- Judging Criteria | 12 Minute Heats | 3 Minute Transition | Best 2 Waves & 2 Jumps to Count
- Elimination ladders for the Youth's can be found HERE.
18:18 That's it for the day here in Gran Canaria - congratulations to Alexia Kiefer Quintana for earlier claiming victory in the Girl's U21s and to Gregory Stathopoulos, who currently leads the Boy's U21 fleet after claiming a brilliant victory in the Single Elimination earlier today. The young Greek will now look to defend that place in the Double Elimination over the last couple of days. We'll be back tomorrow from 9:30am with the skippers' meeting - first possible start 10am. Thanks for tuning in and see you again tomorrow.
18:16 Result Boy's U18 Heat 13 - Samuele Ferraro advances
18:15 End of Heat
18:12 Nice shifty from Moriya, which closes the gap, but it isn't enough...
18:12 With just a few minutes to go Ferraro has opened up just over a three point lead. Moriya goes down on a backloop.
18:09 Moriya attempts a goiter, but can't quite pull it off.
18:09 At the halfway stage there's less than a point between them... the winner of this progresses into the fop four, for the loser it's the end of the road for this year.
18:03 Boy's U21 Heat 13 now sailing - Ferraro vs Moriya
18:01 Result Boy's U18 Heat 13 - Fernando Sottile advances
18:00 End of Heat
17:55 Only a couple of points in it after the opening exchanges, but that's without Silvestri landing a second jump.
17:48 Boy's U18 Heat 13 now sailing - Silvestri vs Sottile
17:45 Back in sequence 3 minutes until Boy's U18 Heat 13 - SIlvestri vs Sottile
17:33 There will now be a heat break before we progress into the man-on-man heats.
17:32 Result Boy's U21 Heat 12 - Takumi Moriya advances by just 0.12 of a point ahead of Kymani Laurent
17:30 End of Heat
17:29 Laurent attempts a double forward again, but doesn't quite sail away from it... Laurent finds a ramp just before the end of the heat to land a backloop.
17:27 Into the last three minutes on this one and it's Moriya with a bit of breathing room in first place. Remember only the top sailor progresses from this heat.
17:25 Moriya moves into the lead after pulling off another shifty just as he did in the previous heat.
17:22 Alonso leading this one early on having landed a pushloop and a backloop.
17:18 Boy's U21 Heat 12 now sailing - Laurent vs Moriya vs Filippi vs Alonso
17:16 Result Boy's U18 Heat 12 - Fernando Sottile advances into the man-on-man heat where he'll face Silvestri.
17:15 End of Heat
17:09 Halfway through this one it's Sottile leading ahead of Barutell, but there's not much separating 1st-4th, so that could still all change.
17:03 Boy's U18 Heat 12 now sailing - Rosso-Chioso vs Sugi vs Barutell vs Sottile
17:02 Result U21 Boy's Heat 11 - Laurent and Filippi advance
17:00 End of Heat
16:58 Noguchi has come through to pick up the lead, while Filippi has moved into second place at the expense of Laurent, who has just attempted a double forward.
16:54 Kymani Laurent leads at the halfway stage - he almost just landed a taka, but couldn't quite sail out of it.
16:48 Boy's U21 Heat 11 now sailing - Labarga vs Laurent vs Filippi vs Noguchi
16:46 Result Boy's U21 Heat 10 - Moriya and Alonso advance
16:45 End of Heat
16:39 With just under half the heat to go it currently looks like being Alonso and Moriya advancing unless Costanzo or De Druz can find something...
16:38 Moriya, who is one of the best up and coming Freestylers lands a shifty - 4.38 points.
16:33 Boy's U21 Heat 10 now sailing - Constanzo vs De Cruz vs Moriya vs Alonso
16:33 Result Boy's U18 Heat 11 - Rosso-Chioso and Barutell advance
16:30 End of Heat
16:18 Boy's U18 Heat 11 now sailing - Pezzetti vs Barutell vs Kakegawa vs Rosso-Chioso
16:17 Result U18 Boy's Heat 10 - Sugi and Sottile advance
16:03 Boy's U18 Heat 10 now sailing - Vega vs Sugi vs Sottile vs Konishi
16:01 Result Boy's U21 Heat 8 - Constanzo and Filippi advance.
16:00 End of Heat
15:48 Boy's U21 Heat 8 now sailing - Constanzo vs Maethner vs Filippi
15:46 Result Boy's U18 Heat 8 - Vega and Kakegawa advance.
15:45 End of Heat
15:33 Boy's U18 Heat 8 now sailing - Vega vs Mazzoli vs Kakegawa
15:29 Four minutes to go until Boy's U18 Heat 8 - Vega vs Mazzoli vs Kakegawa
15:00 It's ON! U21 and U18s Double Eliminations will be starting at 15:30.
14:02 We'll now be moving back to announcements for all fleets. Next announcement for Youth's and Women's at 3pm.
