Justyna Sniady: "I'm back in action after breaking my foot 2 months ago and I was lucky enough to score some epic conditions at the end of the season in Pozo. Here's a few clips taken from the water by Pozo Windsurf Photography."

You'll be able to see Justyna Sniady in a jersey again in just under two weeks time when then Citreon Sylt Windsurf PWA World Cup takes place between 27th September until 6th October. 

Lucas Meldrum: "Wasn't how I wanted to finish the summer in the Canaries but sport sometimes sucks. Thanks to everyone for the supportive comments the last couple of weeks. Hoping to have a good Autumn now!"

Mauch often racks up some of the highest wave riding scores of any onshore contest, which makes him a real threat, particularly if there is no jump or one jump to count only. You can see some of his signature wave riding skills @ https://youtu.be/Gr9H7wDGDyw?si=U2bxLLM2mejh9Xds

Maria Andrés handled the smooth surf style conditions with ease, picking great sets, and connecting multiple turns and floaters to link some of the longest and most memorable rides of the final. Andrés found three key waves and the best two secured a near excellent total heat score of 15.20 to take a confident win. After a 3rd place finish in 2022 and a victory in 2019 here in Pacasmayo, this was a sweet and hard fought victory for the Spaniard. The win pushes Andrés into fifth in the world rankings and within striking distance of the overall world title podium. The world titles will be decided at the Grand Final Aloha Classic in Hawaii at the end of October.

“I keep coming back here because of what I experience every time I ride a good wave here. I just don’t get that feeling anywhere else. Plus I really like the atmosphere at the competition, we all get to hang out a lot together, so it feels more like a family atmosphere”, said Andrés.

The number one Women’s seed coming into the Peru World Cup, France’s Sarah Hauser (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) read her finals waves superbly and showcased trademark tight turns right in the pocket. Hauser didn’t connect quite as many critical turns as Andrés and that was the difference between the two on the day. Towards the end of heat, Hauser managed to find a long peeling beauty that she rode well into ‘middles’ (over 500m long ride) for a 7.27 and cemented her second place in Peru, which sees Hauser ranked fourth in the overalls, still in close contact with the top riders and definitely in contention for the overall world title race.

Australia’s Jane Seman (Severne / Severne Sails) had a rough start to the heat, but regained some of her lost ground when she managed to pick up a wide set wave and connect multiple snaps in the pocket and two lip line hits to get herself back into contention with a 6.93. As good sets rolled in towards the end of the heat, Seman was a little too inside and had to settle for a medium size wave, where she squeezed in multiple turns to secure third place. Seman now sits in 9th overall in the world title race.

Another Australian, fifteen year-old Sarah Kenyon (Severne / Severne Sails), had ridden well all competition to make her way into the Women’s final. Kenyon was outgunned by the big names from the top ten in the world, but she leaves the competition with her head held high and demonstrating exceptional promise for the future. Kenyon is part of a new wave of young Australian riders who are starting to stake their claim to be amongst the best in the world. She won the Pro Junior and Junior finals in Peru against a mixed fleet of boys and girls.

The inspired youngster said: “To make it into the Women’s final was a dream. I was very excited to meet heaps of new friends and compete against women like Sarah Hauser – people that I aspire to be like in my windsurfing. I love how long the wave is, it just goes forever, and there’s no sharp reef to worry about.”

The Men’s final was extremely close with all riders reaching double figure scores. Guadeloupe’s Antoine Martin (Starboard / North Sails) started strongly with an epic 9.10 point ride that nailed a high risk taka 360 manoeuvre early on, followed by aerials, floaters and power snaps tight in the pocket. Lightweight Camille Juban, also from Guadeloupe, answered back with an 8.40 that included an insanely high and tweaked aerial, a one-handed top turn and impressively fast and full vertical snaps in the pocket - all of which impressed the judges despite the wave being a little smaller than Martin’s best scoring ride. Martin then found another wave that offered multiple aerials and a final taka. He sacrificed hundreds of metres to rider the extra length and secure the taka and that 6.50 point score. That decision to ride the wave for over 500 metres hunting the final move cost him critical minutes getting back out to the point for another decent set wave. Those lost minutes may have cost him victory on the day. Towards the end of the heat, Juban further built his score with a super long peeler that he milked with stylish aerials and snaps to score a 7.23 and give him the win by just 0.03 of a point. With these results, Martin moves up into 10th overall in the world rankings, while Juban rises to seventh and is now in striking distance of the overall world title podium. This was Juban’s ninth consecutive finals appearance.

“I have my back up against the wall. If I don’t make the finals, then it’s hard for me to keep up. And that motivates me. I put a lot of pressure on myself, but somehow, with experience on the contest day, I can control it. I really enjoy Pacasmayo because the wave is not heavy and it feels like a vacation, which gives you less pressure and creates more camaraderie. It’s a smooth, easy, long ride, it’s really pleasant”, said Juban.

Italy’s number one wave rider, Federico Morisio (Starboard / Severne Sails), competed with the trademark consistency he’s shown here in Peru over many years, for the last place on the coveted podium. His inspiring repertoire included aerials, aggressive snaps and floaters, which he linked beautifully on several long waves. Morisio scored over 7 for his two best waves and finished with a strong heat total of 14.63. Morisio moves up to 19th overall in the world rankings.

The number one Men’s seed coming into the Peru World Cup was three-time Aloha Classic Champion, Hawaiian based and French born Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins), who ended his finals run in fourth. Despite the end result, Noireaux impressed with the second highest single wave score of the final - an 8.63. He rode a long and racy set wave that allowed him to deliver multiple fast paced aerials, floaters, a tweaked air and a taka. Sadly for him the conditions didn’t make it easy for him to find the back-up he needed and he finished the event in fourth place. Noireaux was ranked number one in the world after the Chile World Cup, but has now slipped to fourth place. His world title race is still very much alive with less than 1,000 points separating him from current third overall, Brazil’s Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing) and second overall, Spain’s Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing). Current rankings leader, Spain’s Marino Gil (Goya Windsurfing), is a little further ahead of this tight pack, but still vulnerable with two major 5-star event stops to go.

Next up, competitors will take a break from competition before heading to the Sylt Grand Slam next month, and then on to the Aloha Classic Grand Final in Hawaii in October.

Wave

Women's

Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) has long been on the cusp of being one of the best female wave sailors in the world, but before this season, without really having the results to truly back it up. However, that all changed in April of this year when she won her maiden event on the World Tour in Chile, while now just a few months down the line, she has further enhanced her reputation with a terrific victory in Tenerife. The German showed off more of her signature aggressive wave riding, while landing a combination of textbook backloops and stalled forwards to continue to lead the World Tour rankings. 

Iballa Moreno (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) finished second in her opening event of the season after producing an excellent come back on the final day, which saw the former multipe-time PWA Wave world champion climb from fourth place into second after firstly defeating Pauline Katz (Severne / Severne Sails), reigning world champion, Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)  and finally, Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing), before Erpenstein proved a step too far on this occasion.

Alexia Kiefer Quintana may be slightly upset to slip to third place after the double elimination, but this still represents her third podium in as many events as the 19-year-old continues to enjoy a breakout season.

Fourth place isn’t the result Sarah-Quita Offringa would’ve been aiming for at the start of the event, nor is it a position we are accustomed to seeing the 24-world champion in and she will be hoping for the opportunity to discard this event come the end of the season. Offringa, didn’t sail badly, but may be slightly aggrieved that the initial attempt to run Heat 47 was cancelled as she was well ahead at that stage. 

Pauline Katz has really stepped up her level this season and she finishes this year’s event in fifth place after bringing local girl, Maria Morales’ (Goya Windsurfing) comeback to an end, meaning Morales has to settle for sixth place at her home event. 

Men’s

Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) experienced a tough start to the year after losing his sponsorship deal late on, before reuniting with Simmer. However, just as things were looking on the bright side, things took another turn for the worse after suffering a Lisfranc fracture in Maui, Hawaii, which would end his hopes of earning a maiden world title for another year after missing the Gran Canaria PWA World Cup. However, Paré has shown tremendous courage to bounce back on both occasions and earns his just rewards after claiming a superb first victory on the World Tour in Tenerife after producing a spectacular display of sailing. 

Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing) continues his stellar year after the Spaniard claimed his third podium in the opening four events of the season in Tenerife. The former three-time world champion eventually finished in second place in Tenerife, a location he has historically performed well at, after defeating local boy - Julian Salmonn (Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS) in Heat 48 - to keep himself firmly in the world title race conversation. 

Julian Salmonn couldn’t quite hang on to second place from the single, but still backs up his maiden podium from Gran Canaria - 2nd - with another at his home event. The German looked to be in almost unstoppable form during the single elimination with a variety of air takas, aerials and powerful turns, but couldn’t quite replicate that display in the double elimination - perhaps due to the higher tide making the waves softer. Third still represents a great result and Salmonn continues to enjoy his best year to date on the World Tour. 

Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde) produced a brilliant comeback through the double elimination, which saw the Spaniard win six consecutive heat to climb from ninth into fourth place, but just misses out on the podium after having his comeback halted by Salmonn.

Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) qualified for his first winners’ final on the World Tour in the single elimination, but couldn’t quite hold on to his place in the top four after losing a close battle against good friend Marino Gil. The 20-year-old was one of the very few sailors who looked like they found it easier to double forward in the lighter winds, and he used them to great affect over the course of the week. 

Ricardo Campello finishes his second event of the season in sixth place. Last year’s vice-world champion landed a number of radical one-handed, one-footed forwards to inflict plenty of damage, but was then stopped in his tracks by Gil. 

Meanwhile, Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) and Tobias Bjørnaa (Duotone Windsurfing) both improve slightly from the single elimination with both sailors ranked in joint ninth at that point. Sugi improves to seventh place, while Bjørnaa records his best result to date on the World Tour with an excellent eighth place. The young Dane produced a buzzer beater in Heat 43 to deny Dieter Van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) in the top eight.

Van der Eyken backs up his best result ever on the Wave World Tour from Gran Canaria - 4th - with a solid ninth place, which he shares alongside Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), after the New Caledonian mounted an impressive comeback through the double, which saw him come from the first round to claim his spot inside the top 10. 

Youth’s

Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) proved far too strong in the Girl’s U18s division as the 14-year-old won both finals to secure a clinical victory ahead of Lizzlote Schilling (Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails), Annagiulia Piccaglia (Goya Windsurfing) and Trine Gobisch (Duotone Windsurfing).

Meanwhile in the Boy’s U18s fleet, Carlos Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) was able to come out of top ahead of Ryu Noguchi (Starboard / Severne Sails), Leon Maethner (Duotone Windsurfing) and Javi Escribano (Goya Windsurfing).

The Boy’s U21 division saw Liam Dunkerbeck line up against Tobias Bjørnaa (Duotone Windsurfing), Anton Richter (JP / NeilPryde) and Hayata Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails) in the winners’ final and while Dunkerbeck powered to his second victory of the season, having also won in Gran Canaria last month, but there was almost nothing to separate second to fourth. Ishii and Bjørnaa finished tied on points, while Richter was just half a point behind, such was the tightness of the duel. In the end, Ishii secured second place for the highest single wave score to claim second, leaving Bjørnaa and Richter to settle for third and fourth place respectively. 

Master's

Ben Proffitt (Simmer / Simmer Sails) managed to make the most of his well deserved time outside the commentary booth by claiming the top spot in the Master's for the second event in a row as he saw off competition from fellow countryman and teammate, Phil Horrocks (Simmer / Simmer Sails), and locals Jochen Stolz (Bruch Boards / Simmer Sails) and Sandra Dálessio (Goya Windsurfing / Severne).

That concludes the 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup, so as a last note, a massive thanks to Dany Bruch (Bruch Boards) and his team for all their hard work to make the event happen and we hope to see you again next year. 

Where's Next on the PWA World Tour?

After three events in the Canaries, there will now be about a 6 week break until the 2024 Sylt PWA Grand Slam, which runs between 27th September to 6th October, and will see the Wave, Slalom and Freestyle fleets in action. 

