Sponsorship is money given to an athlete to underwrite training, material and sometimes living expenses.
Being sponsored is the way many full-time athletes survive in sports that don't pay salaries or offer serious prize money.
There is usually no business arrangement between the athlete and the sponsor.
Most sponsors become involved because they want to help out promising athletes, not because they expect a tangible return.
Their payback is the sense of satisfaction they receive by contributing to an athlete's success.

axl & trax is currently sponsoring windsufer Nick De Wannemaeker.                                  

Personal information

Windsurfing since: 2000
Competing since: 2002
Competing disciplines: Formula and since 2006 also Slalom, Speed, Wave

Best results:   2006:   European championship:    5^th in the lightweight division
                                                                36^th in the overall ranking
                    2005:   Belgian champion youth    
                              4^th in the overall Belgian Formula ranking
                              European championship experience youth: 10^th place
                    2004:   Belgian champion experience youth
                              World Championship experience youth: 28^th place
                    2003:   Belgian Champion experience
                              Belgian rooky of the year
                              3rd in the youth ranking
                              European championship experience youth: 15^th place
                    2002:   Belgian championship:       4^th place youth
                                                                 20^th place overall
                              European championship experience youth: 13^th place

Click here for the BEL 101 - 2006 press release.
On his website you can see where he is having his next events and you can also follow his results.

CSI Belgium believes that Nick will achieves all his goals!
Therefor they will continue supporting him on his road to become one of the world's greatest windsurfers!

Go for it Nick!