Live scoring has brought a new dimension to many extreme sports fans, including skateboarding, surfing and now windsurfing! This year the PWA stepped up there game and began using the iScore. This new dimension to live competition, ensures the fans know what is happening out on the water, and what the judges are seeing.
To find out more about the PWA iScore system we spoke with Rich Page, PWA Tour Manager and the man behind the PWA iScore, to discover more about the scoring system and the changes it is bringing into the sport, how it started and where it is headed.
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.
City Lift a sponsor of the 2012 PWA event in Klitmoller just released this little clip from the event, enjoy.
The NeilPryde team was at the 2012 PWA Event in Klitmoller. Enjoy the action from NeilPryde team riders featuring Kauli Seadi, Ricardo Campello, Philip Köster and Robby Swift.
Eric Bellande bring us this short exciting clip of the night session from the 2012 PWA World Cup in Sylt. It highlighst amazing night windsurf jump session, where Ricardo Campello stole the show landing double forwards on both port and starboard tack. Check it out and 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.
The night session just finished in Sylt. Four competitors stepped up to the to keep in the night super session for the €4000 prize purse.
The first heat pitted Dany Bruch verse Victor Fernandez, both competing neck to neck throwing some big jumps. Victor landed a nice double racking up some serious points, but wasnt to be out done, and attempted a big double stalled forward. The continued to push the moves in the dark. Victor stopped sailing with a few minutes left after injuring his ankle, but he still had enough points to qualify for the next round.
Ricardo Campello Tweaked Push Loop in the Dark
Next heat, the light was even darker as Alex Mussolini started strong with some super nice back loops. A few minutes in Ricardo Campello began to dominate, and showed some serious stones, hucking moves like a crazy man. And even showing off for the crowd for no points with a nice wave 360. He continued to throw move after move on both tacks. The highlight was an ankle dry double forward.
Victor was unable to advance to the final due to the injury. Dany Brunch advanced as the next highest score, unfortunately he was unable to find nice ramps, and only scored a few jumps. Campello on the other hand made use all of all the ramps that came his way out and way in. He trough a nice tweaked push loop and than close tot he end, a double forward on starboard tack! Campello took the win, and the largest share of the purse. Big shout out to these four athletes that wowed the big crouds in almost no light!
(Cover Photo of Dany Brunch With a nice one handed back loop)
Day six was the first day without wind at the PWA Sylt World Cup and this meant that the slalom fleet spent a frustrating day on hold, the day was called at 4:30 when suitable conditions had not materialized until than. So far today hasn`t been better, the Slalom fleet is on hold, waiting for better conditions. But that doesn`t mean nothing`s been happening. Tomorrow is the World premier of Andre Paskowski and Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North) at the 2012 Windsurfing Film Festival held at the cinema in Westerland, Sylt. The PWA grab a quick interview with Andre head over and read it now.
Redbull brings us this short video of Philip Köster. After winning the PWA World Championship in Klitmöller, they look back at the road that shaped his path to the top.
Bjorn Dunkerbeck suffered a mast break during the Slalom heats yesterday which definitely set him back. Heres the crash, first in normal time than slow speed, and you can really see where the mast snaps.
The double elimination of the freestyle is already over and Gollito Estredo has rocked to the top, Tonky Frans also showed he was there to compete finishing in 2nd. We’ll hopefully have a video of that for you shortly. But in the mean time here’s a highlight reel form the first round of competition, including freestyle and wave.
On the third day the slalom sailors finally took to the water, as winds ranged from 8 – 20 knots. Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) enjoyed an excellent day as the Frenchman won back-to-back bullets to enhance his title challenge. It was a completely different story for the current leader of the slalom tour though, Bjorn Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne / Mystic / Dunkerbeck Eyewear / Chris Benz), as he missed out on the first winners’ final and then suffered an untimely catapult in the second final of the day. Dunkerbeck will will be hoping for a miracle if he hopes to maintain his title.
Watch the highlights from the first 3 days of the wave competion in the 2012 PWA World Cup Sylt.
