Freestyle action with the new 2013 Skate – Gollito Estredo, Yoli De Brendt, Laure Treboux & Max Rowe on Fanatic & NorthSails 2013
The Fanatic Wave and Freestyle boards of the first 2013 Product Launching Cycle are now online, they include Quad TE, TriWave, FreeWave/TE/TeXtreme and Skate/TE!
After the jump shaper Sebastian Wenzel explains the features of each new board.
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These fearless competitors are preparing to go head to head in 3 global missions. They emerged as top 10 in the public online voting, after having been shortlisted by the expert jury headed by Robby Naish. Expect them to deliver insane performances in a fierce competition like no other. Starting August 1st, the chase is on! – Red Bull Storm Chase
The 10 riders are: (in no particular order)
Find out more at RedBullStormChase.com
With 3 days complete, The Single elimination is complete. Philip Köster and Daida Moreno emerged on top, to win the Single Elimination of the 2012 PWA Wave Worldcup on Tenerife. A strong forecast materialized and great heats took place with amazing waverides, massive jumps and some hardcore crashes. The level of competition rose as 40-50 knot trade winds and mast high waves came through!
Men’s Single Elimination Winners Final
The men’s winners’ final saw Philip Köster recommence his battle with Victor Fernandez and the two sailors put on a phenomenal show for the crowds as they pushed each other to the limit, both physically and mentally. By the end of the duel though it was the eighteen year old who came out on top after an awe-inspiring display. Köster wasted no time at all and as the green flag was raised the wonderkid launched into one of his ankle-dry double forwards to instantly put the pressure on Fernandez. The Spaniard responded with a monster stalled forward, quickly followed by a double forward of his own to even things up. However Köster’s wave riding was on a different planet. For a single wave ride he scored a maximum twelve points as he delivered an absolutely colossal wave 360, which led straight into a perfect bottom turn before unwinding into a ridiculous double taka. After this Köster set about raising the bar even higher as came ever so close to a no-handed goiter and went in search of a ramp for a triple loop. Unfortunately for him, and us, the perfect ramp didn’t arrive on this occasion. Fernandez did everything in his power to stop Köster as he landed spectacular one-handed goiters and a monumental one-handed frontside aerial of his own, but it wasn’t enough against a seemingly invincible Köster.
Women’s Single Elimination Winners’ Final
Another winners’ final, another Moreno matchup, as the twins, Daida Ruano Moreno and Iballa Ruano Moreno continued to dominate the women’s fleet. Daida was hungrier than ever to come out on top, having relinquished her Pozo crown for the first time in thirteen years last week, and that’s exactly what she managed to do. She will now be hoping she can defend her victory in the double elimination. Daida looked a dominant force in the air as she landed an amazing one-handed backloop and a big stalled forward. Iballa on the other hand made the better of the waves and she delivered some delicious wave riding to leave the heat extremely close by the end, however it was soon revealed that Daida had claimed the victory and she looked visibly delighted with the outcome.
Double Elimination
After the single elimination finished, they began the double elimination.
Adam Lewis (Patrik / Point-7) put all of his local knowledge to the perfect use today, the Englishman charged his way back from the first round to book his place in the top sixteen, after winning three consecutive heats. Lewis first took down Pablo Ramirez (Goya Windsurfing/ MFC) followed by Albert Pijoan (Starboard / Severne) and Kenneth Danielsen (F2 / Simmer). Lewis’ radical wave riding and massive backloops proved to be a big hit with the judges, and he’ll now hope to pick up where he left from tomorrow when he faces Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic / North / AL360).
Lewis wasn’t the only sailor to gain momentum from the first round; Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC), John Skye (RRD / Mystic / MFC) and the aforementioned Stillrich all clawed their way back through the double elimination to also book their places in the top sixteen. Brawzinho impressed today with a number of ankle-dry double forwards and he’ll be hoping to continue his charge into the top five come the end of tomorrow. John Skye produced a brilliant performance to dispatch of his fellow countryman Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins). Skye landed a beautiful one-handed backloop and looked super consistent and fluid on the wave to advance. Meanwhile, Stillrich, nailed more of his now, almost trademark super tweaked pushloops to demolish the opponents put before him.
