Tenerife PWA World Cup

12 08.2015
Event Summary: Tenerife delivers outstanding conditions for 5th consecutive year as Victor Fernandez and Daida Moreno reign supreme.
At the start of the week the forecast was looking marginal at best for the fifth edition of the Tenerife PWA World Cup and there was more a question of whether it would be possible to gain a result - rather than trying to predict who would win. 
In the four years prior Tenerife had always delivered outstanding conditions and thankfully the wind and wave gods were smiling upon us again to setup an at one-time unlikely grandstand finale to end of the event. Over the course of Saturday and Sunday solid waves were accompanied by winds gusting in excess of 50 knots creating world class conditions in El Medano once more - as the world’s most radical sailors produced what the Head Judge Duncan Coombs described as someone of the best jumping ever seen.
Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North / MFC) was truly on-song in the double elimination - just as he was in Pozo - as the Spaniard denied Jaeger Stone (Starboard / Severne) a maiden victory on the PWA Wave World Tour to be crowned champion, whilst Daida Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) maintained her unbeaten record for 2015 to extend her lead at the top of the overall rankings.
Men’s
Just as in Pozo Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North / MFC) hit top form in the double elimination to defeat Jaeger Stone twice in the double elimination to become the first man other than Philip Köster (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) to stand at the top of the podium in Tenerife. The Spaniard delivered a supreme performance as he combined full rail gouging turns with radical goiters - as well as landing numerous perfect double forwards and huge one-footed backloops to topple Stone from the top. Victory in Tenerife sees Fernandez assume control at the top of overall rankings.
Jaeger Stone wowed both the crowds and the judges throughout the week with this radical wave riding - consisting of super fluid and stylish vertical snaps together with radical takas right in the pocket. The Aussie went all the way for the first time in his career in the single elimination to claim victory, but couldn’t quite hang onto a maiden win in the double. Stone made an explosive start to the double elimination final with a fully planing tweaked pushloop, but that cost him dearly with his board snapping a few minutes later. The twenty-four year old still pushed Fernandez all the way and whilst disappointed not to clinch his first victory added: “It’s obviously a bit disappointing to snap the board, but that’s competition. The bigger board felt a bit big in the air, but I’d have taken second place if someone had have offered me at the start of the week. I’ll just try to learn from the whole experience and come back stronger.” Stone’s standout performance sees him move up into third place overall.
Philip Köster took an earlier than expected exit in the single - 5th - after going down to an on fire Jaeger Stone. However, the two-time world champion was firing on all cylinders in the double as he thrived in the nuclear winds that he is so used to sailing in at home in Pozo. Köster is renowned for his jumping ability and his performance of Saturday was nothing short of exceptional as he launched into fully planing doubles and some of the biggest and cleanest pushloop forwards ever seen. The twenty-one year old left a trail of destruction on his way to defeating - Adam Lewis (Fanatic / North / SWOX), Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing  / MFC), Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins / SWOX), Alex Mussolini (RRD / RRD) and finally Ricardo Campello (Patrik / Point-7 / MFC) to fight back into the top three - before eventual winner Victor Fernandez halted his comeback. Köster now occupies second place in the overalls after two events.
Alex Mussolini (RRD / RRD) sits in fourth place overall after finishing in joint fifth in Tenerife. The Spaniard produced a near perfect wave riding performance in Heat 32 against Köster as he earned outstanding wave scores of 9.38 and 10.12 points - landing the biggest frontside 3 witnessed in competition to reassert his name as the frontside 3 King.
Ricardo Campello moves up to fifth in the overall rankings after claiming fourth place in Tenerife. Campello produced one of the jumping performances of the week in Heat 33 - landing an amazing pushloop forward and a massive double forward. The thirty year old actually out jumped Köster - the only man to do so in the entire week - but couldn’t find the wave scores he needed meaning he missed out by just 0.88 of a point despite a heroic jumping effort.
Reigning world champion - Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails) - occupies sixth place overall after the second event of the year. The Frenchman again showed his superb wave reading skills to deliver the trademark late hits we’ve become accustomed to seeing, but could only manage joint 7th here. Traversa will now be hoping to head to Cold Hawaii and retain his event title to kick start the defence of his title.
Dany Bruch (Starboard / Challenger Sails / AL360) backed up his excellent start to the season - 4th in Pozo - with another top ten finish at his home-spot. The German was able to defeat Klaas Voget (Fanatic / Simmer / MFC) in an extremely close heat to book his place in the top ten - as he final wave of the heat proved to be the difference such was the closeness between the two sailors. Bruch was hampered by a shoulder injury sustained during the event, but came up against an on-form Robby Swift in the next round, who ended his comeback. Bruch now sits in seventh place overall.
Robby Swift was in fine form in the double elimination as he rotated through several excellent double forwards, whilst impressing on the wave with powerful going turns to earn himself sixth place overall in Tenerife after defeating Dany Bruch and Thomas Traversa. Swift’s fine start to the season sees him rise to eighth in the overall world rankings. 
