About
Who is behind REACH
REACH is a sailing brand from Munich, founded by Niklas Mattes, who races himself and sits on the board of the Tempest class association.
Today
Today the focus is REACH Production: Visibility for watersports. Our own content from the scene and the REACH Academy will follow later.
Niklas Mattes
Founder, producer and photographer
Niklas Mattes founded REACH. He sails a Tempest and is responsible for social media and marketing on the board of the Tempest class association, so he knows the work behind a class’s channels first-hand.
Before REACH, he and his team delivered photo and video projects in sailing under his agency NIMANET.
Source for the board role: Tempest class association, tempestclass.de, accessed 1 October 2026.
How we work
- We state up front what we bring, what you provide and what is not included.
- On the water, your race committee has the final say.
- Work produced for an organiser is labelled as such.
REACH is new.
The experience comes from photo and video productions under the NIMANET name.
- 49er European ChampionshipEvent photography
- Tempest · Training on Lake GardaVideo
Produced by the REACH team under NIMANET, the agency of Niklas Mattes.
To be transparent: Niklas sits on the board of the Tempest class association. We therefore show work for the Tempest class as a work sample, not as an independent client reference.