Austrian pair wingfoil on the country's highest mountain lake

SHOWS: SCHWARZSEE, AUSTRIA (JULY 7, 2020) (EYESPRINT - EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES)

1. DRONE FOOTAGE OF MOUNTAINS

2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAX MATISSEK SAYING:

"Well actually it was like Stefan (Spiessberger) and me were like normally at this time of year we would be somewhere around the world, like either on a photoshoot or on a World Cup or something.

"Both of us are kind of pandemic-wise in Austria, so we were like let's do something, let's be creative, let's find a new surf sport."

3. VARIOUS OF MATISSEK AND SPIESSBERGER CLIMBING UP TO LAKE

4. FOOTAGE OF WINGFOIL ON MOUNTAIN LAKE

5. ON BOARD WINGFOIL

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAX MATISSEK SAYING:

"Once it kept going and we were like climbing a bit and hiking it felt quite ok. And in the end when we were up there it still felt really unreal to be honest. Like to manage to get up there was really cool.

7. WINGFOIL ON LAKE

STORY: Seeking a new challenge with the enforced lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Austrian windsurfers climb to the country's highest mountain lake to try out wingfoiling.

Wingfoiling is a mix of kitesurfing and windsurfing. You use an inflatable wing and sail on a small hydrofoil board. As soon as the foil creates lift, the board gets out of the water and you hover around one metre above the water surface. This makes it possible to surf with low or barely no wind as well as at high altitude with thin air.

Max Matissek and Stefan Spiessberger climbed and hiked up to surf in the stunning surroundings of Schwarzsee at 2796 meters of altitude.

"Stefan and me were like normally at this time of year we would be somewhere around the world, like either on a photoshoot or on a World Cup or something," said Matissek.

"Both of us are kind of pandemic-wise in Austria, so we were like let's do something, let's be creative, let's find a new surf sport.

"In the end when we were up there it still felt really unreal to be honest."

(Production: Andy Ragg)