2013 PWA Wave World Champion - Marcilio Browne - returns to the world’s overall top ten after claiming joint seventh in El Medano. The Brazilian again showed his world class jumping ability as he landed a monstrous stalled double, but was unlucky to run into Philip Köster who stopped him from progressing any further in the double elimination. 
Britain’s Adam Lewis completes the overall top ten at this stage of the season after storming back through the double elimination. Lewis lost out to fellow countryman - Ben Proffitt (Simmer) - in the first round of the single, but was on fire in the double as he defeated Julian Salmonn (Severne), teammate Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic / North) and Aleix Sanllehy (Tabou / GA Sails) to battle back into joint 9th place. 
Women’s 
Daida Moreno protected her unbeaten record for 2015 with another jumping masterclass to keep her sister - Iballa Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) - at bay. Daida landed huge table top forwards and super stylish backloops, whilst also linking together fluid waves to reign supreme once more and extend her lead at the top of the rankings.
Iballa Moreno looked to be in unstoppable form in the double elimination as she produced several waves in the excellent range as she combined fluid vertical turns with an outstanding frontside aerial to firstly defeat Amanda Beenen (99NoveNove / Point-7) and secure her place in the top two. Iballa looked to be in good shape in the final too with another two excellent waves in the bag, but crucially couldn’t land her second jump, meaning she was powerless to stop Daida gaining victory number two of the season.
Amanda Beenen was clearly delighted with her efforts this week as she earned herself a well deserved podium finish for the first time in her career. Beenen edged a narrow duel against Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) in the battle for third and fourth with just 0.37 of a point separating them. In the end it was Beenen’s massive forward which proved to be the difference. The twenty-eight year old also pushed Iballa Moreno all the way in the next heat - landing a radical tabletop forward on the way - but couldn't quite stay ahead despite a great effort. 
Sarah-Quita Offringa completes the overall top three at this stage of the season after another excellent performance. Offringa landed perfect pushloops and forwards, whilst executing some slashy turns on the wave as she continue to progress. The Aruban gem finished the week in fourth place overall.
Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg) showed once again that she is one of the most stylish wave riders on the tour as she combined more fluid backside smacks with vertical frontside snaps, but unfortunately despite getting the better of the waves couldn’t stop Sarah-Quita Offringa from progressing in the battle for fourth and fifth. Wahl sits in fifth place overall after the second event of the year. 
Alice Arutkin (Fanatic / North) and Justyna Sniady (Simmer / Mystic) share joint sixth in the overall rankings after both finishing in joint seventh for the second successive event.
Youth’s 
Marc Paré (99NoveNove / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins) was disappointed with his third place finish in Pozo but responded in the perfect fashion in Tenerife. The seventeen year old landed a text-book backloop before earning 9 points on his final wave as he rotated through a stylish taka to steal the victory from under the nose of Julian Salmonn, whilst the podium was completed by Noah Vocker (Fanatic / North / Maui Ultra Fins)
Siam Park Dunkerbeck Challenge
The curtain was brought down on the 2015 Tenerife PWA World Cup in spectacular fashion as Ricardo Campello stole the show at Siam Park for the Dunkerbeck Challenge, which took place on the final night. Campello dominated the event last year and this time around it was no different as he landed an absolutely insane double pushloop to defeat Adam Lewis - who took home second place - and Antoine Martin (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) - who completed the podium.
Tenerife pulled through again in the end despite a shaky looking forecast at the start of the week to provide another scintillating week of action, packed with some of the biggest stunts ever seen. El Medano once again show cased itself as a world class destination for wave sailing and the PWA would like to extend their thanks to the locals for the fantastic hospitality again and to Dany and his team for making the event possible. 
Where’s Next on the PWA World Tour?
After a short break the men’s slalom fleet are readying themselves for their fourth battle of the season, whilst the women will be returning to action for the first time since Korea in May as both slalom fleets prepare to once again descend upon the beautiful turquoise waters of Alacati from the 17th-22nd August - for what promises to be another adrenaline-fuelled week of racing. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to follow the event as it happens. 
Result Men’s Double Elimination - Tenerife PWA World Cup:
1st Victor Fernández (Fanatic / North / MFC)
2nd Jaeger Stone (Starboard / Severne)
3rd Philip Köster (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Ricardo Campello (Patrik / Point-7 / MFC)
5th Alex Mussolini (RRD / RRD)
6th Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins / SWOX)
7th Thomas Traversa F3 (Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
9th Adam Lewis (Fanatic / North)
9th Florian Jung (RRD / Gun Sails)
9th Camille Juban (Quatro / Avanti)
9th Dany Bruch (Starboard / Challenger Sails / AL360)
Result Women’s Double Elimination - Tenerife PWA World Cup:
1st Daida Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Iballa Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Amanda Beenen (99NoveNove / Point-7)
4th Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg)
6th Greta Benvenuti (Patrik / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Alice Arutkin (Fanatic / North)
7th Justyna Sniady (Simmer / Mystic)