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Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Women’s Wave

1st Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Iballa Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 
4th Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Pauline Katz (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Men’s Wave

1st Marca Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Julian Salmonn (GER | Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS)
4th Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
6th Ricardo Campello (BRA/VEN)
7th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
8th Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)

Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Girl’s U18s

1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Lizzlote Schilling (ESP | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
3rd Annagiulia Piccaglia (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
4th Trine Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)

Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U21s

1st Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
2nd Hayata Ishii (JPN | RRD / RRD Sails)
3rd Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Gregory Stathopoulos (GRE | Goya Windsurfing)

Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U18s

1st Carlos Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
2nd Ryu Noguchi (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Leon Maethner (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Javier Escribano (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Master's

1st Ben Proffitt (UK | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Phil Horrocks (UK | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
3rd Jochen Stolz (ESP | Bruch Boards / Severne Sails)
4th Sandro Dálessio (ESP | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)

Wave

Women’s - Double Elimination

Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) has long been on the cusp of being one of the best female wave sailors in the world, but before this season, without really having the results to truly back it up. However, that all changed in April of this year when she won her maiden event on the World Tour in Chile, while now just a few months down the line, she has further enhanced her reputation with a terrific victory in Tenerife. The German had to defend her single elimination against none other than Iballa Moreno (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), but she embraced the moment as she pulled off several full blooded rail turns to take control of the final before storming downwind and finding the perfect backloop ramp to secure the deal.

Having finished fourth in the single elimination, Iballa mounted a superb comeback with a combination of radical one-footed forward loops and her trademark, almost effortless wave riding, to first halt the comeback of Pauline Katz (Severne / Severne Sails) in Heat 46, before going on to also take down reigning world champion Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) in a heat that had to be resailed, before also getting the better of Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) to guarantee herself a place in the top two in her first event of the season. 

Alexia Kiefer Quintana may be slightly upset to slip to third place, but this still represents her third podium in as many events as the 19-year-old continues to go from strength-to-strength. The Spaniard landed a five-point backloop against Iballa, but couldn’t quite find the wave scores required on this occasion to pin back the former five-time PWA Wave world champion. 

Sarah-Quita Offringa may be slightly aggrieved to have lost out on a place on the podium as the 24-time world champion was well ahead in the initial running of Heat 46 against Iballa Moreno. However, the decision was made to cancel the heat due to the conditions not being good enough and she ultimately lost out in the re-run. Fourth place isn’t where she is used to finishing, and it’s not ideal for her world title defence, even though Tenerife is only a 4-start event this time around, as this only Offringa’s second appearance of the season in the waves. 

Pauline Katz has really stepped up her level this season and she finishes this year’s event in fifth place after bringing local girl, Maria Morales’ (Goya Windsurfing) comeback to and end in the battle for fifth and sixth in Heat 45. Morales, meanwhile, did well to climb back into the top six after fighting back from the first round of the double. 

Men’s - Double Elimination 

Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) admitted that he felt a lot more nervous having to wait on the sidelines, while watching the double elimination unfold in front of his eyes, than when sailing in the single. However, by the way the 26-year-old started the final against good friend, Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing), you’d have been right to question whether he was feeling any nerves at all as he quickly rotated through an almost perfect double forward - 7.78 points - on a 5.3m and 99L board to set the tone. As previously mentioned, Paré is only just coming back to full fitness after suffering a Lisfranc fracture earlier in the year, but you wouldn’t be able to tell that given the overall level of his sailing as he also also earned two solid wave scores to set the highest heat score of the day - 18.41 points - to claim a thoroughly deserved first victory on the World Tour, which must feel all the more special given his turbulent year.

Victor Fernandez gains one place from the single elimination after producing a buzzer beater against Julian Salmonn (Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS) in what was incredibly close heat. In fact, things were so close that entering the dying seconds of the heat just 0.08 of a point separated the two sailors in Salmonn’s favour. However, Fernandez struck with a 5.38 point wave, the second highest wave score of the heat, to swing the tie in his favour to progress into the final. The former 3-time world champion couldn’t land a killer blow against Paré, but he keeps himself very much in the contention for a potential fourth world title.

Julian Salmonn couldn’t quite hang on to second place from the single, but still backs up his maiden podium from Gran Canaria - 2nd - with another at his home event. The German couldn’t quite display the air takas that he did in the single - perhaps due to the higher tide meaning the wave at El Cabezo didn’t provide quite the same projection, but third place still represents a solid result for the 26-year-old.

Out of the top ranked sailors in the overall World Tour rankings, Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde) gains the most from the single elimination with the Spaniard climbing from joint ninth into fourth place after winning six consecutive heats.

Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) slips one place to fifth, while Ricardo Campello finishes his second event of the season in sixth place. Last year’s vice-world champion landed a number of radical one-handed, one-footed forwards to inflict plenty of damage.

Meanwhile, Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) and Tobias Bjørnaa (Duotone Windsurfing) both improve slightly from the single elimination with both sailors ranked in joint ninth at that point. Sugi improves to seventh place, while Bjørnaa records his best result to date on the World Tour with an excellent eighth place. The young Dane produced a buzzer beater in Heat 43 to deny Dieter Van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) in the top eight.

Van der Eyken backs up his best result ever on the Wave World Tour from Gran Canaria - 4th - with a solid ninth place, which he shares alongside Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), after the New Caledonian mounted an impressive comeback through the double, which saw him come from the first round to claim his spot inside the top 10. 

With solid results gained in all other categories and a less than favourable forecast for the final day, there will be no further competition at this year’s event. The official prize giving ceremony will be held at 12:30pm (GMT+1)

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Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Women’s Wave

1st Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Iballa Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 
4th Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Pauline Katz (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Men’s Wave

1st Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Julian Salmonn (GER | Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS)
4th Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
6th Ricardo Campello (BRA/VEN)
7th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
8th Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Girl’s U18s

1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Lizzlote Schilling (ESP | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
3rd Annagiulia Piccaglia (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
4th Trine Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U21s

1st Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
2nd Hayata Ishii (JPN | RRD / RRD Sails)
3rd Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Gregory Stathopoulos (GRE | Goya Windsurfing)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U18s

1st Carlos Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
2nd Ryu Noguchi (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Leon Maethner (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Javier Escribano (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

Wave

Women’s - Double Elimination

The opening round of the women’s double elimination was also completed and Sol Degrieck and local girl, Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing), were by far the standout sailors and both of them could mount serious comebacks through the double. Morales posted the highest score of the day in Heat 39 - 16.74 points - with an excellent stalled forward and aggressive wave riding see her deservedly win the heat ahead of Elena Dominick (Severne / Severne Sails), who also progresses into the next round in second place. 

Degrieck, meanwhile, comfortably won Heat 38 with a combination of a forward and excellent wave riding. The 14-year-old even threatened to slide through a taka, but couldn’t quite pull it off. Also joining the young Belgian in the next round are; Line Bang Wittrup (Goya Windsurfing), Sybille Bode (Goya Windsurfing), Caroline Weber (Bruch Boards / Sailloft Hamburg / Maui Ultra Fins), Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Sarah Jackson (Duotone Windsurfing).

Men’s - Double Elimination

By the close of play, almost the opening three rounds of the men’s double elimination have also been completed and thus far Henri Kolberg (Naish / Naish Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), Jules Denel (Tabou / GA Sails) and Josep Pons (Point-7 / Black Project Fins) begun to mount the best comebacks as they each won their opening three heats today to qualify for the fourth round.

Elsewhere, Mike Friedl (Goya Windsurfing) successfully made it through his first heat in the double as he looks to try and defend his ninth place from the single, while Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins), Adam Warchol (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) and Tobias Bjørnaa are all safely through to the next round as well. 

The first heat up tomorrow will be Heat 39 which involves current World Tour leader, Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde), Moritz Mauch (Simmer / Simmer Sails), who claimed the highest single wave score of the day - 7.38 points - Simon Thule (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) and Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), who rode his luck to progress from Heat 34. It looked as though the New Caledonian was set to miss out, but both Omar Sanchez (Tabou / GA Sails) and Esteban De Cruz (Severne / Severne Sails) had their best waves deducted, meaning Albert lives to fight another day.

Youth’s

U18 Girl’s

Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) cements her place at the top of the U18 Girl’s current event ranking after claiming her second victory in as many finals. The 14-year-old claimed another emphatic today with her jumping and wave riding being in a different dimension, while the rest of the results remained the same with Lizzlotte Schilling (Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails) securing second place ahead of Annagiulia Piccaglia (Goya Windsurfing), who unfortunately injured her knee while landing a forward loop, and Trine Gobisch (Duotone Windsurfing).

U21 Boy’s

Having finished fourth in the main draw yesterday, Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) stamped his authority on the U21s division to claim a clear cut victory. The 20-year-old, who won the opening event in Gran Canaria, looked unstoppable as he out jumped and out wave rode his opponents - once again landing textbook double forwards and one-foot backloops, while using his surfing knowledge and ability to excel on the wave. Dunkerbeck looks as though he has come of age in Tenerife and will be incredibly difficult to stop based on this performance.

Dunkerbeck’s closest rival, was perhaps unsurprisingly, Hayata Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails), who finished seventh in the main draw yesterday. However, things weren’t quite as simple as that, as in the four-man final just half a point separated Ishii, Tobias Bjørnaa (Duotone Windsurfing) and Anton Richter (JP / NeilPryde). In the end, Ishii was given the nod for second place thanks to him earning the highest single wave score for a sick frontside 360 off of a critical section to beat Bjørnaa by way of a tiebreak. 

Bjørnaa sailed great throughout - consistently earning the maximum points allowed for a stalled forward - 5.5 points, while his wave riding was free flowing and dynamic. 

Meanwhile, Richter, who pipped Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) to the last place in the final by just half a point as well, but was then on the wrong side of that decision in the final as he missed out on a place on the podium by the exact same margin. 

Neubauer currently shares joint fifth place with fellow countryman - Gregory Stathopoulos (Goya Windsurfing). Neubauer couldn’t quite land the double forward that he needed in the semifinals to progress, while Stathopoulos sailed well until the semifinals and then didn’t enjoy his best heat.

The forecast for Saturday is best early on with the wind and the waves expected to drop as the day progresses. The sailors will meet again at 9:30am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 10am onwards. 

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Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Women’s Wave

1st Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Iballa Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Pauline Katz (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
7th Marine Hunter (FRA | Quatro / Tribal Windsurfing)
7th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Men’s Wave

1st Marca Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Julian Salmonn (GER | Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS)
3rd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Ricardo Campello (BRA/VEN)
7th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
7th Hayata Ishii (JPN | RRD / RRD Sails)
9th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
9th Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Girl’s U18s

1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Lizzllote Schilling (ESP | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
3rd Annagiulia Piccaglia (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
4th Trine Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U21s

1st Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
2nd Hayata Ishii (JPN | RRD / RRD Sails)
3rd Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Gregory Stathopoulos (GRE | Goya Windsurfing)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U18s

1st Carlos Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
2nd Ryu Noguchi (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Leon Maethner (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Javier Escribano (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

Wave

Men’s
 
Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) suffered a Lisfranc fracture earlier in this year, which derailed his world title ambitions for another year. However, today will go along way for making up for that disappointment as he produced a masterclass to win the single elimination ahead of Julian Salmonn (Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS), Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing) and Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins). The Spaniard produced almost perfect double forwards in the semifinal and final, while his wave riding was also exemplary and he is now on the verge of a maiden victory on the World Tour.

El Cabezo is home for Salmonn and the 26-year-old consistently looked like the man to beat throughout the single elimination as he displayed his trademark wave riding, which included plenty of air takas. It wasn’t quite to be in the final as the German missed out by just 1.66 points to Paré, but after claiming his first podium in Pozo, he is now guaranteed another podium no matter what happens.

Victor Fernandez may be forty now, but he’s showing no signs of slowing day as he continues to match the new generation of wave sailing talent. Fernandez displayed his usual effortless flow on the wave, while landing one-footed backloops to secure the final place on the podium in the single elimination. 

Liam Dunkerbeck qualified for his first final on the World Tour with the young Spaniard inflicting plenty of damage with his double forwards, which included a 8.10 point double in the final, but he couldn’t quite find the wave scores to challenge for the win in the final, while he missed out on the podium by just 0.02 of a point. 

Having recorded his best finish to date on the PWA Wave World Tour in Gran Canaria - 4th - Dieter van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) made use of his expert local knowledge to secure joint fifth place in the single elimination alongside Ricardo Campello. The Belgian injured himself in Pozo just after the event, but did brilliantly to bounce back in time for his home event. 

