Víctor Fernández: The King of Windsurfing

Windsurfing combines your skills both in the water and in the air. One moment you are surfing a big wave, and the next, you are flying 15 meters above it. Someone who knows this very well is Víctor Fernández López, the Spanish rider who was the 2010 Windsurfing World Champion in the wave category. Here we tell you how this young man became a Adventure Legend.

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Víctor was born in Almería (Spain) on April 25, 1984. He grew up in Almerimar, where he started practicing windsurfing at his father's school when he was just a 5-year-old boy. At the age of 14, his father allowed him to spend the summer in Pozo Izquierdo (Gran Canaria) as a reward for getting good grades. There he began his professional career in the world of windsurfing.

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In 1999, he became the IFCA Junior European and World Champion and the IFCA Senior European and World Runner-up. In the PWA Wave World Championship, he achieved consecutive runner-up positions in 2007 and 2008. In 2009, he won the Spanish Championship, a success he repeated a year later in 2010.

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Precisely in 2010, Víctor achieved the most important milestone of his career to date: the Wave World Championship of the PWA.

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Víctor Fernández had been the best in waves throughout 2010, winning in Pozo (Gran Canaria) and finishing second in Klitmoller (Denmark). Due to lack of conditions, the Spanish windsurfer could not compete in the Sylt (Germany) event or the last event in Cabo Verde, making him first in the rankings and Windsurf World Champion.

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To this day, he is the only Spaniard to have achieved that award. His success earned him a nomination at the 2011 Laureus Awards in the category of best extreme sports athlete.

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In 2011, he could not defend his title, but he achieved a commendable fourth place and retained his Spanish Champion title.

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In 2009, he participated in the film Four Dimensions, directed by Andre Paskowski. In 2011, he took part in Minds Wide Open, by the same director. In both films, he showcases his skills as an extreme windsurfer.

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