Tenerife PWA World Cup

12 08.2015
Ricardo Campello sets Siam Park alight to be crowned champion of the Dunkerbeck Challenge.
The 2015 Tenerife PWA World Cup was signed off in spectacular fashion on the final evening of the event as ten of the best sailors in the world headed to Siam Park for the Dunkerbeck Challenge.
Siam Park boasts the largest artificial wave in the world - reaching almost 10 foot on its maximum setting - which provided the wave sailing elite with the perfect stunt ramp to launch into their most radical stunts right in front of a packed out crowd - bringing windsurfing to a new scene and reaching a new crowd in the process.
The original lineup saw Valter Scotto (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails / AL360), Markus Rydberg (Simmer), Camille Juban (Quatro / Avanti), Aleix Sanllehy (Tabou / GA Sails), Jules Denel (JP / NeilPryde), Graham Ezzy (Tabou / Ezzy), Adam Lewis (Fanatic / North), Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic / North), Antoine Martin (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) and last year’s champion Ricardo Campello (Patrik / Point-7 / MFC) battling it out for a place in the final.
Only the top five sailors would earn a place in the final and those five places were claimed by Graham Ezzy, Adam Lewis, Alessio Stillrich, Antoine Martin and Ricardo Campello. They were then given three attempts to land their most radical manoeuvres as they tried to land themselves the title.
In the end it was Ricardo Campello who stole the limelight - just as he did last year - as he once again rose to the occasion of entertaining a big crowd. Campello landed two massive opening stunts, but on his final run Campello broke the scale as he landed a huge, perfectly executed double pushloop to earn 15s across the board and leave the result in no doubt.
Britain’s Adam Lewis (Fanatic / North) earned himself second place after landing a superb pushloop - whilst narrowly avoiding landing on the camera man - to earn perfect 10s, whilst he secured his place on the podium with a clean ponch.
The heralded podium was completed by Antoine Martin who was going as crazy as ever. The Frenchman’s best stunt came on his first run in the final as he rotated through a super stylish pushloop with a head throw to earn 9.5-10.5s from the judges.

