The 2012 Quatro Desert Showdown has come to an end. The final came down to action packed match between Levi Siver, Camille Juban, Morgan Noireaux and Bernd Roediger. Noireaux and Roediger sailed well, but the two riders who used their wave knowledge to get the best waves were Siver and Juban. When the final horn sounded debates began on the beach as to who won? What would the judges decide? The winner was announced that night behind the bar at the SoloSports camp… Levi Siver! With conditions dwindling slightly on the final day and only enough time to get through a few rounds of the pro double elimination, the final result of the single elimination was upheld giving Siver his third AWT title of the season!
The week hosted by SoloSports Adventure Holidays in Punta San Carlos, Baja, Mexico. THE AWT would like to thank everyone—hosts, sponsors, competitors, staff, and organizer Sam Bittner—for making this event almost twice as big as it was last year.
The next AWT event is the Pacasmayo Classic, in Peru taking place from Aug 17-26. Continue reading for the full results…
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Dutch freestyler Youp Schmit brings us this clip from Fuerteventura. Check it out.
Enjoy some highlights from the final day at the 2012 PWA Freestyle Grand Slam in Fuerteventura, with interview with some of the pros, and some action.
Aruba Hi-Winds 2012 has come to an end. After six days of races with good wind conditions, all categories in the windsurfing discipline have completed 15 slalom races and 4 long distance races. The overall winners in their respective categories are: in the Pro/Men Diony Guadagnino (VEN) who just ended ahead of Josh Angulo with 0.1 point in slalom. Miguel Bruggeman (VEN) in the Juniors, Carolina Comino (VEN) in the Women and Hender Acosta (VEN) in Sports class. In Grandmasters Ricardo Albisu (ARG), in Masters Nathaniel McFarlane (ARU), in Big Kids Mark Tjon (ARU). For more information about winners and standings, please check out the Results page.
In the Freestyle Kiri Thode (BON) won in King-of-the-Huts, Ethan Westera (ARU) in the Prince-of-the-Huts and Steven Max(ARU) in Kid-of-the-Huts.
At Boca Grandi meanwhile, kiters have been busy with their Freestyle competition as well; after the three days of jumping, the winners are: Sergio Coello (VEN) in Pro/Open, Hernan Arends (VEN) in Men and Janka Madrzykowska (SVK) in Women.
During the weekend, Long Distance Races were held for both windsurfers and kiters. Overall winners in long distance are Josh Angulo in windsurfing and in kiting Hernan Arends in Men and Nicole v/d Velden in Women.
The evenings were filled with live music performances by bands like Honeypot, Mystical Connection, Datapanik and Orange Grove.
At the Awards Ceremony at Paseo Herencia, awards were given out, nice prizes were raffled and there was the first showing of the traditional Event Film,which can be seen on the Home page of this website.
Finally some figures: there are a total of 78 participants in windsurfing, 55 in kiting. There were 23 non-sailing participants who registered to share meals and parties. The total registrations amounted to 156, a figure comparable to that of last year.
Organizers are already planning ahead to the next Aruba Hi-Winds which will be held in the first week of July 2013.
Follow the Loft Sails international team during the PWA Slalom event in Fuerteventura 2012 – Ben Van Der Steen, Patrick Diethelm, Antoine Questel, Maciek Rutwoski and Ludo Jossin. Ben Van Der Steen took second place.
Our 10 Favorite and awesome pictures from the 2012 PWA Fuerteventura Grand Slam. Freestyle and Slalom. Complete Gallery after the Jump.
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The PWA Fuerteventura wrapped up yesterday as the freestyle double elimination was completed. Winds were questionable at best for a large part of the event, but howling winds returned on the last day, allowing the best freestylers in the world to show off there skills. Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North) had won his second successive event of the year, as he continued his perfect start to the season in his quest for a fifth world championship title. Whilst Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins / Chris Benz) stomped her authority over the women’s fleet by winning the opening female freestyle event of the year in convincing fashion.
Watch as the racing heated up on Day 3 at the US Windsurfing Nationals presented by the AWT.
Some footage of the July 2012 PWA World Cup that was held on the Canary Islands in “El Medano”.
Formula and Slalom were the call for day 2 of the US Windsurfing Nationals.
Read the full story from Day 2 with pictures on the AWT website here.
The final day of the slalom looked as though we would see another day of classic Fuerteventura conditions, as the morning started in much the same fashion as yesterday. However after an eleven O’clock start, which allowed three heats to be completed, the wind unexpectedly disappeared. On several occasions the wind did threaten to return but it was never for a prolonged period meaning that the sailors endured a frustrating day on standby with no more heats being completed. Shortly before 4pm the sailors were released for the final time, which means that Finian Maynard (RRD / Avanti) is crowned the King of Fuerteventura after a simply brilliant performance yesterday. Maynard won two eliminations and finished third in the other yesterday to claim his place at the top of the podium ahead of Ben Van Der Steen (Starboard / Loft / Mystic / Different) and Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde). The event site was still surrounded by a vibrant atmosphere as the crowds poured into the event tent to see the closing ceremony of the men’s slalom, as well as the live music and dancing.
Read the full report on the PWA Website Here, with a brief interview with Finian Maynard.
The Freestyle portion of the event begins today with the guys scheduled to hit the water first followed by the girls. Check Back here for all the action later.
Strong winds and blue skies provided the perfect staging grounds for the first day of the US Windsurfing Nationals Freestyle Championships. With consistent 20 MPH winds by noon, all riders were able to head to the water for what turned out to be an epic contest pulling off a full double elimination contest with Wyatt Miller taking home first place in men and Ingrid Larouche for the women.
Day 5 is currently on stand by as Slalom competitors play wait for the wind. Well wrap up the action to this point which so far has only seen two days of sailing.
Watch the TeamFranceWindsurf waveridersstart their World Tour 2012 campaign in Pozo /Gran Canaria, on July 1st.
It was pretty much all about big jumps, and Antoine finished 25th, Jules 13th and Thomas 9th after 4 days of hard competition in stormy conditions. A decent start of the year for them, before moving on to Tenerife a few days later for the 2nd leg of the PWA Wave World Tour…
The Severne team riders during the 2012 PWA Pozo Izquierdo Wave Worldcup. Featuring riders Daniel Bruch, Karin Jaggi, Daida Moreno and Iballa Moreno.
