PWA News

One of the most innovative fin companies in the world joins the PWA world tour and we catch up with the man behind the brand, Rick Hanke.

Feast your eyes on Marcilio Browne’s insane aerials, tremendous takas, gargantuan goiters and his death-defying Jaws action from one of his greatest winters ever.

Event Summary: Ten days of intense competition in stunning Sotavento saw Steven Van Broeckhoven and Sarah-Quita Offringa emerge victorious as the 2011 world freestyle champions and Antoine Albeau claim his second event of the year.

Day ten: A dramatic finale to the 2011 Fuerteventura Grand Slam witnesses Antoine Albeau scrape into first place past Cyril Moussilmani on Fuerteventura’s testing waters.

Day nine: Cyril Moussilmani storms into first place having secured consistent scores in the ferocious Fuerteventura winds narrowly overtaking the five race winning speed demon Antoine Albeau.

Day eight: Forty knots of wind hammered Sotavento beach for the third day of racing, providing epic survival conditions for the PWA slalom elite.

Day Seven: Howling winds fueled the slalom fleet through two more eliminations, allowing Antoine Albeau to claim another victory and Cyril Moussilmani to follow suit.

Day six: Antoine Albeau sails the perfect elimination and draws first blood following a tough opening day of slalom in Fuerteventura.

Day five: The fifth and final day for the freestyle fleet in Fuerteventura finished on a high seeing Taty Frans and Laure Treboux spin their way into first place in the super-session.

Day four: Belgian maestro Steven Van Broeckhoven and Aruban freestyle queen Sarah-Quita Offringa sail to an emphatic victory in Fuerteventura claiming both event crowns and the world championship titles.

Day three: Lighter winds and super flat water saw the style master Tonky Frans and rising star Xenia Kessler storm through the double elimination.

Day two: Incredible conditions allow Jose Estredo and Sarah-Quita Offringa to bulldoze their way through the single elimination in Fuerteventura.

Day one: Fuerteventura springs into action with the freestyle fleet ripping, flying, and spinning through the opening rounds of the single elimination.

Registration: The freestyle fleet is rigged, registered and ready to rock the 2011 PWA Fuerteventura Grand Slam

Event Preview: The PWA’s elite freestyle and slalom sailors descend on the dazzling island of Fuerteventura for the fourth and final showdown on the grueling Canary Islands tour.

Planet Win 365 – Event Summary: Tenerife bursts back into the limelight and reasserts itself as a wave sailing haven allowing Philip Koster and Daida Ruano Moreno to stamp down their authority on the second stop on the 2011 wave tour.