Windwise coach and Severne Team Rider, Simon Bornhoft, continues his ‘Hang In There’ series, looking at different windsurfing styles and disciplines. For this issue we focus on windsurfing foiling and how to get set up for maximise flying time.
VICTORY for Sara and team Severne The island of Bol in Croatia was the host of the first PWA slalom world cup of the year. The conditions switched on every day and provided for eight slalom eliminations in both womens and mens divisions. For the Severne team, all...
After years of no large scale events, the 2022 edition of the Defi Wind brought back all of the best elements of the past; lots of wind, lots of action, parties, and the reunion of 1200+ windsurfers from across the globe.
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.
The 2022 edition of the Lanzarote Foil Challenge was a true challenge. With winds gusting up to 30 knots on certain locations, the this years’ fleet weathered a large spectrum of conditions to complete the nearly 200km long journey. For the Severne team it was yet another successful journey with Mateus Isaac winning the iQFOiL fleet, as well as, finishing third overall. Amado Vrieswijk finished second overall.
The 2021 South American championship was held in Puerto Madryn in the south of Argentina.
20 races were completed over the course of four days with winds of various strengths, and from a variety of directions. Over 50 racers took part.
The 2021 PWA world tour season has come to an end, and Amado Vrieswijk can call himself the 2021 freestyle World Champion. Maaike Huvermannn is vice world champion. But that’s not all.
After a long period of absence, the Defi Wind is back in a special edition format from October 29th until November 5th. It won’t be the Defi Wind everyone is used to, but will be run as a “Defi Wind Superstars” where amateur racers can battle for the top positions to be able to go up against the superstars who are already seeded into a main event.
Looking back at an incredible event;
a 200km+ race around the island of Lanzarote. The Severne crew followed riders Sebastian Kördel and Mateus Isaac on the whole trip with a camera. This is the full story based on both Sebastian’s and Mateus’s accounts of that day.
Over 200km of racing is what it took to go around the Canary island of Lanzarote in one day. The battle was on between Severne riders Mateus Isaac and Sebastian Kördel for the win.
