About us

What we do is about passion and it´s about lifestyle. The passion for travelling to the most beautiful places, the passion for the ocean and the passion for people and different cultures.

We provide professional training not only to improve your own riding skills, but also organise VDWS Instructor Training Courses for all of you who like to turn their hobby into a profession.

All our events are multiple sport acts. Windsurfing, Kitesurfing, Stand Up Paddling, Sailing, - we do all of those things. The worst day for one sport might be the best day ever for the other.

During our Events, we want you to increase your time on the water and live life for a short time differently. More intensively, more purely and more wildly. Feel the power of a wave, swim with dolphins and sleep under stars...

We want you to Surf more, Sail more, live more....

Life´s for living!

Chris Ziaja

I surf because...

Surfing prevents me from growing up and taking life and myself too serously. Surfing somehow keeps the child in me alive. It keeps me curious, enthusiastic and motivated. It made me experience the true beauty of nature and travel to places which I would have never visited without surfing. After all those years, I can´t imagine a life without surfing, because I truly love it. Windsurfing, Kiting, Stand Up Paddling, Surfing or Sailing, to me it doesn´t matter. I just love beeing out there...

  • VDWS Windsurf Instructor since 1995
  • VDWS Sailing Instructor since 1997
  • VDWS Kiteboarding Instructor since 2000
  • Personal Fitness & Health Trainer since 2002 
  • Certified Nutrition Expert specialised in holistic sports training since 2005
  • Member of the international VDWS Pro Team since 1999 and Head Coach for Windsurf, Kiteboarding and Sailing Staff
  • Co Author of the "Powerlearning Windsurfing" DVD
  • Co Author of the "Powerlearing Kiteboarding" DVD
  • Co Author of the Delius Klasing / VDWS Kiteboarding Work and Style Book
  • RYA Yachtmaster Offshore since 2009
  • Certified Medical First Aid Trainer since 2011

Jessica (Mine) Backhaus

I surf because...

  •    It gives me the most enjoyment
  •  It’s an amazing feeling
  •   It makes me smile
  •   It allows me to travel and meat different people and cultures
  •   It’s challenging and unpredictable
  •   It’s great to feel the adrenaline in new, different or hard conditions
  •   It keeps me going
  •  I like the quietness and honesty of the nature

 

 

  • Travel since 2001
  • Surf since 2004
  • VDWS Windsurf Instructor since 2004, VDWS Kiteboarding Instructor since 2005
  • VDWS Examiner since 2007
  • Kite City Trainer since 2007

Simon Nardmann

I surf because...

Surfing is one of the few things that is truly infinity. Each on every day it brings me to my limits and rises the adrenalin in me. It also allows me to get to know new people and customs and to see exotic wonders of nature. 9 years ago I rode my first wave and since then the ocean determines my life. In summary without surfing I would not be the same, and that's why I love these sports, not matter if it's Surfing, Windsurfing, Kiting or SUP.

 

Simon is the Young Gun in the Team and the absolute Prototype of an Windsurf and Kite Instructor. He grew up in a tiny village, close to Tarifa / Spain, speaks three languages fluently and is a great Windsurfer, Kiter and Surfer.

The amount of energy and enthusiasm the guy puts into his surfing and the passion for sharing it with other people is absolutely addictive. 

You gonna love him...