White Sands Festival Norderney
Next weekend the German Windsurfing Cup DWC will have its next tour stop at Norderney. Norderney is one of the most challenging windsurfing spots in Europe and it is the home of one of the best German windsurfers, Bernd Flessner. After the successful event at Sylt last weekend, everyone will be fighting to get the title on this island. We expect thousands of spectators which will enjoy the show and the events off the water.
Unfortunately the wind forecast for Norderney only shows light wind from easterly directions at the moment, but we hope this will still change to see some good action on the water.
Great Kitesurf Trophy event at Holnis
Germany’s best kitesurfers visited the beach of Holnis for the second stop of the German Kitesurf Trophy 2012. With a lot of wind in all wind speed, there was a lot of kiting during the four days of the competition.
In freestyle, the men and women could run a double elimination. Last year’s champion Mario Rodwald could win both single and double elimination. In the women’s competition, Anne Valvatne won the single elimination, but was defeated by Sabrina Lutz in the doubles. Linus Erdmann was the best junior freestyler in the competition. In the course race competition, all favorites for the German Championship title won their races. Florian Gruber in the men’s fleet, Christine Bönniger in the women’s fleet and Jannis Maus in the junior’s fleet showed an impressive performance during this competition.
Thanks to all the organizers for creating a great event with a lot of action on the water, good conditions and a lot of fun!
Windsurfing wave and race action on Sylt
60 windsurfers from 13 nations attended the first stop of the German Windsurf Cup and the European Championships in Formula Windsurfing at the Rollei Bullet HD Summer Opening presented by Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge on the island Sylt.
With strong winds on the first day, the wave riders entered the stage with wind speeds over 30 knots and waves up to 4 meters height. Klaas Voget was the best rider at this day, winning the wave title. The days afterwards the wind speed went down so the racers could enter the competition. British racer Ross Williams was the fastest rider during the competition, winning ahead of Arnon Dagan and Steven Allen.
On no-wind days, the German SUP challenge took place and in the evenings, a lot of spectators and competitors watched the various side events and bands on the stage.
Next stop of German Kitesurf Trophy
The German Kitesurf Trophy will head to its next tour stop to Holnis in the Baltic Sea. After some bad luck with the wind during the last tour stop, all competitors are looking forward to this tour stop.
The racers Christine Bönniger, Florian Gruber and Jannis Maus won the first event in course racing competition. They will have to fight to win the races in Holnis against their competitors. The freestyle champions Sabrina Lutz and Mario Rodwald are still waiting for their first start of the season.
The wind forecast for Holnis is looking quite good at the moment with winds suitable for freestyle on Thursday and light winds on the other days. However we hope to get some thermal winds during the competition. During the event you can watch the frequently updated wind reports from Holnis as well as the live stream on the Holnis webcam from livespotting.tv.
New version of the Windfinder Android App
Today we have released a new version of our Windfinder Android App. This update features a complete rewrite of the forecast page which should give a better scrolling and smoother experience overall. We also updated the screen layout to give you a better visibility of all elements.
Another big new feature is the addition of tides - these are displayed directly near the forecasts. For locations that depend on tides this is a huge step forward to get good sessions on the water.
You can download our Windfinder Android app directly from Google Play. If you want to have more information about the app, you can visit our product page for the Windfinder Android App.
