For the 6th consecutive day, Fuerteventura delivered howling winds, which saw the men reaching for their 5.2m-5.6m sails and small boards as many of them struggled to stay in control. Over the course of the opening day of slalom, Fuerte’s death chop claimed numerous victims and will likely claim many more over the next 4 days, but one man who didn’t struggle is 23-time world champion - Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) - who finishes the day as the clear event leader after a brilliant display.  Slalom Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) will be very happy with his opening days work in Fuerteventura after making a superb start which saw the 23-time world champion record one bullet and a solid second to take control of the event rankings from the word go. AA dominated this event here in 2016 and the early signs are that if the ferocious winds continue then he could well do the same again. Many sailors look out of control, but Albeau is making taming the choppy Fuerte waters look simple and almost effortless. Albeau’s two biggest rivals Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails / Chopper Fins) and Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7 / Shamal Sunglasses) both suffered earlier exits than they’d have liked the opening race with Mortefon struggling with his gybing in the semifinals and having to settle for 14th place, but the biggest upset of the day involved the reigning world champion, who was knocked out in his first heat of the event - 3rd Round. However, both bounced back in Elimination 2 to steady the ship with Mortefon securing his first bullet of the week, while Iachino finished 3rd, which leaves Mortefon 6th after Day 1, while Iachino is currently in a lowly 18th. As mentioned in the preview Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic / Shamal Sunglasses) holds an excellent record in Fuerte over the last couple of seasons and the Brit has made another strong start with a 4th and 5th place. However, it wasn’t all plain sailing for Williams after going down at the opening mark in his second semifinal, but he did brilliantly to fight his way back as he somehow avoided Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Loft Sails / Chopper Fins) who went down at the last, to book his place in another winners’ final. Julien Quentel (Patrik / Avanti) has had moments of brilliance - winning in Japan - mixed with moments of mediocracy - Costa Brava - but today he was back to somewhere near his best which sees him complete the current event top 3. The 30-year-old finished second in the opening race before limiting the damage after narrowly missing out on the winners’ final by winning Heat 15 to claim 9th. Both Ben van der Steen (Patrik / Gun Sails) and Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails) have made much needed excellent starts to the event as they currently languish 20th and 25th in the overall rankings when you’d really expect to see them pushing for the top 10 and beyond. At the close of play on day one they sit in 4th and 5th place respectively after qualifying for both winners’ finals. Cyril Moussilmani (99NoveNove / Severne), Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) and Alexandre Cousin (Patrik / GA Sails / Chopper Fins) occupy 7-9th after all three sailors qualified for the top 16 on both occasions today. Brazil’s Gabriel Browne (Goya Windsurfing / Point-7) made a flying start in the opening race as he clinched a superb 3rd place but then suffered a quarterfinal exit to finish Day 1 of the slalom 10th overall.  Elsewhere, Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) sits just outside the top 10, while Enrico Marotti (RRD / NeilPryde) sailed brilliantly in the opening elimination to secure 4th place before he jumped the gun, along with Basile Jacquin (Starboard / Point-7), Josh Angulo (Angulo / Gun Sails) and Steve Allen (Patrik / Severne) in Heat 11 to be eliminated in the quarters.  The forecast looks like the wind could be slightly lighter tomorrow, which many may consider to be a blessing after a brutal first day. The skippers’ meeting has been called for 10am tomorrow morning with the action commencing from 11am (GMT+1) onwards. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to follow all of the racing as it happens via the PWA live stream. To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Fuerteventura — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom *After 2 Eliminations 1st Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) 2nd Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic / Shamal Sunglasses) 3rd Julien Quentel (Patrik / Avanti) 4th Ben van der Steen (Patrik / Gun Sails) 5th Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails) 6th Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails / Chopper Fins) 7th Cyril Moussilmani (99NoveNove / Severne) 8th Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) 9th Alexandre Cousin (Patrik / GA Sails / Chopper Fins) 10th Gabriel Browne (Goya Windsurfing / Point-7) 

