julian Wiemar also compared different generations of boards last year: Board development: old-timers, young-timers and current freestyle boards compared
Full on the ribs! George Grisley has to take it
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Freestyler George Grisley is currently in Vasiliki and took advantage of one of the rare light wind days for a training session on the foil. However, George had to take a lot of punishment in the process, with the Foil Shifty in particular apparently leaving noticeable marks. "I try to keep up with the general development. (...). If anyone has any tips on the Shifty - my ribs would be grateful", writes George on his Insta account. If no-one has any advice for George, perhaps an impact waistcoat will do for a start...
Freestylespot Pozo?
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World champion Lennart Neubauer loves to get his freestyle equipment out in Pozo too.
You can usually see fat "wave-like" jumps against the waves and double moves such as 2x Culo or 2x Burner on the inside, for which he skilfully uses the momentum of the incoming wave. In the comments, people ask when there will finally be another freestyle contest in Pozo. Neubauer says: "That's a very good question!"
Antoine Martin in Chile
Photographer Jens Hogenkamp often travels with the pros to the best spots in the world. He was also at the World Cup in Chile, where he focussed his camera on Antoine Martin. The Frenchman, who has just joined Goya and Quatro, carves up the waves of Matanzas in his own very special style. The rocks and the unrivalled light - especially at dusk - create a breathtaking flair! Sit back and enjoy!
Thomas Traversa on Maui - "Moving on"
A few months after his first vlog from Maui, Thomas Traversa follows up! He has called his second "Kind of a Vlog" "Moving On", and this is also the consistent theme in his film: What's next? "I realised that my time at contests might be over because the results just weren't there in recent years," says Thomas thoughtfully at the end. "So the question is: What do I like most about windsurfing? And the answer is very clear: going in search of waves, in unspoilt places, and going out on the water alone or just with a few friends!" But before that, there's some great Maui footage to watch, with unusual but very catchy music!
Speedloop vs. Wymaroo with soul windsurfer Diony Guadagnino
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Diony Guadagnino from El Yaque compares the spinloop and wymaroo. While the spinloop has established itself as one of the most important jumping manoeuvres in windsurfing, the unusual rotation of the wymaroo, which Gorge local Chris Wyman made famous in the early days of the freestyle discipline, has been increasingly forgotten. It's nice to see that Diony still celebrates the flat water guscrew.
This is what it feels like to surf in Hookipa
Everyone, but really every windsurfer knows Hookipa, and most of us have looked at the spot in detail on Google Maps many times. However, the number of people who have already been on the water there is much smaller. Robby Naish has made a POV clip for all of us who can only dream of a Hookipa session, in which he takes us out on the water with him. What is the angle of view, what do the waves look like - you can at least get a much better idea of all this in this video than in most other images. "The wide-angle lens makes the surf much smaller than it actually was, but you get the idea... with some good moves and a few wipeouts at the very end!" writes Robby about his clip
That was the Defi Wind 2025
Ben Proffitt takes us to the Defi in this video - as we all know, there was no wind for official racing again this year, but the legendary Gruissan regatta was a spectacle as always! From the Practise Race to the Windsurf Village, Ben shows you everything you should have experienced!
The history of the windsurf tridem
We've already shown you the legendary windsurf tridem from France several times, and now the team has produced a great video about the genesis of one of the craziest projects of recent years. How did the idea come about, how were the different versions - with fin and foil - developed, what obstacles were there? Absolutely worth seeing! The video is in French, but you can have automatic subtitles created on YouTube so that you can at least understand the most important information (characters for subtitles, adjust the language via the settings cogwheel if necessary).
Party wave with Robby Naish and Jason Polakow
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Two legends on one wave: Robby Naish and Jason Polakow shared a wave in Hookipa, and how good that Robby wanted to try out a new harness mount for his action cam.
As if he had never been away - Gollito Estredo back in freestyle mode
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Nine-time freestyle world champion Gollito Estredo has shifted the focus of his career towards wingfoiling in recent years and put his windsurfing equipment to one side for a while.
So it's all the better to see the 36-year-old suddenly back in freestyle mode. In his latest clips, he jumps the latest power moves as if he had never been away - as radical and light-footed as ever. According to rumours, he also wants to compete in the World Cup again this year on Tabou/GA equipment.
Full rupture in Cabezo
"I can hardly watch this", says presenter Ben Proffitt in his latest episode of "Send it Sunday". During a wave ride (minute 3:00 in the video), a surfer loses his equipment at high tide at the Cabezo spot on Tenerife. As a windsurfer, it's really hard to watch what the floods in front of the rocks at the entrance do to it afterwards.
Up close and personal: Taty Frans against his boss Andrea Cucchi
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Who will be first to the neck buoy? In a close battle between team rider Taty Frans and his boss Andrea Cucchi (Point-7), we are right up close. With a boat and cameraman, the riders are followed at full speed right up to the first gybe. Footage like this beautifully illustrates how rough and fast it is out there in the Slalom World Cup. This year's Cup will take place in Sotavento from 18 - 27 July.
The ultimate windsurfing van
In his detailed clip, British freestyler George Grisley shows us his new van, which he designed precisely to meet his needs as a travelling windsurfer (with the help of his father). The equipment is stowed in a carrier made of aluminium elements, which can be individually adapted depending on what and how much equipment is on board. The living space is also perfectly utilised and designed with great attention to detail, from the drawers and the hidden box for the Starlink router to the retractable table and the flaps that only open under pressure without handles. George's favourite feature is the Airfryer, which for him is the "game changer" when it comes to cooking and, like almost everything on board, is powered by solar energy. A great windsurfing van with lots of well thought-out features!
