After many impressive freestyle windsurf, SUP and kitesurf races in various places of Greece, it is time for the Epic SUP Crossings, an event that will raise the level of interaction and viewing for anyone wanting to attend remotely. The SUP races in long distances, although is difficult to follow them from land and get [...]
Stand Up Paddle has joined the Greek community of water board sports and over time, more and more people are getting involved with it. One of the most exciting and adventurous forms of SUP is the Downwind paddling where riders start from one point and taking advantage of the wind and the waves, cover long distances. This [...]
To select a SUP downwind run there are some certain criteria such as safety, easy access from land and most importantly ... the fun! The area of Arkoudi in Kyllini is the western spot of Peloponnese and close to the open sea waves (swell) which is perfect for a downwind run. In an unsuccessful trip [...]
WBSF's late call paid off and the Trials event of the 2nd Mediterranean Surf Contest held in Parga on Tuesday, November 8, gave a foretaste of what will follow at the finals. Out of the 35 entries from the online registrations, finally 16 athletes managed to attend the races, which is understandable given the location of the spot [...]
The time for the 2nd Mediterranean Surf Contest has come! After almost one year since the first event, everything is ready and the new waiting period will begin on October 20th, 2016. A major change in the 2nd Mediterranean Surf Contest is that it will be no longer an invitational event. The races are open [...]
The weather does not seem to be an ally of the Treehouse Challenge as nothing apperas on short-term forecasts, which would allow to run the competition. Therefore, there is a new postponement as the 21st and 22nd of May will not provide the necessary wind conditions. Because the 28th & 29th of May are not available dates, we give new extension to [...]
The weather is our main ally in any WBSF event. To set a date for conducting any event, our team closely monitor the weather forecasts and decides based on them. May and June are the best months for Drepano spot! Although long-term forecasts that we saw (accuweather, myforecast) didn't show that the weather conditions would be ideal for [...]
About a year ago, the dream for freestyle windsurf races in Drepano beach, became a reality. The Greek freestyle scene embraced the first Greek Freestyle Windsurf Tour which made the tour's 1st stop on the 24 & 25 of May 2015 and this was the beggining of the first series of matches in Greece, with the same rules [...]
On February 16th, 2016 held the 1st Mediterranean Surf Contest in Parga's Castle. Since then we've seen photos, movie premieres and many people saw what happened those days in Parga. And while we are already making plans for the 2nd Mediterranean Surf Contest, it's time for a 4 minutes video with the highlights of the races. The video [...]
Manic Side team's friends and Corfu's active surfers responded to the invitation for the projection of the 1st Mediterranenan Surf Contest on Thursday, 21st of April at Polytechno. mediterranean surf contest Spiros Badios, member of the Manic Side team told us a few words about that night: Besides watching an excellent athletic movie, it was a grat opportunity [...]