14:01 Result Girls U21 Final - 1st Kiefer Quintana 2nd Morales 3rd Wermeister 4th Lale
14:00 End of Heat
13:59 Into the last minutes and it looks like Kiefer Quintana has another one wrapped up here.
13:57 Morales lands a nice forward loop.
13:52 Kiefer Quintana will move into the lead after landing a backloop.
13:48 Girl's U21 Final III now sailing - Kiefer Quintana vs Lale vs Wermeister vs Morales
13:46 Result Boy's U21 Final - 1st Stathopoulos 2nd Kiefer Quintana 3rd Richter 4th Ferraro
13:45 End of Heat
13:44 Kiefer Quintana lands a regular backloop too, but he'll need more than that...
13:43 Stathopoulos pings a frontside and backside 360 for his best wave of the heat and he'll extend his advantage here - 6.62 points. Kiefer Quintana lands a regular pushloop.
13:42 Into the last few minutes of this one...
13:41 Stathopoulous moves into the lead after landing a backloop, but Kiefer Quintana yet to land a second jump.
13:39 That double forward from Stathopoulos has brought him to within just 0.2 of a point of Kiefer Quintana.
13:38 Stathopoulos loads up and unwinds through a perfect double forward - 8.12 points.
13:36 Nice wave from Kiefer Quintana as he opens with an aggressive snap and then lands a forward off the lip - 5.25 points - and he holds a healthy advantage early on.
13:35 Big stalled forward from Ferraro - landed perfectly.
13:34 Kiefer Quintana opens with a double forward. Stathopoulos tries to follow suit, but sails away very wet. Meanwhile, Richter opens with a backloop.
13:33 Boy's U21 Final now sailing - Stathopoulos vs Kiefer Quintana vs Richter vs Ferraro
13:31 Result U21 Girl's Final II - 1st Kiefer Quintana 2nd Morales 3rd Wermeister 4th Lale
13:30 End of Heat
13:29 Kiefer Quintana surely secures the victory as she hits a solid ramp and flies through a beautiful backloop. Judges liked it - 7.25 points.
13:28 Big backloop from Kiefer Quintana for her second jump score - landed a little wet, but that'll give her plenty of breathing room again - 5.75 - points and surely too late for Morales to deny her now.
13:26 Morales lands a forward loop to move to within just 0.38 of a point of Kiefer Quintana, but she has yet to land her second jump.
13:24 At about the halfway stage Kiefer Quintana leads again after winning the opening final earlier today. Wermeister was in second place, but Morales has just landed a nice backloop to move into second place.
13:20 Conditions starting to look more difficult now with the tide getting quite high, so the waves are getting fatter and fatter, which is making riding and jumping more challenging.
13:19 Kiefer Quintana kicks things off with a forward loop.
13:18 Girl's U21 Final II now sailing - Kiefer Quintana vs Lale vs Wermeister vs Morales
13:16 Result U21 Boy's Heat 6 - Kiefer Quintana and Ferraro advance into the final.
13:15 End of Heat
13:09 Big stalled forward by Kiefer Quintana, who has now moved into a clear lead, while Noguchi is back in contention after a pushloop and abackloop. Ferraro lands a big clean backie.
13:07 After the initial exchanges it's Alonso with a narrow advantage over Kiefer Quintana, who has sailed away from a wet double forward, and Ferraro. Noguchi yet to land anything of note.
13:03 U21 Boy's Heat 6 now sailing - Kiefer Quintana vs Noguchi vs Ferraro vs Alonso
13:01 Result Boy's U21 Heat 5 - Stathopoulos and Richter advance into the final.
13:00 End of Heat
12:59 Richter up into the top two after landing a stylish one-footed forward.
12:56 Stathopoulos leading the opening semifinal as we head into the latter stages of this one followed by De Cruz... what can Ricther and Laurent find in the closing stages?
12:48 U21 Boy's Heat 5 now sailing - Stathopoulos vs Richter vs Laurent vs De Cruz
12:32 There will now be a one heat break before the Boy's U21 semifinals.
12:31 Result U21 Boy's Heat 4 - Noguchi and De Cruz advance - they finished tied on 15 points each.
12:30 End of Heat
12:18 U21 Boy's Heat 4 now sailing - Filippi vs De Cruz vs Noguchi
12:16 Result U21 Boy's Heat 3 - Kiefer Quintana and Laurent advance - very close between Laurent and Labarga, but the latter just misses out.
12:15 End of Heat
12:09 Kiefer Quintana lands a solid double forward - 7.62 points - to extend his lead and he'll be safely through to the semifinals.
12:06 Sick vert frontside air from Kiefer Quintana to extend his lead - 4.38 points.
12:04 Expect to see Carlos Kiefer Quintana dominate this one with the local boy finishing joint 13th in the main draw - he opens with a perfect stalled forward - 4.5 points.
12:03 U21 Boy's Heat 3 now sailing - Kiefer Quintana vs Labarga vs Laurent
12:01 Result U21 Boy's Heat 2 - Richter and Alonso advance
12:00 End of Heat
11:57 Alonso is the sailor to have come through into a clear second place for the time being - into the last few minutes of this one.