Meanwhile, Hayata Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails) and Miguel Chapuis (Flikka / North Sails) both impressed throughout the single elimination, which resulted in them both making it into the semifinals and they share joint seventh. 

The top ten is currently completed by Mike Friedl (Goya Windsurfing), who enjoyed his best day to date on the World Tour, current World Tour leader, Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde), who was pipped to a place in the semifinals in the dying seconds by Dunkerbeck, 18-year-old Tobias Bjørnaa (Duotone Windsurfing), who also enjoyed his best day to date, and Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins).

The forecast for Friday looks promising again with 20-25 knot winds and waves of up 1.7m currently being predicted. The sailors will meet again at 10:30am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 11am onwards. 

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Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Women’s Wave

1st Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Iballa Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Pauline Katz (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
7th Marine Hunter (FRA | Quatro / Tribal Windsurfing)
7th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Men’s Wave

1st Marca Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Julian Salmonn (GER | Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS)
3rd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Ricardo Campello (BRA/VEN)
7th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
7th Hayata Ishii (JPN | RRD / RRD Sails)
9th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
9th Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)

Wave

Women’s

Current World Tour leader, Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) looked in confident mood on her way to booking her place in the 4-woman final. The German took control early on in her semifinal against Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing), Maria Behrens (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) and Marine Hunter (Quatro / Tribal Windsurfing) after landing a textbook backloop and then earning an excellent 8.12 point wave score. However, things didn’t go quite so well early on in the final after a failed backloop attempt and then not quite bring in sync with the waves. Erpenstein didn’t get rattled though and instead managed to remain calm before registering her first real wave score - just under halfway through the final - with a big, gouging solid rail turn to bring herself right back into contention. The 27-year-old then picked off another set wave to earn 5.38 points, which sent her into a deserved lead and with no notable scores dropping in the final few minutes, Erpenstein secured the victory in the single elimination to lead the event - for the time being at least - at the end of the second day.

Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) didn’t think she sailed her best heat in the winners’ final, but the 19-year-old, who has finished on the podium in the last two events, is already guaranteed another podium finish after managing to earn second place in the single elimination. The Spaniard impressed throughout with her impressive aggressive approach to wave riding as she continues to enjoy a breakout season.

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) survived a slight scare in the last quarterfinal to eventually win Heat 20, before also going on to win her semifinal ahead of Iballa Moreno (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), Pauline Katz (Severne / Severne Sails) and Justyna Sniady (North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins). Offringa made a flying start to the winners’ final after spinning through a forward loop, but then just couldn’t quite find the wave scores she needed to threaten for the victory. The Lady from Aruba finishes day two ranked in third place. 

Iballa Moreno was making her first appearance of the season on the World Tour and the former five-time PWA Wave world champion made no mistakes in booking her place in the final after displaying more of her fluid and dynamic wave riding. In the final, things didn’t quite click for Moreno, so she currently has to settle for fourth place and will look to manoeuvre herself into the podium positions if/when the double elimination takes place. 

Meanwhile, Katz and Behrens currently share joint fifth place ahead of both  Sniady and Hunter, who pulled off a buzzer beater in the quarterfinals to deny local girl - Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing) - a spot in the top 8, after crunching a solid late hit. 

The top ten is currently completed by Morales, Caroline Weber (Bruch Boards / Sailloft Hamburg / Maui Ultra Fins), Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) and Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails), who was making her debut on the PWA Wave World Tour at her home spot.

After the completion of the Women’s Single Elimination, the plan was to being the Men’s, but unfortunately the conditions didn’t play ball over the remainder of the day, so the sailors were released shortly after 18:00. 

The good news is that tomorrow looks promising with similar strength winds and waves as today, so that should hopefully allow the Men’s Single Elimination to begin. The sailors will meet again at 9am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 9:30am onwards. 

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Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Women’s Wave

1st Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Iballa Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Pauline Katz (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
7th Marine Hunter (FRA | Quatro / Tribal Windsurfing)
7th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

Camille Juban (AV Boards / S2Maui) revelled in the early conditions when the tide was low and sets were more solid. Rarely showing a weakness in his sailing and being very careful in his wave selection, he aerialled and goitered his way to a convincing win and set one of the top scores of the day at 15.63. A consistent Arnaud Frennet also had some impressive wave rides to place second and progress through to the quarters.

Heat 3 was the match of the day, with Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) and Alex Vargas (Goya Windsurfing / Naish) trading places and finishing with the two of the top three scores of the Pro Men. However, the approach of the two sailors was vastly different, with Vargas showcasing some of the day’s most pure and aggressive surf style riding. Meanwhile, Koster’s consistency in his trick repertoire was unmatched by anyone and he emerged the victor by just 0.14 of a point after nailing two takas on one wave. The surfing flair of Vargas was memorable and places him as a major threat in the Pro Men.

In Heat 4, Antoine Martin (Starboard / North Sails) had the perfect start with some solid aerials and a goiter off a set wave to score an excellent 8.03 in the first few minutes. He backed it up immediately with another solid set to lead with a heat total of 15.30. Some plane dramas delayed Federico Morisio’s (Starboard / Severne Sails) arrival on the day, but that didn’t seem to phase him. Straight away, he nailed some high speed, late aerials off set waves to progress with a second place and another solid heat score of 14.30 points. 

Russ Faurot (Quatro / S2Maui / Black Project Fins) found two good size sets in the first half of Heat 5 and rode them with tight, aggressive turns to claim a convincing win. An improving Nelson Perez flaunted the benefits of consecutive trips to Peru and also secured a place in the quarterfinals.

The ever-consistent Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins) took a comfortable win in Heat 6 with his flawless technique, always selecting the best waves and riding them to perfection. Upcoming Chilean rider, Vicente Gonzalez again rode well in the competition setting, to avoid the elimination round.

In the Pro Women, Sarah Hauser (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) dominated the first heat, with some of the longest rides of the day. Her consistently tight snaps in critical positions in the pocket were well rewarded and she finished with a strong heat total of 15.20 points. Upcoming Peruvian rider, Denis Blondet was ecstatic to make her way into second place with some well linked turns on set waves.

In Heat 2, Jane Seman (Severne / Severne Sails) started strongly with a 7.27 in the first few minutes. Riding just three waves and using a similar strategy to Juban, she waited patiently for good waves at the point. This approach, combined with aggressive snaps and lip hits on long waves, paid off and secured her the win and a place in the final. Rapidly improving Argentinian rider, Dominica Osman also selected her waves well and showcased some excellent bottom turn/top turn combinations to take second.

Tomorrow shows a small drop in the swell, but a good wind forecast means that competition is likely to continue.

After an almost windless start to the day, the wind did gradually pick up, which was enough to tempt a few eager sailors out on to the water, but conditions unfortunately were never competable today, so the official contest remained on hold.

The forecast for tomorrow is similar to what is was for Monday, but with a slight increase in swell size - albeit very short period, so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. The skippers’ meeting has been called for 10:30am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning with the action commencing from 11am onwards - depending on the conditions. 

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El Médano is situated on the Southeast coast of Tenerife, just minutes away from the airport. Furthermore, its beautiful sandy beaches are blessed with glorious sunshine, regular trade winds and pumping waves year round, which makes this amazing spot a windsurfers haven, for all levels with different spots and conditions available within a close proximity. The forecast has been improving all the time for the week ahead and there should be more exciting battles ahead as the world’s most radical sailors prepare to throw down their biggest and best moves in order to come out on top.

Women’s

Iballa Moreno (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) returns to the lineup in Tenerife and will be arguably be the one to beat. Iballa has long been renowned as the best female wave rider in the world, and with el Cabezo usually having a bias towards wave riding, she’ll start as one of the favourites and she last won here in 2018. 

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) will likely be Iballa’s main threat as the reigning world champion. The Aruban made a winning start to her season in Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria, last month and will be looking to continue her winning ways off also winning both the Slalom X and Freestyle in Fuerteventura.

There is a strong women’s fleet turning out in Tenerife with twenty-two girls currently expected to compete over the next seven days. The other obvious main threat for the event title here is Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) with the German currently leading the World Tour after winning in Chile and coming second in Pozo. 

Other key names to look out for include the youthful talents of Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing), Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) and Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails), while Pauline Katz (Severne / Severne Sails), Maria Behrens (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins), Justyna Sniady (North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) should all be pushing for the top five and beyond. 

Meanwhile, both Sarah Hauser (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) and Maria Andrés (Duotone Windsurfing), who were ranked one and two in the world before Pozo have both opted to compete in Peru.

Men’s

In the men’s, the likes of Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins), Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing), Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins), Camille Juban (AV Boards / S2Maui), Antoine Martin (Starboard / North Sails) and Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde) have all opted to hit the waves of Pacasmayo, Peru, instead. So, Julian Salmonn (Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS) who earned his best result yet, second in Gran Canaria, will be hoping to make home advantage count and should be a real contender for the title.

However, he’ll face stiff competition, especially from the likes of Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde), who won his first event on the World Tour in Gran Canaria and comes into Tenerife leading the World Tour ahead of Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing), who has an excellent track record in Tenerife and should do well again over the next seven days.

Other key threats will include last year’s vice-world champion, Ricardo Campello, event organiser and local, Dany Bruch (Bruch Boards), Dieter van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails), who is also a local, but comes into the event recovering from a foot injury, which was sustained after he finished fourth in Gran Canaria, while if there’s a wave riding bias Moritz Mauch could be a serious danger with his wave riding expertise. 

Meanwhile, Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) and Jules Denel (Tabou / GA Sails) both return to the fleet having both been injured before Gran Canaria and will be hoping to make a strong return to life on tour. 

Of course the likes of Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins), Adam Warchol (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing), Miguel Chapuis (Flikka / North Sails) will all trying to make their mark, while the Japanese contingent of Takara and Hayata Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails) and Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) will be hoping to make an impact. 

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Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Alisa Engelmann (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
5th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly)

Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails | Phantom Foils)
3rd Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails) 
5th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
8th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
9th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
10th Thomas Goyard (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils) 

Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom X

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
3rd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)

Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom X

1st Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing / Phantom Sails)
3rd Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
6th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Lohan Jules (FRA | Future Fly / S2Maui)
10th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) 
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Slalom X

Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) started the day in the driving seat as she went in search of world title No.24 having won each of the five eliminations completed yesterday. The Lady from Aruba was equally as dominant today as she claimed victories in each of the opening four races by quite some margin, meaning she already had the event and world title firmly in the bag before the last race. The 33-year-old could’t quite complete an ten-timer, but in all reality that didn’t matter in the slightest aside from bragging rights, as she still finishes the event with a perfect record of 5.6 points. Offringa once again reinforces her status as the Queen of windsurfing after winning all four events that she has entered over the last five weeks. 

Time and time again, it was Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) who tried to take it to Offringa, and in the tenth and final elimination, she got her Just rewards as she signed off the event with a thoroughly deserved bullet. You could visibly see how much it meant to her as it cemented her second place in the event rankings, which sees her end the first ever season of Slalom X as the vice-world champion. Lemeteyer wears her heart on her sleeve and things could get even better yet as she leads the Foil Slalom heading into the final day tomorrow. 

Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails) completes the event podium in Fuerteventura, but just misses out on the final place on the prestigious overall podium to Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing), who secures third place in the world for 2024 on countback. 

Men’s 

Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom Sails) boasted a 100% qualifying record for Winners’ Finals for the entire season heading into Elimination 5 here, but then the Frenchman went down hard on the approach to the jump in the semifinals of the fifth elimination, which ended that superb record. At the time, Mortefon wasn’t aware that he was already guaranteed to the title, so cut a gutted figure on the beach, thinking that he had blown his world title chances. However, after initially refusing to believe it, emotions quickly turned to elation as he realised that he had become the first sailor in history to win the Slalom X world title.

Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) finishes the season tied on 20,500 points with Mortefon, but agonisingly misses out on countback to his long-time rival after, Mortefon, the newly crowned world champions dominant display in Pozo proved to be the difference. Whether the Italian was aware of the implications or not, he produced a sublime last ditch gybe at the fourth and final buoy to manoeuvre himself past Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) and move into the top two, which secured him the event victory by just 0.7 of point. Of course, the event victory, which is Iachino’s first victory on the World Tour since 2019 (bearing in mind COVID), but hits the crossbar on the world title again.

