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Home / Blog / Keynote & Workshop Speaker & Events Freddy Olander Keynote & Workshop February 2, 2026 Speaker & Workshop Event with Freddy Olander Speaking to a room full of smart women during a keynote and workshop on competition was a different experience. The level of focus, the thoughtful questions, and the depth of […]

Home/ Blog/ Basalt AG CEO Event Speaker & Events Basalt AG CEO Speaker Event October 7, 2025 Risk Management: Lessons from the Ocean to the Boardroom Recently I had the honour to be in a room full of CEOs at one of the leading companies in Germany and the EU to share my perspectives on […]

Home/ Blog/ Galileo X-Plorer Media & Press ProSieben Galileo X-Plorer June 12, 2025 Making a Dream Happen at Nazaré ProSieben’s Galileo X-Plorer came to Nazaré to film one of the most extraordinary experiences the Big Wave Experience has to offer: taking someone who has never been close to big wave surfing and making it possible […]

Home/Blog/RTL Portrait Media & Press RTL: Die Jagd nach den Wellen April 22, 2025 RTL Portrait von Freddy Olander in Nazaré In der Wintersaison war RTL mit Freddy Olander in Nazaré unterwegs und hat einen tiefen Einblick in die Welt des Big Wave Surfens bekommen. Das RTL-Team hat Freddy nicht nur auf dem Wasser bei […]

Home/Blog/Kookhausen Podcast Media & Press Kookhausen Podcast January 27, 2025 Freddy Olander zu Gast im Kookhausen Podcast Willkommen in Kookhausen. In dieser Episode ist Freddy Olander zu Gast, ein deutscher Big Wave Surfer, der schon immer seinen eigenen Weg gegangen ist. Aufgewachsen in Berlin, weit weg von jedem Ozean, hat Freddy sich in den letzten […]

Home/Blog/Blue Magazine Media & Press Blue Magazine Feature January 27, 2025 Zum Artikel auf Blue Mag Blue Magazine: Surf, Travel, Creative Living Blue Magazine ist eines der fuehrenden deutschsprachigen Surf-Lifestyle-Magazine. Das Magazin portraitiert Menschen, die Surfen nicht als Hobby betreiben, sondern als Lebensweise. Freddy Olander ist ein perfektes Beispiel fuer genau diese Lebensweise: ein Berliner […]

Home/Blog/SAT.1 Media & Press SAT.1 Fruehstuecksfernsehen January 27, 2025 Die TV-Doku bei SAT.1 ueber Freddy Olander Auf YouTube ansehen SAT.1 Fruehstuecksfernsehen, eines der meistgesehenen Morgenmagazine in Deutschland, hat Freddy Olander und sein Leben als professioneller Big Wave Surfer in Nazaré dokumentiert. Die Reportage gibt einem Millionenpublikum einen Einblick in eine Welt, die fuer die meisten […]

Home/Blog/Mercedes Nazaré Big Wave Surfing Mercedes-Benz Nazaré Winter Session January 27, 2025 The Awards Return to the Nazaré Canyon The Mercedes-Benz Nazaré Winter Session awards have returned to Praia do Norte, celebrating the most extraordinary big wave performances of the season at the world’s most famous big wave surf break. What the Nazaré Winter Session […]

Home/Blog/Mayer Brown Speaker & Events Speaker Event & Podcast with Mayer Brown January 27, 2025 Mayer Brown Speaker Event & Podcast Welcome to Season 4 of our NextGen Talks podcast series. In Episode 2, we are thrilled to welcome one of the world’s leading big wave surfers, Freddy Olander. In our conversation, Freddy shares his […]

Home/Blog/ASYS Speaker Event Speaker & Events ASYS Speaker Event January 27, 2025 Freddy Olander at ASYS: Big Wave Surfer and Keynote Speaker Freddy Olander, an inspiring big wave surfer from Berlin, delivered a keynote at ASYS that left a lasting impression on the audience. His global travels to the world’s most challenging surf locations, and […]

Home/Blog/Big Wave Alliance Big Wave Surfing Big Wave Alliance January 27, 2025 The Media Goes Wild: A Big Wave Rebel Tour Is Brewing The Big Wave Alliance, co-founded by Freddy Olander and legendary big wave surfer Gary Linden, has been making waves in the international surf media. A new kind of big wave tour is […]

