We will have all your news and results from the 2013 PWA Pozo World Cup, and the live stream above!
(Competition runs July 9th – 14th.)
Day 6 Video – Super Session Action
Day 6 – Koster wins the Super Session
Day 5 Video – Check out the pros, freesailing, the conditions look pretty good to us, but the waves were to flat!
Day 5 – The juniors finish there event, and the pros go freesailing, as conditions never materialized.
Day 4 Video – Finally some action!
Best of Action from Day 4 – Photo Gallery
Day 4 – The Juniors hit the water
Day 3 Video – How about some Sushi?
Day 3 – All remais quiet.
Day 2 Video – Tow-in, sexy massages, and quick questions
Day 2 – The waiting game continues…
Day 1 Video – Behind the scenes
Day 1 – A slow day with little wind.
More to Come!
The 4th day of the Gran Canaria Wind and Waves festival finally saw some action, two heats of the junior contest were run, and a few pros hit the water.
Day 4 in Pozo saw two heat of Juniors competition run, and some of the pros hitting the water to get warmed up for tomorrow!
The next generation of windsurfers take centre stage at the PWA Pozo World Cup
Day 4 of the PWA Gran Canaria Wind & Waves Festival finally saw some action, as Juniors took centre stage. Howeve, promising winds at the start of the day soon deteriorated which resulted in the Juniors final being canceled, while the men’s and women’s heats have yet to begin.
Junior’s Heat 1
Moritz Mauch dominated Heat one with with out standing wave riding ability. The 17 year old Moritz made the most of the conditions as he demonstrated both front and backside riding, before sliding his way through a smooth taka. Mauch also landed two clean forwards. Competitors Noah Roche-Vocker and Loick Lesauvage both demonstrated nice forwards, but it wasn’t enough to stop Moritz Mauch from winning the heat.
Junior’s Heat 2
Seventeen year old Benjamin advanced into the final after beating Marc Pare and Nicklas Herrera Mathisen. Benjamin edged out the tow competitors with superior wave riding, confidentiality linking together several waves, with both front and backside hits. Pare came a close second but may have been able to edge out pare if he was able to hang onto a very close back loop attempt. 12 year old Herrara Mathisen can be proud of his heat landing several forward loops, and is definitely one to watch in the coming years.
The final of the Juniors heat was started, but deteriorating wind conditions forced it to be cancelled. The junior Heat will be concluded tomorrow.
The forecast for tomorrow is similar to today. Hopefully the local effect will hold as the winds are a bit more easterly, allowing for the competition to begin. The skippers meeting has been called for 10AM with action beginning at 10:30 if conditions allow.
The third Day more waiting for wind in Pozo. What do the top windsurfers in the World do when they are stuck with little to know wind? Well a little tow-in, interviews, and a little fishing from the back of your longboard, with Dario Ojeda
Get Ready!
North Americas premier freestyle event is returning to the Gorge after a 5 year absence! And it is going to be good, just check out the stoke video for the 2013 AWT Gorge Freestyle & Big Air Frenzy run from July 17th-22nd. The freestyle competition will be combined with a Big Air competition, measured using the latest in 3D motion tracking technology from Xensr.
For more info visit americanwindsurfingtour.com
Day three of the PWA Gran Canaria Wind and Waves Festival turned out to be another frustrating affair as the howling trade winds, which usually hammer Pozo throughout the summer months continued to desert the event in favor of uncharacteristically light winds. The sailors were eventually released at 4pm as conditions failed to develop.
AWT rider Jay Watermeyer went through his GoPro footage, where he road triped from Portland, OR to Punta San Carlos Baja, for some windsurfing, surfing and mountain biking.
Jay is sponsored by Starboard, Severne, Trident Performance Sports, Dakine, ProMotion Wetsuits, and Slag
16 year old French windsurfer Alexandre Villate recently spent time in Moulay Bouzerktoune, Morocco. He put this nice 5 minute clip together, with some of his wave riding and jumping, enjoy!
Nick van Ingen throws a nice airbob as he is getting ready for the upcoming PWA Freestyle World Tour stop in Fuerteventura.
Matt Pritchard of Pritchard Windsurfing brings us this great jibin tip for your windsurfing! Kevin says the boom slides is, “one of the most key elements to making your jibes consistently and in control.”
Kevins Top Secret Tips
brought to us from pritchardwindsurfing.com, by Kevin Pritcahrd
5 time World Freestyle Champion Gollito Estredo sailing in Pozo a few days ago.
It was another day of no wind in Pozo. Ricardo Campello does some tow-in, Dario Ojeda gets a massage well Thomas Traversa, Alex Mussolini and Kenneth Danielsen answer some quick questions. Here’s to hoping they see some wind soon!
The waiting game continues at Pozo
The second day of the PWA Gran Canaria Wind & Waves Festival was very relaxed as wind and waves didn’t cooperate for the second day in a row. Temperatures sored into the 30’s as competitors took to seeking shade and cover out of the sunshine, as they continued to wait.
A week of hard racing wrapped up on July 7th at the Crocodiles de L’Elorn Club in Brest. Near 300 competitors had gathered up here hoping to bring the European title home.