Bei drei bis vier Windstärken konnten beim Multivan Windsurf Cup fünf Wettfahrten in der Disziplin Racing gefahren werden. Vincent Langer (GER-1) ging als amtierender Weltmeister und Deutscher Meister als Favorit in die Veranstaltung. Der Kieler wurde seiner Rolle gerecht und konnte alle fünf Wettfahrten in der DM-Wertung gewinnen. „Heute hat alles perfekt gepasst. Das waren typische Sylt-Bedingungen mit Welle, kabbeligem Wasser und starkem Wind. Die kenne ich wie meine Westentasche. Deshalb habe ich mich in den Wettfahrten sehr wohl gefühlt.“ sagt Vincent Langer. Der Flensburger Gunnar Asmussen (GER-2) konnte Langer dieses Jahr beim Multivan Windsurf Cup in Grömitz bereits einmal schlagen. Hier bei den Deutschen Meisterschaften auf Sylt hatte Langer aber die Nase vorn. Doch mit seinem aktuellen zweiten Platz ist er auf gutem Kurs, um den Vizemeistertitel im Racing zu erobern. Spannend gestaltete sich der Kampf um Platz drei. Hier duellierte sich der siebenfache Weltmeister Wojtek Brzozowski (POL-10) aus Polen mit dem Schönberger Nico Prien (GER-7). Nachdem Prien aufgrund von Materialproblemen zunächst das zweite Rennen verpasste, kam er mit neuem Brett und neuem Elan in Wettfahrt drei noch stärker zurück auf die Bahn. Dennis Müller (GER-89) von der Insel Norderney komplettierte die Top-5. Neben der DM-Wertung lag der Fokus auf dem neuen Foilmaterial. Hier nutzen die Fahrer statt einer Finne eine Tragflügelkonstruktion mit der sie scheinbar schwerelos über das Wasser schweben. Dieses Material ist ganz neu und traf im Rahmen des Multivan Windsurf Cups auf Sylt aufeinander. Foiler und klassische Formula Racer gingen gemeinsam auf die Bahn. Der Däne Sebastian Kornum (DEN-24) präsentierte dabei in beeindruckender Weise die Überlegenheit des neuen Foilmaterials. Er lief in allen Wettfahrten noch mit deutlicher Führung vor Langer ein. Die Besucher konnten hier ein Gefühl für die Zukunft des Racings bekommen. Für Freitag ist stärkerer Wind angesagt. Deshalb können dann die Disziplinen Slalom und Freestyle zur Austragung kommen. Für Samstag besteht sogar die Möglichkeit für die Disziplin Waveriding. Ergebnisliste Tag 1 - Racing

Heute startete am Brandenburger Strand der Multivan Surf Cup Sylt. Mit den Deutschen Meisterschaften im Windsurfen ist dies die wichtigste und größte nationale Windsurfveranstaltung. Alle deutschen Topsurfer stehen bereit, um in den Disziplinen Racing, Slalom, Wave und Freestyle um die Deutschen Meistertitel zu kämpfen. „Die Deutschen Meisterschaften auf Sylt sind der alljährliche Saisonhöhepunkt des Multivan Windsurf Cups, über 120.000 Besucher bieten hier eine einmalige Kulisse für die Windsurf-Elite. Sylt kann die größte Bandbreite an Windsurfbedingungen in Deutschland bieten. Von Flachwasser bei Ostwind bis hin zu mehrere Meter hohe Brandung bei Weststurm - hier ist alles möglich. Deshalb ist Sylt unser traditionelles DM-Revier. Ich freue mich auf die kommenden Tage!“ sagt Matthias Regber als CEO der Choppy Water GmbH. Der Eröffnungstag begrüßte die Besucher mit karibischem Wetter. Bei strahlend blauem Himmel brannte die Sonne vom Himmel und bescherte Sylt traumhafte Badebedingungen. Tausende von Besuchern pilgerten auf die Promenade und genossen den Event. Einziger Wehmutstropfen: Der Wind war zu schwach für offizielle Wettbewerbe der Windsurfer. So drehte sich alles um das umfangreiche Rahmenprogramm. Die Promenade und der Brandenburger Strand erlebten trotz des schwachen Windes einen Besucheransturm. Die Catering- und Verkaufsstände waren voll ausgelastet. Parallel dazu genossen zahllose Besucher den Sundowner auf der Promenade am Brandenburger Strand. Die Windsurfer nutzten den Tag zur Abstimmung des Materials und für Testfahrten. Die Spannung unter den Spitzenfahrern war dabei merklich spürbar. Der amtierende Meister Vincent Langer (GER-1), Gunnar Asmussen (GER-2) aus Flensburg, der Schönberger Nico Prien (GER-7) und Dennis Müller (GER-89) von der Insel Norderney gehen als Favoriten in den Titelkampf. Für die kommenden Tage sieht die Vorhersage sehr vielversprechend aus. Am Donnerstag sagen die Meteorologen Bedingungen für die Disziplin Racing voraus. Am Freitag und Samstag könnten die Fahrer in den Disziplinen Slalom, Freestyle und Wave aufs Wasser kommen. In jedem Fall wird den Besuchern am Brandenburger Strand eine tolle Show geboten. Für Donnerstag ist das Skippers Meeting für 09:30 Uhr und der erste mögliche Start für 10:15 Uhr angesetzt.

Mit dem letzten Tourstopp und somit dem Finale der Multivan Kitesurf Masters trifft sich vom 09. bis 13. August 2017 die Kitesurf-Elite aus ganz Deutschland in Sankt Peter-Ording. Begleitet werden die Wettkämpfe in diesem Jahr wieder von dem Kitelife-Testival. Hier präsentieren sich die namenhaften Hersteller der Kitesurfindustrie mit den neuesten Kites, Boards, Bars und allem was dazu gehört. Beim Testival im Rahmen des Kitelife Village kommen nicht nur die Profis auf ihre Kosten, denn auch die Hobby-Kiter haben die Möglichkeit das neueste Material der führenden Kitemarken kostenlos auszuprobieren und zu testen. Die Multivan Kitesurf Masters sind die höchste Kite-Regattaserie in Deutschland. Die Tour besteht in diesem Jahr aus fünf Tourstopps. Bis zum Tourstopp in St. Peter-Ording hat die Kite-Elite schon bei Wettkämpfen auf Usedom, Sylt, Norderney und in Heiligenhafen um wichtige Punkte gekämpft. In St. Peter-Ording geht es in den Disziplinen Freestyle, Racing und Slalom in den Endspurt um den offiziellen Deutschen Meistertitel. Neben den Wettbewerben und dem Testival gibt es bei dem Multivan Kitesurf Masters ein großes Rahmenprogramm: Dabei kann man zum Beispiel auf der „Whitezu-Wave“ selbst aktiv werden und beim Surfskaten das Gefühl des Wellenreitens am Strand erleben. Im Village gibt es ein reichhaltiges kulinarisches Angebot und eine Shopping-Meile. Im Zentrum des Event-Villages steht die Bühne. Mit Surfer-Talk, Surfer-Yoga und Livemusik gibt es hier tägliche Highlights für Jedermann. Das Musikprogramm aus Live-Bands und DJs lässt die Abende stimmungsvoll ausklingen. So werden die Multivan Kitesurf Masters zu einem Eventhighlight für die ganze Familie. Einmalig in Deutschland befinden sich Parkmöglichkeiten tagsüber direkt auf dem Strand in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Event-Village. Der einmalige Strand von St. Peter-Ording lädt dazu ein, die finalen Wettkämpfe der Multivan Kitesurf Masters mit ihren vielen Attraktionen und Ständen zu besuchen und durch das Event-Village zu schlendern. weitere Informationen, aktuelle News und Ergebnisse findest Du auf der offiziellen Website www.kitesurf-masters.<wbr />de.

