Breaking News – The Red Bull Storm Chase is on full alert!
23 Windsurfers in 9 Northern European countries are about to face the most gnarly conditions mother nature can provide. After a 2 months waiting period, the teams are now on the road, heading for the beach of their choice to face winds exceeding 40 knots! After Numerous false alerts during the last weeks, the event is finally getting started, watch out for news and photos coming soon!
Review:
The riders have been selected by windsurfers all around the world in an online voting. In the first round the top five of each region were identified, in the second and last round the top2 were officially announced as Red Bull Storm Chasers! If one of the Storm Chasers is not available at the DayX the next one of the top5 jiggles in which happened now in Germany Baltic Sea, Netherlands and Norway:
New team formations:
GER Baltic Sea: Matze Bade, Steffi Wahl instead of Normen Günzlein
Netherlands: Kevin Mevissen – Bart de Vries instead of Peter Volwater
Norway: Hans Kristian Waarum – Knut Andre Dahl instead of Orjan Jensen and Rudi Fjellanger
Now it´s time to get the smallest sail out – time for the real action – THE CHASE IS ON!!!
To all riders and teams: Good luck!
Countries schedule update:
Tuesday: Chase begins!
Ireland: Tuesday
Scotland: Tuesday
England: Tuesday
Sweden: Tuesday
Ger Baltic Sea east: Tuesday
Ger North Sea: Tuesday and Wednesday
Belgium: Wednesday
Holland: Wednesday
Denmark: Wednesday
Norway: Wednesday
Ger Baltic Sea west: Wednesday