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Will there be a wave park for surfers in Knokke-Heist? And could Lakeside Paradise win the Westtoer "innovation award" with this? If it were up to Frank Vanleenhove...he submitted a proposal to the municipality to allow surfers to surf on artificial waves, in a real wave park, specially built for that purpose. This project would be the ... Read more

On Sunday, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., about a hundred people came to Surfers Paradise to, together with the Surfers crew, turn the dunes eastward inside out and collect all possible litter. All in all, it was not too bad after the busy season months. Some 200 kg of rubbish was collected, mainly from people who had been in the ... Read more

For the second time, "Proper Beach Runners" will be organising a gigantic beach clean-up campaign as part of World Cleanup Day on Saturday 21 September. This follows on from the first event last year, when 18 million volunteers from 157 countries joined forces to clean up the planet, and in this case the beach. ... Read more

After Saturday's pre-announced strong north-westerly winds resulting in a stormy North Sea, Surfers Paradise gave the green light for the CO2 Surf Challenge on Sunday 8 September. This is a competition for young surfers under the age of 18. With a full contest table of 36 participants, the contest was already ... Read more

As the climax to the summer sports season, this week is triathlon week par excellence in Knokke-Heist! Jean Deloddere and Frank Vanleenhove have been making sure for almost 20 years that the participants of Surfers Paradise come to the start every year with new and identical outfits as a team, and so they did again for this fantastic triathlon week in ... Read more

We have succeeded, thanks to the necessary financial support of the much needed sponsors, to collect the necessary funds so that everyone will be able to shine again this year in a beautiful outfit! We would like to thank: Vita Sport, Brasserie Feau le Fer, O'Live Gin, BVRS Luxury&Classic Cars, Du Mongh Advocaten, Bioracer, Lakeside Paradise, Surfers Paradise

The Lakeside Sleep Inn, located on the Duinenwater Lake, is the only youth hostel in Knokke-Heist. The A+ qualified hostel has 10 rooms, good for 80 beds. Each room stands for a world-famous surf spot and is decorated accordingly. Everyone is welcome and overnight stays are possible from 25 €. There is also the possibility ... Read more

Is windsurfing making a comeback? It seems that this splendid water sport, which was very popular during the eighties, is becoming more and more popular this year, and is back on the wish list of many young people. Young people who today want to taste of as many sports as possible and therefore want to ... Read more

The very first Belgian Skimboarding Championships are over. Surfers Paradise, together with Skimzone Belgium and Red Bull, were responsible for a perfect organisation. From 10 am all young participants were eager to attack the 20 m long inflatable skimpool. They could "board" until noon and from then on it was serious business. Per age group 1 ... Read more

None other than Mike Love, one of the 4 original beachboys, suddenly walked onto the beach with his family this afternoon. Their way of celebrating "Independence day", between 2 concerts in Rotterdam. He proudly posed with Frank Vanleenhove at the original poster of the concert they gave on 21 July 1987 at ... Read more