{"id":28318,"date":"2016-03-21T05:36:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T05:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/?p=28318"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:37:06","slug":"kitesurf-masters-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/kitesurf-masters-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylt: Opening Kitesurf Masters 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"evm-last-updated\"><em>Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>The summer opening takes place on the northsea island Sylt and opens the season for the Kitesurf Masters 2016. <\/b><\/p>\n<h5>ABOUT<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rough sea, gives the freestylers and surfers the first opportunity to prove their skills and collect the first points on their way to the german championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides that, the summer opening offers a few more highlights: a bandfestival, after race parties and pump track.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Picture source: Screenshot Youtube (Kite Masters 2016 Promovideo)<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">WHERE<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Strand Westerland \/ Sylt<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">WHEN<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">11. 05. &#8211; 16. 05. 2016<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">HOMEPAGE<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitesurf-masters.de\">http:\/\/www.kitesurf-masters.de<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\">Benedikt Langer<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">STATEMENT<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The early bird catches the worm. We are looking forward to the first realy Kitesurf event of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">PROGRAM<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>11. to 16. May Kitesurf Masters Summer Opening Sylt<\/li>\n<li>3. to\u00a05. June Kitesurf Masters Fehmarn<\/li>\n<li>5. to 7. August\u00a0Kitesurf Masters SPO<\/li>\n<li>19. to 21. August\u00a0Kitesurf Masters Norderney<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">NICE TO KNOW<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The overall racing winner back in 2015 was Jannis Maus. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For freestyle, Marian Hund claimed for the golden trophy and in the women discipline, Sabrina Lutz came first.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>More Water Sports\u00a0Stories<\/h5>\n<h3>You might also like<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">The next generation of swimmers what talents we can look forward to<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">Swimming styles 3 ways to move forward in the water<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">Read the surf forecasts correctly. 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