Five waves, five cities, one season: in 2026 the o2 SURF MASTERS toured Germany for the second time, stopping by our Wellenwerk in late April. Here’s the recap of the tour, the Berlin contest night, and a season finale that stayed open until the very last heat.
What the o2 SURF MASTERS are
The o2 SURF MASTERS is Germany’s rapid surfing contest series: a compact format with short heats that brings the country’s best standing-wave scene together at five locations, from indoor facilities like Wellenwerk to an open-air wave on a lake. The tour is contested for a total of €6,000 in prize money, and every stop is streamed live and uncut by Spontent on Twitch. Start slots sold out fast in 2026, with registration open from late January via the tour website.
Telefónica is behind the series: o2 sponsorship manager Marcus Bunse runs the brand’s rapid surfing engagement and deliberately built the o2 SURF MASTERS as a community format. On-site experience, livestreams and scene-building come before pure logo presence, and that exact mix was noticeable at the Berlin stop too.
The five stops of the 2026 tour
- February 28: L&T Hasewelle, Osnabrück (tour opener)
- March 28: RheinRiff, Düsseldorf
- April 26: Wellenwerk, Berlin (the home game)
- May 23: Surf Langenfeld (the first standing wave on a lake)
- June 27: irie surf, Freiburg (tour finale)
Five stops, five very different waves: that’s exactly what makes the series appealing. Anyone who wants to win the overall standings has to deliver on indoor waves just as much as out in the open, in any weather, and on waves that differ clearly in height, power and water flow.
The home game: the Berlin stop at Wellenwerk
On April 26, the time had come: the tour arrived in Lichtenberg for its third stop, and the hall on Landsberger Allee became, for one evening, the loudest living room of the German rapid surfing scene. The 40 start slots (20 each for women and men) sold out fast, and the crowd stood shoulder to shoulder right at the pool edge.
Sportingly, it became an evening for the hall’s history books: Hannes Mosch took the home win on his training wave with 17.17 points, edging out Marius Gerlach (16.93 points) by a hair in a genuine nail-biter of a final. “I knew the pressure would be especially high for a home game,” Mosch said afterward. Among the women, Valeska Schneider dominated (15.5 points), and with Taja Götz a second Berliner made it onto the podium: her third place (12.5 points) drew the loudest cheer of the night.
Home advantage in rapid surfing is measurably real, by the way: whoever knows the quirks of their own citywave from daily training knows exactly where the wave builds pressure, an edge the Berlin riders have earned through countless Training Sessions.
How the season ended
After the Berlin stop, Mosch led the tour standings. In Langenfeld, Valeska Schneider sealed the women’s overall title early with her third win in a row, while Marius Gerlach reopened the men’s race with his own win. Mosch finished fifth there and lost the lead. The decision came only at the finale in Freiburg: Gerlach secured the title, Hannes Mosch finished as tour runner-up, and with Leander Lu in fourth place overall, two Team Wellenwerk riders ended up in the top 5. You can read the full story of the Berlin evening in the article o2 SURF MASTERS: home win and runner-up title for Team Wellenwerk.
Ready to get on the board yourself?
The wave Mosch and Götz surfed their heats on runs at our place every day, for every level. Whether it’s a first session with a support bar or training for your next contest: on the surfing overview you’ll find your level, and we also have our own contest, the story behind it is in the article Berlin Surf Open: our home contest goes into series.