Another day of epic freestyle in Fuerteventura as Gollito and Offringa defend their positions.
The fifth day of the 2012 PWA Fuerteventura World Cup saw winds arrive right from the start of the day allowing a second round of single eliminations to begin. Winds between 25 – 30 knots allowed action of the highest caliber. By the end of the day and 5 hours of competition Gollito Estredo defeated Kiri Thode in the men’s final to once again come out on top. On the women’s side Sarah-Quita Offringa and Arrianne Aukes once again met, and the result was the same with Offrigna coming out on top.
Results After Second Single Elimination – Men’s Freestyle
1st Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North)
2nd Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra)
3rd Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Different)
4th Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra)
5th Dieter Van Der Eyken (Starboard / Severne)
Results After Second Single Elimination – Women’s Freestyle
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / AL360 / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North)
4th Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde)
Check out the full report on Day 5 on PWAWorldTour.com
Check out the video wrap up from day 4 as the double eliminations are complete. Check out the full report on Day 4 here with the top men’s and women’s ranks.
Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo and Sarah-Quita Offringa successfully defend their single elimination crowns
From the start of day 4 conditions looked great, and both the men’s and women’sdouble eliminations were completed. With Gollito Estredo and Sarah-Quinta Offringa defending there positions from the single elimination.
ON the mens side Kiri Thode moved up to second place, after battling back though the double elimination only to lose to the formidable Gollito (unbeaten since the start of the 2012 season”) in the final.
The women’s final saw another match between SaraQuinta Offringa and Arrianne Aukes. Both offered a high level of performance, but Offringa defended her position landing an excellent shaka and puneta.
Results After Double Elimination – Men’s Freestyle
1st Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North)
2nd Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra)
3rd Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra)
4th Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Different)
5th Dieter Van Der Eyken (Starboard / Severne)
Results After Double Elimination – Women’s Freestyle
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / AL360 / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North)
4th Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde)
Check out a full report on Day 4 on PWAWorldTour.com
The 2013 PWA Tenerife Wave World Cup was just officially confirmed with reduced prize money. The event takes place place from August 3rd – 9th on El Cabezo Beach. Check out the teaser clip!
Action and some inside thoughts from Arianna Aukes who currently sits in second place, and head judge Duncan Coombs from day 3 of the PWA Freestyle World Cup Fuerteventura 2013.
Check out some action from the second day at the 2013 PWA Fuerteventura World Cup, with the best freestylers in the World.
The wind fills in late and the men’s double elimination beigns.
The third day of the PWA Fuerteventura World Cup began with light winds. Around 4pm the wind filled in allowing for the men’s double elimination to being. Check out all the details from day 3 on the PWA Website.
Gollito Estredo and Sarah-Quinta Offringa win the single eliminations.
The opening day of the Freestyle World Cup in Fuerteventura delivered. Both he men’s and Women’s single eliminations were completed as winds were between 20-30 knots. Gollito Estredo proved his injury from previous days didn’t effect his sailing as the 5 time World Champion edged out Tonky Frans in the single elimination Final. On the Women’s side Sarah-Quita Offringa dominated to claim her place at the top of the podium
Results After Single Elimination – Men’s Freestyle
1st Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North)
2nd Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra)
3rd Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Different)
4th Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra)
5th Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / North / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Dieter Van Der Eyken (Starboard / Severne)
5th Youp Schmit (JP / NeilPryde)
Results After Single Elimination – Women’s Freestyle
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / AL360 / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North)
4th Maxime Van Gent (Fanatic / North / Maui Ultra Fins)
An intense week of explosive freestyle action is set to begin!This year marks the 28th anniversary of World Cup events held on the golden beaches of Sotavento, Fuerteventura. From the 20th to 26th of July the men’s freestyle fleet will compete in their second event of the season while the women make their first appearance of the 2013 PWA Freestyle World Tour. It should be a great week of the best freestyle on the planet!
The seven day freestyle event will see the most radical freestylers in the world battling not only for a spot on the podium but those important World Tour Points.
