On Monday, July 10th, 2023, the second edition of ¨Girls on Tour¨ took place in Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria. This esteemed event was a coaching program exclusively organized by the PWA for women, aimed at fostering their skill development.
The 35th edition of the Fuerteventura World Cup is one of the best ever seen. Ten days of solid wind combined with stunning, magazine-turquoise waters set the perfect scenario for the 48 fastest slalom windsurfers and the 40 best freestylers to battle their way...
Merijn Tinga, a Dutch environmental activist, windsurfed from Oslo to London to raise awareness of the enormous amount of plastic trash floating in the North Sea. Merijn’s journey is mind-blowing. We had to know more and got him on the phone for a detailed talk about this epic adventure.
Winning Pozo Izquierdo 22 times, the legendary Daida Moreno, a true icon in the windsurf world, has now chosen to step back from competition
Severne reaches yet another milestone by introducing the new “Hydro” foil racing board into its fleet. With the introduction of the Hydro, new team riders like Mateus Isaac and Luuc Vanopzeeland will be pushing this board to its maximum on the racecourse around the world.
Severne is proud to support this year’s Margaret River Wave Classic and to see competition wave action return to “Margs” for yet another year.
The SEVERNE Margaret River Wave Classic 2022 will go ahead from February 4-7 as an IWT*** tour stop.
There will be a $5000,- prize pool split evenly between men and women.
Severne team rider Dieter Van der Eyken has been scoring great conditions throughout 2021. Check out his end of year video filled with action from Tenerife and Fuerteventura.
At the age of just 20, Benoit Merceur has won his first major championship, is an up and coming racer at home on the French tour, and is an aspiring engineer.
Many Severne products have a lifetime which extends onto several seasons. In 2021, it is time, however, for introduction of brand new freeride gear.
WOMENS WINDSURFING TAKES OFF An initiative which first was started by Iballa and Daida Moreno years ago at the Gran Canaria world cup has now become a norm as the PWA has announced equal prize money structure for women and men at world cup events. The PWA states:...
Way back in Dec 2019, Simon Bornhoft tried and tested the new Severne Alien & Redwing Foil set up at Severne HQ in Perth. Having now had one of the early release Aliens for the last month, it is time to hear about what to expect from this addition to the Severne range. Plus, we get some impressions from Simon’s Windwise clients who were lucky enough to have had a close encounter with the Alien!
The Latvian team is already hard at work in developing their future stars of the iQFOiL class. Check out these images and video from their recent presentation.
Severne Sails is now Severne Windsurfing The Severne brand is growing rapidly and even though we started as "Severne Sails", this is no longer an accurate description of the brand. Therefore we are going to be updating our social media handles(usernames) on Facebook,...
When to use what? With the combination of foiling and normal windsurfing in the PWA World Tour from 2020 onwards, many have wondered what sort of conditions you might like to be riding the foil and when you would be switching over to the foil. Severne riders Matteo...
Right into action After spending the full winter of 2020 in Western Australia for her winter training, Severne rider Lina Erpenstein left the Australian summer to attend to her studies in Germany. She was greeted at home with a big storm. The winter wetsuit and the...
Freestyle with Lennart At a young age, Lennart Neubauer is already one of the up and coming stars of the freestyle scene. Based on the Greek island of Naxos, Lennart has some of the best training grounds possible, and he has improved rapidly over the years. In this...
Still pushing his limits. Bjorn Dunkerbeck puts the Mach3 Speed sails through the test at Lüderitz in this nicely produced trailer leading up to the full documentary about Bjorn and speed sailing. Turn up the volume and check it out right here below!
Freestyle with Lennart At a young age, Lennart Neubauer is already one of the up and coming stars of the freestyle scene. Based on the Greek island of Naxos, Lennart has some of the best training grounds possible, and he has improved rapidly over the years. Lennart...
First windsurfer around Guadeloupe! During January of 2020 Caribbean Severne rider Tristan Algret was plotting something which hadn’t been done before. A windsurfing tour around the island of Guadeloupe. Severne got in touch with him to get his account of the...
