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Chris Benz

Ocean Team

Club of the top athletes

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The CHRIS BENZ Ocean Team is a community consisting of divers, surf icons, sailors and other professional athletes around the world. Our team of athletes has played an integral role as being part of the CHRIS BENZ philosophy since the beginning: to love and live the underwater world and its water sports.

They act as testimonials for being involved in extreme situations of “life at the limit”, always pushing the boundaries of recorded limits, while putting our products on their wrists to the ultimate of tests.

CHRIS BENZ creates innovations and quality: Thanks to the experience of many years, and numerous meetings with the Ocean Team, it is possible to encourage our development and improve the assortment of our time pieces constantly.

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Chris Benz

Ocean Team

Club of the top athletes

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Björn Dunkerbeck
Björn Dunkerbeck

Details

  • Name: Björn Dunkerbeck
  • Birthday/Birthplace: 16th of July 1969 in Ribe (Denmark)
  • Place of residence: Switzerland
  • Sport discipline: Windsurfing (Wave, Speed & Slalom)
  • My friends call me: "Dunki"
  • Life motto: "Have fun and go to your limits"
  • Activities: Family, Snowboarding
  • The important person(s) in your life: Family, children and friends
  • Favourite meal: Italian, Spanish and Sushi
  • Favourite music: AC/DC, Offspring, Pearl Jam and Metallica

More informations to the Björn Dunkerbeck SIGNATURE EDITION
you will find here.

Björn Dunkerbeck
Björn Dunkerbeck

Titles

  • 12x World Campion PWA Overall
  • 10x World Campion PWA Slalom
  • 5x World Campion PWA Course Racing
  • 4x World Campion PWA Racing
  • 7x World Campion PWA Waveriding
  • 1x World Campion PWA Freestyle
  • 2x World Campion ISA Speed

HOMEPAGE: www.dunkerbeck.com

Björn Dunkerbeck
Björn Dunkerbeck

Interview

„As a professional athlete and 41 time world champ, it is very important for me, besides having many partners, finding one sustainable sponsor that impresses not only through its respective products, but also fits my style.

It is not easy, to find someone who satisfy and meets these requirements of professional sports and its athletes.

With my partner CHRIS BENZ Watches Intl. at my side, I managed to find such a symbiotic relationship- being part of an international team of water-sportsmen, riding as part of the CHRIS BENZ Ocean Team.

The watches are designed to withstand the toughest use and impress with their uncompromising ergonomic design and superior craftsmanship- doesn’t matter if in High-Speed, Slalom or in the wave.”

Chris Benz

Ocean Team

Club of the top athletes

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Sarah-Quita Offringa
Sarah-Quita Offringa

Details

  • Name: Sarah-Quita Offringa
  • Birthday/Birthplace: 4th of July 1991 in Oranjestad (Aruba)
  • Place of residence: Netherlands
  • Sport discipline: Windsurfing (Freestyle & Slalom)
  • My friends call me: "SQ" or "Cabeibusha"
  • Life motto: "Enjoy life"
  • Activities: Reading, Tennis and many other sports
  • The important person(s) in your life: Family and friends
  • Favourite meal: Vegetarian or Thai
  • Favourite music: Just depends on my mood - but always reggae and rap
Sarah-Quita Offringa
Sarah-Quita Offringa

Titles

  • 6x World Champion PWA Freestyle
  • 1x World Champion PWA Slalom

HOMEPAGE: www.sarah-quita.com

Sarah-Quita Offringa
Sarah-Quita Offringa

Interview

„As a young international world champ, it is very important to know a suitable and competent cooperation partner at my side that impresses not only through its brand image, but also convinces with the reliability of products.

When I start for freestyle competitions against my competitors, he must be right. Not only on my board. Thanks to the colored CHRIS BENZ model series with its colored straps, I can adjust my color for each of my tricks. (Free) style your Life."