All of the big names are already tweaking out awesome action, stay tuned for more, we’ll be gone over the weekend, but catch up on all the action on Monday.
Another great clip from Pozo, this Time from Team France Windsurf featuring Antoine Martin, Thomas Traversa and brothers Jules and Justin Denel.
The final day at the 2013 Gran Canaria Wind and Waves Festival still didn’t give conditions good enough for official PWA competition. In its place a super session was held to get a result for the event and distribute the prize Money. Philip Koster won the mens Super Session and Daida Ruano Moreno won the womens division. You can check out a full report on the Day 6 Super Session here. Enjoy this clip from the Super Session action!
A super session saves the day and wows crowd
The 25th anniversary of the PWA Pozo World Cup didn’t quite play out as everyone was anticipating after the wind and wave God’s deserted the shores of Pozo for almost the entirety of the week, meaning that – incredibly – no official results were obtained, with neither the men’s or the women’s competitions even beginning. Seventeen year old Moritz Mauch (Starboard / North) deserves a special mention as the youngster claimed the Junior’s title. Despite the lack of wind and waves the PWA Gran Canaria Wind&Waves Festival was still a fantastic event with plenty of action off the water throughout the days and well into the evenings. The final day of the event did see the return of the wind, combined with a selection of sporadic waves, which enabled both a men’s and women’s super session to be held and the action was nothing short of exceptional.
Super Session
Men’s Final
After the top two sailors from the four qualifying heats had been decided the final boiled down to fifteen minutes of jumping madness, in which the top two jumps would count for each sailor. Qualifying for the final from heat one were Ricardo Campello (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) and Eleazar Alonso (Tabou / Gaastra), whilst heat two and three saw Philip Koester (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins), Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North), Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC) and Jules Denel (JP / NeilPryde) all successfully advance into the final. The remaining qualifying heat saw Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North) and his fellow teammate Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic / North) secure the top two places.
In the end the reigning PWA Wave World Champion – Philip Koester – proved exactly why he is number one in the world. The nineteen year old started off the final in emphatic fashion as he exploded into one of his trademark, bolt upright double forwards, before later adding a quite exquisite – yet ridiculous – no-handed backloop to seal his place at the top of the fleet. Meanwhile, it was almost impossible to separate Fernandez, Campello and Browne such was the closeness of their performances. Eventually Fernandez and Campello completed the podium positions in second and third place respectively, with Browne being forced to settle for fourth place. The only real separating point between them was the cleanness of their landings on their double forwards. The reigning PWA Freestyle World Champion – Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo – also showed his jumping prowess with monumental shakas and a perfectly executed air chachoo, whilst the youthful talent of Stillrich showed his potential again with fully planing tweaked pushloops.
Women’s Final
Daida Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne) proved why she has so often dominated Pozo through the years with an accomplished display in the super session final. The multiple times world champion showed off her repertoire of moves, which ranged from brilliant tabletop forwards to one-handed backloops. Iballa Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne) didn’t finished far behind but this time around the reigning PWA Wave World Champion had to settle for second place. Iballa opened the heat with a clew-first backloop before going on to land a clean forward, but it wasn’t enough to see of her sister. The remaining spot for the podium saw a hard fought battle between Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne) and Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg), but eventually the Swiss gem managed to claim third with a clean backloop being the decisive factor.
Finally some action on day 5 in Pozo, the Juniors finished there final, and the pros took to the water for some freesailing. Enjoy the clip!
The second to last day of the Gran Canaria Wind & Waves festival saw the most promising conditions, but still failed to meet the requirements for official PWA Competition. The decision was made to try to start the men’s trials late in the afternoon, but conditions failed to materialize. On the other hand today did see the conclusion of the Junior’s competition and eventually Moritz Mauch (Starboard / North) claimed the under 18s title ahead of Benjamin (Goya Windsurfing) and Marc Pare (RRD / Simmer).
If you have missed the live stream, conditions failed to materialize again for the final day, and only a super session was ran, we will have those results for you shortly.
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.