Home/Blog/Wellenreiten Magazine Media & Press Wellenreiten Magazine January 25, 2025 Deutsche Big-Wave-Surfer sind selten Wellenreiten Magazine, eines der fuehrenden deutschsprachigen Surf-Fachmagazine, hat Freddy Olander portraitiert. Das Magazin beschreibt ihn treffend: Deutsche Big-Wave-Surfer sind selten. Einer von ihnen ist Freddy Olander, der jeden Winter Berlin verlaesst, um in Portugal die groessten Wellen zu reiten. Das Interview […]

Home/Blog/Hauptstadt Podcast Media & Press Hauptstadt Podcast January 18, 2024 Wie man als Berliner zum Big Wave Surfer wird Der Hauptstadt Podcast hat Freddy Olander eingeladen, um ueber eine der unwahrscheinlichsten Karrieregeschichten im deutschen Sport zu sprechen: wie man als gebuertiger Berliner zum professionellen Big Wave Surfer wird. Die Folge ist auf ivoox verfuegbar und […]

Home/Blog/Surf Talk Podcast Media & Press Surf Talk Podcast January 18, 2024 Big Wave Surfing im Talk: Freddy Olander auf Surf Talk The Surf Talk Podcast, one of the leading German-language surf podcasts, dedicated a full episode to Freddy Olander and his life as a professional big wave surfer in Nazare, Portugal. The episode, available […]

Home/Blog/ntv Interview Media & Press ntv Interview with Freddy Olander January 17, 2024 ntv Big Wave Surfing Interview with Freddy Olander ntv, the German news television channel, featured Freddy Olander in a segment on big wave surfing at Nazare, Portugal. The interview gives the ntv audience an inside perspective on the sport from one of […]

Home/Blog/RTL Interview 2024 Media & Press RTL Interview with Freddy Olander January 17, 2024 RTL Interview: Big Wave Surfing in Nazare RTL, one of Germany’s most-watched television networks, interviewed Freddy Olander about his life as a professional big wave surfer in Nazare, Portugal. The interview gives a German prime-time television audience a rare inside look […]

Home/Blog/GEO Magazine Media & Press GEO Magazine Feature September 20, 2023 GEO Magazin: Der Berliner Big Wave Surfer in Nazare GEO ist eines der renommiertesten deutschen Magazine ueberhaupt. Als Wissenschafts-, Natur- und Geografiemagazin mit Millionen Lesern ist ein Feature in GEO ein deutliches Signal: Freddy Olanders Geschichte hat nicht nur die Surf-Community, sondern ein breites, […]

Home/Blog/Surfers Mag Media & Press Vom Grossstadtcowboy zum Big Wave Surfer September 20, 2023 Vom Grossstadtdschungel in Berlin zum Big Wave Surfen nach Nazare Surfers Mag, das fuehrende deutschsprachige Surf-Magazin, hat Freddy Olander in einem grossen Portrait gezeigt. Der Titel trifft seine Geschichte auf den Punkt: Vom Grossstadtdschungel in Berlin zum Big Wave Surfen nach […]

Home/Blog/Surfer Lifestyle Media & Press The Surfer Lifestyle September 20, 2023 The Surfer Lifestyle: Life as a Professional Big Wave Surfer in Nazare Heidi Hansen, whose writing on Freddy Olander has appeared across multiple publications, wrote a dedicated feature on what she calls the Surfer Lifestyle: the daily reality of living and working as a […]

Home/Blog/Surfers Today Media & Press Surfers Today Feature September 20, 2023 A German Perspective on Surfing the Big Waves of Nazare Surfers Today, one of the world’s leading online surf publications with a global readership, published a feature on Freddy Olander titled A German Perspective on Surfing the Big Waves of Nazare. The article explores […]

Home/Blog/Challenging Nazare Big Wave Surfing Challenging Nazare September 20, 2023 Challenging Nazare: Article by Heidi Hansen Journalist and surf writer Heidi Hansen spent time with Freddy Olander in Nazare to document what it means to challenge the world’s most famous big wave break. The resulting article, titled Challenging Nazare, is one of the most detailed […]

Home/Blog/Boys Are Back Big Wave Surfing Boys Are Back in Nazare September 19, 2023 Boys Are Back in Town: A New Season at Nazare Every autumn, as the first Atlantic swells of the season begin to build, the professional big wave surfing community that calls Nazare home starts returning from their summer locations. For Freddy […]