Iachino’s last ditch dive at the last effectively relegated Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) from third to fourth, not only in event rankings, but also the overalls. The Dutchman misses out by just one point in the event rankings, while he misses out to Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) on countback in the overalls. 

Rutkowski did brilliantly in the last elimination to earn a hard fought bullet after going rail-to-rail against Vonk, but won the aerial battle over the jump to move ahead, which proved pivotal in deciding the final place on the podium as Vonk hesitated slightly on the approach to the obstacle.

Meanwhile, the outcome of that race also means Taty Frans (Future Fly / Point-7) secures a hugely popular final place on the event podium. We’ll go through the full event results in the event summary.

Tomorrow will see the conclusion of the Foil Slalom, and  as things stand, Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) and Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) lead the event rankings, but there is almost nothing separating the girl’s and the boy’s at the top of the event rankings, so we should see a fascinating final to the racing. 

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Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom X

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
3rd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)

Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom X

1st Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing / Phantom Sails)
3rd Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
6th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Lohan Jules (FRA | Future Fly / S2Maui)
10th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom
*After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Alisa Engelmann (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
5th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly)

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom
*After 5 Eliminations 

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails | Phantom Foils)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails) 
4th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Thomas Goyard (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
10th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) 
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Slalom X

Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) was simply in a league of her own on the first day of Slalom X and the Aruban gem, who added world title No.23 to her name earlier in the week after winning the Freestyle, surely has one hand on world title No.24 after winning all five eliminations today, which means she boasts a perfect record of 2.8 points, while she currently discards a bullet. Even after starting Elimination 5 way off the pace, Offringa was still able to reel in Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) by the exit of the third gybe to complete a perfect day. 

Lemeteyer was the only sailor to put Offringa under any serious pressure, but even after pinging a perfectly timed start in Elimination 5, she couldn’t quite hold off Offringa as the Aruban gradually wore her down. Lemeteyer enjoyed a solid day though after recovering from an over early in the opening race by then recording three second places and a third, which sees her sat in second place in the overnight rankings, while also bringing her into the vice-world champion conversation as she is currently tied on 19,900 points with Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails) and Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) in the overall ranking.

Mortefon trails Lemeteyer by just two points after recording a second and three third places, while she currently discards a seventh from Elimination 4. Gibson is then a further five points behind Lemeteyer. The Brit started well with a solid second place, but could then only muster seventh and eighth place finishes in the next two races, before finishing the day strongly again with a third and a fourth, which means if she can keep that run going, then she’ll have the potential to discard that seventh place once Elimination 7 is completed. 

The top five is currently completed by Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails), but Marine Hunter (Tribal Windsurfing) is only one point behind her in sixth, while Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails) is just a point further back as well. 

Elsewhere, 14-year-old Bobbi-Lynn de Jong (Starboard) deserves a shout out after managing to record a fifth and a sixth from the five races completed in such treacherous conditions and she looks to be a star for the future in the making.

Men’s

Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom Sails) heads up the event rankings at the end of the first day of Slalom X after earning a bullet in the last race of the day, having started with a second and a fourth. When the conditions became really hardcore in Elimination 3, the Frenchman truly shone, just as he did in Pozo and he remains on course to secure the first ever Slalom X world title.

However, Mortefon isn’t simply going to have things his own way as Taty Frans (Future Fly / Point-7), who enjoyed a great day with a second and two third places from the opening three races, only trails Mortefon by 1.3 points. The Bonairean has long been wanting fin only slalom events and today he showed why by proving that he remains one of the best fin racers in the world.

Meanwhile, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) recovered brilliantly from a semifinal exit in the first elimination to finish the day ranked third. The Italian was prominently placed entering the first gybe of the opening semifinal, but then nose dived to all but end his chances of qualifying. Iachino then secured a clinical bullet in the next race, before staging a great comeback in Elimination 3. The 34-year-old made a poor start, but still managed to blitz his way back into second place, which could yet have major implications, not only for the event title race, but for the world title race too, as he is Mortefon’s main danger. Iachino stands to gain the most from the completion of Elimination 4 as he could potentially discard the ninth place from the opener, which would put him in a powerful position to possibly challenge for pole position. Iachino openly admitted that the hardcore conditions, particularly in Elimination 3, are the essence of slalom for him and that was very evident today as he shone and he’ll be praying for similar conditions tomorrow. 

Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) produced a very consistent day of sailing as the 31-year-old qualified for all three winners’ finals without really landing a killer blow. From the three races completed the flying Dutchman recorded a third and sixth and a seventh, which sees him ranked fourth.

Besides, Mortefon, Frans and Vonk, Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) is the only sailor to have qualified for every winners’ final, meaning he currently completes the top five. However, just 6 points separate him, Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde), Lohan Jules (Future Fly / S2Maui) and Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) - who currently occupy sixth, seventh and eighth.

Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde) consistently looked like one of the quickest sailors on the course throughout the day, so may be disappointed to have only booked his place in the top eight once. The Italian was leading the last semifinal, but went down hard on the speed run when clocking about 36 knots. Martini signed off the day by winning the b-final to secure ninth place, while he could gain some significant ground after the completion of Elimination 4 as he currently counts a sixteenth. 

Another sailor who could benefit greatly from the discard is Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde). The Pole had looked well in tune with the conditions in the opening two races - which saw him earn a fourth and a sixth - but then suffered a surprise quarterfinal exit in Elimination 3, which sees him drop to tenth in the overnight rankings. 

Cedric Bordes (Severne Sails) endured two massive crashes yesterday when foiling, but despite being in quite some pain, the Frenchman managed to put that to the back of his mind as he claimed a superb bullet in the opening race of the day. Bordes was under serious pressure from Mortefon the entire way round the course, but valiantly held him off to claim his first race victory in Slalom X. Unfortunately, things then went downhill after that with two quarterfinal exits, so he ends the opening day ranked 14th. 

The forecast for Friday still looks solidly windy, but it is likely that is will be quite a bit less windy than today, which most sailors will probably breathe a sigh of relief about. WindGuru is currently predicting winds of 18-24 knots, so it is likely that we will see another day of Slalom X as Saturday looks lighter. The sailors will meet at 10am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 11am onwards. 

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Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom X
*After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
3rd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom X
*After 3 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing / Phantom Sails)
2nd Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Lohan Jules (FRA | Future Fly / S2Maui)
8th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
10th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom
*After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Alisa Engelmann (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
5th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly)

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom
*After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails | Phantom Foils)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails) 
4th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails / Z-Foils)
7th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Thomas Goyard (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
10th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) 
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Foil Slalom

Women’s

Justine Lemeteyer started the day behind overnight leader, Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) by 5.6 points, however, after a further 5 races today the reigning Slalom vice-world champion leapfrogs Mortefon to lead the event after sailing out of her skin today. Lemeteyer signed off yesterday by winning the last elimination of the day and she continued her rich vein of form today as she rattled off four bullets from the five races completed, while in Elimination 7 she did unbelievably well to fight her way back into third place, which could yet prove pivotal as if she had finished fourth, she wouldn’t currently be leading the event, such are the minuscule margins at the top of the rankings. Lemeteyer closes the day with a 0.3 of a point lead over Mortefon. Lemeteyer’s top speed was the real killer today, which she used to her maximum disposal, as she set a new personal best on the foil of 31 knots. 

Mortefon was almost unstoppable on the opening day of racing and she sailed well again today, but she could’t quite get the better of Lemeteyer in the significantly stronger winds. The 33-year-old still recorded an excellent set of results today consisting of a bullet, three thirds and a fourth, which she currently discards - and there is very much all still to play for over the remaining days of the contest. 

Mortefon and Lemeteyer have dominated the Foil Slalom thus far and it looks as though it will be a two horse race between them as Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails), who is in a clear third place, is 10.2 points behind Morton and 10.5 points behind Lemeteyer. Alabau has been extremely consistent through the opening nine eliminations, only finishing outside the top three once, but hasn’t managed to land that killer bullet to keep herself in contention for the event title. 

Elsewhere, Alisa Engelmann (PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils), who only started windsurfing two or three years ago, gains a few places from the overnight rankings, which sees the German rise from seventh to fourth in the overalls. Engelmann impressed with her gybing as she continually gained an advantage through the turns, while in her debut event, she never finished outside the top five today, while recording a second and a third place.  The top five is currently completed by Maya Morris (Future Fly), but only one point separates the Israeli and Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing / F4 Foils), who enjoyed a much better second day.

Men’s

Mover of the Day

Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) started the day ranked just outside of the overall top ten - 11th - after an indifferent start in yesterday’s lighter winds, but the Frenchman hit back with a vengeance today to gain nine places from the overnight rankings, which sees the 35-year-old finish the day tied on 9.4 points with overnight leader - Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails). 

Mortefon rattled off back-to-back bullets in Elimination 3 and 4 - the second of which required a textbook gybe at the last to deny Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails) a maiden bullet - to briefly lead the event by 2.3 points, but Benedetti was able to strike back to regain the event lead on countback after the Italian claimed his second bullet of the event in Elimination 5 to keep himself on track to challenge for a maiden event victory on the World Tour. Benedetti is also now the only sailor to be able to boast a 100% qualifying record for winners’ finals!

However, fellow Italian, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails), is right on the heels of the top two, and just 1.3 points separate himself, Benedetti and Mortefon at the close of proceedings, so there is all still to play for. Iachino is able to discard an eleventh place from yesterday’s second elimination after recording an extremely consistent set of results today with a second and two fourth places. 

Like Mortefon, Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) endured a topsy turvy day yesterday, but the Croatian bounced back today to rise from twelfth into fourth place after qualifying for every winners’ final on the second day of racing. However, things could’ve been even better for Marotti as he led the fourth elimination heading into the first gybe, but unfortunately breached the fin, which saw him eventually finish sixth in that particular race, while he crashed over the start line in the winners’ final of Elimination 5.

Alexis Mathis is another sailor to have shot up the rankings at the end of the second day of racing. The Frenchman started the day in fourteenth, but he flies into fifth place after the completion of Elimination 5. As previously mentioned, the 22-year-old, was on the verge of securing a maiden bullet on the World Tour only to be denied by Mortefon at the last. 

Having started the day in third place, Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails / Z-Foils) - slips three places to sixth. The Bonairean completed a hat-trick of sorts he probably didn’t particularly desire as he won three b-finals in a row to secure ninth place in Eliminations 2-4, which is no mean feat, but having started to the event so strongly, and last year, he would’ve certainly held higher aspirations. The 30-year-old qualified for his second winners’ final of the week in Elimination 5, but realistically he now only harbours outside hopes of a podium finish here. 

Like Vrieswijk, Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils) loses a bit of ground from the overnight rankings - 6th to 8th. The German has qualified for the top eight on four out of five occasions thus far as he continues to show remarkable consistency, however, the German, who is renowned for his excellent gybing, dropped off the foil at crucial moments today, which cost him on a couple of occasions. 

The top ten is currently completed by; Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde), who rises from 16th to eighth, Thomas Goyard (PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils), who moves into the top 10 - 9th - after qualifying for two winners’ finals today, while winning the b-final in Elimination 5, and Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing), who slides five places from fifth to tenth. 

Unfortunately, yesterday’s high flyers, Noah Vinther (JP / NeilPryde) and Fabian Wolf (Starboard / Severne Sails), who started proceedings in second and eighth place, both lose their place in the current top ten - finishing the day ranked 13th and 12th respectively - as the usual suspects start to make their greater consistency count and steadily rise up the rankings. 

The forecast for Thursday looks the windiest of the remaining three days of the event, so it’s highly likely that we will see Foil Slalom replaced by the fins with Slalom X, however, that result will be made in the morning. The sailors will meet again at 10am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning with a first possible start at 11am. 

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Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom
*After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Alisa Engelmann (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
5th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly)

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom
*After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails | Phantom Foils)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails) 
4th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails / Z-Foils)
7th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Thomas Goyard (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
10th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) 
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Foil Slalom

Women’s

Marion Mortefon enjoyed a near perfect opening day as the former two-time world champion made a flying to proceedings by rattling off a superb hat-trick before finishing second in the fourth elimination - which she currently discards. Mortefon looks in ominous form as it looked as though she has a bit of extra speed up her sleeve when required. The 32-year-old ends the day with a clear lead as she currently counts a perfect score of 2.1 points. 

Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) is currently Mortefon’s closest rival on 7.7 points and you could see how much it meant to her that she claimed the final bullet of the day to keep herself in contention. The current vice-world champion started off strongly with a solid second place, but then recorded a fifth and eleventh to find herself in a spot of bother. That bullet could yet prove pivotal later on in the week.

Reigning world champion - Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) - was extremely consistent in the opening four eliminations with a second and a three third places, which sees her just 0.3 points behind Lemeteyer. Alabau was involved in a fierce battle for second place with Mortefon in Elimination 4, which saw the Spaniard produce a miraculous gybe at the third buoy through an almost non-existent gap, but Mortefon still prevailed as she stepped on the gas to close the door on Alabau.

Maya Morris (Future Fly) hasn’t experienced the easiest preparation leading into her debut on the World Tour after her equipment failed to arrive, but even so, she has made a bright start which sees her ranked fourth after the opening day.

Meanwhile, Bobbi-Lynn de Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) completes the current top five, which is quite remarkable given the fact that she is just 14-years-old. The Bonairean’s best results today included a fifth in the opener before signing off with a fourth place. 

Men’s

Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) finished last season by earning his maiden podium on the World Tour in Japan, and he hit the water flying today, so much so, that the Italian tops the rankings at the close of play. Benedetti looked in the zone throughout after opening his account with an excellent third place before going on to claim his second bullet on the World Tour in the second elimination, which means he holds a 5.3 point advantage at the top of the rankings. 

Noah Vinther (PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils) may have only made his debut on the World Tour last year, but the 20-year-old has quickly adapted to life on tour after claiming an impressive third and a sixth place today, which means he is currently ranked second in the overnight rankings. 

Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails / Z-Foils) completes the current top three after the opening couple of races. In the opening winners’ final, Vrieswijk was involved in an intense battle against Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails), which saw the lead change hands on multiple occasions. Eventually, Vrieswijk settled for second place in the opener, before the vice-world champion, who has won the last two events on the World Tour, got caught up in a racing altercation at the first mark in Elimination 2, which ultimately resulted in him being eliminated. Vrieswijk was still able to win the b-final for maximum damage control.Reigning world champion, Matteo Iachino, made the perfect start to his defence campaign as he gained the upper hand against Vrieswijk in Elimination 1 to secure the opening bullet of the season. At that point, it looked like the Iachino had a speed advantage as he seemingly waited to pick his moment to pass Vrieswijk. However, after a perfect first elimination, Iachino then missed out on the winners’ final of the next race after getting re-hooked in during the opening gybe, which left him with a deficit he couldn’t quite recover from as he missed out on a place in the top eight, after finishing in fifth. Iachino ends the day ranked in fourth, just 0.7 of a point behind Vrieswijk and two points behind Vinther. 

Elsewhere, Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) also qualified for one winners’ final and missed out on the other, which sees the 31-year-old ranked fifth at the end of day one, tied on 16 points with Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils), who asides from Benedetti and Vinther, is the only other sailor who boats a 100% qualifying record for the top eight - even after just the first two eliminations on what was quite a topsy turvy day for quite a few sailors. 

The top ten is currently completed by Fabian Wolf (Starboard / Severne Sails) - 7th-  who recorded a 13th and a seventh - Cedric Bordes (Severne Windsurfing) - 8th - who recovered from a quarterfinal exit in the first by finishing fourth in the next, William Huppert and Scotty Stallman (Tabou / GA Sails / F4 Foils), who finish ninth and tenth respectively after both recording two top sixteen results. 

To further illustrate the topsy turvy nature of the day, Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) started the day with a solid fifth before suffering a quarterfinal exit, while Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) went from being dumped out in the quarterfinals of the opener before bouncing back with a second place in Elimination 2 to steady the ship, while Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails) and Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) also qualified for the second winners’ final, where they finished fifth and sixth, to both bounce back from quarterfinal exits in Elimination 1. At the close of play, the quartet find themselves ranked 11th, 12th, 14th, and 16th respectively.

Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) didn’t enjoy much luck on the opening day as he was knocked out in the semifinal of Elimination 1, followed by the quarterfinals of the next, when prominently placed in both due to other sailors hampering him through gybes, which cost him dearly on both occasions. The Pole was still able win the b-final of Elimination 1, but finds himself ranked fifteenth at the end of day one and is under immediate pressure if still wants to try and earn a top result. 

The forecast for tomorrow looks much more promising than today with the prospect of stronger winds on the horizon. The racers will meet again tomorrow morning at 10am (GMT+1) with a first possible start at 11am.

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Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom
*After 4 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly)
5th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom
*After 2  Eliminations 

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Noah Vinther (DEN | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
4th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
5th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
6th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK  Sails / PATRIK Foils)
7th Fabian Wolf (GER | Starboard / Severne Sails)
8th Cedric Bordes (FRA | Severne Sails)
9th William Huppert (FRA)
10th Scotty Stallman (GBR | Tabou / GA Sails / F4 Foils)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) 
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

At this point, the beach broke into life with a selection of local drums and dancers taking centre stage ahead of the official prize giving ceremony, which saw Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) and Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) crowned event champions, while Offringa also received her 15th Freestyle world championship trophy, which is her 23rd world title overall.

With the Freestyle double eliminations drawing to a close yesterday evening, the decision was made to shift the Slalom X and Slalom Foil registration forward to this evening, so that there is more time for racing from tomorrow morning onwards. 

The Slalom fleets will meet for the first time this event at 10am (GMT+1) on Tuesday morning for the skippers’ meeting, which gives a first possible start at 11am. With the forecast looking on the lighter side for the opening day of racing it looks as though Foil Slalom will be first up on the agenda, before the wind gradually improves throughout the week.

Below you can find the full Event Previews for both slalom fleets:

Slalom X

Women’s 

Sarah-Quita Offringa will once again be bidding for an event double with the added incentive that if she manages to win the second and final Slalom X event of the year, then she’ll be able to add another world title to her name. Offringa was incredibly consistent in Gran Canaria - winning seven out of the eleven eliminations completed, while she finished outside the top two on just one occasion, so if she’s in similar form again, she’ll prove difficult to stop once more. 

Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) was Offringa’s closest challenger in Gran Canaria and she could well prove to be the biggest threat again. The Briton will come into Fuerte on a high having earned her first podium in Pozo and she’ll pose a major threat with her impressive straight line speed, which saw her leading numerous races in Gran Canaria. If the 26-year-old is able to cut out a few errors then she can definitely put her name into the event and world title race conversation.

Just as in Gran Canaria, Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS) and Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) are likely to be the other major threats after finishing third and fourth respectively in Pozo. Meanwhile, Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) will be looking to add to her elimination victories after securing her first bullet on the World Tour in Pozo. 

Men’s

Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom Sails) produced a racing masterclass in Gran Canaria to deservedly lead the Slalom X rankings coming into Fuerteventura. The 2019 Slalom world champion basically didn’t put a foot wrong as he tamed Pozo’s hardcore racing conditions. Mortefon’s performance was on a different level compared to everyone else and if he’s anywhere near close to that level again he could prove almost unstoppable. In Gran Canaria, the Frenchman was the only sailor to qualify for every winners’ final, while he never finished outside the top three in the 10 eliminations completed and was able to claim an impressive four bullets. 

Having suffered from some starting watch woes in Gran Canaria, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) still managed to recover to claim second place after leapfrogging Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) in the last elimination of the event. Both men will know that if they want to challenge for the event, and world title, then they will need to reduce their errors in order to be able to compete with Mortefon. 

Another sailor who staged a late come back in Pozo is Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing). The flying Dutchman was under the weather at the start of the event, but once he’d recovered he was able to rattle off a series of impressive results consisting of two bullets, a second and a third from the last five eliminations, so if the 31-year-old can pick up where he left off in Gran Canaria, then he can be a genuine threat for the event title here. 

Other sailors who are likely to go well here include; Benoit Merceur (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails), both of whom recorded their best results to date on the World Tour in Pozo - finishing fifth and sixth respectively, German’s Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) and Malte Reuscher (Tabou / GA Sails) and fellow Bonairean’s Taty Frans (Future Fly / Point-7) and Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails). In Gran Canaria, Prien, Frans and Reuscher all finished tied on points, such was the closeness of the racing, so it will be interesting to see who gains the upper hand this time round. 

Elsewhere, Cedric Bordes (Severne Sails) and Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde) will be looking to establish themselves inside the top 10 having narrowly missed out in Gran Canaria, while Croatia’s Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) returns to the lineup. Other sailors who will be pushing for the top 16 and beyond include the French contingent of; Pierre Macquaert (JP / NeilPryde), Lohan Jules (Future Fly / S2Maui), Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS) and Alexandre Cousin (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS), Britain’s Scotty Stallman (Tabou / GA Sails) and U21 Slalom World Champion - John Soukos (RRD / RRD Sails), while Slalom X has tempted Andrea Cucchi (FMX Racing / Point-7) out of the wood work. 

Foil Slalom

Women’s

Reigning Slalom world champion - Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) - will no doubt be looking forward to jumping back on her foil over the coming five days after a slightly disappointing eight place finish in Pozo Izquierdo earlier in the month in the debut Slalom X event. Alabau usually looks at her most dangerous on the foil and she’ll be looking to make a strong start to her world title defence here. The Spaniard recorded one victory last season, while she only finished outside the top two once in four events, so she’ll be a strong bet here.

Alabau’s most obvious threats will be current vice-world champion - Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) - and former multiple-time world champion - Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS), both of whom possess the skillset to challenge for the top of the podium in Fuerte. Lemeteyer will be looking to add to her sole event victory from Italy last year, while Mortefon will be looking to return to winning ways for the first time since November 2022 when she won in Japan. 

Elsewhere, having earned her maiden podium earlier in the month in Pozo for Slalom X, Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing / F4 Foils) will be looking to do the same in the Foil Slalom division over the next five days. As per in Slalom X, Gibson possesses superb straight-line speed, which should see her in contention for the podium come the end of the event. 

Men’s

The Men’s Foil Slalom looks as though it will see 46 sailors signing up for the first foil event of the season, and as the reigning world champion, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) will start as the favourite for the event, but he will be faced with a stern test if he is to make a a perfect start to the year. 

If we are going off of the form book at the end of last season, then Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) would look to be the main sailor to watch. The Bonairean loves foiling in high winds, so he will be back in his element here and the current vice-world champion signed off last year with back-to-back event victories in Germany and Japan, which makes him the obvious danger man. 

Other ominous threats include 2022 world champion - Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) - and Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) - who has switched brands to Phantom, who specialise in foiling. They finished 2023 ranked third and fourth respectively and will likely be in hot contention for the event title here. 

Elsewhere, Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS), who made his full debut on the World Tour last year, will be aiming to kick on from an extremely impressive rookie season. The German finished fifth overall in 2023 and will be aiming to force his way into the prestigious podium positions. 

Another sailor who should perform well is Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails), who earned his first podium at the end of last year, while Thomas Goyard (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS) returns to the fray.

Other key names to look out for are; Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde), Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde), Alexandre Cousin (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS), Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails), Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) and William Huppert. 

With the Olympics having started on the 28th July, last year’s men’s event champion, Nicolas Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sail / Phantom Foil) will be absent from proceedings, while other big names such as Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / Severne Sails), Mateus Isaac (Severne Windsurfing), Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7) and Ethan Westera (Tabou / GA Sails) will all be embarking on their Olympic campaigns as will Lina Eržen (Flikka) and Sara Wennekes (Starboard / Severne Sails) in the women’s fleet. 

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Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) 
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

On the opening day, the competitors were left running for their smallest equipment as nuking winds and choppy waters greeted them, while to conclude this year’s contest they were left searching for their biggest gear, which provided a thorough all-round test of their freestyle abilities.

Freestyle

Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) finishes the fourth day of the 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup with another world title to her name as the Aruban gem secured an incredible 15th Freestyle world crown - and 23rd overall - after producing a blend of sliding and power moves to see off the challenge of Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails) in the final. 

Things could yet get even better for Offringa as she will be vying for world title No.24 from day six onwards here as the 33-year-old will be also be competing in Slalom X and as things stand she leads the world title race having won the opener in Gran Canaria earlier this month. 