Tenerife PWA World Cup

09 08.2015
Day 7: Grandstand Finale on Super Sunday as Fernandez overhauls Stone and Daida wins again.
The last day of the 2015 Tenerife PWA World Cup saw a grandstand finale as Super Sunday saw an exhilarating conclusion to the event. The wind continued to howl all night and was still gusting in excess of 40 knots first thing this morning, whilst solid sized waves continued to roll into El Cabezo. Jaeger Stone (Starboard / Severne) was looking to defend his single elimination crown in order to secure a maiden victory, but Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North / MFC) had other plans as he defeated the Australian twice to be crowned the champion and head to the top of the overall rankings. Meanwhile, Daida Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) saw off the challenge of her sister - Iballa Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) - to make it two wins out of two for 2015 as she extends her lead at the top of the rankings. 
Men’s
Double Elimination
Winners’ Final 
Victor Fernandez defeated Philip Köster (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) in the first heat of the day to setup a final against Jaeger Stone. The Spaniard knew he’d have to defeat Stone twice if he wanted to take the title and it looked like he would have his work cutout as his opponent opened with a fully planing tweaked pushloop and a big one-handed, one-footed backloop. However, the impact from the tweaked pushloop cost Stone dearly as it turned out he’d snapped his board. Luckily, Köster, was on hand to quickly sail a new set of gear out to his teammate, but Stone then seemed a bit rattled and out of sync with the waves. Fernandez in the meantime landed a perfect double forward and a stylish one-foot backloop, whilst linking together a couple of solid waves to force a super final. 
Super Final
The Super Final was extended to 18 minutes with two waves and two jumps to count as in the final conditions looked to be deteriorating slightly. However, the conditions picked up again to provide a scintillating conclusion to the men’s main draw. Stone looked to be back in the groove as he wracked up two waves in the excellent range to slightly outscore Fernandez in the waves department. Stones’ best effort included a now trademark, gouging taka, which he backed up with a couple of vert snaps. However, Fernandez swung the momentum in his favour with another perfect double forward and a massive tabletop forward. The Spaniard also produced a couple of brilliant waves with full rail turns and takas right in the critical section. Stone tried to respond with a double forward effort, but couldn’t stop Fernandez from stealing the event title from his grasp.
Women’s
Double Elimination
Iballa Moreno saw off a stern challenge from Amanda Beenen (99NoveNove / Point-7) in Heat 34 to set up a rematch with Daida in the winners’ final. Iballa had looked in terrific form in the heat prior as she posted a score of just over 30 points having landed a huge pushloop and a sick frontside aerial with several fluid turns. In the final, Iballa, again looked in terrific form on the wave as she combined full gouging rail turns with vertical snaps to earn two solid wave scores of 8.88 points and 6.12 points. Daida, meanwhile, was her usual dominant force in the air as she landed a huge, fully tweaked, tabletop forward before adding a stylish backloop. So with 4 minutes to go Iballa led the waves, whilst Daida led the jumps. However, at this stage Iballa was missing her second jump and only needed a score of 4.94 or more to force the tie into a super final. The reigning world champion desperately hunted for a ramp, but when she did she couldn’t quite stick her backloop or massive stalled forward effort as Daida maintained her unbeaten record to extend her lead at the top.
Amanda Beenen was in determined move today and it paid off at she defended her top three place against Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) in the battle for third and fourth. On the way to doing so Beenen boosted a huge forward to earn her first finish on the podium, whilst also pushing Iballa Moreno all the way as she tried to progress into second place. The twenty-eight year old went for broke as she landed a sick tabletop forward, but unfortunately Iballa was in an unstoppable mood at that point. 
Whilst that concludes another epic event in Tenerife, it’s not quite the end of the action as eleven of the world’s best sailors battle it out in the Dunkerbeck Eyewear Exhibition Session at Siam Park this evening from 7:30pm (GMT+1). Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to see all of the incredible action live.
Result Men’s Double Elimination - Tenerife PWA World Cup:
1st Victor Fernández (Fanatic / North / MFC)
2nd Jaeger Stone (Starboard / Severne)
3rd Philip Köster (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Ricardo Campello (Patrik / Point-7 / MFC)
5th Alex Mussolini (RRD / RRD)
6th Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins / SWOX)
7th Thomas Traversa F3 (Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
9th Adam Lewis (Fanatic / North)
9th Florian Jung (RRD / Gun Sails)
9th Camille Juban (Quatro / Avanti)
9th Dany Bruch (Starboard / Challenger Sails / AL360)
Result Women’s Double Elimination - Tenerife PWA World Cup:
1st Daida Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Iballa Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Amanda Beenen (99NoveNove / Point-7)
4th Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg)
6th Greta Benvenuti (Patrik / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Alice Arutkin (Fanatic / North)
7th Justyna Sniady (Simmer / Mystic)

