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Germany Surfski
The Paddler - German Surfskiing
- 2020
How Surfskis Are Gaining Popularity in Germany (Oct 2020)The Paddler spotlight on Germany - Gordan Harbrecht, Michael Dobler, Oscar Chalupsky, Tom Selleck, Max Hoff…
- 2024
Gordan Harbrecht Wins ICF World Championship The Paddler article on Gordan Harbrecht's historic 2024 win, the first ICF men's championship won by a paddler not from South Africa or Australia
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Downwinds/Paddles
Marine
Baltic Sea (Ostsee)
(Locations from West to East - meistens, hoffen wir)
- Flensburg Solitüde - Glücksburg Schausende 7 km Downwindfun
- Eckernförder Bucht (aka “E-Bay”) winter storm downwinder
- Schwedeneck - Eckernförde ~ 18 km video (part of the course that has been used up to at least 2023 for the Baltic Sea Festival race)
- Kiel
- Laboe to Fehmarn ~52 km
- Todendorf (village with Hubertsberg lighthouse) - Heikendorf (Kiel Bay) ~28+ km video
- Lippe - Schönberger Strand 18 km video
- Poel Island calm day circumnavigation
- Rerik
- Wustrow Peninsula calm day circumnavigation
- Elmenhorst - Heiligendamm 15 kmvideo
- Wilhelmshöhe - Heiligendamm 13 km video, Downwindfun
- Warnemünde - Kühlungsborn ~23 km video, reverse direction video (OC Ostsee Cup 2019)
- Nienhagen - Kühlungsborn ~13 km video
- Warnemünde - Börgerende 14 km video
- Börgerende - Kägsdorf 15 km video
- Rostock
- Rostock - Darß ~36+ km
- Bodden Wustrow - Born ~10 km
- Prerow - Zingst ~8km video
- Prerow - Hiddensee ~35 km
Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer)
- Elbe (Estuary)
- downwind video near Kollmar
- East Frisia (Ostfriesland)
- Neßmersiel - Neuharlingersiel ~23 km sea kayak video
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Tide Races
Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer)
- Between Baltrum & Nordeney Islands sea kayak video about finding the tiderace (not for beginners)
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Freshwater
Lake Constance (Bodensee) (Swiss/German/Austrian)
- See Switzerland Page
Lake Plön (Großen Plöner See)
Lake Steinhude (Steinhuder Meer)
- windy lake, popular for windsports (Racer On the Lake). We would be surprised if you can't downwind here, possibly a good downwind learning location when conditions are not too rough?
Rhine River (Der Rhein)
- Boat Wake Surfing video
Wesel-Datteln-Kanal
- Hünxe - Dorsten calm water paddle
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Großen Plöner See
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Conditions
Weather
- AyeTides. For iPhone, iTouch and Ipad.
- Windy - Germany Wind Forecast w/ webcam
Webcams
- MyGermanCity Webcams (Webcam sites are notoriously flaky - the webcams shown above on the Windy website may be more reliable if you can find some water facing views where you may want to paddle)
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Races
Video
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Clubs and Groups
- Kanu-Connection (facebook) plenty of non-commercial informative posts
- Surfskisport Germany (facebook) No new posts in a long time
German Canoe Federation
- Deutscher Kanu-Verband Ocean Sports scroll down to bottom right to see full club list - does not include all clubs that support outrigger canoes
- Sample listing of Ocean Sport clubs (not all of them)
- Sample Outrigger clubs
- Chiemsee Outrigger Canoes (facebook)
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Rentals
- Kanu Scheune (Bremen/Lilienthal) rental, lessons, tours. Open canoes, sit-on-top canoes, sea kayaks, SUP. No surfskis, but probably good source of information about inland paddling in their area.
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Coaching
Local
Surfski/Downwind
- Kajak Nord/Vajda training camps, lessons
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Injury and Recovery
Dealers/Stores
- Dietz Performance Paddling paddling accessories
- Ecü Sport watersport accessories
- Kajak Nord Tornesch Vajda sales
- Kanu-Connection Epic Surfskis
- Lite Venture Stellar Surfskis
- Nalu Canoes OC company using same construction methods as Nordic Kayak
- Neumann Boats Outrigger Canoes
- Nordic Kayaks Rostock
- Sport Schröer watersport accessories
- Wetiz by Zacki Surf & Sport Fenn Surfskis
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Resources
- SeeKajakForum not just seakayaks - downwinding and surfskis sometimes discussed
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The NK double is an excellent surfski built somewhat with medium to small size paddlers in mind. This video shows 2 large paddlers who are strong enough to crank the NK double up to high speeds and overcome their wet ride and occasional submarining.
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