PRESS RELEASE:
We are happy to announce that another talented rider has joined our International SUP team: 23 years old German SUP top racer Kai-Nicolas Steimer will be paddling with our Falcons from now on! Kai-Nicolas is German Sprint Champ 14’0” (DWV) as well as German Long Distance Champion 14’0” (DKV) and Vice Champ 14’0” Overall NP SUP Trophy 2013 – quite some titles to start with!
Kai-Nicolas Steimer:
”I am super happy to be a part of the Fanatic team now. Since I started windsurfing, Fanatic was my favorite brand. This didn’t change until now. Fanatic is one of the most progressive brands and is always working on better materials and products, plus their International team has a great team spirit.”
Craig Gertenbach, Fanatic Brand Manager:
”It´s great to have Kai-Nicolas in our Fanatic International SUP team. After watching him at some events like Lost Mills or Hamburg World Cup last year, we were quite convinced that we need to have him in the team. When he paddles he just goes for it 200% and his energy is unbelievable. Together with Arthur Arutkin, Jake Jensen, Paul & Angela Jackson, Olivia Piana and Chase Kosterlitz he makes a great addition to our International racing team!”
Photo credit: Phine Scheibe
BIO/INFORMATION:
Name: Kai-Nicolas Steimer
Birthday: 08.04.1990
Country: Germany
Favourite discipline: SUP Race
Best results:
– German Indoor Vice Champion 2013
– German Sprint-Champion 14‟0” 2013 (DWV)
– German Long Distance Champion 14‟0” 2013 (DKV)
– German Sprint Vice Champion 12‟6” 2013 (DKV)
– 2nd Place 14‟0” Overall NP SUP Trophy 2013
Favourite spot: La Grotte (Morocco)
Favourite Fanatic board: Falcon 12‟6 & 14‟0, ProWave 8‟5”
How I started SUP:
Since 2009 I participated in the German Windsurf CUP (DWC).
Due to my study of naval architecture it was not really possible to train as
hard as I would have wanted to. 2012 the windsurfing season started on Sylt
with the summer opening and the Formula-European Championship. At
the same time the first tour stop of the German SUP Challenge took place.
Because of low winds we couldn’t start an official Formula race. That’s why
I decided to paddle in the SUP race. I simply had so much fun, that I got
second in the fun-class. During the summer I paddled the other SUP
Challenge tour stops and that’s how I won the SUP Challenge in the
Fitness-Class. A shop asked me to go to the German Championships to
represent him there. After becoming 3rd in the Fitness Class and 4th in the
Race Class Sport Vibrations became my first SUP sponsor and supported
me in the Season 2013. Getting this offer I decided to totally quit with the
DWC and focus on SUP. It‟s much easier for me to train in Hamburg
as there‟s plenty of water there.
Best SUP day in my life: When I won my first German sprint title in SUP.
Other sponsors besides Fanatic: Killerfish, SanaExpert, Freerider, Xcel, Restube, Rollei
My Goals: Increase my SUP skills and have as much fun as possible Stand Up Paddling
My Slogan: Not the others are your rivals, your mind is the rival to beat!
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