SLALOM, FOIL, FREERIDE TALKS WITH MATTEO. During a short trip to Western Australia, the 2019 PWA Vice World Champion Matteo Iachino stopped by the Severne loft at Revolution boardsports in Perth for an informative evening covering the most recent developments in the...
FULL SEVERNE RIDER & STUDENT. Having just joined Severne as a full team rider using both Severne rigs and boards, Maaike Huvermann has got all of the tools needed for her to claim more podium positions on the freestyle and wave scene around the world.Only, Maaike...
PHILIP ALSO RIDES SEVERNE BOARDS Embarking on this new endeavor. Philip Köster will be joining Severne as a full team rider. This means that Philip will be riding both Severne rigs and boards in the 2020 season! Photos by 2Goat MediaAdding to an already long list of...
FOIL RACING IN AUSTRALIA Raging bushfires, blinding dust storms, and tropical hailstorms are the usual ingredients of any hot summer “downunder” in AUS, but the heat was certainly on during the 2020 DownUnder Pro Australian Foiling Championships. Photos by Mitchell...
SUMMERTIME With Europe having officially started their winter, the headquarters of Severne is in full motion to prepare the best gear for the upcoming season with the coastline of Western Australia being the perfect testing ground for it. Photos by Nicolas Hess &...
TENERIFE HAS A NEW WINDSURF CENTER The month of January 2020 has been a special one for Severne. The worlds’ first-ever Severne center opened its doors. And what better location than El Medano in Tenerife.The month of January 2020 has been a special one for Severne....
INTRODUCING BALZ Over the last year and a half, he has pushed forward a brand new discipline in the sport with Freestyle Foil windsurfing. What many saw as impossible and too dangerous hasn’t held back his imagination & innovation so far. With the first Freestyle...
ON THE FOREFRONT Our Mach3 racing sail is among the most technologically complex products in our range. The number of hours invested in R&D presents a large portion of our total development cycle. All to satisfy our goal of developing the ultimate racing sails...
EXCITEMENT TILL THE END! Matteo Iachino went into the final PWA slalom event of the year in loading position but tied in points with his main rival of the year, Pierre Mortefon. The stage was set for an epic battle between the two in some of the best slalom conditions...
MACH3 Luderitz speed special in action The Luderitz Speed Challenge in Namibia is still at full swing and after some recent nuking windy days, nearly all of the riders using our Mach3 speed sails have broken their national record!Gunnar Asmussen improves his German...
ODA TAKES THE WIN! On this 6th edition of the WindJeri contest held at Jericoacara in Brazil, our rider Oda Johanne won the women's wave contest and climbed the ladders in both men's freestyle and wave eliminations.In Oda's words: "We just finished the 6th WindJeri...
It's OFFICIAL! The 2024 Olympics will include foiling on the iFoil package by Severne and Starboard. This year’s world sailing conference in Bermuda was particularly interesting for the windfoiling world. After a successful round of sea trials at Lake Garda late...
VICTORY Philip Koster wins his 5th world title in Maui after a consistent year with 3 podium finishes and his best result to date during the Aloha Classic. Over the past years, the Aloha Classic has been a struggling point for Philip Koster but after spending more...
AUTUMN IS ON! Autumn has officially started in Europe and is has been a windy one filled with plenty of action and great results for our team riders. With the World Cup in Sylt most of our team emigrated north to join the biggest world cup event of the year including...
A GOOD DAY FOR WINDSURFING After a week of sea trials at Lake Garda, the recommendation of the working party is in, and the recommendation is the “iFoil” concept. We are extremely excited by this decision which followed a long period of hard work and preparations....
FOILING READY FOR OLYMPICS This week (September 29 - October 3), world sailing is hosting sea trials for five tenders in their decision making for the 2024 Paris Olympic games. Severne is part of three of the five tenders, and have been deeply involved in bringing...