After 5 days of freestyle the world’s fastest sailors will take their turn in the windsurfing spotlight for their 4th battle of the year. Last year Fuerte produced some of the best racing ever seen and by the looks of the forecast the wind machine should continue to do its thing meaning the next 5 days should be as exciting as ever.  Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) heads up the rankings coming into Fuerteventura after a great start to the season which saw him claim a convincing victory in Costa Brava and a 3rd place in Japan. The 23-time world champion was untouchable here last year as he tamed Fuerte’s ferocious winds and choppy waters to claim an emphatic victory and he’ll be looking to win his 4th successive event title over the next 5 days.  Reigning world champion - Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7 / Shamal Sunglasses) - and vice-world champion - Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails / Chopper Fins) - are currently tied on points in 2nd and 3rd and will be eager not lose anymore ground to Albeau - otherwise it would look like a long way back to prevent AA from marching to a 24th world crown. Iachino looked slightly off the pace in Costa Brava and was delighted to make the podium, so it will be interesting to see if he has found the formula to unlock the blistering pace he has shown in the last few seasons.  Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic / Shamal Sunglasses) has an excellent record here over the last couple of seasons with a 2nd and a 3rd and the Brit comes into Fuerte perfectly poised in 4th place and ready to challenge for the overall podium again. Williams is usually one of the most consistent sailors and will be hoping to complete a hat-trick of podiums come the end of the event.  Finian Maynard (99NoveNove / Gun Sails) won here in 2012 and he is seeing his hard work over the winter pay dividends already this season. The 42-year-old shred 10 kilos during the off season and has been rewarded with a 4th place in Japan, while a 13th place in Costa Brava sees him currently sitting in 5th place. If everything clicks into place then Maynard could well emulate the success which brought him that event title in 2012. Argentina’s Gonzalo Costa Hoevel (Starboard / Severne / Chopper Fins) has been very consistent so far this season with 8th and 11th place finishes and with a little more look things could’ve been even better. However, Costa Hoevel didn’t enjoy Fuerte last year as he recorded a disappointing 21st place and he’ll be keen to put those memories behind him. Julien Quentel (Patrik / Avanti) went from hero to zero in the blink of the eye as he experienced the highs and lows of racing. The man from Saint Maarten sailed brilliantly to win in Japan, but then had a bit of a shocker in Costa Brava where he could only muster a 20th place. Quentel comes into the event 7th in overalls. Can he recapture that form from Japan? France’s Antoine Questel (Starboard / S2Maui) sits in 8th place just ahead of Jordy Vonk (Fanatic / NorthSails) - who is another sailor to have produced in different performances. The 24-year-old earned his first ever podium in Japan before recording a disappointing 21st in Spain.  The top 10 is currently completed by Germany’s Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / GA Sails). Also keep an eye out for Italy’s Andrea Cucchi (Starboard / Point-7), Bonaire’s Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic), Israel’s Arnon Dagan (RRD / NeilPryde) and France’s Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Sails / Chopper Fins), who agonisingly missed out on the podium in Costa Brava  by just one point. Of course there are a whole host of other sailors who are more than capable of breaking into the top 10 and as we have seen already this season there really are no easy heats and almost anyone has the potential to book their place in the winners’ final. To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Fuerteventura — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page.

