Autor: Tim Otte

the registration for the 2021 Odyssey of Speed is possible on GPS-Speedsurfing.com under the following link:

https://www.gps-speedsurfing.com/default.aspx?mnu=event&val=675

Without any doubt our event won’t be possible with the strong support from gps-speedsurfing.com, and even more this year we have been granted with two free Premium membership at GPSSS, which we are happy to give to two participants,

8. Place Man: Ilias Tsekouras

9. Place Man: Philip Adamidis

This year first time sponsoring our event with a prize. The ‚Four Seasons‘ is very famous among windsurfer in Karpathos offering one of the best pizzas and traditional greek food on the island. Perfect for restoring your energy level after some hard speed session.

The prize of a free dinner for four persons goes to 7. Place Man Johnny Tuijn.

Enjoy the food and atmosphere at this stunning place!

Also this year the windsurfing station at another fast spot on the beautiful greek island of KOS, KOS Windsurfing SPINOUT is giving a prize for one week free rental equipment at their station.

This prize was given in a lottery among all participants and the WINNER is Kostas Ntotsias! Enjoy the stay!

with HAPPYpur one of the oldest and most experienced travel agencies, specialized for travels into the wind and especially to Karpathos, is supporting the Odyssey of Speed. Also this year we are glad to offer a travel voucher valid for booking with HAPPYpur to one of the ranked participants.

The voucher worth 250 € is going 6. Place Man Christian Bornenmann.

With MAUI ULTRA Fins one of the most innovative fin brands is supporting our event. Among the participants two of their fins are shared. The winners are:

2. Place Woman Sofia Koukouzeli
4. Place Man Minos Efstathiadis

Both can choose a G10 fin from the large portfolio of Maui Ultra fins.

As the ‚home‘ of the Odyssey of Speed, directly situated on the spot at Devils Bay, Afiartis, Karpathos we are very grateful that MELTEMI WINDSURFING Karpathos remains to be one of our most important supporters and sponsors. Also the winners of the 2020 edition several prizes have been offered and are distributed among the contenders as follows:

1. 2 weeks  storage box for one person: 2. Place Man Eric Groot van Ederen  
2. 1 week storage box for one person: 3. Place Man Tim Otte
3. Hoodie Meltemi Windsurfing Karpathos: 1. Place Woman Leta Margoni
4. T-Shirt Meltemi Windsurfing Karpathos: 5. Place Man Konstantinos Papandrikopoulos
5. Lycra-Shirt Meltemi Windsurfing: 3. Place Woman Inga Kontis

As one of our longest sponsors THALASSA SUITES is ‚traditionally‘ sponsoring the 1st prize at the Odyssey of Speed. Their very generous offer is a free stay for one week at this stunning place. The best accommodation here at Karpathos for windsurfers directly at the spot.

Twan Verseput as the winner of the Odyssey of Speed 2020 is the well deserved winner of this great prize. Enjoy your stay!

It Ain’t Over Till It is Over!

Another update to show the current ranking. Only few changes, but due to the extension of the event until end october this year still plenty of time to sail fast!

The overall scoreboard is unchanged with Twan still leading it.

Total number of sessions uploaded 526, distance sailed 18400 km.

The overall score board: 

1. Twan Verseput 6,1 points
2. Eric Groot van Ederen 14,4 points
3. Tim Otte 21 points
4. Minos Efstathiadis 35 points
5. Konstantinos Papandrikopoulos 38 points
6. Christian Bornemann 41 points

download detailed results (per 17.09.2020):

Overall

Best Category results so far (per 17.09.2020)

Category Ranking

Note: all results marked in ‚yellow‘ are corrected as they have been achieved with ’non-Doppler‘ GPS devices.

All posted session and results can be seen in the event section at GPS-SPEEDSURFING

As requested by a number of participants It has been decided to extent the event period by one month – effectively the Odyssey of Speed will last by this until 31st of October!

This shall give everybody more opportuniites to score good sessions and compensate for the time lost during the lockdown in spring time.

I hope the October will be windy and offer good conditions!