European Freestyle Pro Tour 2005

As the Judges of the Tour, we can say with some pride that the boys rocked Europe in an unforgettable way. And the action on land was most of the times as rad as the moves these guys showed on the water. First Place: Kevin Mevissen (JP/Neil Pryde) Spunz, again. Pushing it always a little bit further, whenever he goes out there the fun is just about to begin.

Make a move look easy - no problem for him? Only two events on the Tour had no results, Urnersee in Switzerland and unfortunately at the final in Premantura the red flag was the only sign on the judge tower.

We could tell you that the waiting for wind made everyone tired and the competitors were relieved to finish the season, but in fact this last 4 days in Croatia showed again that this is more than a competition for money and points.

The riders were hanging out together for the last time this year and you could see in every face how happy everyone was with this season. The family came together for the last party in this year, just to split apart for the winter season and to meet again in spring for sure.

Second Place: Andre Paskowski (F2/North Sails) Paskalakowski!!! How many moves fit in a 5min heat? He knows it and is not afraid to show it, like a well tuned machine? We started in France moved to Austria, Switzerland, then to 3 Greek islands, after that to Belgium, Switzerland again, then to Austria for the 2nd time and in the end to Croatia.

The fight for points and the title was always close, and if you don?t know the guys you might think that the pressure on the leaders was always on a high level. We would say: the boys handled it pretty well and everyone of them has the potential to stand on top in the end.

Third Place: Normen Günzlein (JP/Neil Pryde) Here we have the 20 year old IFCA World Champion 2005 Scoring wherever, and not afraid of elderly women A year like this deserves a book, to tell all stories, adventures and secret stuff that happened. It would start with all the illegal stuff like broken rental cars and overfilled hotel rooms. Four or five chapters of amazing Windsurfing in really beautiful places and will end in a black chapter which no one ever would show to his kids.

This chapter would be full with stories about girls, parties and girls on parties. How they hide their wedding rings and go crazy like there is no tomorrow?

Fifth Place: Matteo Guazzoni (RRD/Simmer Sails) Italian Stallion EFPT Champ 2004 Took it easy this year, representing the Pasta Gang in the top 5 Last but not least, Rookie of the Year: Ruben Petrisie (no Board Sponsor/ no Sail Sponsor)

This Bon Aire guy came with his Dutch passport to Greece, joined the tour after 3 events and made it to the 12th Place Overall. Always friendly and always smiling he brings some colour into our little tour.