The NorthSails R&D and test team met on Tenerife for some intense test sessions of the next year´s race and freeride sails, recently. Tenerife turned out to be the perfect test and training venue for many riders of the PWA and also this winter, the bay of El Medano delivered awesome conditions. 

Marco Lang (slalom & test rider), Matteo Iachino (slalom & test rider), Nico Prien (slalom & test rider), Kai Hopf (NorthSails chief sail designer), Ulrich Bitterolf (engineer of the Power XT and other NorthSails parts), Daniel Aeberli (Fanatic product manager) and Raoul Joa (NorthSails line & product manager) were putting heads together for exchanging their long-time expertises to find the right direction for the new NorthSails race and freeride sails. With the TWS (Tenerife Windsurf Solutions) they found the perfect host for the whole test process at beautiful El Medano bay. Kai Hopf even found a sail loft nearby to directly implement test feedback into the prototype sails. The team is convinced to having reached a massive step forward for the new freeride & race sails.

Great team spirit a mix of different perspectives and hard testing every day in real world conditions was the basis for this very successful test excursion in the Atlantic ocean.

Thanks to all people involved and special thanks to our host, the TWS staff, the TWS boss Harco and Bartek Jankowski for the video.