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The German Charge (Video)
Here are just three of the lessons learned from time spent living in Nicaragua- Actually being able to flush toilet paper in a toilet is a privilege, endless offshore winds and Nica walk hand in hand to create some of the most enjoyable surfing in the world, and there is a new breed of German surfer who is as truly stoked and passionate as surfing as any I’ve ever come across.
Over the past several years, the evidence of the rapid growth seen by sufing in Europe has been everywhere from the numbers of Euro-based surf travelers all the way to the increased contingent of Euro’s on the ASP World Tour. That contingent will be even larger and more diverse in 2009 as Marlon Lipke currently finds himself in a solid position to become the first ever German on the WCT. Hovering around the ‘CT cut-off, Lipke came up big in Portugal by making the quarterfinals at the Estoril Coast Pro recently. By making the quarters, Marlon collected 1625 vital points and with a total of 11450 now sits in 9th on the WQS ratings with the two last big events in Hawaii to go. Being the first German to make the WCT isn’t exactly Barack Obama status on the barrier-breaking scale, but a surfer from a land-locked country joining the Top 44 is a pretty crazy notion and just goes to show how much surfing is catching on all over the world.
More than anything, the passion and dedication to surfing held by the majority of German-shredders I’ve met has simply been remarkable. Regardless of their skill level, they always seem to be the first and last in the water, pushing themselves and making the most out of every session. It’s a beautiful thing to see and we there is no doubt that, although he may end up being the first, Marlon Lipke will not be the last German surfer to make a little bit of noise in the surfing world.
Marlon Lipke shows us Germans really do rip
Tags: Nicaragua Surf, WCT
Posted by Shaun on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 in Surfing.
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November 20th, 2008 at 9:29 am
1.- Germany is not landlocked, check you atlas. There are two different coasts (North sea and Baltic sea) and a small community of local surfers in the Sylt area.
2.- Marlon was born and raised in Southern Portugal. He competes for Germany because that is his nationality and for sponsorship reasons, but he has always lived in Portugal and -until recently- he competed as Portuguese.
Niegà
December 7th, 2008 at 2:18 am
No! … Three Coasts: Lots of surfers surf regularly on the Dutch Coast, 2 hours from the major cities here… so if you live in the Ruhr area or around Hamburg, you get waves!
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