INTRODUCTION Gregarious, friendly and enthusiastic, Antonio sits upon a plush leather couch in a Silvaplana hotel lobby ahead of the Endaginwind event, as we meet to ask him a few questions about the direction of our sport. He is, it seems, quietly a jack of all...
VICTORY Fresh from her best result to date in the PWA of Tenerife Lina Erpenstein didn’t miss the chance to compete at one of her favorite spots in Europe in the north of Denmark & claim the second international event win of her career. By doing this she wins the...
MATTEO OUT IN FRONT The fifth stop of the PWA slalom world tour took place in Hvide Sande, Denmark. This spot by the western coast of Denmark is well known for its unique nature and low-pressure storms. And it sure did live up to its reputation this time. With winds...
WATERZ Known as the biggest watersports festival in Scandinavia, it has grown from a local event to an international happening. This year, we had the pleasure of being a part of it. This year's festival started with a long distance marathon followed by the PWA slalom...
We are teaming up with the Danish watersports festival @waterzdk this Friday, September 6th to celebrate the launch of our latest freeride gear, and the relaunch of Severne in Denmark. If you are in town, come check out our latest gear, meet our riders and grab...
Silvaplana Nestled in between the mountains of the Swiss Alps, the lake of Silvaplana is already a well-established location for windsurfing and hosts the traditional Engadinwind windsurfing marathon every year. This year was no exception with the 42nd edition of the...
This upcoming week is foiling week! We will be present at the @engadinwind Foil Mania festival from August 21-25 with news from the daily events. Furthermore, you can join us at the main stage of the Engadinwind village on Friday 23rd of August after 17.00 where we...
VICTORY The 3rd and final stop of the Canarian leg on the PWA world tour happened on the island of Tenerife. After 6 days of waiting for conditions to finally materialize, it all came down to the final day with no room for errors, as there was only enough time to run...
FUERTEVENTURA After 10 days of competition action at the Rene Egli windsurfing center in Fuerteventura, we are looking back at a great time for all of our team and the Severne brand in general. A NEW FR33k IS BORN Besides the daily on-water activities, the most...
LEADING THE WORLD RANKING Amado is currently sitting in first place on the PWA World Tour ranking and is set to battle with his main opponents at the next event which will take place on the island of Fuerteventura from July 30th till August 3rd. With a stack of our...
ARE YOU IN FUERTEVENTURA ON JULY 31st THIS SUMMER? Then we invite you to stop by at the SOL BEACH HOUSE AT MELIÁ FUERTEVENTURA“GINGER BAR” between 20.30 - 22-30. We are introducing our brand new FR33K freestyle sail and what better time and place to do so, than...
BIG STEPS Liam Dunkerbeck has made some big steps over the winter. After displaying an impressive performance at the recent Gran Canaria World Cup, he has already shown he is someone to look out for in the near future. The Spanish news, of course, picked up on that...
9 days of competition, 9 days of wind and waves Put Pozo on the map ones again as one of the windiest places in the world! The level was higher than it ever was before, find out below how our team lived through the event and what gear they were riding! Daida’s...
With summer upon us and the PWA world tour kicking off soon in Gran Canaria, we caught up with Jaeger Stone who traveled from Australia to the Canary islands for the summer, to get an idea of what sort of gear he brings with him for a few months of sailing and...
With the PWA world tour moving to its second destination on the Asian tour, the stage was set for women and men's slalom at Jin-Ha beach in the area of Ulsan, South Korea with the addition of women's foiling discipline. Known for its thermal winds, this spot offers...
After the first Slalom event in France, the PWA tour and our team moved to the other side of the world for the Asian leg, with Japan up as first. With the biggest fleet ever in Foiling and a full fleet of Slalom the anticipations where big coming into the event. With...
Foil windsurfing has been on the rise for a few years, and with the first official Racing world title being taken by Gonzalo Costa Hoevel on the first generation Severne HyperGlide sail, we are expecting an exciting season ahead with our next generation HyperGlide2...
