Improve your freestyle skills - FPT Rookie Camp at the 2023 Surf Opening in Austria
by Freestyle Pro Tour 21 Apr 2023 03:37 PDT
6-7 May 2023
Yentel, Piero and Alex with their NeilPryde and JP-Australia prizes at last years Rookie Camp © Freestyle Pro Tour
Who's next? Aiming to nurture the future of our sport, the Freestyle Pro Tour is organising it's yearly Rookie Camp at the Surf Opening in Austria once again.
Happening on the weekend of the 6-7th of May, the camp will teach ambitious freestylers the basics of competition, help them improve their moves and allow them to meet likeminded rippers.
This years rookie camp will be coached by Maarten Molenaar (Starboard/Gunsails), who's 10+ years of instructing experience will be fully devoted to your latest freestyle goals. JP and NeilPryde are also supporting the camp again in 2023, stay tuned for some exciting prize announcements. Check out the highlight video from the 2022 camp, and learn about the camp details below.
Hard facts
Registration: Register HERE / Sign-Up closes the 5th of May 2023
Meeting Point Start: Saturday 6th of May 9:30 - 10:00 am @ the event site
End: Evening of the 7th of May after the prize-giving around 7:00 pm
Equipment: Participants can store their equipment at the event site during the days of the camp.
Costs: 2 Day Camp 100€ per person, 1 Day is 60€. Sibling discount: 2 days camp for 2 rookies is 160€
Daily schedule Rookie Camp Austria
The following is just a general schedule. It can drastically change depending on the wind and weather forecast. For example if it's only windy in the morning, the day can take place in reverse order. Also if there are rookies who can only join one day, the schedule might be adjusted to accommodate them.
Day 1
Morning: Registration and meeting everyone at the event area.
Forenoon: Learning about competition format (scoring, flags, timing, area, judging etc.)
Lunch: Eating all together, at the event site (lunch not included).
Afternoon: Exploring the spot, learning about the prevailing wind directions, currents, tides (or also dangers of the spot)
Late afternoon: Hitting the water for 1-2 hours, sailing all together, having fun and practicing moves. The coach will be giving tips and filming for the video analysis.
Day 2
Morning: Reviewing last evenings session and analyzing moves that were filmed. The coach will give individual tips. And in demand, he will also individually recommend which moves to use in the heat and plan a basic heat strategy.
Forenoon: Hitting the water again, practice more.
Lunch: Time for a break and food. We'll need the energy!
All afternoon: Practice-competition (trying to make it as real as possible).
Evening: Prize-giving
We asked Rookie Camp Coach Maarten Molenaar about his excitement surrounding this camp:
Register for Rookie camp here