How Sebastian Steudtner, who has surfed the largest wave in the world to date, had fun this week on Lake Wolfgang and how he wants to push the boundaries of his sport further with Porsche.
Recently there was an official appointment with the Guinness Book of Records. Sebastian Steudtner is now in the world famous work the person who has surfed the biggest wave in the world to date. The “monster” he beat on his plate at 80 km/h for Nazare in Portugal was 26.21 meters high. This week was the German-Austrian, who has his main residence in Waldzell (Ried district), on the Wolfgangsee.
Steudtner had a great hydrofoil surf day with his buddies Teddy Furian, who founded Europe’s first water ski hotel there 25 years ago, and Konstantin Reyer, an international photographer. Furian smiled: “He’s actually more of a fish than a human. He has surfing in his blood, lives his passion and trains with incredible consistency.”
Steudtner’s Graz fitness coach Radosav Djukic, who once worked with ski giant Hermann Maier in Obertauern, says: “I’ve been working with Sebastian for 15 years. His discipline in training is impressive. And I know almost no athlete who has such a high stress threshold as him. .” Steudtner is far from full after the world record: “I feel I have a lot left, both physically and mentally.”
He is especially fascinated by pushing boundaries. In his latest project, he is collaborating with Porsche Engineering. Together they use the knowledge of years of experience in automotive technology and transfer it to the development of high-performance surfboards. Tests have already been carried out at the Porsche development center in Weissach to further optimize the aerodynamics of the board and the surfer.
In the fall, Steudtner returns to Lake Wolfgang for material testing. Waterskiing legend Furian says: “Then there will be no more people on the lake. I can accelerate him to 100 km/h on his board with a speedboat.” In general, everything in the Steudtner team is supervised by top people. When it comes to safety, there are only experts led by a military emergency physician. Steudtner emphasizes: “Even if I were to lose consciousness underwater, I know that my team there is and that everything will be fine.”
A friend of his is Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. Sebastian visited the “Reds” 2019 in preparation in Evian, gave a talk about his sport and showed the very interested football professionals breathing and relaxation techniques. When Steudtner’s world record was officially announced a few weeks ago, Klopp sent an emotional message of congratulations to Steudtner via the You Tube channel “This is Anfield”. A humorous closing sentence: “You will never surf alone.”
Source: Krone
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