Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt

With only the top eight sailors remaining in the Men’s Wave Single Elimination, the last (bonus) day of the 2025 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt only needed the semifinals and the final to be run to gain the full result. However, while that may sound simple, it was anything but with bolt onshore winds and a seriously chunky North Sea ready to claim any unsuspecting competitors. For a while there were serious question marks about whether they would even be able to make it out with whitewater and huge lumps of random water breaking just about anywhere - meaning the sailors had to be fully alert at all times. Fortunately, they are the world’s best, so despite huge walls of whitewater and no angle to escape, they managed to somehow navigate their way out to provide a thrilling finale to this year’s event as the crowds enjoyed Mother Nature at her best, while everyone thankfully made it back to the beach in one piece - which is no mean feat given how seriously dangerous the conditions were.

Men’s 

Wave

Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC) is well accustomed to life on the North Sea having spent plenty of time in Cold Hawaii, Denmark, and also arriving here early to make sure he was as fully prepared as possible for whatever conditions he may face. The Spaniard won the event here last year, and once again came out on top today, as he drew upon all of that experience to claim back-to-back victories on the World Tour for the second time in his career - having also won the previous event in Tenerife in totally different conditions. On his way to victory Paré landed a huge double forward and a stylish one-handed backloop, while a critically late hit on a heavy section earned him the highest wave score of the day - 6.87 points. Victory here means Paré will lead the world title race heading into the final in Aloha Classic as he attempts to win his first world title. 

Philip Köster (Severne Windsurfing) narrowly edged Paré in the air as the five-time world champion earned 13.6 points to Paré’s 13.5 after stomping an excellent double forward of his own and a big, clean one-footed backloop. However, in the tremendously tricky wave riding conditions he couldn’t find the wave score he needed to claim the top spot on the podium. Second place here though still earns Köster a hugely valuable 8,500 points to keep himself in the world title race heading into Maui. 

In the Canaries, Miguel Chapuis (Flikka / North Sails) qualified for the semifinals during the Single Eliminations of both Gran Canaria and Tenerife, but has still to a certain extent been slipping under the radar. However, that won’t be the case anymore as the 24-year-old booked his place in his first ever final today to guarantee himself his best result on the World Tour - no matter what happened in the show piece. In the end though, Chapuis didn’t just make the final as he earned his first podium on the World Tour as he continues to go from strength-to-strength. 

Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing) is the master of making crazily difficult conditions look easy and that’s exactly what he did during the opening semifinal to claim a comfortable victory to become the first sailor to book his place in the final as he used all of his competition guile to advance. In the semis, Fernandez, landed a perfect double forward, but crucially in the final he couldn’t quite replicate that meaning he walks away with fourth place here. It’s hard to put into context just how difficult the conditions were today, but when Fernandez, who has been coming here for 25 years, says he’s never sailed conditions like it, hopefully that does something to paint a somewhat of picture. 

All of the top eight sailors today deserve a huge amount of credit for the way they approached and handled the unexpected last day as these were about as far from normal ‘competition’ windsurfing as you can get. So, Dieter van der Eyken (Severne Windsurfing) and Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC) - who share joint fifth here - and Moritz Mauch (Simmer / Simmer Sails) and Alessio Stillrich (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails) - joint seventh - deserve a huge shoutout. Any one of these sailors could’ve refused to go out, but they all fought valiantly to provide us with huge amounts of entertainment, while putting themselves in very real danger. Today is truly testament to just how good these top guys are.

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Result 2025 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Wave

1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne Windsurfing)
2nd Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne Windsurfing)
3rd Justyna Sniady (POL | Flikka / North Sails)
4th Pauline Katz (SUI | Severne Windsurfing)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)

Result 2025 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Wave

1st Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC)
2nd Philip Köster (GER | Severne Windsurfing)
3rd Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
4th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Dieter van der Eyken (BEL | Severne Windsurfing)
5th Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
7th Moritz Mauch (GC | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
7th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails)
9th Morgan Noireaux (HI | JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Julian Salmonn (GER | Naish / Naish Sails0
9th Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC)

Result 2025 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Freestyle Single Elimination

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
3rd Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / GUNSAILS)
4th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | WeOne / GUNSAILS)
5th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne Windsurfing)
5th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne Windsurfing)
5th Youp Schmit (NB | Flikka)

Result 2025 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Foil Slalom

1st Johan Søe (DEN | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing / NeilPryde)
5th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Foils)
6th William Huppert (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
7th John Soukos (GRE | WeOne / Challenger Sails)
8th Daniele Benedetti (ITA | Duotone Windsurfing)
9th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
10th Fabian Wolf (GER | Starboard / Severne Sails)