The Mission: We had the chance to give a nice freestyle clinic for all visitors at Strand Horst. We were supposed to go on the water, but because of the lack of wind, we decided to do more of a Q and A. This also allowed us showing the first previews of the new Neilpryde Wizard, right now the best Freestyle sail on the market.
The Mission XL
After 10 amazing years The Mission XL came to an end.  2013 was the  last edition of this great event. Over the years the Mission grew to one of the biggest event for both windsurf and SUP in the BENELUX. The audience, competitors were treated with great demos form the very best Pro’s windsurfers in the world. They flew in from all over the world. Names such as; Taty & Tonky Frans, Davy Scheffers, Steven van Broeckhoven, Youp Schmit. A unforgettable event which will be missed by everyone. Big thanks to Herman van den Berg, the Mission volunteers, Pro riders, audience and competitors for these wonderful years!!
Photos: The Mission
The Mission XL 9th edition
The 9th. edition of the Mission. Great winds, big prices at the tombola and huge party. Great action for the audience, free lessons provided. Giving more people the chance entering the sports and lot’s of activities for the visitors. The weather forecast was predicting a storm for the whole weekend, eventually this actually never took place and on friday we’ve had 12-20 knots of wind. Perfect for a the annual slalom competition. The whole day there have been quite some intense racing and in the late afternoon a nice freestyle demonstration. During the freestyle show “battle of the giants” a big shower kicked in and the wind suddenly disappeared, so a mixed show of first power moves and later light wind show. Still giving away a great show for the audience. Later that evening the party started, the atmosphere was great. And during the tombola there was a big chance to win nice prices like wetsuits, boar bags, masts, booms and they even gave away a sail and a board. Aswell for Sunday the wind direction was slightly different, onshore and now even more strong with a average of 15-25 knots. All together a great event event for any windsurfer and non-windsurfer.
Representative for JP and Neilpryde were
Steven van Broeckhoven B72
Jacques van der Hout
Hans Kreisel.
Adriaan van Rijsselberghe (brother of Dorian Olympic winner )
Maarten van Ochten
Other pro’s at the Mission-XL
Gollito Ester
Hester Andriesen
Eva Oude Ophuis
Rick Jendrusch
Nick van Ingen
Dorian van Rijssleberghe Olympic Champion 2012!
Photos: The Mission
