Kiri Thode (26) is one of the key figures in modern freestyle windsurfing. He made a lot of podiums during his career and crowned himself “PWA Freestyle Champion” in 2013. The battle for the 2016 PWA Freestyle title will be started today at Lake Neusiedl in Austria. We had a chat with Kiri, who made his first podium in 1996 at a kids event in Bonaire.

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