The final day of the Freestyle at the 2017 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam produced one of the most exciting women’s freestyle finals in history as Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) pushed Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) all the way. However, the 19-year-old couldn’t quite do enough to prevent Offringa from winning as the Aruban continues to rewrite the history books - after enduring an emotional rollercoaster of a week. Freestyle Women’s Double Elimination II Maaike Huvermann successfully saw off the challenge of Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) in Heat 50 to setup another tie against Sarah-Quita Offringa, who was attempting to win her 10th PWA Freestyle World Championship. Winners’ Final Over the last 5 days Huvermann has grown in confidence with each heat she has sailed and today she gave Offringa, who was understandably nervous prior to the final, a real run for her money. The two ladies produced quite possibly the best women’s freestyle final ever seen with the lead continually changing hands as they traded blows throughout. Huvermann deserves massive credit for the way in which she put the 26-year-old under pressure - landing shuvit spocks, regular konos and most impressively a powerful culo to not give Offringa an inch of breathing space. However, despite not producing her usual flawless routine, Offringa dug deep as she called upon her champion winning qualities to produce a few moments of magic - with the best being a perfect burner - but the tie still hung in the balance with Huvermann landing a puneta just before the buzzer. Both women were forced to wait on the beach for the decision, which must have felt like a lifetime, but eventually it was announced that Offringa had held on to win by just 1.2 points and with it she continues to rewrite the history books as she claims her 10th Freestyle world title - 13th overall.  Sarah-Quita Offringa on sailing under the pressure of trying to capture World Title No.10 and making it a reality: “It was a really tough week mentally for me. Everybody is quite supportive of me here but also make it sound like it's guaranteed like I'll win. Which isn't the case. I still have to go out and do it. I think that built up into more pressure than usual combined with the fact that I could win ten titles. Which is a nice number no? so I guess also some pressure from myself because I did want it pretty bad. So the hardest part was keeping my emotions in check and to sail without thinking too much about the future. Normally I want to put down a really good heat but this week I was more focused on sailing good enough to pass the heats. So, I sailed well everyday I think but also quite reserved. Then in the final I could mostly hear cheering for Maaike which is understandable but threw me off guard I guess. Anyway I watched her sailing and she sails with much more confidence and has been able to put together some amazing heats! Especially after she injured herself at the beginning of the year… I think it's amazing she came back like that. Massive congrats to her, Oda and Arrianne for finishing in the Top 4. These were some of the toughest Fuerte conditions I've competed in and I think we put up a great show.” Huvermann can walk away with her head held high after coming so close to becoming the first person to beat Offringa in a freestyle heat for 9 years and the 19-year-old ends the year as the vice-world champion for the second year in a row and with another year of training under her belt it looks as though she would have a realistic shot at the title. Oda Johanne completes the podium again after successfully coming back to defeat Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) in the second double elimination today, which means the Norwegian has now finished in the world’s top 3 for the last 4 years running. Meanwhile, Aukes finishes in a solid 4th place ahead of Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde), who won 3 consecutive heats to climb up to 5th place for the year after defeating Hanna Poschinger (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg), Clare Elliot (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) and Birgit Rieger (Flikka). Result 2017 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women's Freestyle 1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins 2nd Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 3rd Oda Johanne Windsurfing(Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) 5th Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde) Result 2017 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men's Freestyle 1st Jose 'Gollito Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails) 2nd Amado Vrieswijk - NB20 (JP / Severe) 3rd Yentel Caers (JP / Point-7) 4th Jacopo Testa (RRD / RRD Sails / AL360) 5th Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Shamal Sunglasses) 6th Adrien Bosson Windsurfing (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) 7th Antony Ruenes F85 (Tabou / GA Sails) 7th Dieter Van der Eyken B35 (Starboard / Severne) 9th Taty Frans (Starboard GA Sails / Mystic) 9th Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) 9th Everon (Tonky) Frans (RRD / RRD Sails) 9th Kiri Thode

The penultimate day of the freestyle in Fuerteventura saw more explosive action as the men’s double elimination was completed, while the second single elimination of the women’s was also finished. Today saw so many incredibly close heats in the men’s division to show that almost anyone on their day is capable of beating anyone else. However, by the end of Day 4 the men’s competition has been completed and it is Gollito Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails), who makes a winning start to the year with another incredibly stylish display, while Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) remains on course for a 10th PWA Freestyle World Championship. Women’s Single Elimination II Winners’ Final Sarah-Quita Offringa and Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) lined up for their second duel of the week in the winners’ Final. Huvermann is gradually bridging the gap between herself and Offringa as she landed shuvit spocks, regular konos and also sailed away from a culo. However, Offringa remains in a league of her own with the style and execution with which she executes her moves and deservedly maintains her perfect record. Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) posted her highest total contest so far in the semifinals, but unfortunately, she was up against Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins). However, Aukes carried that rich vein of form into the battle for 3rd and 4th place to take down Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) to claim the final place on the podium. Men’s   A Bitter Sweet Victory Yentel Caers (JP / Point-7) fought his way back onto the podium as the young Belgian produced a couple of magnificent performances to firstly defeat fellow Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Shamal Sunglasses) in a heat almost too close to call, before exacting revenge against Italy’s Jacopo Testa (RRD / RRD Sails / AL360). However, that victory came at a serious cost with the 22-year-old being forced to retire before facing Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) after injuring his foot upon landing a shifty. Caers thought that he’d broken his leg, but initial reports suggest that that is not the case, but he will be getting fully checked out this evening. Everyone wishes Yentel a speedy and successful recovery. Testa will be disappointed to have lost his place on the podium, but still walks away from the opening event of the year with his best ever result on the PWA World Tour. With Caers forced to withdraw, Vrieswijk and Gollito Estredo lined up for a repeat of the single elimination winners’ final. Vrieswijk came into the Fuerte as the reigning event champion, but in order to successfully defend his title, he would have to beat Gollito twice.  