The closest heat of the day was between Klaas Voget (Fanatic / Simmer / MFC) and Jamie Hancock (Tabou / Gaastra) in heat thirty nine. Both men landed superb pushloops and they were almost inseparable in the wave riding department. Voget launched in to a brilliant backside air only to be matched by Hancock, who threw a super vertical turn and a taka. As the score sheets were tallied up there was just half a point in it, overall Voget just managed to edge it and he now goes on to face Marcilio Browne in his next heat.
Ben Proffitt (Simmer) managed to defeat Ross Williams (Tabou / Gaastra) in the other all English affair. On his way to victory the Brit landed a super tweaked pushloop before launching into a radical wave 360 and a slick taka. Although Williams was able to land a couple of wave 360s, it wasn’t adequate on this occasion.
Dario Ojeda (Tabou / Gaastra / MFC) sneaked past Jules Denel (Exocet) by the narrowest of margins, his double forward proved to be vital in clinching the tie and Ojeda will now face Martin Ten Hoeve (Goya Windsurfing / Point-7), after the Dutchman navigated his way past Michael Kleingarn (Fanatic / Gaastra).
Result after the Single Elimination
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Women
Andre Paskowski recently produced a new short clip with Gollito sailing in Fehmarn, Germany. Andre also released the name for his next movie, a film about Gollito.
Freestyle action featuring the Belgian freestyle windsurfer Dieter van der Eyken. The spots you see in the clips are Brouwersdam and Oostvoorne, in Holand.
First off, I would like to thank everyone who is enjoying the page, we’ve seen a steady incline in traffic over the last few weeks. I’m still working hard on a new layout with many new exciting features, and tons of useful info!
However as I’m in Icaraizhino, Brazil for the next 6 months teaching windsurfing, you may see a slight decline in posts, hopefully I will be able to keep up, but have already slipped behind on coverage of the PWA Teneriefe event as I was in airports and planes. If anyone wants to contribute hit me up!
Lawrence ‘Wind Dude‘ Stewart
Check out all the action from the CGWA Windfest Weekend held July 7-8th, 2012 at the Hood River Event Site in the Gorge. (A film by Adam Wojtkowiak).
After a failed first attempt 2 years ago, watersport master Kai Lenny attempts to windsurf 56 miles across Lake Michigan. Better equipment, a better forecast, and a different location set the stage for his second attempt, and it all falls onto Kai to power through hours of constant focus and bitter cold to pull it off. After 2 hours and 50 minutes of windsurfing through endless choppy waves, Kai emerges triumphant on the other side of the lake.
A short teaser clip from the PWA Pozo World Cup, with promise of a full movie coming soon!
Boujmaa Guilloul is interviewed about the upcoming fiction-feature film Land. He is the film’s stunt coordinator and also has a supporting role playing himself. He talks about life in Morocco and the craziness of windsurfing to Europe. Find out more about the film on indiegogo.com/land.
Some freestyle from Bonaire featuring Erik Håkman and Kiri Thode.
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR MORE EXPLOSIVE ACTION AS THE WAVE SAILORS HEAD TO TENERIFE – PWA World Tour
From July 12th to the 18th July wave fleet will once again take centre stage as they return to the stunning shores of El Médano, Tenerife, for the second successive year. El Médano is situated on the South East coast of Tenerife, blessed with regular trade winds and pumping waves year round, that make it a windsurfing paradise. The week ahead is guaranteed to be packed with unbelievable action, as the elite of the wave sailing world take full advantage of the world class conditions.
Up for grabs is a €50,000 prize purse, as the pros battle it for World Tour Points and money. After the awesome action in Pozo we can expect more as the conditions are already looking awesome for the event.
Read more at PWAworldtour.com, and find out who you should be watching, and once again there will begin coverage of the entire event! Also dont forget to check back here for coverage of the event.
The event website is available at http://tenerife-pwa.com/
It`s been awhile since indoor windsurfing has been around. But enjoy this nearly 30 min highlight real from a indoor session in Paris.
Our favourite photos of the action at the action at the 2012 PWA Pozo Worldcup. If you missed the action you can read a full report of Day 5 here, or check out the final day 5 video here. All the photo credit belogs to Jose Piña. Continue reading for all 21 pics!
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