Crozon Morgat PWA World Cup

A look ahead to the penultimate stop of the 2015 PWA Wave World Tour

The end of another epic PWA Wave World Tour is dawning with just two events remaining on this year’s calendar. The penultimate event of the year kicks off this Friday in Crozon Morgat as the PWA elite prepare to return to France on the back of last year’s amazing spectacle in La Torche.

Crozon Morgat is also located in Finistére, but is about 75km north of La Torche. However, it still offers the same world class waves that the Bretagné region is renowned for thanks to the punchy Atlantic swells, which constantly hit northwest France. 

The Crozon Morgat PWA World Cup will also see the return of a roaming event and two locations will be available to ensure that the best possible conditions are captured during the contest.

Title Race

Women’s

Daida Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra) holds a perfect record so far this season with two event victories out of two and could have the title race sewn up with another victory here. Daida has been at her imperious best throughout the season with an extensive jumping repertoire and aggressive wave riding, but she will face stern competition again from Iballa Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra), who has been sailing through the pain barrier for much of the year.

Between the legendary twins there’s a ferocious battle developing for the final place on the prestigious podium between — Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) and Amanda Beenen (99NoveNove / Point-7) — and the two women will be firing on all cylinders again over the week ahead. Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg) also remains right on the tails of Offringa and Beenen and will be there or there abouts again.

Men’s

Philip Köster (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) and Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North / MFC) are set to resume their epic battle in a few days time. The duo have been almost inseparable so far this season and as a result they are currently tied on points. However, it is Köster who holds a marginal lead thanks to recording two event victories, compared to the Spaniard’s one. 

The upcoming duel promises to produce another enthralling fight between the current top two in the world and the stakes couldn’t be higher with both sailors knowing that any mistake now could cost them a shot at this year’s title — even though they could discard their result here it would then place massive pressure on them to excel in Maui.

Elsewhere Jaeger Stone (Starboard / Severne) continues to enjoy a fine season and currently sits in a solid third place after another top 5 finish. The Aussie ripper has been involved at the business end of proceedings at every event this year and he’ll be pushing hard again with more radical wave riding, as he looks to hang onto a finish on the overall podium.

We’ll take an in-depth look at the remaining top candidates in the full event preview, which will be available on Thursday. 

The Crozon Morgat PWA World Cup runs from the 16th-22nd October and promises to be packed with some of the biggest and most spectacular action in the world. As always you’ll be able to follow all of the amazing action as it happens via the PWA live stream and live ticker @ www.pwaworldtour.com. Who’s your money on?