Gollito versus Vrieswijk is turning into the biggest rivalry in freestyle windsurfing and both sailors continue to raise the level as they continually push each other. The two of them produced another scintillating final today, but despite his best efforts, the Bonairean couldn’t deny the Venezuelan the opening victory of the season as the 7-time freestyle world champion makes the perfect start to his title defence. Both landed some massive moves with backloops, pushloops, air chachoos being thrown down as well as some crazy combos, but crucially Gollito exited his maneuvers cleanly, while Vrieswijk was left counting a wet air kabikuchi, while he couldn’t quite land his double air culo. So, it is advantage Gollito in the race for either 9 world titles or 1 world title. Elsewhere, Dieter Van Der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) and Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) finished in joint 7th place. The Belgian defeated Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) by producing a buzzer beater as he landed a spock culo before losing against Van Broeckhoven.  The forecast looks windy again for tomorrow, which should see an exciting finale to the second women’s double elimination, while we will also be holding a big move contest for the men. The sailors will meet again tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting at 10:30am (GMT+1) - registration for the big move contest will be between 10:30-11am. The first possible start for tomorrow will be 11am. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to watch all of the explosive action as it happens via the PWA live stream.  To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Fuerteventura — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Result Women's Freestyle Single Elimination II - Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam 1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins 2nd Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 3rd Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Oda Johanne Windsurfing (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) Result 2017 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men's Freestyle 1st Jose 'Gollito Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails) 2nd Amado Vrieswijk - NB20 (JP / Severe) 3rd Yentel Caers (JP / Point-7) 4th Jacopo Testa (RRD / RRD Sails / AL360) 5th Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Shamal Sunglasses) 6th Adrien Bosson Windsurfing (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) 7th Antony Ruenes F85 (Tabou / GA Sails) 7th Dieter Van der Eyken B35 (Starboard / Severne) 9th Taty Frans (Starboard GA Sails / Mystic) 9th Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) 9th Everon (Tonky) Frans (RRD / RRD Sails) 9th Kiri Thode

The wind machine continued to blow on Day 3 of the 2017 - sponsored by René Egli - to provide another afternoon of explosive freestyle - although for a time the wind was almost too strong, even leaving the guys completely stacked on 4.0s. By the end of Day 3 a further two rounds of the men’s double elimination have been completed, while Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) remains on course to capture a 10th consecutive PWA Freestyle World Champion after successfully defending her single elimination crown against Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins). Freestyle Double Elimination Women’s Maaike Huvermann found her stride today as the current vice-world champion, firstly ended the hopes of Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins), before exacting revenge against Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) with quite possibly her best heat so far on the PWA World Tour as she landed a mix of sliding moves and power moves to earn the right to face 9-time PWA Freestyle World Champion - Sarah-Quita Offringa in the winners’ final. Winners’ Final Huvermann produced another fine display in the final as she applied some genuine pressure against Offringa by rotating through a regular kono and a sick shuvit spock, while attempting a culo as she tried to bring all of her tricks to the table, but crucially the 19-year-old was missing a move on port tack, which is quite simply a mistake you can’t afford to make against the freestyle Queen. Offringa, may have been more nervous than usual after seeing Huvermann’s performance in the semifinal, and spending the entire day waiting, but the 26-year-old sailed with her usual swagger and style to keep her unbelievable unbeaten record in tact with a combination of shakas, burners, konos and a text-book toad as the Aruban gem takes another step towards world title No.10. Men’s Double Elimination Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) had to wait until almost the end of the day to sail his sole heat of the day, but when his time arrived the Frenchman produced a performance well worth waiting for as he posted the highest scoring heat of the day - 154.7 points - to end the hopes of Marco Lufen (Fanatic / NorthSails) who had sailed well earlier in the day to defeat Eliran Levi (Tabou / GA Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) and  Jeremy Plüss (Tabou / GA Sails). However, the German was powerless to prevent Ruenes marching on his landed a pasko, shifty, air skopu and a trademark no-handed burner and he will now face Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing) in the next round after the New Caledonian sent Francesco Cappuzzo (RRD / RRD Sails / AL360) packing. Rick Jendrusch (Severne) enjoyed a fine day on the water as he staged a late comeback against Jamie Howard (JP) to setup a duel against Nicolas Akgazciyan (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), which needed a resail to decide the winner. In the first effort it was almost too windy with both sailors wildly out of control but in the resail the wind dropped and an enthralling battle followed with both pulling out all the stops. However, it as the young Dutchman who gained the upper hand with a powerful and fluid display to cause an upset. Jendrusch looked absolutely delighted upon hearing the result, while Akgazciyan cut a deflated figure. The 22-year-old will now face Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) after the Frenchman cut Davy Scheffers (Tabou / GA Sails) comeback short. Youp Schmit (99NoveNove / Avanti) dispatched of Johnny Yagen (RRD / RRD Sails) in his opening heat of the day with a powerful display, but then saw his comeback in the double halted by Balz Müller (Patrik / Severne), who learned from his mistakes on the opening day to sail a solid heat while still bringing his own unique, radical approach to the table as he landed a sick tweaked pushloop and a shifty to set up a tie against Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic).  