schauinslandreisen Windsurf World Cup Sylt
The penultimate day of the 2023 schauinslandreisen Windsurf World Cup Sylt, presented by got2b, saw Sylt continue to display another of its many facets, as the wind swung bolt onshore, and the infamous shorebreak returned to claim more than it’s fair share of victims. Meanwhile, Marine Hunter (Quatro / KA Sail) seized the opportunity to win her maiden appearance in a final and leads the Women’s Wave event ranking heading into the final day.
Wave
Women’s
With two new faces appearing in the Women’s Winners’ Final - Maria Behrens (Duotone / Duotone / Maui Ultra Fins) and Marine Hunter - there was always going to be a new name leading the event heading into Sunday.
Conditions were the polar opposite of yesterday’s float and ride conditions and scoring opportunities remained extremely difficult throughout the 16 minute heat. However, in the end, it was Hunter who managed to make the most of the conditions with a cleanly landed backloop inflicting much of the damage to secure the victory in the final.
Behrens can still be delighted with her efforts over the last two days, which like Hunter, means she is guaranteed her best result, and maiden podium, on the World Tour no matter what happens from here.
Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) faced Justyna Sniady (North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) in the battle for third and fourth and the current World Tour leader was able to secure third place in the Single Elimination after kicking off the b-final with a well-executed stalled forward loop. Sniady landed a decent forward of her own, but crucially couldn’t sail away from the backloop she needed to challenge Offringa.
Men’s
The Men’s Single Elimination also got underway, but only the first round could be completed before the wind became too light to compete with the direction remaining bolt onshore. Most of the top seeds progressed into the top 16 unscathed, but Antoine Martin (Starboard / North Sails) suffered a narrow first round exit at the hands of Alexandre Grand-Guillot (Starboard / Loftsails).
Elsewhere, Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins) posted the highest scoring heat of the day - 22.61 points - followed by Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) - 21.63 points - and Arthur Arutkin (Duotone / Duotone Sails / Black Project Fins) - 18.88 points respectively.
The forecast for the final day is for light to moderate winds, but with the direction expected to be more cross-shore there could still be a chance of resuming the wave event, while if there isn’t enough to resume the wave contest, then it’s possible the slalom fleet could take to the water one last time this year in Sylt. A wave announcement will be made at approximately 8am (GMT+2) confirming whether the skippers’ meeting will be held at 8:30am or not. Meanwhile, an announcement will be made regarding slalom at 8:30am.
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Current Ranking 2023 schauinslandreisen Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Wave
1st Marine Hunter (FRA | Quatro / KA Sail)
2nd Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone / Duotone Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
Current Ranking 2023 schauinslandreisen Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Slalom
*After 7 Eliminations (2 Discards)
1st Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
2nd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
4th Johan Søe (DEN | FMX Racing / Point-7)
5th Mateus Isaac (BRA | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Michele Becker (GER | Patrik / Patrik Sails / Patrik Foils)
7th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
9th Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / Phantom Foils)
10th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
Overall Rankings 2023 PWA World Tour - Men’s Freestyle
1st Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
2nd Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone / Duotone Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
5th Jacopo Testa (ITA | AV Boards / Point-7 / AL360)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
8th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)
9th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
Result 2023 schauinslandreisen Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Freestyle
1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
3rd Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
4th Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone / Duotone Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Jacopo Testa (ITA | AV Boards / Point-7 / AL360)
6th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)
7th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
7th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Takumi Moriya (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
9th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)