DIETER VAN DER EYKEN
THE LOWDOWN
It’s been a pleasure to make from my passion my work over the past years. Growing up in Belgium I was lucky enough to learn windsurfing from my dad at a young age (7) and have my family support me to make every holiday a windsurfing holiday to follow my passion.
I can’t remember the first time I wanted to learn windsurfing,I can just remember my first time sailing with my dad in Portugal and that I didn’t want to do anything else but windsurfing. I was addicted straight away and built my whole life around it.
I started off with the Freestyle discipline going from Youth Worldchampion in 2009 to PWA Worldchampion in 2015. Since then, I have also dedicated a large amount of my time to the wave sailing discipline.
By moving to Tenerife in 2018 I have been able to dedicate even more time to the water, be it training myself or coaching other people to get better in the sport I love most.
RESULTS
2024: 4th Gran Canaria Pozo Izquierdo World Cup
2023: 2nd place Mayo Mayo wave classic Ireland
2022: 3rd Place Overall European Freestyle. 5th place overall PWA Freestyle , 20th WAVE
2015: PWA FREESTYLE WORLD CHAMPION
2013: Vice European Freestyle Champion. Belgium Champion Wave
2012: Vice European Freestyle Champion
FOLLOW DIETER
GEAR CHOICE
FREEK
PSYCHO
ENIGMA
CYCLOPS
GALLERY
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