The 2012 PWA Gran Canaria Wind&Waves Festival opened yesterday. The sailors were greeted with strong winds and waves. At 14:15 the first men´s heat got started and the girls got released for this first day of competition.
Continue reading to see who advanced on the first day of action
Dany Bruch gives you a short intro about the PWA Tenerife event. More details can be found at www.tenerife-pwa.com. The event will take place between July 12th and 18th, and conditions have already been going off. But before that the PWA pro’s are at the PWA Gran Canaria which kicks off on Monday, the forecast is looking awesome. We’ll be bringing you updates on both events!
As stated by PWA commentator, Ben Proffitt, the PWA Tenerife has now officially been confirmed. It will take place from July 12th to the 18th, just after the PWA Gran Canaria event which was also recently confirmed.
More information about the event can be found on the event website http://tenerife-pwa.com/. The website will also feature a live stream of all the event heats.
The first PWA wave event is coming closer. The Gran Canaria Wind & Waves Festival will take place in Pozo from July 2nd to 7th. for more information check out grancanariawindandwavesfestival.com
The PWA have finally confirmed that Pozo will be happening. That’s pretty last minute. but it sounds like they will be making up for it in terms of the event. There will be live streaming through out, and tons of social media coverage! And we of course will bring you up to the date coverage fop the entire event! Check out the the event facebook fanpage at facebook.com/GranCanariaWindWavesFestival.
The biggest news of all however, is that the event will now be run by the Moreno twins. The Moreno twin’s are two of the best female windsurfers, and they intend to bring a fresh new look to the PWA tour stop. They have already re-named it the PWA Pozo Wind & Waves Festival. A strong prediction is the emphasis on growing the event to a scale that is similar to PWA Podersdorf or PWA Sylt.
From the 12th to the 17th June, Costa Brava shall once again play host to the stars of the windsurfing world, as the third event of the men’s PWA Slalom World Tour takes place. The rankings remain unbelievably tight at the top after the close fought encounter of Korea, ensuring that the PWA Catalunya World Cup will be another mesmerizing event, packed with highs, lows and non-stop drama.
Follow the french riders on the PWA Freestyle World Tour, in this video they visit Podersdorf, Austria, in April, for the first PWA Freestyle event of 2012 .
Only one day of competition, in light conditions, and a good start of the year for the french riders : 5th place for Antony and Nicolas, 9th place for Julien, and 17th place for Adrien Bosson who had to withdraw from the contest after his 1st round victory, due to an ankle injury.
The team also entered the first ever European Tow-in championship: 30 riders, 3 evenings of qualifications, and a 10 rider’s final on the last evening, with Julien and Nicolas in 10th and 7th places.
The next event for the french team will be the Bonifacio Freestyle Project in Corsica, June 13th -17th.
A few Dates have just been confirmed for the PWA World Tour. The Wave event in Pozo Gran Canaria is confirmed for July 2nd to 8th, and the Freestyle and Slalom Gran Slam in Fuerteventura is confirmed for July 20th – 30th. Although the Gran Canaria event is still not fully confirmed as well as the Tenrife World Cup.
We are proud to announce that the brilliant sail brand KA Sails will be supporting the PWA in 2012. Following on from this great news we took the opportunity to find out the ins and outs about the brand and its history. Head over to the PWA website for the full story.
Watch this interview with Micah Buzianis the winner of the second PWA Slalom tourstop at Jinha Beach in South Korea.
The 2012 PWA Korea Slalom event is over. The wins go to Micah Buzianis and Valerie Arrigheti.
The 2012 PWA Ulsan World Cup Overall Standings : Men’s Slalom
1st Micah Buzianis (JP / MauiSails)
2nd Antoine Questel (Starboard / Loft Sails)
3rd Ross Williams (Tabou / Gaastra)
The 2012 PWA Ulsan World Cup Overall Standings : Women’s Slalom
1st Valerie Arrighetti (Tabou / Gaastra / Mystic)
2nd Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne)
3rd Delphine Cousin (JP / NeilPryde)
You can check out the full results on the PWA Website.
A short interview and action form Podesdorf with top freestyle rider, Taty Frans, who came second at the recent PWA Freestyle event in Austria.
The cream of the crop of the men’s freestyle fleet have been once again ripping at Austria’s famed Neusiedler See for the opening event of the 2012 freestyle world tour. From the 27th April to the 1st May these guys showed their latest moves after their winter training and launched the 2012 freestyle season off to an explosive start.
Neusiedler See is unique as the only inland stop on the PWA tour. It is also truly unpredictable as it can offer anything from freezing 40 knot winds, combined with torrential rain, to weather more associated with the Mediterranean and idyllic breezes. One thing is for sure though, this year we had mediterranean like 30°C and blue bird for the whole weekend. Some south wind enables the riders to battle out for the “King of the Lake”.
TThe first PWA event of the season just wrapped up. Bjorn Dunkerbech edged out Gonzalo Costa Hoevel and Antoine Albeau for the win in mens slalom. Karin Jaggi took first for the women. Head over to the PWAWorldTour.com for full event results, pictures and video.
More disappointing news from the PWA, coming just a few weeks after announcing the cancellation of the Aruba Slalom event, the PWA has now cancelled the entire event. The following is the statement from the PWA, citing the financial situation for cancellations.
“The present economic situation, brought about by the closing of the Valero Refinery, has greatly affected Aruba. As a consequence sponsors for the event recently informed us that they are forced to cut down funding support for events and projects on the Island because of the present insecure financial situation. Government budgets have been cut drastically and as such the needed budget for the PWA event cannot be supplemented from that source either.”
Hopefully this trend does not continue, and events return in the following years.
