Photo: David Varekamp / SurfKitePhoto
Thorben Jasper moved down to Fuerteventura from Germany to live in his van and give himself over fully to the sport. Quiet and unassuming, he lets his riding do the talking and was impressive last year at the GKA Sotavento tour stop with some smooth strapless freestyle displays in all of his heats. He didn’t qualify for the main event in Mauritius, his first time riding there, but got to the final rounds of a huge qualifying stage in the heaving barrels and savage close-outs of One Eye!