1st Bernd Roediger, 2nd Kevin Pritchard, 3rd Marcilio Browne
2012 Maui Makani Classic is Over…… What an Incredible Contest!!
What a phenomenal 5 days of contest here at the AWT final tour stop at Ho’okipa Maui! Everyone was in agreement that there hadn’t been a competition like it at Ho’okipa for a very long time. The biggest names in windsurfing from back in the day put up a fierce fight and an epic show against some of the top new names in the sport.
With 120 entrants, from 24 countries, 60 amateur competitors, 20 female sailors and a who’s who in the Professional division, this event was destined from the outset to be a very, very special few days. Combining the incredible entry list with some all-time Ho’okipa conditions with waves in the 12-15 foot region, spectators and competitors alike were treated to a spectacle that I don’t think any of us will be forgetting anytime soon!
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Check out the amazing action from the 2012AWT Maui Makani Classic Double elimination, which wrapped up on Wednesday with Bernd Roediger crowned the King of Hookipa!
The action at the 2012 Maui Makani Classic is in the bag, with 16 year old Bernd Roediger, winning the event! Congrats to him, who battled back defeating first PWA legend Marcilio Browne in the semi final. Then moved onto the final against last years champion and former World Champion Kevin Pritchard in a double elimination.
Awesome good to all the competitors and a big shout out to the AWT who put on an awesome event, and the many announcers who gave everyone at home including myself awesome live coverage.
What a day all the competitors had at Ho’okipa for Day 4 of the Maui Makani classic! The swell had dropped off but was still substantial enough to provide some logo to mast high sets. The wind pushed through by mid afternoon and most men had rigged 4.7 – 5.0 with the women chosing 3.7- 4.2. It was an emotional day for former world champ and Maui local Kevin Pritchard as he hammered through heat by heat and finally grabbed the title at Ho’okipa for the single elimination.
Enjoy the awesome video of highlights from the Pro single elimination.
Another nice movie from the awesome summer they had in Sweden this year. It was shot at different locations called, including, Läjet, Apelviken, Kåsa and Åsa. Enjoy!
The 3rd day of the AWT Maui Makani Classic is live right now! The action right now is the youth fleet, who can definitely shred. Check it out right now!
Due to Hurricane in New York, Livestream.com is having issues and we are unable to be live at this time. However we are recording and you will be able to watch these heats on demand later today. 🙂 Contest is on!!! – From the AWT
Philip Köster crowned Wave World Champion, Antoine Albeau Slalom World Champion, Youp Schmit Youth Freestyle World Champion and Steven Van Broeckhoven 3rd place in the freestyle. A very successful finish to 2012 for Team Pryde.
EPIC, EPIC, EPIC!!
That really is the only way to sum up yesterday’s events at Ho’okipa beach park for Day 3 of the AWT Maui Makani Classic! Everyone on the beach felt that history was being made as they sat on the hill and looked down at what most were calling the Greatest Show on Earth!
Hear what Levi Siver, Camille Juban and Keith Teboul have to say about the conditions and the competition starting today on Maui! Go to www.americanwindsurfingtour.com to watch the LIVE Cast starting at 10am Maui time today with opening ceremony and all your favorite riders!
British wavesailor John “Skyeboy” Skye just released this awesome 3 minute clip with action filmed on Maui/Hawaii, Ireland, Morocco, Gran Canaria.
I have been a bit slack with the videos over the last year. I never quite seemed to get enough footage from each trip to put something together, but suddenly I realised my hard drive was nearly full of random clips from all over the world and from loads of different people. So whilst away in Klitmoller and Sylt this year I started to put it all together and make something from it all. As its taken me so long to get it done, I thought I would spread it out over a few weeks. So starting today (Mon 22/10/12) we have Chapter 1 – “Intro” and then each week I will add another chapter. – John Skye
Enjoy this awesome video, and check back for a new one each week!
City Lift a sponsor of the 2012 PWA event in Klitmoller just released this little clip from the event, enjoy.
Waves was the call for the final day of the 2012 Sylt World Cup. Iballa Ruano Moreno and Philip Koster win the wave double eliminations on the final day of the 2012 PWA World Tour.
Results of the men’s wave double elimination:
1st Philip Koster
2nd Alex Mussolini
3rd Victor Fernandez
4th Ricardo Campello
Result of the women’s double elimination:
1st Iballa Moreno
2nd Moreno Daida
3rd Laure Treboux
4th Karin Jaggi
With sylt being the last event of the season the The 2012 PWA World Champions are now decided:
Iballa Moreno – Women’s Wave
Valerie Arrighetti – Women’s Slalom
Sarah-Quita Offringa – Women’s Freestyle
Antoine Albeau – Men’s Slalom
Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo – Men’s Freestyle
Philip Köster – Men’s Wave
Slalom highlights from the PWA World Cup Sylt 2012! It’s all about speed! .Antoine Albeau is looking strong and disaster for world champion Björn Dunkerbeck.
Awesome video of Friday nights, night session. Four competitors hit the water, Ricardo Campello, Victor Fernandez, Alex Mussolini and Daniel Bruch. Ricardo Campello came out on top.
Thanks to cough ummm… continentseven for putting this video together.