Marc Paré - From Hawaii to Cold Hawaii
Marc Paré came straight from Maui with the Simmer Style crew to chase a great - but brutally cold - forecast in Cold Hawaii, Denmark. "Frozen hands, wild conditions and world-class windsurfing!" enthuses the Spaniard about this clip from his second home.
Inside Cobra - surf in the board factory
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Surf editor Manuel Vogel was the first journalist to take a look behind the scenes at Cobra. On location in Thailand, he was given an insight into the production of the largest factory for surfboards of all kinds. You can get a first impression in this reel and read the full report in surf 7/2025, in stores from 24 June!
Sophia Meyer - from 50 to zero in one second
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Why are helmets and impact protection waistcoats standard equipment when iQFoiling? This crash by iQFoil rider Sophia Meyer shows what a brief moment of inattention can mean: A small choppy wave hitting the rail causes an emergency stop from 50 to zero km/h in less than a second. However, Sophia seems to have survived the crash unscathed.
Freestyle action from New Caledonia by Antoine Albert
"Why aren't there more top windsurfers from New Caledonia?" asks Antoine Albert in this clip. The freestyler and, alongside Sarah Hauser, probably the best-known local since Robert Teriitehau, has edited together the best scenes from his "summer" training (southern hemisphere!). Turquoise water, wind, sun and lonely spots - that alone looks fantastic, and Antoine also celebrates some proper freestyle action!
New move? Leander Halm shows his creativity
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Is Leander Halm showing us a new freestyle move here? During a grubby, the young German trickster lets go of the sail at the right moment so that it shifts very elegantly freehand and then lands perfectly in his hands again. The exit on the other side of the sail then looks more like a Spock or Chachoo than the grubby he initiated at the beginning. Pros such as Thomas Traversa, Balz Müller and Marcilio Browne express their enthusiasm in the comments column. However, they are not quite sure whether it is a fully-fledged new move that Leander should give its own name. Old master Yarden Meir writes that he is sure he saw this move from Bonaire Local Caesar Finies back in 2011, but then never again. "Definitely a crazy move," adds Yarden.
Philip Köster on fire in Pozo
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A short windsurfing session between nappy changes: Philip Köster rocks Pozo in this clip, even shortly after the birth of his second child! "And in rather average conditions", as the drone filmmakers from Pozo Windsurf Photography emphasise. So the next Wave World Cup could be exciting - and Köster will certainly have had a bit more sleep by then
The most spectacular crashes from the PWA World Cup Guadeloupe
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There was a lot going on on the first day of racing in Guadeloupe: the first foil event of the year saw some very exciting races, as well as a number of collisions and some really tough finishes. The PWA has compiled the best ones in this short but very entertaining clip. It also includes the crash between Nico Prien and Bruno Martini, which caused a lot of discussion. To reassure you: There were no injuries!
Marino Gil Gherardi in Ojos de Garza
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The Ojos de Garza spot, right next to Gran Canaria airport, is one of the island's lesser-known spots. Marino Gil Gehardi recently caught a very good day there and posted this short clip from the session. Slightly artistic (or accidentally a little blurred), it still whets the appetite for the World Cup in Gran Canaria, which is scheduled for the beginning of July!
Factory Tour at Cobra
Following the announcement, the first episode of the factory tour at board giant Cobra by and with Keith Teboul has now been released. In this 30-minute clip, the shaper of Goya, Quatro and KT takes us on a tour of the factory in Thailand and shows us all the important production steps. From the first blanks and the pressing of the raw materials to quality control, we are shown how our boards are made. After many years of giving hardly any insight into production, Cobra is now opening up to the public and is also co-producing the Goya videos - incidentally, a surf editor has already booked a ticket to Thailand!
Takuma Sugi goes crazy - One wave, five times 360°
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Back on the freestyle board for the first time in two months and Takuma Sugi goes crazy straight away - completely relaxed, he puts a flaka on the top of the wave and then doesn't stop spinning at all. With the right momentum, he manages to slide down the wave with four more 360-degree turns, plus the flaka he jumped - 5x360 = 1800 degrees. You don't see that every day.
Liam Dunkerbeck and Victor Fernandez on the Cape Verde Islands
Liam Dunkerbeck's first business trip as a Duotone newcomer took him to Cape Verde in January, where one of the best swells in recent years attracted the best windsurfers in the world. Together with his new team-mate Victor Fernandez, Liam ripped the waves of Punta Preta, the pictures of his "breaking in" on the new material went around the world. Now Duotone has added a very nice clip in which Victor and Liam can be seen together - and who knows, maybe one day E-42 and E-11 will be on the podium together, just like Liam dreams of?
By the way: You can read how three German riders experienced the swell in the new surf 5/2025, in stores from 15 April!
Old school freestyle - that's how it works!
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Nice clip from the Dutch shop Telstar: This is how classic freestyle works on a longboard like the Windsurfer LT! The way the bearded old school freestyler squeezes himself first onto the rail and then backwards into the boom looks quite challenging - but perfect and in perfect form! And then he greets the spectators with a tipped hat - that's got style!
The moment that changed wave riding forever - Cape Verde 2007
Anyone who has been interested in windsurfing over the last 20 years will immediately light up at the mention of "Cape Verde 2007". At the World Cup on Sal, Kauli Seadi turned up with two fins on his board - and after decades of single fins reigning supreme, the new era of multifin boards dawned at that very moment. Quatro shaper Keith Teboul tells the story behind this milestone in a great video. The footage of Kauli in the waves of Ponta Preta is still spectacular, especially when you realise from today's perspective what a key moment it was. Only the judges weren't ready for so much style back then: they crowned old master Josh Angulo the winner in the final - not undeserved, but not very visionary.