Frans began his comeback today, after a shock second round exit in the single and he eased his way past Loick Spicher (RRD / RRD Sails) in his first heat, before edging past Italy’s Mattia Fabrizi (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg) in Heat 38b - who failed to complete his score sheet on port tack and missed out by just over 10 points. Heat 40b saw an extremely tight tussle between Tonky Frans (RRD / RRD Sails) and Giovanni Passani (Tabou / GA Sails), but in the end, it was Frans who sneaked through with the Italian missing a move on starboard tack. In the opening stages of the heat, Frans landed the biggest jump of the contest so far as he executed a massive stalled forward. The Boanirean will now face Philip Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks), who sailed well in the howling winds to see off the challenge of Adrian Beholz (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg / Maui Ultra Fins). The forecast looks promising again for tomorrow and the sailors will meet again at 10:30am for the skippers’ meeting - with the action commencing from 11am (GMT+1) onwards. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to watch all of the explosive action as it happens via the PWA live stream.  To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Fuerteventura — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Result Women's Freestyle Double Elimination - Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam 1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins 2nd Maaike Huvermann  (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 3rd Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) 5th Birgit Rieger (Flikka) Result Men's Freestyle Single Elimination - Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam 1st Jose ‘Gollito; Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails) 2nd Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) 3rd Jacopo Testa (RRD / RRD Sails) 4th Yentel Caers (JP / Point-7) 5th Kiri Thode 5th Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) 5th Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) 5th Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Shamal Sunglasses) 9th Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) 9th Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing) 9th Balz Müller (Patrik / Severne) 9th Philip Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks) 9th Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) 9th Tonky Frans (RRD / RRD Sails) 9th Mattia Fabrizi (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg) 9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)  

As forecast, Fuerteventura delivered the goods for the second successive day, which enabled the men’s and women’s single eliminations to be completed in even better conditions than yesterday. Over the course of the day, there was plenty of world class action as the world’s best delivered an outstanding show. Come the end of the day though it’s the reigning world champions - Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) and Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails) - who head up the event rankings after the 9-time and 7-time freestyle world champions produced superb performances to deservedly win the single eliminations.  Freestyle Women’s Single Elimination Last year’s World No.3 Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) sailed an excellent semifinal against vice-world champion Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) to book her place in the opening winners’ final of the event. The Norwegian started off in fine form by landing a regular kono before adding a skopu, flaka, shaka and forward loops on both tacks to setup a tie against reigning world champion - Sarah-Quita Offringa. Winners’ Final A Worthy Winner Sarah-Quita Offringa peaked at the perfect moment as she produced her highest scoring heat of the contest in the final - 137.3 points - as she linked together another majestic display. The Aruban gem is going in search of her 10th successive freestyle world title and based on her latest showing it’s hard to see anyone stopping her. In the final Offringa landed an array of the latest power moves - burners, konos, culos - with shakas, air flakas and a massive toad to leave the result in no doubt, while unfortunately Johanne couldn’t scale the heights of her semifinal performance with the Norwegian completely overpowered on 4.0m. In reality, it wouldn’t have made a difference to the result with Offringa posting a score that would have rivalled many of the guys scores in the opening round of the double.  Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) made the brighter start to the losers’ final against Maaike Huvermann, but the current vice-world champion gathered momentum as the heat progressed and a quick flurry of tricks earned her 3rd place in the single and the 19-year-old will now look to fight back in the double elimination.  Men’s Reigning world champion - Jose ‘Gollito' Estredo - and vice-world champion - Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) both sailed superbly in the quarterfinals and semifinals to set-up a mouthwatering winners’ final.  Gollito defeated Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) before producing the performance of the day to defeat Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) as the Venezuelan racked up a humungous total of 191.4 points with a spectacular display of sailing, while Vrieswijk manoeuvred his way past Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Shamal Sunglasses) and Jacopo Testa (RRD / RRD Sails). Winners’ Final As expected the winners’ final produced plenty of fireworks with both Gollito and Vrieswijk producing an outstanding aerial display, while also landing the latest combinations as the action went off. Both sailors nailed backloops and spock culos in an evenly matched affair, but it was Gollito who came out on top in their opening clash of the season as he landed an air chachoo, shuvit cheeseroll and shuvit forward loop to gain the upperhand. Even a signature double air culo from Vrieswijk couldn’t prevent the 7-time world champion from winning the single elimination, as crucially, the 21-year-old was missing a move on port tack.  In the battle for third and fourth place Yentel Caers took on Jacopo Testa and for the majority of the heat, it looked as though Caers had the final place on the podium wrapped up after dominating the duel at the beginning. However, as the losers’ final headed towards its climax the Italian found his rhythm and staged a superb comeback to secure a first ever podium and he will now do everything in his power to defend that position in the double elimination. Meanwhile, Caers was extremely disappointed that his bongka was adjudged to be outside the competition area, while he performed one of his best moves, a burner into one-handed burner, when he was out of moves on starboard tack. However, take nothing away from Testa, who has certainly stepped his game up and seems to be starting to fill his potential.  