11:54 Anton Richter, who finished 21st in the main draw, is totally in command of this heat at the halfway stage... then it's relatively close between the other three, who look like they are fighting for the second qualifying place.
11:48 U21 Boy's Heat 2 now sailing - Moriya vs Alonso vs Maethner vs Richter
11:46 Result Boy's U21 Heat 1 - Stathopoulos and Ferraro advance.
11:45 End of Heat
11:39 Action going off in his one as Stathopoulos spins through a good double forward - 7 points. All three of these U21s also competed in the main draw.
11:34 Conditions continue to look good with howling winds and curently fun waves at the bunker.
11:33 U21 Boy's Heat 1 now sailing - Ferraro vs Costanzo vs Stathopoulos
11:31 Result Girls U21 Final - 1st Kiefer Quintana 2nd Morales 3rd Wermeister 4th Lale
11:30 End of Heat
11:29 Morales lands a backloop to close the gap to Kiefer Quintana, but it's still Kiefer Quintana who leads by 2.05 points with less than a minute to go.
11:26 Into the final third of the first U21 Girl's Final and it's Kiefer Quintana and Morales in the top two, which isn't a big surprise given how they both generally perform in the pro fleet.
11:18 Girl's U21 Final now sailing - Kiefer Quintana vs Lale vs Wermeister vs Morales
11:16 Result Master's Final - 1st Gobisch 2nd Friedl 3rd Viscovich 4th Scotto
11:15 End of Heat
11:14 Into the last minutes...
11:12 Friedl did temporarily take the lead after dropping his best wave score, but Gobisch then lands a backloop to regain the lead by a few points.
11:11 Gobisch continues to lead - even though he hasn't landed his second jump yet - so if he does land his second wave he'll be in real control of the final. However, as it stands just one point separates him and Friedl.
11:08 Gobisch comes from last to first after landing a good pushloop and linking together the best wave of the heat - 6.5 points.
11:07 Friedl gets his second jump with a pushloop.
11:05 Nice backloop from Friedl by the bunker - 5 points and he curently leads ahead of Viscovich.
11:03 Master's Final now sailing - Scotto vs Friedl vs Viscovich vs Gobisch
11:00 Red flag is now up for the Master's Final - 3 minutes to go...
10:47 Result Master's Heat 6 - Friedl and Gobisch advance into the final.
10:46 There will now be a heat break before the Master's Final - Red flag up at 11am.
10:45 End of Heat
10:44 Into the final minute and it's still Friedl winning the heat, but then Gobisch has jumped into second place.
10:41 Heading into the final quarter of this heat and it's reigning world champion Miike Friedl and Lanese currently on course for the final. It's very close though, so still time for Mazzetti or Gobisch to force their way into the top two.
10:33 Master's Heat 6 now sailing - Lanese vs Mazzetti vs Gobisch vs Friedl
10:32 Result Master's Heat 5 - Scotto and Vicscovich progress to the final.
10:30 End of Heat
10:25 Just over halfway through the opening semifinal and it's Viscovich and Scotto on course to qualify for the Winners' Final.
10:18 Master's Heat 7 now sailing - Viscovich vs Scotto vs Beauvarlet vs McLawrence
10:15 Red flag is up for Master's Heat 5 - 3 minutes until the start.
09:51 Red flag for Master's Heat 7 will be going up at 10:15am.
09:47 The first Master's semifinal will see; Viscovich vs Scotto vs Beauvarlet vs McLawrence
09:34 It's ON! We'll be heading straight into the thick of the action this morning - starting with the Master's - after we've finished the Master's we'll be running straight into the Girl's and Boy's U21 Single Elimination.
Good morning welcome to Day 7 of the Gran Canaria World Cup, which promises to provide a solid day of action. After a couple of lighter wind days, by Pozo's standards at least, it looks like we are back to regular programming with it already being fully windy this morning. The tide is still quite low, so hopefully with the tide on the push we'll get some decent waves to go with it. Skippers' meeting coming up at 9:30am with a first possible start at 10am.
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Wave Single Elimination
1st Daida Moreno (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Alexia Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th/6th Justyna Sniady (POL | Flikka / North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th/6th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
3rd Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
4th Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
6th Ricardo Campello (BRA / VEN)
7th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
8th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails)
9th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
9th Moritz Mauch (GER | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
11th Antoine Martin (FRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
11th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Result Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girl’s U18 Wave
1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Lizzlotte Schilling Andrew (ESP | F2 / S2 Sails)
3rd Emma Miron (GER | F2)
4th Frida Miron (GER | F2)
5th Natsuki Wakasa (JPN | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girl’s U15 Wave
1st Trine Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
2nd Fumi Akita (JPN | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U18 Wave
1st Peter Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
2nd Bjørn Olesen (SWE | Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Javi Escribano (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
4th Antonio Silvestri (ITA)
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U13 Wave
1st Dennis Kolb Gonzalez
2nd Eric Kolb Gonzalez
3rd Rocco Swift