Having produced a superb display against Maaike Huvermann (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) in Heat 34, Brødholt ensured that she would finish 2024 as the vice-world champion at worst as she successfully defended her second place from the single elimination. The Norwegian was understandably delighted upon hearing the news that she had secured her place in the overall top two for the first time since 2015, while it also vindicated her decision to warm up for the event in Dakhla, Morocco, beforehand. Against her nemesis, Brødholt shone as she produced a powerful display of sailing to deservedly gain the upper hand after landing a mixture of shakas, culos, air funnels and a regular kono.

Having finished fourth in the single elimination, Huvermann battled back to secure her place on the prestigious event and overall podium after firstly bringing Elena Dominick’s (Severne / Severne Sails) come back to an end, before exacting revenge against Lisa Kloster (MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg) to advance into the top three. The 26-year-old looked more comfortable in the slightly lighter and flatter conditions as she consistently landed a combination of flakas, shakas and funnels on both tacks.

Lisa Kloster may have just been denied a maiden podium, but it’s clear she has made another marked step up in her sailing performance over the last year and she is now a genuine podium contender moving forwards. 

Men’s

Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) had arguably been the stand out rider in the single elimination as the only sailor to have broken the 40 point barrier, and ultimately, the 20-year-old managed to completed a brilliant comeback to win the opening Freestyle event of the season, while claiming back-to-back victories on the World Tour having also won in Sylt at the end of last year. Neubauer looked equally as comfortable in the light winds as he did the nuking winds, so it seems the sky really is the limit for him and he no doubt has his sights set on capturing a maiden world title come the end of the year. 

That’s not saying that that’s going to be easy though as the newly crowned champion of Fuerteventura was pushed all the way in the double elimination. Firstly by reigning world champion - Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) - and then by Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) in the Super Final, both of which Neubauer would ultimately win by about a point, but crucially when he needed it, as he did against Caers, he produced the goods to crucially find a way to win. 

Bosson starts the year with a second place, but he was right on the cusp of securing a great victory. The Frenchman wasn’t at his best during the opening final, but in the super final, the 2022 world champion really upped his game and only missed out on the top spot on the podium due to Neubauer landing a late double culo and kabikuchi.

Caers, meanwhile, missed out by the same narrow fate as he lost out on 35.1 points compared to 36.1 points - such is the closeness in performance level between the very top guys. The margins are so fine, that even if a move is anything but textbook, that it could prove to be the difference to be advancing or ultimately being eliminated. Third place probably doesn’t represent the start the reigning world champion would have envisaged to his campaign, but such are the fine margins, that he’ll remain more than in contention heading into Sylt.

Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails) secures his best result to date on the World Tour after climbing through the double elimination into fourth place. On his way to fourth, Müller landed numerous trademark cheese rolls into flakas - a move he invented - to take down Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails) and Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde), before his good friend, Caers, proved a step too far. Müller really resonates the essence of what freestyle truly stands for and deservedly walks away with his best result to date. 

With the double eliminations concluded with a day to spare that means that tomorrow will see a super session if the conditions are suitable. A skippers’ meeting will be held at 13:00 with a first possible start at 13:30.

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Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) 
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Freestyle

Women’s

Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS) and Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) fought their way back through the opening round of the double to setup a battle for fifth and sixth place against each other after defeating Bijou Shahmirian (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Marine Hunter (KA Sail), respectively. In Heat 31, Germany’s Dominick got the better of her Austrian rival to setup a tie tomorrow against Maaike Huvermann (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), who herself will be looking to mount a comeback having finished fourth in the single elimination.

Men’s

Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails) brought Steven Van Broeckhoven’s (Starboard / GUNSAILS) comeback through the double elimination to an end in Heat 28a. The Belgian, who finished fourth overall in 2023, had started to gather a bit of momentum after firstly dispatching of George Grisley (Duotone Windsurfing), before winning a close tussle against Kiri Thode (Future Fly / GUNSAILS) to setup a dual against Schmit. The Bonairean sailed an extremely strong starboard tack heat - consisting of an immaculate double culo, a kabikuchi and a skopu, but both sailors struggled slightly on port tack, particularly Van Broeckhoven, who was left to rue counting a 2.8 forward loop as he was eliminated by just 2.2 points.

Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) produced the highest scoring heat of the day, at that stage, to also halt former world champion, Amado Vrieswijk’s (Future Fly / Severne Sails) comeback through the double elimination. The Frenchman earned 37 points after producing a near faultless display with the best of a bunch of impressive moves being an exquisite pasko and a technical air funnel burner, which both earned the same scores. Vrieswijk was a little unlucky to have met an on fire Ruenes as the Bonairean’s tally of 35.5 points was the second highest scoring heat of the day at that point.

Ruenes’ victory in Heat 28b setup a battle between himself and Schmit, but after the fireworks in the previous heat unfortunately the wind didn’t really co-operate in Heat 30a, so it proved to be somewhat of an anticlimax with Ruenes failing to complete his scoresheet, while Schmit managed to do what was required to advance. 
 
The 29-year-old will now face Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails) in the battle for fifth and sixth place after the Swiss-man came out on top of incredibly close heat against Jacopo Testa (WeOne / Point-7 / AL360). Come the end of their 8-minute battle, just half a point separated the two freestyle wizards, but crucially the decision went in the favour of Müller as Testa was ultimately made to pay the heavy price for a somewhat slow start to Heat 30b.

In his previous heat against Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), Testa had set the highest scoring heat of the day - 37.5 points - after producing an impeccable display of sailing, wowing the judges with air kabikuchis and skopus, as well as a massive spock culo. Unfortunately though, Testa couldn’t quite replicate that level of performance against Müller - meaning he finishes in joint seventh for the contest alongside Ruenes. 

While Vrieswijk may have been disappointed to have missed out against Ruenes, the Bonairean also rode his luck slightly as he needed a pasko in the dying seconds against U20 Youth world champion - Takumi Moriya (Severne / Severne Sails), who also sailed a great heat - to book his place in the top 10 - and his focus will now shift to the racing as he will compete in both Slalom X and Foil Slalom. Vrieswijk finishes this year’s Freestyle in Fuete in joint 9th alongside fellow Bonairean Kiri Thode, France’s Nicolas Akgazciyan (JP / NeilPryde) and New Caledonia’s Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), who earlier in the day pulled off a superb comeback against Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (WeOne / GUNSAILS) as he produced an unbelievable finish to Heat 27b to turn the heat on its head and bring the 9-time world champions comeback to an end after landing an air chachoo, a bongka, an air funnel into burner and a kabikuchi in quick succession. 

The forecast for Sunday looks a little bit lighter on paper again, but with a little bit of luck, and with only a couple of hours of the contest remaining, we should hopefully see the conclusion of the double eliminations. The freestyle fleets will meet again at 11am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 11:30am onwards. Make sure you tune in to see whether current event leaders Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) and Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) can successfully defend their single elimination crowns, or if one of their rivals can mount a comeback to deny them at the last.

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Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle
*Positions 1st-6th may still change

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
4th Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
6thLina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)
 

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle
*Positions 1st-6th may still change

1st Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
5th/6th  Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th/6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Freestyle

Men’s

Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) saved his best until last as he posted his highest scoring heat of the single elimination in the winners’ final against Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins). The Frenchman looked to be heading for defeat heading into the final minute as he was missing a move on port tack, but in the dying seconds the 2022 Freestyle world champion pulled off a culo, which was just enough to turn the tie in his favour as he pipped his Greek opponent to the top spot on the podium in the single elimination by 0.7 of a point. Bosson staged a great comeback which was triggered by a bongka, which received cheers on the beach, before going on to stomp a burner into burner and a no-handed burner. Bosson also won the single elimination here last year, so he’ll be even more determined to hang on to the first place this time around in the double. 

Up until the final, Neubauer had been the clear standout sailor with the current vice-world champion breaking the 40 point barrier in his round of 16 heat and in the semifinals as well. In fact, the 20-year-old remains the only sailor to have broken that barrier, but fell agonisingly short in the final. Throughout the opening two days, Neubauer has been extremely impressive - barely putting a foot wrong while advancing his way into the final with an array of spock into double culos, gozzada burners, shifties and flaka into ponches. Neubauer seemed a little dejected after the final, but can now focus all of his attention on a comeback in the double elimination.

Reigning world champion, Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) is another sailor who will be plotting his comeback through the double, and if history is anything to go by, then the Belgian could do just that as he also finished third here last year in the single elimination before going on to claim his first victory on the World Tour. Caers was going blow-for-blow with Neubauer in the semifinals, but ultimately just lost out, but he was able to put that disappointment behind him to defeat his teammate - Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) - in the battle for third and fourth place in the single elimination. 

Sam Esteve claimed impressive victories against Steven Van Broeckhoven (Starboard / GUNSAILS) and Jacopo Testa (WeOne / Point-7 / AL360) to deservedly book his spot in the semifinals, but couldn’t quite replicate that form against Bosson in Heat 15a. However, the Frenchman is still guaranteed his best result to date in Fuerteventura as the worst he can now finish is in fifth place, while he can still mount a comeback through the double elimination. 

Jacopo Testa had his chances against Esteve, but missed out by 0.9 of a point as one too many crashes cost the Italian. Testa shares fifth place in the single elimination alongside Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails), Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) and Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails).

The top 10 is currently completed by: Belgian Steven Van Broeckhoven, German Niclas Nebelung (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins), the Japanese duo of Takumi Moriya (Severne / Severne Sails) and Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins), Frenchmen Nicolas Akgazciyan (JP / NeilPryde) and Nil Bacon (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS) and New Caledonia’s Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing).

After the completion of the single elimination, the opening five heats of the double elimination were completed before the wind became too light and patchy to continue and they will resume battle on Saturday. 

The forecast for Saturday looks as though the Sotavento wind machine will continue to deliver, but it may be a little bit lighter again than the opening couple of days. The Freestyle fleets will meet again at 10am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting, while the action will commence from 10:30am onwards - depending on the conditions.

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Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
4th Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
5th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
5th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)

Freestyle

Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa set the highest scoring heat of the contest in her opening heat - 28.5 points - to send out a warning to her rivals as she sailed with her usual flow and pizzazz. In the final, Offringa wasn’t at her usual free flowing best as she made a number of uncharacteristic errors and with just a couple of minutes to go the Aruban still needed a move on port tack to complete her scoresheet. In the end Offringa was able to land a forward loop, which proved pivotal as she won the winners’ final against Oda Brødholt by just 0.4 of a point. Victory in the single elimination puts the Lady from Aruba on the cusp of an incredible 15th Freestyle world title, and if anyone wants to deny her, they are now going to have to beat her twice in the double. 

Meanwhile, Brødholt will be delighted to have secured her place in the top two in the single elimination after producing a solid display of sailing in tricky conditions. The Norwegian also achieved the same feat last season, but will be determined to hold on to it this time round. Brødholt was able to gain the upper hand against her nemesis, Maaike Huvermann (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) in the semifinals after landing a combination of shuvit spocks, burners and skopus. 

Having finished fourth overall in 2023, Lisa Kloster (MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg) proved she possesses the ability to challenge for the podium and the 24-year-old was able to do just that today as she secured a fantastic third place in the single elimination. Kloster didn’t perform at her best in the semifinal against Offringa, but in the b-final against Huvermann everything clicked together as she claimed the victory by 0.7 of a point.

This wouldn’t have been the way Huvermann would’ve wanted to start the event, but the 26-year-old will be able to take heart from the fact that last year she also didn’t make a flying start and she quickly improved in the double elimination to claim second place, so don’t rule out a fight back yet - especially as her defeats were by narrow margins and on the whole she sailed at a decent level. 

Men’s

In the opening men’s heat, Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) comfortably dispatched of Nigel Hart (Future Fly / Point-7), while Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (WeOne / GUNSAILS) faced a tough return to life on the World Tour as he was drawn against Belgian maestro - Steven Van Broeckhoven (Starboard / GUNSAILS). In the end it was Van Broeckhoven who would claim the victory, so it’s going to be a long way back through the double elimination if Gollito wants to make an impression here. 

In Heat 2, Niclas Nebelung (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) looked to be in impressive form as the 26-year-old German posted the second highest scoring heat of the day to defeat Robin Van Linden (Severne / Severne Sails). Meanwhile, Jacopo Testa (WeOne / Point-7 / AL360) needed to produce a moment of magic to advance against Davy Scheffers (Tabou / GA Sails). With almost no time remaining the Italian landed an insane spock into kabikuchi, which was arguably the move of the day to pip Scheffers to a place in the round of 16. 

Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails) wasn’t at his absolute best in his opening heat, but he still had enough in the locker to negotiate his way past Lucas Nebelung (JP / NeilPryde). On the other side of Heat 3, Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) was able to defeat Yarden Meir (Goya Windsurfing) to also book his place in the next round. 

Current U20 Freestyle World Champion - Takumi Moriya (Severne / Severne Sails) - made a proficient start to proceedings as he ended the hopes of Bodhi Kempen (Severne / Severne Sails), while on the other side of the heat, Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) made a confident start as he consigned Sebastian Gux (Tabou / GA Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) to defeat on his debut. 

In Heat 5, Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) sent out a warning to his rivals as the young Greek posted the highest scoring heat of the day - 39.5 points. Neubauer was the only sailor to land a shifty, while he also landed excellent combos such as a spock into kono and a double burner. In the a-panel, Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails) came out on top against Tigo Kort (JP / NeilPryde).

Heat 6 saw the French duo of Nicolas Akgazciyan (JP / NeilPryde) and Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails), who finished third here last year, safely progress into the round of 16 as they dispatched of Nicolo Di Marco and Tim Gerdes (Severne / Severne Sails).

Heat 7b saw an extremely tight tussle between fellow Bonairean’s, Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails) and Kiri Thode (Future Fly / GUNSAILS), who was making his come back. For the majority of the heat there was very little to separate them, but Schmit was crucially able to land a kabikuchi and a double culo late on to gain the upper hand, and more importantly, advance. On the a-side of the panel Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing) was able to end the hopes of Manolis Chrysopoulous (JP / NeilPryde).

The start of the event couldn’t have gone much worse for George Grisley (Duotone Windsurfing) as in the opening minute of his heat against Nil Bacon (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS) the Brit snapped his rear footstrap while rotating through a ponch, which left him with little to no hope of advancing..That led to Bacon sailing for much of the heat by himself, so the Andorran obviously advanced. Meanwhile, in the last heat of the day, reigning world champion Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) made no mistakes against Kango Iketeru (JP / NeilPryde) as the 29-year-old produced a powerful repertoire of manoeuvres to progress with the highlights being a double air culo and an air kabikuchi. 

The forecast for Friday looks marginally less windy than today, but it should still be more than windy enough of the explosive freestyle to continue. The skippers’ meeting has been called for 10am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning with the action commencing from 10:30am onwards. 

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Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
4th Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

Sotavento, which is located on the southeast coast of Fuerteventura, has developed a world-class reputation due to its year-round sunshine, stunning golden beaches, and most importantly, as its name suggests, strong winds. Fuerte’s famously strong winds create some of the most exhilarating conditions on the PWA World Tour. For freestylers, Fuerte can be one of the most challenging, yet one of the most rewarding locations when there is a swell running, as it produces the perfect stunt ramps for the contortionists of the windsurfing world to launch into the latest aerial power moves. Meanwhile, the Slalom and Slalom X fleets, who will debut in the second half of the event, will once again face Fuerte’s ferocious winds and challenging chop, which will be to provide them with the ultimate test.

Freestyle

Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) starts the week looking to secure an unprecedented 15th PWA Freestyle World Championship and 23rd overall. The Aruban’s record obviously speaks for itself, but that phenomenal record can be a heavy weight to carry as it does mean that many think her winning here again is almost a forgone conclusion, however, Offringa is too professional to take that stance herself and will not be taking the task at hand lightly.

Maaike Huvermann (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) is likely to be Offringa’s main threat again with the two women developing a fierce rivalry in recent years. The current vice-world champion remains the only sailor to have won a Freestyle heat against Offringa since 2008 - winning a final in Bonaire in 2019 to force a Super Final, but will be desperate to go one better this time around as she tries to finally prise that Freestyle world crown from Offringa’s claws. 

However, Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails) will have other plans in mind as the Norwegian looks to break into the overall top two again for the first time since 2015. The 35-year-old defeated Huvermann in the single elimination here last year and lost an extremely close heat in the double, so she’ll be determined to exact revenge this time out. Brødholt has been preparing in Dakhla, Morocco, ahead of the start of the event, so should be raring to go, while Lisa Kloster (MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg), who finished fourth last year, will be looking to force her way into podium contention. 

Men’s

Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) will look to make a strong start to his world title defence by defending his event title here from last year, which was the Belgian’s first event victory on the World Tour. The now two-time Freestyle world champion posted the highest scoring heat of the contest in 2023 - 51.1 points - and will need to be at his very best again to see off a highly competitive fleet.

Current vice-world champion, Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), will be just one of Caers’ potential threats with the young Greek dynamo winning the last Freestyle event, which was his first event victory on the World Tour, in Sylt, Germany last year. Neubauer has been on the radar for a while and now looks set to be a solid world title contender. 

Former World Champions Waiting in the Wings

Meanwhile, 2023 Freestyle World champion, Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) will be another major threat. The Frenchman won the single elimination here last season and has had an excellent record in the past. 

There are also numerous other former world champions waiting to take their shot. Firstly, the King of Freestyle - Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (WeOne / GUNSAILS) - returns to the fleet for the first time since 2019 and with 9 Freestyle world titles to his name he can never be ruled out. The same can also be said of Steven Van Broeckhoven (Starboard / GUNSAILS), Kiri Thode (Future Fly / GUNSAILS) and Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails).

The contenders won’t end there though with the likes of Jacopo Testa (WeOne / Point-7 / AL360), Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails), Davy Scheffers (Tabou / GA Sails), Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails), Nicolas Akgzaciyan (JP / NeilPryde), Nicolas Nebelung (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins), Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) and Balz Múller (Severne / Severne Sails) all ready to make their charge. 

Slalom X

Women’s 

Sarah-Quita Offringa will once again be bidding for an event double with the added incentive that if she manages to win the second and final Slalom X event of the year, then she’ll be able to add another world title to her name. Offringa was incredibly consistent in Gran Canaria - winning seven out of the eleven eliminations completed, while she finished outside the top two on just one occasion, so if she’s in similar form she’ll prove difficult to stop once again. 

Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) was Offringa’s closest challenger in Gran Canaria and she could well prove to be the biggest threat again. The Briton will come into Fuerte on a high having earned her first podium in Pozo and she’ll pose a major threat with her impressive straight line speed, which saw her leading numerous races in Gran Canaria. If the 26-year-old is able to cut out a few errors then she can definitely put her name into the event and world title race conversation.

Just as in Gran Canaria, Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS) and Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) are likely to be the other major threats after finishing third and fourth respectively in Pozo. Meanwhile, Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) will be looking to add to her elimination victories after securing her first bullet on the World Tour in Pozo. 

Men’s

Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom Sails) produced a racing masterclass in Gran Canaria to deservedly lead the Slalom X rankings coming into Fuerteventura. The 2019 Slalom world champion basically didn’t put a foot wrong as he tamed Pozo’s hardcore racing conditions. Mortefon’s performance was on a different level compared to everyone else and if he’s anywhere near close to that level again he could prove almost unstoppable. In Gran Canaria, the Frenchman was the only sailor to qualify for every winners’ final, while he never finished outside the top three in the 10 eliminations completed and was able to claim an impressive four bullets. 

Having suffered from some starting watch woes in Gran Canaria, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) still managed to recover to claim second place after leapfrogging Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) in the last elimination of the event. Both men will know that if they want to challenge for the event and world title then they will need to reduce their errors in order to be able to compete with Mortefon. 

Another sailor who staged a late come back in Pozo is Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing). The flying Dutchman was ill at the start of the event, but once he’d recovered he was able to rattle off a series of impressive results consisting of two bullets, a second and a third from the last five eliminations, so if the 31-year-old can pick up where he left off in Gran Canaria then he can be a genuine threat for the event title here. 

Other sailors who are likely to go well here include; Benoit Merceur (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails), both of whom recorded their best results to date on the World Tour in Pozo - finishing fifth and sixth respectively, German’s Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) and Malte Reuscher (Tabou / GA Sails) and fellow Bonairean’s Taty Frans (Future Fly / Point-7) and Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails). In Gran Canaria, Prien, Frans and Reuscher all finished tied on points, such was the closeness of the racing, so it will be interesting to see who gains the upper hand this time round. 

Elsewhere, Cedric Bordes (Severne Sails) and Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde) will be looking to establish themselves inside the top 10 having narrowly missed out in Gran Canaria, while Croatia’s Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) returns to the lineup. Other sailors who will be pushing for the top 16 and beyond include the French contingent of; Pierre Macquaert (JP / NeilPryde), Lohan Jules (Future Fly / S2Maui), Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS) and Alexandre Cousin (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS), Britain’s Scotty Stallman (Tabou / GA Sails) and U21 Slalom World Champion - John Soukos (RRD / RRD Sails), while Slalom X has tempted Andrea Cucchi (FMX Racing / Point-7) out of the wood work. 

Foil Slalom

Women’s

Reigning Slalom world champion - Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) - will no doubt be looking forward to jumping back on her foil over the coming five days after a slightly disappointing eight place finish in Pozo Izquierdo earlier in the month in the debut Slalom X event. Alabau usually looks at her most dangerous on the foil and she’ll be looking to make a strong start to her world title defence here. The Spaniard recorded one victory last season, while she only finished outside the top two once in four events, so she’ll be a strong bet here.

Alabau’s most obvious threats will be current vice-world champion - Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) - and former multiple-time world champion - Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS), both of whom possess the skillset to challenge for the top of the podium in Fuerte. Lemeteyer will be looking to add to her sole event victory from Italy last year, while Mortefon will be looking to return to winning ways for the first time since November 2022 when she won in Japan. 

Elsewhere, having earned her maiden podium earlier in the month in Pozo for Slalom X, Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing / F4 Foils) will be looking to do the same in the Foil Slalom division over the next five days. As per in Slalom X, Gibson possesses superb straight-line speed, which should see her in contention for the podium come the end of the event. 

Men’s

The Men’s Foil Slalom looks as though it will see roughly 47 sailors signing up for the first foil event of the season, and as the reigning world champion, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) will start as the favourite for the event, but he will be faced with a stern test if he is to make a a perfect start to the year. 

If we are going off of the form book at the end of last season, then Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) would look to be the main sailor to watch. The Bonairean loves foiling in high winds, so he will be back in his element here and the current vice-world champion signed off last year with back-to-back event victories in Germany and Japan, which makes him the obvious danger man. 

Other ominous threats include 2022 world champion - Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) - and Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) - who has switched brands to Phantom, who specialise in foiling. They finished 2023 ranked third and fourth respectively and will likely be in hot contention for the event title here. 

Elsewhere, Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS), who made his full debut on the World Tour last year, will be aiming to kick on from an extremely impressive rookie season. The German finished fifth overall in 2023 and will be aiming to force his way into the prestigious podium positions. 

Another sailor who should perform well is Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails), who earned his first podium at the end of last year, while Thomas Goyard (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS) returns to the fray.

Other key names to look out for are; Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde), Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde), Alexandre Cousin (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS / PATRIK FOILS), Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails), Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) and William Huppert. 

With the Olympics starting on the 28th July, last year’s event champion, Nicolas Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sail / Phantom Foil) will be absent from proceedings, while other big names such as Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / Severne Sails), Mateus Isaac (Severne Windsurfing) and Ethan Westera (Tabou / GA Sails) will all be embarking on their Olympic campaigns as will Lina Eržen (Flikka) and Sara Wennekes (Starboard / Severne Sails)

The forecast for the opening day looks as though it will be windy, so we will hopefully see an explosive start to the event during the afternoon and early evening. 

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Schedule For Day 1: (All Times GMT+1)

- Registration 10-11am
- Skippers’ Meeting - 12:30pm
- First Possible Start - 1pm

Neubauer recently competed at the Gran Canaria Gloria Windurf World Cup, where he finished second in the U21s division, but after concentrating on the waves. he's now gearing up for Fuerteventura by freestyling in Pozo - the highlights of which you can see @ https://youtu.be/-AO1y3dVHNk?si=OCFBhLYw9azaWe_E

Filmed by a drone from above I talk you through 3 different positions you can end up in when you crash while windsurfing & explain you how to get the gear easiest in position to get back on your board.