Double Elimination After the conclusion of the single elimination, the double elimination soon began with the conditions continuing to fire and even in the opening round of the double there were several outstanding displays, which is testament to the level of the current standard on the world tour.  Youp Schmit (99NoveNove / Avanti) was on the wrong-side of a very close heat against Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) in just the second round of the single, but he again showed why he is such an exciting and dangerous talent as he produced the highest scoring performance of the first round with a polished display consisting of a pushloop, backloop and radical shifty to name just a few and he will now face 18-year-old Johnny Yagen (RRD / RRD Sails). The Young Israeli sailed out of his skin to defeat Bjorn Saragoza (Starboard / Hot Sails Maui) - who was previously ranked as high as 6th in the world - which marks a disappointing return to the world tour for the Bonairean, but Yagen deserves all the plaudits and was visibly delighted upon hearing the result.  Davy Scheffers (Tabou / GA Sails) was one of the other standouts in the double so far as the Dutchman found his best form to begin his comeback. The highlight being a shifty on the way in and also an air spock - the only person to have landed one Elsewhere, Adam Sims (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg) produced an excellent jumping display to end the hopes of Julien Mas (JP / Gun Sails), while Italy’s Riccardo Marca (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) looked extremely impressive in Heat 31a with the Italian producing his best heat so far on the world tour. Italy’s Giovanni Passani (Tabou / GA Sails / AL360) won an extremely close heat against Japan’s Yuma Kobayashi (Starboard / Severne), which saw the lead change hands on several occasions. Julian Wiemar (Starboard / Severne) will be ruing not checking his equipment as the German was firmly in contention against Russia’s Yegor Popretinskiy (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) only for a snapped inhaul to ruin his chances of progression. In the final heat of the day, Italian Francesco Cappuzzo (RRD / RRD Sails / AL360) made the most of the diminishing conditions to book his place in the second round and he looks as though he can be a continued threat going forwards. The forecast looks excellent again for tomorrow which should result in another day of world class freestyle. The skippers’ meeting has been called for 10:30am - with the action commencing from 11am (GMT+1) onwards. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to watch all of the explosive action as it happens via the PWA live stream.  To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Fuerteventura — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Result Women's Freestyle Single Elimination - Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam 1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins 2nd Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 3rd Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) Result Men's Freestyle Single Elimination - Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam 1st Jose ‘Gollito; Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails) 2nd Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) 3rd Jacopo Testa (RRD / RRD Sails) 4th Yentel Caers (JP / Point-7) 5th Kiri Thode 5th Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) 5th Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) 5th Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Shamal Sunglasses) 9th Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) 9th Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing) 9th Balz Müller (Patrik / Severne) 9th Philip Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks) 9th Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) 9th Tonky Frans (RRD / RRD Sails) 9th Mattia Fabrizi (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg) 9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

Neben den sportlichen Highlights der Windsurfer wird es beim Multivan Surf Cup Sylt vom 25. bis 30. Juli 2017 auch abseits des Wassers hoch hergehen. Die Catering- und Shoppingmeile lädt mit einem abwechslungsreichen Angebot für Groß und Klein zum Verweilen ein. Int. Deutsche Meisterschaften Die nationale Windsurf-Elite trifft beim Multivan Surf Cup Sylt auf ihre internationalen Kontrahenten. Je nach Windbedingungen werden Wettkämpfe in den Disziplinen Formula Windsurfing, Slalom, Wave und Freestyle ausgetragen. Fahrzeugausstellung: Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge Der Titelsponsor des Multivan Surf Cup Sylt - Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge - zeigt eine umfangreiche Fahrzeugausstellung auf der Promenade vor Westerland. Erlebt die Flotte vom historischen Bulli, über Caddy und Amarok, bis zu den Kultmodellen Multivan und California auf der Promenade. Chiemsee Pop-Up Store Der Pop-Up Store von Chiemsee direkt auf der Westerländer Promenade präsentiert die neuste Sommerkollektion, von Bikinis über Shorts, T-Shirts, Tops, bis hin zu Handtüchern, Hoodies und Flip Flops. Bei Chiemsee kann man sich komplett für den Urlaub eindecken. Viel Spaß beim Stöbern! LVM Kids Camp Die LVM Versicherung wird auch in diesem Jahr mit ihrem LVM Kids Camp vor Ort sein. Neben dem LVM-Airstreamer auf der Promenade wird auch eine Fläche am Strand mit Leben gefüllt. Die großen und kleinen Besucher sind dazu eingeladen, ihr Glück beim Glücksrad herauszufordern oder mit „Pferdinant“ gemeinsam vor die Kamera zu treten. LIVE! Urban Beach Am Freitag, den 26. April 2017 sorgt die legendäre Coverband "Urban Beach" ab 19:00 Uhr mit ihrer Mischung aus Lagerfeuer- und Strandmusik für Stimmung. Getreu dem Motto "Sonne, Strand und die richtige Musik zum Seele baumeln lassen – was braucht man Mee(h)r?“ sorgen die Entertainer Martin Röttger und Farhad Heet für Highlights auf der Eventbühne. Für alle, die den Sommer lieben, spielen Urban Beach genau die richtige Musik - nicht nur zum Relaxen. Bootcamp-Insel-Sylt Annett Kötting ist Fitnesstrainerin und bietet seit diesem Jahr unter dem Namen „Bootcamp-Insel-Sylt“ ein abwechslungsreiches Outdoor-Training an. In den 50 minütigen Einheiten bringt sie die Teilnehmer mit einem Mix aus Kraft- und Ausdauertraining an ihre Leistungsgrenzen. Anlässlich des Surf Cup Sylt bietet das Syltfit-Team die Bootcamps vom 26. bis 30. Juli jeweils ab 16 Uhr kostenlos am Brandenburger Strand an. Die Anmeldung zu den Kursen ist unter annett@syltfit.com und www.syltfit.com direkt bei Annett Kötting möglich! Funsport am Brandenburger Strand Auch an Land wird der lockere Funsport-Lifestyle während des Multivan Surf Cups auf Sylt gelebt. Mit der Whitezu kommt eine Innovation auf die Promenade von Westerland. Die modulare Rampe imitiert eine Welle, die durch ihre glatte Oberfläche und spezielle Surf Skates exzellentes Gleiten ermöglicht. Chiemsee Surf Cup Party @ American Bistro Bei diesem Großevent darf eine offizielle Party natürlich nicht fehlen. Mit den Stars der Szene feiern - kein Problem! Am 29. Juni findet ab 23:00 Uhr die legendäre Chiemsee-Party im American Bistro statt.

