Hvide Sande PWA World Cup
The final day of the 2016 Hvide Sande PWA World Cup saw an intense finish to the event even though it wasn’t possible to complete any further racing. During the morning there was barely a breath of wind, but during the afternoon a marginal breeze built — creating a nail biting wait for Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) and Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7), who led the event at the time — with Offringa on the verge of a 3rd slalom world crown.
However, the wind remained between 5-12 knots and with no further sign of improvement the sailors were released at 4:30pm — guaranteeing Offringa back-to-back slalom world titles and Iachino a second victory of the season, which sends the Italian to the top of the rankings for the first time since South Korea.
Sarah-Quita Offringa reacts after capturing her 3rd slalom world title — 12th overall — and her 2nd world title this season after winning her 9th freestyle world crown earlier this year: “I’m very happy. I was emotional when the event was officially called off because it’s been a stressful day with the conditions right on the edge, so it was pretty nerve wracking. It’s great to see so many girls competing with such a high level and hopefully that’s a good sign for the future. Thanks to all of my sponsors and much love to my family and friends for their non-stop support.”
Lena Erdil (Starboard / Point-7 / AL360) ends 2016 as the vice-world champion: “I didn’t really realise how close I was to winning the title and that 2nd here would’ve been enough. I’m still really happy to win the second race here and to have won two out of the three races completed this year. Second place isn’t a bad result and at the start of the season I’d have probably taken it if it was offered. Its also great to see the fleet getting stronger and stronger and things look exciting for the future.”
Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7) returns to the top of the rankings: “I came here before the event, but the conditions were completely different when we started competing. I won in Korea and didn’t have the bestCosta Brava and was solid in Fuerte. Now I’m really happy to be leading. Me and Pierre have the same points but I think I lead because I’ve managed to win two events this year. It looks like it is going to be another exciting title race with two events to go."
Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / GA Sails) earns a maiden podium: “This is two firsts for me even though I finished 3rd here. This was my first time to visit Denmark and my first podium finish on the world tour, which is a dream come true for me. This is only my second full year on tour, so I really wasn’t expecting this to happen so soon. It’s amazing. Denmark is also very beautiful and I hope that we have the opportunity to come back for several years to come.”
That concludes the first ever Hvide Sande PWA World Cup and the PWA would like to extend their thanks to all of the sponsors who made the event possible and offer their congratulations to all of the winners. We’ll be back on the 19th September until the 24th September for the next installment of radical waves from Cold Hawaii.
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Overall Ranking 2016 Women’s PWA Slalom World Tour
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Lena Erdil (Starboard / Point-7 / AL360)
3rd Delphine Cousin Questel (Starboard / Gun Sails)
4th Fujiko Onishi (Starboard / Point-7)
5th Fulya Ünlü (Starboard / Severne)
Overall Ranking 2016 Hvide Sande PWA World Cup — Women’s Slalom
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Delphine Cousin Questel (Starboard / Gun Sails)
3rd Lena Erdil (Starboard / Point-7 / AL360)
4th Maja Dziarnowska (RRD / RRD Sails)
5th Fujiko Onishi (Starboard / Point-7)
Overall Ranking 2016 Hvide Sande PWA World Cup — Men’s Slalom
1st Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails)
3rd Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / GA Sails)
4th Vincent Langer (Fanatic / NorthSails)
5th Julien Quentel (Patrik / Avanti)
6th Andrea Cucchi (Starboard / Point-7)
7th Sebastian Kornum (JP / NeilPryde)
8th Mateus Isaac (JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde)
10th Marco Lang (Fanatic / NorthSails)
Current Rankings 2016 Men’s PWA World Cup
1st Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails)
3rd Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic / Shamal Sunglasses)
4th Julien Quentel (Patrik / Avanti)
5th Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde)
6th Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails)
7th Andrea Cucchi (Starboard / Point-7)
8th Arnon Dagan (RRD / NeilPryde)
9th Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic)
10th Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne)