Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam

Day 5: Sarah-Quita Offringa Crowned Freestyle World Champion For 11th Time While Gollito Estredo Takes Title Race Lead in Men’s

The final day of the Freestyle at the 2018 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam didn’t provide the explosive finale we were hoping for with the wind only briefly kicking in, before dropping again, meaning there were no changes to the men’s and women’s rankings.

Freestyle

Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) extends her incredible unbeaten run on the Women’s PWA Freestyle World Tour to 11 years after winning both events this year to claim her 11th Freestyle world title. The 27-year-old continues to raise the bar for women’s freestyle, and in a year where it was thought she would face her biggest test yet to regain her world title, Offringa has more than risen to the occasion and is still undoubtedly the Queen of Freestyle.

Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) and Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) have both raised their level again, but even though they threatened Offringa in Portugal, neither could really land a telling blow here to trouble the now 15 time world champion (11 Freestyle & 4 Slalom).

This season there has been almost nothing between Huvermann and Johanne, but it is Huvermann who walks away with second place to be crowned vice-world champion for the 3rd time in her career, but a coin flip could’ve almost decided that, such was the closeness of their battles. 

Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / Duotone / Maui Ultra Fins) couldn’t trouble the top 3 this time around, but the 31-year-old proved far too strong for the rest of the fleet, which sees her secure 4th place in the overall rankings ahead Johanna Rümenapp (I-99 / Gun Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), who finishes 5th in her debut season.

Men’s 

8-time Freestyle World Champion - Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / Duotone) - proved himself to still be the man that everyone else has to beat as the Venezuelan once again showed that he has that killer instinct of a champion, while still oozing style left, right and centre.  And with his main rival - Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) - only managing to finish 4th here you would have to think that victory here is a massive step towards Freestyle World title No.9 - especially given the fact that either Gollito or Vrieswijk have won the last 6 Freestyle events between them.

Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / Duotone / Maui Ultra Fins) walks away from the opening event of the year with his best ever result on the PWA World Tour - 2nd. The Frenchman has previously finished 3rd in both Austria and Sylt, but went one time better this time around and looks incredibly dangerous.

Yentel Caers (JP / Point-7) completes the podium here after producing a series of explosive displays and is firmly in the hunt for his first world title. Caers has not finished outside the top 3 here since 2016 and is now unquestionably one of the main threats on the world tour.

Amado Vrieswijk will be incredibly disappointed with 4th place here as with just 2 events on this year’s freestyle tour it looks as though his wait to earn a first world title will go on for at least one more season. And although it seems only a matter of time before the 22-year-old will get his hands on the freestyle world title - the longer he has to wait, the more problematic it could become to shake the monkey off his back. 

The top 5 is completed by Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), Dieter van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails), Steven van Broeckhoven (JP / Gun Sails) and Jacopo Testa (RRD / RRD Sails / AL360). Albert and Testa both earned their best ever results last year - 7th and 3rd overall - while the two Belgian’s are former world champions who can clearly still mix it with the best in the business.

Philip Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks), Nicolas Akgazciyan, Balz Müller (MB Boards / Severne), Davy Scheffers (Tabou / GA Sails), Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde), Francesco Cappuzzo (RRD / RRD Sails / AL360), Mattia Fabrizi (Patrik / Challenger Sails) and Tonky Frans (RRD / RRD Sails / AL360) complete the overall top 10.

Youth’s 

In the short period of wind that there was today the Under 20s finals were completed, which saw Eugenio Marco (I-99 / Challenger Sails) defeat Lucas Nebelung (I-99 / Severne) to take top honours, while the podium was completed by Kango Iketeru, who was able to defeat Illay Bamnolker in the battle for third and 4th place.

You can find a full list of the Youth’s results @ http://nor.pwaworldtour.com/PWA_Fuerteventura_Junior_freestyle_results.htm

That concludes the opening half of the 2018 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam and after 5 days of Freestyle, it’s time for the Men’s Slalom fleet to dust themselves off for their 5th battle of the season. They will be registering tomorrow morning between 10-11am - before the skippers’ meeting at 12:30pm and a first possible start on 1pm (GMT+1). You can find a recap of the preview for the slalom here.

Overall Ranking 2018 Women’s PWA Freestyle World Tour

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU - Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)

2nd Maaike Huvermann (NED - Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)

3rd Oda Johanne (NOR - Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)

4th Arrianne Aukes (NED - Fanatic / Duotone / Maui Ultra Fins)

5th Johanna Rümenapp (GER - I-99 / Gun Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

Result 2018 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women's Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU - Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)

2nd Maaike Huvermann (NED - Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)

3rd Oda Johanne (NOR - Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)

4th Arrianne Aukes (NED - Fanatic / Duotone / Maui Ultra Fins)

5th Johanna Rümenapp (GER - I-99 / Gun Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

5th Nicole Bandini (ITA - Fanatic / Duotone)

5th Birgit Rieger (AUT - Flikka)

5th Lina Erzen (SLO - Flikka / Hot Sails Maui)

Result 2018 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men's Freestyle

1st Gollito Estredo (VEN - Fanatic / Duotone)

2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA - Fanatic / Duotone / Maui Ultra Fins)

3rd Yentel Caers (BEL - JP / Point-7)

4th Amado Vrieswijk (NB - JP / Severne)

5th Jacopo Testa (ITA - RRD / RRD Sails / AL360)

5th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL - JP / Gun Sails)

5th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL - Severne / Severne Sails)

5th Antoine Albert (NC - Goya Windsurfing)

9th Philip Soltysiak (CAN - Starboard / Sailwork)

9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA)

9th Balz Müller (SUI - MB Boards / Severne)

9th Davy Scheffers (NED - Tabou / GA Sails)

9th Sam Esteve (FRA - JP / NeilPryde)

9th Francesco Cappuzzo (ITA - RRD / RRD Sails / AL360)

9th Mattia Fabrizi (ITA - Patrik / Challenger Sails)

9th Tonky Frans (NB - RRD / RRD Sails)

Result Youth’s U20 Freestyle 2018 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam

1st Euginio Marconi (ITA - I-99 / Challenger Sails)

2nd Lucas Nebelung (GER - I-99)
3rd Kango Iketeru (JPN)

Result Youth's U17 Freestyle 2018 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam 

1st Corto Dumond (NC)

2nd Lennart Neubauer (GER - Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)

3rd Takuma Sugi (JPN - Tabou / GA Sails)

4th Stefan de Bell 

Result Youth's U15 Freestyle 2018 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam

1st Lennart Neubauer (GER- Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)

2nd Val Erzen (SLO)

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