Since four years now, the best freestyle windsurfers of the world have been travelling to the Canaries to compete in what is known to be one of the best freestyle windsurfing events ever. The strong trade summer winds of the Canaries and the spot here at Costa Teguise, with the outside reef, used to provide a perfect playground year by year. At the 4th edition of the EFPT Lanzarote, 27 riders from 14 different nations registered to battle for the 10.000€ prize-money and valuable points for the annual overall ranking of the tour.
Going into the race as contenders for the title this year, were Sam Esteve (JP/Neilpryde) from France, currently ranked 2nd overall and Jacopo Testa (RRD/RRD) from Itlay who leads the tour after the first two events. Former multiple European Champion and World Champion Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP/Neilpryde) entered the competition as eager to win the event as JP team-mate Yentel Caers and Tonky Frans (RRD/RRD), who calls Las Cucharas his homespot.
Some other well known faces on the list are Adrian Beholz (Sailloft/Patrik), Marco Lufen (North/Fanatic), Rick Jendrusch (Severne/JP) and Riccardo Marca (North/Fanatic) just to name a few. Apart from the experienced freestylers, we were also happy to welcome the EFPT rookie and talent from Poland Maksymilian Lesniewski (Patrik), as well as the youngest rider of the tour, 13 years old Lennart Neubauer (Starboard/Neilpryde) from Greece.