Hossegor, June 19th 2009

FMG surfer Marlon Lipke will be on German national television on June 24th 2009. Lipke, Germany’s sole representative on the ASP World Tour, the elite surfing circuit, which features the best 45 surfers in the world, will appear in the “Morgenmagazin”, the morning magazine of the ARD, the biggest German national TV channel (www.daserste.de/moma/ ).

Lipke will be a studio guest; sharing the experiences he made during the first events on tour in 2009, in particular the Billabong Pro Teahupoo in Tahiti, one of the most spectacular surfing events on the ASP calendar. A TV team followed Marlon around the tropical island in May, capturing the life on tour of Germany’s first true professional surfer.

If you receive German TV and you are up for an early one on Wednesday, June 24th, switch on to “Das Erste”. The show airs from 5.30 AM to 9 AM.

In the meantime, check out the teaser of Marlon’s documentary below, which will air on Eurosport and FUEL TV (US) in July (exact dates to be confirmed).