Option 1 : happens a lot when falling off at the end the jibe

Option 2 : happens more often when you lose balance or have a  non planning catapult you try to safe.

Option 3 : is a great one for those who are struggling to turn still and want to turn around to the other side.

For practice I would say it’s easier to try these 3 options first in standing depth waters so it’s easier to understand the mechanics behind it all especially for option 2."

You can see Dieter van der Eyken's latest tutorial top tips @ https://youtu.be/KARsytoLVR4?si=f6_hbnZ30cBaUlNN

Victor Fernandez: "The story of two epic days of windsurfing with Julian Salmonn and Rafa Soulart.

Film & edited @RafaSoulart" 

You can find out whether their decision paid off by taking a look @ https://youtu.be/Subar3-UqO8?si=boEMbPuOGP5Wk4aa

In between heats, Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) managed to quickly catch up with Campello to hear more about this unique arrangement, which you can see @ https://youtu.be/w7G1De8i9j4?si=k4rUUn9rnbNhqhB_

The Windsurf Project: "As COVID restrictions passed and we were able to travel, Leon and Thomas tracked a swell from Portugal to Galicia scoring insane conditions on the way. From perfect waves, big airs and massive aerials, it was the perfect trip to once again get together and enjoy the finer things in life.

Filmed: Jamie Hancock Luke Raistrick 
Images: Siam Images
Riders: Thomas Traversa / Leon Jamaer"

You can see episode 7 of the Windsurf Project @ https://youtu.be/8FndnVftswM?si=GvkV5gpPlTH4LXdL

If you  enjoy these and want to support the windsurf project please visit https://monetree.com/thewindsurfproject

Slalom X

Women’s

Having already won the waves earlier in the week, Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) produced a super performance in the first ever Slalom X on the World Tour to complete a famous double event victory. Offringa won all four races on the opening day of racing to put herself fully in control of the event and from there she never looked like relinquishing it. In the end Offringa would go on to win 7 out of the 11 races completed, while she finished outside the top two only once to claim a resounding victory by 16.2 points. 

Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) had been hitting the crossbar on multiple occasions during the racing with a string of second places, while she was leading numerous races throughout. The Briton managed to get that monkey off her back in Elimination 8 with a brilliant bullet, which kept her firmly in contention for a maiden podium heading into the final day. Gibson didn’t leave anything to chance as she claimed second place in the last race of the event to deservedly claim her first podium on the World Tour and was understandably delighted at doing so. 

It may not have been quite the result that former world champion, Marion Mortefon (Patrik / Patrik Sails) was aiming for at the start of the event, but third place still represents a solid start to the season and keeps her in contention for the Slalom X world title heading into Fuerteventura. Mortefon sailed consistently throughout - only finishing outside the top four on two occasions. 

Meanwhile, Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui), just misses out on a place on the podium by 3.4 points. The current Slalom vice-world champion claimed a couple of bullets, but made one mistake too many, which cost her chance at the top three time this time around. 

Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) completes the top five and this event will live long in her memory after claiming her maiden bullet on the World Tour in Elimination 5.

Men’s

Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom Sails) delivered a total racing masterclass over the last 9 days to claim an emphatic victory in the inaugural Slalom X event. Not only did Mortefon qualify for every winners’ final, which is something no other sailor in the fleet managed to do, but he never even finished outside the top three in the ten eliminations completed, which when you consider just how hardcore the conditions were is quite remarkable. Along the way Mortefon also rattled off four bullets and ultimately claims a clear cut victory by 18.9 points, such was his difference in class at this event. 

Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) suffered some timing troubles with his racing watch, which may have led to the Italian being disqualified on three occasions for premature starts and that ultimately ended his hopes of challenging for the event title with there only being two discards available. However, the reigning Slalom world champion still managed to finish in second place after leapfrogging Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) in the final race of the event.

Rutkowski may be slightly aggrieved to have dropped one place on the final day, but still completes the podium. When leading Elimination 6, the Pole temporarily held the event lead, but faltered at the last gybe to finish second. At that stage Rutkowski trailed Mortefon by just one point, but a ninth place in the next race all but ended his challenge for the event title. 

Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) finished the event on a high as he won two out of the last four eliminations to recover into fourth place for the event. Vonk was plagued by flu at the start of the event and you could clearly see that majorly affecting his physical capacity. The flying Dutchman will have no doubt be extremely disappointed to have been struck down with flu at such an un-opportune time, but at least signed off on a high to confirm he remains one of the best racers in the world on the fin. 

22-year-old Benoit Merceur (Starboard / Severne Sails) produced a outstanding set of results to claim his best result to date - fifth -after the young Frenchman qualified for 9 out of 10 winners’ finals. Meanwhile, Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) may have seen his podium challenge fade, but he still walks away from Pozo with an excellent sixth place. 

Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) gained three spots on the final day after finishing second in Elimination 10 to climb from 10th to 7th. The German finished tied on 63 points with Taty Frans (Future Fly / Point-7) - 8th - and Malte Reuscher (Tabou / GA Sails) -9th -, but finishes ahead of them on countback. The top 10 is completed by Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails), who was struck down with fly at the same time as Vonk.

Wave

Women’s 

Sarah-Quita Offringa has achieved almost everything there is to achieve in windsurfing, but until now one trophy had eluded her. However, that all changed over the last nine days with the 22-time world champion winning in Gran Canaria for the first time and she was rightly absolutely delighted about it. This was Offringa’s first event of the season, so things couldn’t have gone any better and while she is only ranked eighth for the time being she looks set for another wave world title charge. 

Having won the previous event in Chile, Lina Erpenstein produced another terrific showing to claim second place in Pozo, which is her best result to date here. That result sees Erpenstein move into a narrow lead for the world title with just 244 points separating herself and Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing), who finished fourth here this week - however, the 18-year-old has attended one more event than Erpenstein.

Maria Morales wasn’t the only one of the next generation starting to make their mark on the full tour as 19-year-old Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) and 14-year-old Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) finished third and fifth respectively. Third place here means Kiefer Quintana has now recorded back-to-back podiums having finished second in Chile earlier this season. Meanwhile, Pauline Katz (Severne / Severne Sails) shares fifth place with Degrieck.

Men’s 

Having come so close to winning the event last year, Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde) managed to go one place better this time around as the 21-year-old deservedly earned himself a maiden event victory on the World Tour. The popular local boy continually impressed with his no fear approach to jumping as he boosted into some of the highest jumps of the contest, while rotating through stalled double forwards and pushloop forwards to claim the top spot on the podium. Victory for Gil also puts him In some welcomes uncharted territory as he assumes the No.1 spot in the overall world rankings for the first time in his career. 

Julian Salmonn (Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS) produced a tactically astute display of sailing to earn his best result on the World Tour to date - second in Gran Canaria. While most sailors in Pozo generally start their heats focusing on jumps, Salmonn took as totally different approach as he continually started heats by looking to drop a couple of solid wave scores, which worked out brilliantly as he defied the odds of needing to double forward and pushloop forward to make the final in Pozo. 

Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) may have posted the highest scoring heat of the contest - 30.34 points - which included the only perfect 10 of the competition for a huge stalled double, but there was no place in the final for the former 7-time event champion here, which left Köster feeling aggrieved, so much so that he then produced one of the stand out moments of the event as he pulled the trigger on a triple forward loop in the b-final. Köster may not be happy with his result in Gran Canaria this year, but he still walks away with another podium finish - 3rd - which sees him ranked fourth in the overall world rankings. 

Meanwhile, Dieter van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails) claimed his best result to date on the World Tour with the Belgian maestro earning fourth place here. Like Salmonn, van der Eyken inflicted a lot of his damage due to his aggressive approach to wave riding. Unfortunately while freesailing, the 2015 Freestyle world champion injured his foot and now faces a race against time to be fit for the next event in Tenerife. 

Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) is another sailor to earn his best result to date after claiming joint fifth place alongside Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde), who claims his best result in Pozo since 2016 when he also finished in joint fifth. 

Elsewhere, in his first appearance of the season Ricardo Campello walks away in 7th place just ahead of Alessio Stillrich (Simmer / Simmer Sails), who unfortunately had his hopes ended due to injury in Heat 22. Stillrich was in the qualifying positions, but sadly suffered an injury after getting his foot stuck in the footstraps. Everyone wishes Stillrich and van der Eyken quick and successful recoveries.

Having suffered a shock second round exit, reigning world champion - Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing) -  fought back as far as he could with the new format to claim 9th place, which could still prove crucial in deciding the world title race later in the season. Ninth here sees Browne ranked third in the overalls, just behind Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing) who completes the top 10. Moritz Mauch just misses on on a place in the top 10 - 11th - with his radical onshore wave riding consistently scoring extremely well with the judges. 

Youth’s

U21 Girl’s

With Alexia Kiefer Quintana and Maria Morales being tied on one victory a piece, the last heat of the entire event featured a sail off for the U21 Girl’s event title. On this occasion Kiefer Quintana, who claimed third place in the main event, dominated the decider, winning both in the air and on the waves.

U18 Girl’s

Sol Degrieck produced a slick performance to claim victory in the U18 Girl’s fleet as she saw off competition from Annagiulia Piccaglia (Goya Windsurfing), Trine Gobisch (Duotone Windsurfing) and Lizzlotte Schilling Andrew (Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails).

Boy’s

In the Boy’s Youth contests there were victories for Liam Dunkerbeck in the U21s after the young local saw off a stern challenge by Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), while Carlos Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing), who finished 15th in the main event, had far too much fire power in the U18s. Meanwhile, Ryoma Sugi (Tabou / North Sails) and Elías Antolín (Duotone Windsurfing / Goya Windsurfing) claimed the top prize in the U15s and U13s, respectively. 

Master’s

Ben Proffitt (Simmer / Simmer Sails) managed to make it out of his commentary box to show everyone he’s still rather useful on the water as he claimed a deserved victory in the Master’s division ahead of Mike Friedl (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing), Valter Scott (Severne) and Sandro Dálessio. 

That concludes what has been another absolutely fantastic edition of the Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup, which has seen a plethora of action every day with Pozo Izquierdo once again reaffirming itself as one of the windiest places in Europe during summer time. A huge congratulations to all the winners and a huge thanks for Björn Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails) and his team for putting on the event. We’ll look forward to returning next year already.

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Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Slalom X

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing) 
3rd Marion Mortefon (FRA | Patrik / Patrik Sails)
4th Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Slalom X

1st Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing / Phantom Sails)
2nd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Benoit Merceur (FRA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
6th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
9th Malte Reuscher (GER | Tabou / GA Sails)
10th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Wave



1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Pauline Katz (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave 

1st Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde)
2nd Julian Salmonn (GER | Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS)
3rd Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
4th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Robby Swift (UK | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Ricardo Campello (BRA/VEN)
8th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
9th Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing)
10th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girls’s U21 Wave

1st Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
2nd Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
3rd Lisa Wermeister (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U21 Wave

1st Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
2nd Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Gregory Stathopoulos (GRE | Goya Windsurfing)
4th Samuele Ferraro (ITA | Patrik / Patrik Sails)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girls’s U18 Wave

1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Annagiulia Piccaglia (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
3rd Trine Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Lizzlotte Schilling Andrew (ESP | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U18 Wave

1st Carlos Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
2nd Leon Maethner (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Ryu Noguchi (JPN | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Arthur Van den Brande (BEL | RRD / RRD Sails)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U15 Wave

1st Ryoma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / North Sails)
2nd Bjørn Olesen (Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Yannik Gonzalez (F2 / Simmer Sails)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U13 Wave

1st Elías Antolín (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing / Goya Windsurfing)
2nd Anton Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Raphaël Dumesnil (FRA | Starboard / Hot Sails Maui)
4th Dennis Gonzalez (ESP | Goya Windsurfing / Simmer Sails)
5th Eric Gonzalez (ESP | F2 / Simmer Sails)

Result 2024 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Master's Wave

1st Ben Proffitt (UK | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Mike Friedl (ESP | Quatro / Goya Windsurfing)
3rd Valtor Scotto (TF | Severne)
4th Sandro Dálessio (TF)