Dr. Giorgos Sakkas

Dr. Giorgos Sakkas

Dr. Giorgos Sakkas is a professor of Health Sciences at Plymouth Marjon University, UK.

His scientific career begun at the University of Athens in Greece. He continued at the graduate level in the UK and then worked for a number of years as a clinical researcher at the University of California San Francisco, in the USA. He returned to Europe in 2005 and worked at the University of Thessaly. In 2016 he moved to the UK. He has translated and edited to Greek the book of Umberto Pelizzari “The Manual of Free Diving” and since 2008 he is an International Apnea Academy Instructor. Dr Sakkas has published more than 100 research articles in human physiology and pathophysiology, including the only available studies dealing with the concept of “Human Aquaticity”.  His early sports career was in competitive swiming reaching the National Team in the discipline of breastroke.  Since 2005 he has been competing in all free diving and pool disciplines and has coached many athletes. He has been the Greek National Team Captain for two World Championships and has achieved national records in the disciplines of DNF and CNF.

Scott Free Racing

The first extreme sports brand ambassadors from the USA have joined Vostok-Europe the Scott Free Super Boat World Champion Racing Team. This father and son duo – Steve and Stephen Kildahl – racked up an impressive record since launching in 1985.

The team holds three world championships, two USA national championships, two world endurance and speed records. Their equipment now includes a Vostok Europe chrono, which they tested in the high-speed races off Florida in 2016. The watches worked flawlessly. A 500-piece limited edition, this red and white stunner is ready for the high seas or a lazy day by the lake.

Scott Free Racing

Žydrūnas Savickas

Lithuanian professional strongman and one of the greatest strongman competitors of all time. He is the only modern strongman competitor to have won every major strongman competition, most notably the Worlds Strongest Man in 2009, 2010, 2012 and  in 2014, Fortissimus in 2009, the Strongman Champions League 2008 & 2012, the World Log Lift Champion-ship in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, and Europe’s Strongest Man 3 times in 2010, 2012 & 2013. Savickas is often reffered to by his nickname, “Big Z”

Jurgis Kairys

The sky is no longer the limit!

Vostok-Europe brand ambassador Jurgis Kairys has never let the sky be his limit. One of the most respected and well-known aerobatic pilots on the planet, the Lithuanian Kairys holds many world records and is considered a “pilot’s pilot”. As an aeronautical engineer, Kairys participated in development of many Sukhoi aerobatic aircraft, including his own “Juka” model. He is a multiple World Grand Prix of Aerobatics Overall Champion and invented several signature aerobatic maneuvers, including the aptly named “Kairys Wheel”.

He is the first pilot to ever perform the “Cobra” maneuver wherein a fixed-wing aircraft is made to hover like a helicopter. Kairys also flew inverted under a seven-meter high bridge in Kaunas and under all bridges in Vilnius, Lithuania. Vostok-Europe is now proud to be a part of this famed pilot’s flight gear.

Jurgis Kairys
Benediktas Vanagas

Benediktas Vanagas

For going to Extremes

Meet the sportsman who won last Dakar among privateers! He is one of most versatile drivers in Europe and Vostok-Europe brand ambassador to go to extremes. Over the past decade and a half, Vanagas took on the challenge of hundreds of rallies and motorsport events around the globe, including recently won Dakar Rally among privateers.

He captured the top spot in the 2013 Palanga 1000 kilometer race behind the wheel of a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S and secured 2nd place in 2009 and 2010 in the world’s most known Ladoga Trophy off road marathon. His future plans include the 24th running of the Le Mans and to continue to carry Vostok-Europe on his wrist around sharp turns and over rugged mountain passes.

João Rainho

Former Portuguese marine, João Rainho started his saturation diver’s career in 2005 and usually works around a hundred meters deep – just few hundred people in the World could work at such deepness!

Saturation diving is one of the most dangerous professions in the world. This diving technique allows divers to work at great depths for long periods of time and reduce the risk of decompression sickness. The divers stay in saturation chambers with a helium-rich atmosphere and breathe a gas mixture called Heliox, which consists of a small percentage of oxygen and a large percentage of helium, replacing the nitrogen naturally present in the air.

The helium gas can create problems for tools – especially for watches because smallest helium molecules easily penetrates through all watch’s gaskets inside of the watch case. When the divers return to the surface, the helium quickly escapes due to the change in pressure and can destroy the watch.

João Rainho has tested Vostok Europe watches in real conditions of the deep diving, in helium-rich atmosphere of the saturation chamber and during short decompression on the way back to surface – that was a unique opportunity to test water-resistant construction and helium release valves of Vostok Europe watches!

João Rainho