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FANATIC R O C K S !!!

Woooow, I’m so incredibly  S T O K E D  guys  🙂   !!!

Yes, yes, yes… the story is as follows:

Back in 2003 when I started to compete in the World Cup I was a proud team-rider of  Fanatic Kiteboards.
For many years Fanatic and Kitegabi were a super strong team and we celebrated numerous unforgettable victories together amongst them: 1st place in the PKRA Team Worldcup in Brazil in 2006, 3rd in Hangtime at the PKRA in Fuerteventura in the same year, 3rd in Boarder-X in Brazil, and so many more!  For three years (2003-2006) the expertise of the Fanatic R&D-team catapulted me to truly great successes. Check out all my Competition Results here!

Yeah, I truly loved the boards, though, due to a change in Fanatic’s focus, the Kiteboarding Division was stopped and Fanatic went solely back to its ‘real roots’: Windsurfing!  Today Fanatic is one of THE most successful windsurfbrands out there and the victories of its team   (amongst them: Gollito Estredo, PWA Freestyle World Champ 2010, 2009, 2008 & 2006;  Nik Baker: 3x 2nd Overall PWA Waves , Peter Volwater:  1st place Lancelin Ocean Classic 2010, 2nd place “Windsurfer of the Year” 2009;   and so many more strong rider – check out the team here! ) simply confirms its status + quality of products!

This year Fanatic stomped it up big time and introduces in 2011 in addition to its windsurf boards a huge range of Surf, SUP and Surfskateboards!

… and that’s what brings Kitegabi and Fanatic back together 🙂

Just a few days ago I’ve received my FANATIC SUP FLY WAVE 9’6” as well as the EVO SURF MULTI-FIN 6’8” and I can’t find words for how happy I am to soon be able to put my surferfeet back onto some siiiick Fanaticboards !

Even more incredible is that Fanatic shipped those boards to me in Australia, where I will be training over European winter. I would like to take this occasion to say a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge  T H A N X  to the team over at the headoffice in Germany !!!

Both the boards look simply  a m a z i n g.  The wood finish is the COOLEST ever and I cannot wait to get them out into the water 🙂

My 6’8” Evo Multi-Fin is one of the epic shapes of Aussie legend Bruce McKee who Fanatic partnered up with to build 10 silky styles for any level of rider – all backed up by Fanatic’s superior heritage in epoxy windsurfing construction – including super stiff and light bamboo epoxy and high grade biaxial lay-ups.

The 9’6” SUP Fly Wave is one of Fanatic’s 6 super Fly SUP shapes by Sebastian Wenzel, Fanatic’s shaper, who pioneered in the shape-shifting CAD/CNC design & productioin process 7 years ago. Designed mainly with surfing performance in mind, these beautifully compact boards have waveriding rocker lines, yet their harmonic volume placement and plan shapes allow for super fun core workouts on flat-water and lakes with precision CAD Technology for your ultimate connection with nature.

So all there’s left 4 me 2 say is:  I’m  so insanely S T O K E D  to be back on board with FANATIC and once again MANY, MANY THANX 2 the team in their trust in me !

It’s spring time right here in Australia, summer is just about to start…   I simply  CANNOT WAIT to be playing out in the Indian Ocean with those 2 truly amazing new boards 🙂

And you guys out there, you better get yourself a Fanatic toy as well   –   trust me:  you won’t regret it !