2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup
The penultimate day of the 2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup saw the conclusion of the Men’s Single Elimination in tricky conditions. The top four men still made the most of the conditions on offer and by completing the single elimination today that means that results have been achieved in every category with a day to spare!
Wave
Men’s
Winners’ Final
For the first time since 2017, Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) and Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / Duotone) lined up against each other in the Winners’ Final in Pozo Izquierdo. The two sailors have won 6-times a piece here over the years, so whoever would win this duel would likely edge ahead in the stats with only one day of the contest remaining. Köster produced an almost perfect jumping display as the 28-year-old earned 18.13 points out of a possible 20 to put Fernandez under enormous pressure after landing a massive 6.9m stalled double - 9.38 points - and a table double forward - 8.75 points. Fernandez landed an 8 point perfect double of his own, and earned the highest wave score of the final - 6.75 points - but it wouldn’t be enough to deny Köster from reclaiming the top spot on the podium here for the first time since 2018.
Single Elimination winner - Philip Köster: “It’s amazing to finally be back in the final. It’s been a long time, so it was amazing to be able to finish the single elimination. It was tough out there, but I managed to get two really good jumps including a big stalled double, which I just had to go for as I didn’t know what jumps Victor had landed at that point. In the final you just have to go for it and that’s what I did. So, just very happy right now.”
In the b-final, Birthday boy - Ricardo Campello (Naish / Naish Sails) - pipped Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails) to the final place on the podium with a great display in difficult conditions. Campello landed the second highest scoring jump of the day - 9.30 points - for a huge double forward, whilst he also entertained the crowds on the beach with a taka diablo. Traversa basically matched Campello’s wave game, but couldn’t match Campello’s aerial prowess on this occasion.
After the completion of the single elimination the Men’s Double Elimination began and the first round was able to be completed before the conditions deteriorated and the sailors were released shortly before 6pm.
The final day of the event looks set to be another windy one, so there should be more action to conclude the 2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup. The sailors will meet again at 9:30am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 10am onwards.
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Result 2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup - Women’s Single Elimination
1st Iballa Ruano Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Daida Ruano Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Fanatic / Duotone)
5th Marine Hunter (FRA | KA Sail)
5th Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup - U20 Girl’s
*After 1 Final
1st Alexia Kiefer Quintana (GER | Fanatic / Duotone)
2nd Isabel Trivino Delgado (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Julia Pasquale (ESP | Fanatic / Duotone)
Current Ranking 2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup - U17 Girl’s
*After 2 Finals
1st Maria Morales Navarro (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
2nd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Annagiulia Piccaglia (ESP)
Result 2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup - Men’s Single Elimination
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
2nd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Fanatic / Duotone)
3rd Ricardo Campello (VEN/BRA | Naish / Naish Sails)
4th Thomas Traversa (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
5th Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Marc Paré (ESP | Fanatic / Duotone)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Robby Swift (GBR | JP / NeilPryde / SWOX)
Current Ranking 2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup - U20 Boy’s
*After Single Elimination
1st Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
2nd Titouan Flechet (FRA | Tabou / Hot Sails Maui)
3rd Hakata Ishii (JPN | RRD / RRD Sails)
4th Nick Spangenberg (GER | JP / GUNSAILS / Maui Ultra Fins)
Current Ranking 2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup - U17 Boy’s
*After Single Elimination
1st Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Fanatic / Duotone)
2nd Anton Richther (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
3rd Carlos Kiefer Quintana (GER | Fanatic / Duotone)
4th Grigoris Stathopoulos (GRE | Severne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2022 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup - U15 Boy’s
*After 1 Final
1st Peter Gobisch (GER | Fanatic / Duotone)
2nd Arthur Van de Brande (BEL | RRD / RRD Sails)
3rd Javier Escribano Toribio (ESP | Quatro / Goya Windsurfing)