The opening day of the 2017 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - sponsored by René Egli - began with a bang as freestyle exploded on to the world tour. Fuerte provided the world class conditions it is renowned for - with stunt ramps and strong winds providing the ideal playground for the contortionists of the freestyle world to show what they are capable of and by the end of the first day of competition only the top 4 women and top 8 men remain standing in the single eliminations.  Women’s  In the women’s fleet, all of the top seeds safely survived their opening heat. First of all Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) produced a solid display to defeat Birgit Rieger (Flikka), while reigning vice-world champion Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) looked to be in good form as she progressed against Hanna Poschinger (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg), who was making her debut on the PWA World Tour and won her opening heat against Alexa Escherich (JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins). Last year’s world No.2 and No.3 will now face each other in the semifinals. In Heat 22a Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) sailed well to navigate her way past a tricky second round heat against Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde). The Russian made the brighter start to the heat, but as time progressed Aukes found her rhythm as she put together a fine heat by the end with shakas on both tacks. The 30-year-old now faces a tall order in the semifinal where she will face 9-time freestyle world champion - Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) - who busted out culos, burners and regular konos to post the highest heat of the day - 99.5 points. Men’s   Close Call Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sail) had been in excellent form all day - posting the highest score of the first round - 153.6  points - before narrowly defeating Youp Schmit (99NoveNove / Avanti) in the second round to set up a tie against the current vice-world champion and reigning event champion Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne). The Frenchman continued his fine form and by the end of the heat there was just 0.03 of a point between them. Vrieswijk landed a kabikuchi in the dying moments of the heat, which proved pivotal and swung the heat in his favour. Both sailors were missing a move on port tack, so if Ruenes could have landed one of his air chachoo attempts then he would’ve progressed, but now he will have to wait for the double elimination to come back. So, Vrieswijk goes on and will meet Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Shamal Sunglasses) in the quarterfinals. Man on a Mission Former world champion - Steven Van Broeckhoven - came out with all guns blazing today as he consistently posted some of the highest scores of the day to win both of heats with ease - dispatching of Loick Spicher (RRD / RRD Sails) and Albert with an explosive repertoire of powerful aerial moves and combos.  Sailor of the Day  7-time PWA Freestyle World Champion - Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails) posted the highest scoring heat of the day proving he means business again this year as he goes on a quest for world title No.8. The Venezuelan racked up 175.3 points against Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) with a combination of radical jumping - stalled forward, air chachoo and a pushloop - as well as pulling off technical combos such as double burners and double culos. Plus he also landed a new combination… a shuvit forward loop, which he punched the air in celebration upon landing.  Upsets Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing) produced the first major upset of the competition as the New Caledonian ended the hopes of Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) in the second round with a textbook kabikuchi and a technical spock into kono inflicting the majority of the damage.  Heat 19b was always going to be a close heat between Tonky Frans (RRD / RRD Sails) and Dieter van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) and that’s the way it played out. Originally it looked as though Tonky had booked his place in the next round, but unfortunately for the Bonairean a couple of van der Eyken’s moves had been incorrectly judged, which resulted in the result being overturned and the Belgian will now face Jacopo Testa (RRD / RRD Sails). Testa came into the event off of recent success in Lanzarote and the Italian carried that confidence and form into today as he clinically dispatched of Davy Scheffers (Tabou / GA Sails), who will be disappointed with his result in the single, before going on to defeat last year’s world No.5  Philip Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks) with another impressive display.  Elsewhere, Kiri Thode progressed against Balz Müller (Patrik / Severne), but Müller had his chances to reverse the result. However, he overcooked too many of his moves and was crucially missing a move on port tack. The 2013 world champion will now face Yentel Caers (JP / Point-7) in what should be another pulsating duel. Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) is the remaining sailor to have booked his place in the quarterfinals after the Frenchman beat fellow countryman - Nicolas Akgazciyan (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) in Heat 18a.  The forecast looks superb again for tomorrow with the promise of further strong winds and similar stunt ramps as today, which should guarantee a pulsating end to the single eliminations. The skippers’ meeting has been called for 10:30am - with the action commencing from 11am (GMT+1) onwards. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to watch all of the explosive action as it happens via the PWA live stream.  To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Fuerteventura — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page.

Nach 10-monatiger Verletzungspause gewinnt der dreimalige Windsurf-Weltmeister den World Cup Auftakt der Waverider in Pozo auf Gran Canaria. Philip Köster hat sich mit einem Paukenschlag in der Weltelite zurückgemeldet. Nach einer zehnmonatigen Verletzungspause gewann der dreimalige Windsurf-Weltmeister den ersten Waveriding World Cup dieses Jahres in Pozo/Gran Canaria und übernahm damit auch die Gesamtführung in der PWA World Tour. Der 23-Jährige, der in Vargas auf Gran Canaria lebt, zeigte bei seinem grandiosen Comeback Windsurfen von einem anderen Stern, so als habe es einen Kreuzbandriss und die monatelange Zwangspause niemals gegeben. „Damit habe ich überhaupt nicht gerechnet. Ich wollte in Pozo nach der langen Pause einfach nur Wettkampferfahrung sammeln, hatte deshalb keinen Druck und bin total locker in den World Cup gegangen. Ich habe mich sofort wohl gefühlt, es gab keinerlei Probleme mit dem Knie und ich konnte alle Manöver und Sprünge durchziehen, die ich vor der Verletzung in meinem Programm hatte. Es hat mir einen Riesenspaß gemacht und ich bin super happy über diesen Erfolg“, freute sich Philip Köster nach seiner triumphalen Rückkehr in den World-Cup-Zirkus und seinen insgesamt dritten Sieg in Pozo. Der Deutsche zeigte von der ersten Runde an, dass er während seiner Verletzungspause nichts von seinem überragenden Talent eingebüßt hat. Mit traumwandlerischer Sicherheit sprang und landete er Doppel-Loops, zeigte spektakuläre Wellenritte und hatte immer eine Antwort auf die Manöver seiner Konkurrenten parat. Im einem fantastischen Finale besiegte der 23-Jährige den aktuellen Weltmeister Victor Fernandez Lopez aus Spanien und bekam dabei von den internationalen Kampfrichtern für seine Sprünge die Höchstnote zehn. Auch das war ein deutliches Statement von Philip Köster im Hinblick auf einen möglichen vierten WM-Titel in diesem Jahr. Nach seinem erfolgreichen Comeback freuen sich vor allem die deutschen Fans auf ein Wiedersehen mit dem dreimaligen Titelträger beim Windsurf World Cup Sylt. Beim größten Windsurf-Event der Welt, der in diesem Jahr vom 29. September bis zum 8. Oktober in Westerland stattfindet, wurde Philip Köster 2011 zum ersten Mal Waveriding-Champion.