Take a look: Surf Magazine 03/2025 is here - these topics await you in the magazine!
Andreas Erbe
· 18.02.2025
"Windsurfing is dead!" How often have I heard this swansong in my long career as an editor at surf magazine? At the end of the 1990s, it was kitesurfing that was to push windsurfing into the abyss. This was followed by the SUP megatrend, "the fastest growing water sport in the world", which would put an end to windsurfing, and most recently it was said that the new hype surrounding wingsurfing would be the final nail in windsurfing's coffin. Incidentally, the demise of surf magazine has been predicted just as often in some forums.
It's all rubbish, both windsurfing as a sport and surf magazine are enjoying excellent health in 2025. What is weakening is the industry, but it is no different to many others at the moment. The mood among market participants at boot Düsseldorf was rather gloomy. Their own mistakes, such as overproduction and unforeseeable turbulence in the world, have pulled the plug on sales of new windsurfing equipment.
Windsurfing is here to stay!"
But is that the end of windsurfing? By no means! The search for a parking space at the popular hotspots shows that we windsurfers are anything but exotic. You don't hear windsurfing travel agents complaining either, and special riding technique camps in particular are booming. And we are also noticing measurably on the surf website how much interest there is in practical help and tips in particular. Our waterstart tutorial on YouTube has already been viewed almost 400,000 times.
Would you like another example? At the last surf festival, the German Armed Forces offered taster courses in cooperation with a surf school - they were fully booked within a few hours. Fortunately, the industry is not burying its head in the sand - the VDWS surf school association is currently developing completely new learning concepts and some manufacturers are consciously investing in the beginner and intermediate sector. surf Magazin will also be going full throttle in this area in the coming months. We remain convinced that windsurfing is here to stay.
The topics in the March issue of surf:
- Test Freemoveboards 95: All-rounders or competition for the specialists - how much speed, wave and freestyle do the eight 95-litre boards have to offer? Here is a preview of the test candidates
- Sailing material: Zack Clayton from film manufacturer Dimension Polyant explains to us why lightweight sails do not necessarily have to be more fragile and why colourful sails are more UV-resistant
- Lüderitz Speed Challenge: In the Lüderitz speed channel, Jenna Gibson and Antoine Albeau broke the world speed records and Gunnar Asmussen the German record. Only one dream remained unfulfilled
- Duotone is breaking new (production) ground with its E/LAB boards. Raoul Joa and Dani Aeberli explain the concept
- Scotland road trip: The eternal dilemma - family weekend plans vs. a spontaneous surf trip with friends. John Carter has managed to reconcile both. Not without considerable effort
- Fitness: Surfing smoothly with Sascha Lange - Personal trainer Sascha Lange shows you the best exercises to get fit for the season and reveals in an interview what's behind his motto "Workout or Surf"
- Mental training: The path to the perfect jibe begins in the mind
- Speed-blur photography: Iconic photographer Darrell Wong is the master of planned blurring
- Who is Emma Schleicher? The 17-year-old student from Erding has her sights firmly set on the Olympics. Even falls and setbacks don't stop her 80
- Dieter Van der Eyken: The Belgian knows what it feels like to be a world champion and passes on his knowledge to other professionals. However, he still has his own career firmly in his sights
- boot Düsseldorf: Few windsurfing exhibitors, but all the more action and stars on the water basin
New products in surf 03/2025
- Boom Aeron SL 26
- Lamax W9.2 action cam
- ProLimit Mercury FreeX 6/4
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Andreas Erbe
Chief editor surf
Andreas was born in 1962 and grew up in Osnabrück. He became passionate about windsurfing as early as 1974, when he learned to tack and jibe at one of the first surf schools on the Baltic Sea. Lake Dümmer became the favorite playground of his youth for him and his friends. In 1988, he joined Surf Magazin as a tester and later editor and was lucky enough to be able to turn his passion into a career. Andreas has been responsible for the magazine's content as editor-in-chief since 2002. His favorite spots are those on the Danish North Sea and Baltic coasts.