Chris Benz

Ocean Team

Club of the top athletes

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Antoine Albeau
Antoine Albeau

Details

  • Name: Antoine Albeau
  • Birthday/Birthplace: 17th of June 1972 in La Rochelle (France)
  • Place of residence: France
  • Sport discipline: Windsurfing (Wave, Speed & Slalom)
  • My friends call me: "Tonio"
  • Life motto: "Try to enjoy and do, what you like to do"
  • Activities: many different kind of sports
  • The important person(s) in your life: Family, my girl friend Paola
  • Favourite meal: Arepa, venezuelian food and spicy chicken curry
  • Favourite music: Pop and Rock
Antoine Albeau
Antoine Albeau

Titles

  • 23x World Champion PWA
  • Windsurfer of the year 2010
  • Windsurfing speed holder with 52.05kts (96.40 km/h)

HOMEPAGE: www.antoinealbeau.com
FACBOOK: Antoine Albeau F192
INSTAGRAM: Antoinealbeau

Antoine Albeau
Antoine Albeau

Interview

“As a 23-time world champion and professional sportsman, it is very important for me to have suitable partners around me.

In the surf scene, it’s not usually easy to find these kinds of sponsors and good manufacturers, who do justice to all the demands of pro sport, and deliver convincing product quality.

But the philosophy of the Ocean team and their high-quality, premium products give me inspiration, for the style of their watches and professional manufacture stand up to every challenge I make of them – and that was, and is, what convinced me!“

Chris Benz

Ocean Team

Club of the top athletes

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René Trost
René Trost

Details

  • Name: René Trost
  • Date and place of birth: 17/05/1971 Wattwil Switzerland
  • Residence: Ulisbach Switzerland
  • Disciplines: Static, DYN (distance diving with fins) CWT (deep diving with fins)
  • My friends call me: "René"
  • Personal motto: "Enjoy the moment and live your passion"
  • Hobbies: All sorts of things depending on mood
  • The most important person/people in my life: Family, my wife Karin
  • Favourite food: Various
  • Favourite music: Pop and rock
René Trost
René Trost

Titles

  • SSI Instructor 2015 after training worldwide 2nd place
  • SSI Instructor of the Year 2013

HOMEPAGE: www.freediving-ostschweiz.ch
FACBOOK: Freediving Ostschweiz
INSTAGRAM: rene.trost

René Trost
René Trost

Interview

"As a freediving instructor, trainer and extreme sportsperson it is really important to me to have the right collaboration partner. It is really difficult in the freediving scene to find a good sponsor and manufacturer who meets all of the requirements of the diving sport with high-quality products.

My philosophy of high-quality training for students and instructors is the same as the philosophy of CHRIS BENZ; namely guaranteeing a high-quality, perfect product which withstands all of the pressures and high demands placed upon it in every situation, which has inspired me in all respects!"

Chris Benz

Ocean Team

Club of the top athletes

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Andreas Güldner
Andreas Güldner

Details

  • Name: Andreas Güldner
  • Date of birth / place of birth: 28.03.1986 in Nuremberg
  • Home city: Kiel
  • Disciplines: Skandalopetra, Constant Weight, No Limit
  • My friends call me: Andy
  • Life motto: "Make the world a better place"
  • Hobbies: Free diving, swimming
  • The most important person / people in my life are: My wife and my son
  • Favorite food: Franconian braised beef
  • Favorite music: Rock
Andreas Güldner
Andreas Güldner

Titles

  • World record in the ancient free-diving discipline Skandalopetra
  • Various national free-diving records
  • First German free-diver to dive through the famous arch in the Blue Hole (Egypt) (2006)
  • Trained mine clearance diver

HOMEPAGE: www.andreasgueldner.de
FACBOOK: Andreas Güldner
INSTAGRAM: andy_gueldner

Andreas Güldner
Andreas Güldner

Interview

In my sport and in my profession, I have to be able to rely on both my abilities and my equipment one hundred percent.

No matter whether I'm in the desert, on the high seas, or diving at depths of over 100m with just a single breath - reliability, precision, and durability are a must if I'm going to achieve my goals successfully.

This philosophy is what connects me to the brand CHRIS BENZ; I am very happy to have found a partner whose products stand up to the highest levels of stress in any situation.