{"id":2441872,"date":"2010-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/uncategorized\/cold-call-sebastian-steudtner\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T12:21:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T19:21:39","slug":"cold-call-sebastian-steudtner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/water-activities\/cold-call-sebastian-steudtner\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Call: Sebastian Steudtner"},"content":{"rendered":"

OUTSIDE<\/em>: How does a German even get into surfing?<\/strong>
STEUDTNER: In 2001, I came to Hawaii on a student-exchange program, and while there my friend introduced me to a family of big-wave surfers. The first thing we did is go tow-surfing. It was 15 to 20 feet. After the first wave, I knew this was my sport.<\/p>\n

Why go straight to tow-in surfing?<\/strong>
Because you get so many more waves than in paddle surfing. And you’re able to surf bigger waves. I come from fast sports, so that was a better match for me than the regular paddle surfing.<\/p>\n

Did your background as a windsurfer help?<\/strong>
I’m used to doing sports where you’re not moving your feet on the board. I like the way that feels. And in windsurfing, you learn how to read the wave earlier because you catch the wave earlier. That’s true of tow-in surfing, too.<\/p>\n

What do people say when you tell them you’re a German tow surfer?<\/strong>
A lot of people laugh. They think, You’re joking. But they understand it, too, like the Jamaican bobsled team. It’s kind of the same thing\u2014except that I won.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet the winner of the Billabong XXL Biggest Wave prize, surfer Sebastian Steudtner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1477181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"uuid":"c37563536dd4bb29d813c41cd5400bbd","footnotes":""},"categories":[2546],"tags":[2653,3245,2876],"byline":[16],"ad_cat":[],"legacy-category":[],"class_list":["post-2441872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-activities","tag-athletes","tag-maui","tag-surfing","byline-mark-anders"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Cold Call: Sebastian Steudtner","url":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/water-activities\/cold-call-sebastian-steudtner\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/water-activities\/cold-call-sebastian-steudtner\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated-images_parent\/migrated-images_32\/WCMDEV_150944_mauis-jaws.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated-images_parent\/migrated-images_32\/WCMDEV_150944_mauis-jaws.jpg"},"articleSection":"Water Sports","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"sperkins-pom"}],"creator":["sperkins-pom"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Online","logo":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/favicon-194x194-1.png"},"keywords":["athletes","maui","surfing"],"dateCreated":"2010-08-11T00:00:00Z","datePublished":"2010-08-11T00:00:00Z","dateModified":"2022-02-24T19:21:39Z"},"rendered":"