Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) won the 2026 Defi WIND to claim the biggest victory of his career yet. The German has been competing on the World Tour since 2013 and finished eighth overall last season in Slalom X.
Prien has the largest following on YouTube of any windsurfer and has given us a full recount of how he managed to win the largest attended windsurfing event in the world, which you can see below: