After weeks of preparations and hard work the big night was finally there. We officially launched the event and the website to the press and our sponsors. The location: of course at the best surf school of Curacao. A lot of people where present and even special guests like world famous freestyle windsurfer Kiri Thode. Also our minister of Education, Culture and Sports Marilyn Alcalá-Wallé paid a visit and even addressed the crowd. She was particularly happy about how the organization feels about the event and it’s potential to contribute to the Curacao Tourism.

We had a chance to explain more what we want to do with the event. Of course it is going to be bigger and better than last year with more international competitors. But we also want to take a step towards the fans. That is why we made this website as it is. During the event we will have an on-site press office where a team of surf-enthusiasts will provide real time news and information with interviews, videos, pictures and a whole lot more. This offers our audience (on Curacao or wherever in this world) a great inside view of the competition.

We want to commit to you, the audience, and that is also why we try to keep you up to date through our facebook fanpage and our twitter account. Also we offer the chance for the audience to provide cool pictures they took of the event or video or whatever is cool and interesting.

We hope you all will like it and we appreciate your ideas and comments! It’s a work in progress.

After the presentations Curacao’s best surfers together with two from Bonaire and Curacao gave away a spectacular low-wind freestyle demonstration in the dark!

Thanks to photographers Perry van der Wolde and Susan Gevers for providing the pictures. Watch the video by Onk here.

Launch photos