We want to warmly welcome Anke Brandt & Jannis Maus to the FLYSURFER Kiteboarding family. Anke came from a sailing background and started kitesurfing in 2009 and is now Guinness World Record holder for longest distance kitesurfed by a female (250km in 12 hours) and is scoring podiums in freestyle and long distance races regularly. Her goals for the near future is a new World Record for the longest kitesurf journey and with that breaking her own previous record. Furthermore she also supports and raises awareness for a charity organization called ‘Wings for life’ which tries to cure spinal cord injury. Jannis has been making a name for himself fast these last couple of years and in 2016 he became German Kite Racing Champion, Formula Kite World Champion in the tube kite class, placed 2nd in the Red Bull Coast 2 Coast long distance race and got voted most talented athlete by the German Kitesurf Association in 2015, quite some achievements! Jannis is open and friendly, has a very strong ambition, is super focused on his study and extremely passionate about his sporting goals. We think both Anke & Jannis are a perfect fit in the FLYSURFER team. Make sure to check out this team rider shooting and short documentary with both Anke & Jannis in Dubai and Bahrain where many great spots were found together awesome people. We are stoked to finally introduce you these 2 new FLYSURFER riders. Find out more soon on: http://www.flysurfer.com You can find out more about Anke on her website: http://www.ankebrandt.com Shot & Edit by Gregor John Pictures: http://www.gregorjohn.com
She has been going with the wind since she was born. It came only naturally that she picked up a kite for the first time in 2009 in New Zealand. Since then she never looked back and set a World Record in 2014.
Anke Brandt - Pro Kiteboarder
Founder of Kite Beyond
Anke is a passionate Kitesurfer and World Record Holder with the goal to inspire people to live their dream, to never give up and to explore the limit. Under the umbrella Kite Beyond, Anke Brandt dares the limit for long-distance kite projects and gets involved with „Wings for Life“.
Through donations worldwide the Wings for life foundation supports clinical studies and projects with the goal to make spinal Cord injury curable.
She is now on a new mission to Kite the Arabia Gulf. 550km in non Stop in waters none kited in before. Follow the Blog and follow her mission to #DareTheLimit!
“We would like to thank Anke for their fantastic effort both with fundraising and raising awareness of spinal cord injury and Wings for Life, and congratulate them on their wonderful achievements of setting new World Records.”
Achievements
- February 2013 - First international Race KTA Bintgan
- March 2013 - 3rd Place Sunset Mall Race Dubai
- Sept 2013 - Finishing as 4th female the Worlds longest race to date Red Bull Coast to Coast
- Oct 2013 - Atlantic Crossing competition - Last 6 in the running to cross the atlantic
- March 2014 - New Guinness World Record longest distance Kitesurfed by a female. 250KM in 12h non Stop
- 2nd Place Red Bull battle of the Sound 80KM race - Sweden
- Red Bull Legend Award 2014
- 2nd Place Freestyle Al Ghabia Water sports Festival
- April 2016 - New Guinness World Record longest distance Kitesurfed by a female. 491km in 30h non Stop
Pic Credit: Ali Barqawi Studios
Pic Credit: Ali Barqawi Studios
STRENGTH IN PARTNERSHIP
Connect your Brand with a World record and support Anke Brandt. She inspires people to live their dream and to never give up. This is only possible trough Strong and continuos Partnerships.