GWA Windsurf Cup

09 08.2015
Vincent Langer wird Deutscher Windsurf Meister 2015!
Der Kieler Vincent Langer (GER-1) fährt 2015 eine sensationelle Saison. Zwei Wochen nach dem Gewinn des Weltmeistertitels kann er sich nun auch über den Deutschen Meistertitel 2015 freuen. Der Ausnahmesurfer dominierte die beiden Disziplinen Racing und Slalom und sichert sich damit unangefochten den Overallsieg.

Die Basis für seinen Erfolg legte Langer in der Disziplin Racing. Mit drei Regattasiegen sicherte er sich den Meistertitel im Racing mit dem Idealscore von 360 Ranglistenpunkten. Der Kieler Fabian Mattes (GER-202) und der Schönberger Nico Prien (GER-7) lieferten sich ein packendes Duell um Platz zwei. Beide kommen auf 354 Punkte. Nur aufgrund des besseren Streichers hat Mattes am Ende die Nase vor Prien.

Im Slalom ging es für Langer wesentlich enger zu. Der frisch gebackene Weltmeister liegt am Saisonende punktgleich mit dem Flensburger Gunnar Asmussen (GER-88) an der Spitze. Auch diesmal gibt im Tie Break der bessere Streicher den Ausschlag. Langer erobert sich so knapp auch den Meistertitel in der Disziplin Slalom. Der Schönberger Nico Prien erobert auch im Slalom Platz drei.

Mit seinen Siegen in den beiden Einzeldisziplinen dominiert Langer auch die Overallwertung der Deutschen Meisterschaft mit der Idealpunktzahl 2,0. Damit konnte er seine Verfolger auf Distanz halten und sich den Deutschen Meistertitel 2015 sichern.

Danach ist es in der Overallrangliste aber enger als jemals zuvor. Gleich drei Fahrer folgen Kopf an Kopf mit 6,0 Punkten. Der Schönberger Lokalmatador Nico Prien punktete mit jeweils einem dritten Platz im Racing und Slalom. Trotzdem reicht dies in der Endabrechnung nur für Platz vier. Denn gleich zwei punktgleiche Fahrer können bei gleicher Punktzahl aufgrund eines besseren Einzelergebnisses vor den Schönberger rutschen.

Zwischen Fabian Mattes und Gunnar Asmussen ist dann aber keine weitere Auflösung des Gleichstandes mehr möglich. Beide verbuchen jeweils einen zweiten und einen vierten Platz in den Einzeldisziplinen für sich. Damit gibt es 2015 zwei deutsche Vizemeister im Windsurfen.

Der Norderneyer Dennis Müller (GER-89) kann eine erfolgreiche Saison mit dem fünften Platz in der Meisterschaftsrangliste krönen. Emotionaler Höhepunkt der Siegerehrung war der Abschied von Helge Wilkens. Der Hannoveraner gab nach 25 Jahren Regattasport das Ende seiner Karriere bekannt. Zum Abschluss schaffte er es mit Platz sechs noch einmal zur Siegerehrung auf die Bühne.

Der deutsche Windsurf-Nachwuchs hat sich in dieser Saison in bestechender Form präsentiert. Mit einem beeindruckenden 15. Platz in der Overallwertung siegte Lars Paustian in der Junior (U-17) Kategorie. Mit Luis Ponseti (GER-293) auf Platz 13, Julien Pockrandt (GER-18) auf Platz zwölf und Michel Antoine Becker (GER-277) auf Platz elf liegen gleich drei Youth (U-20) Fahrer in Lauerstellung auf die Top-10. Thomas Gläser (GER-25) liegt als bester Master (Ü45) auf Platz 19. Josephine Ramann (GER-858) konnte sich als beste Dame auf Platz 48 platzieren. Hier findest Du die aktuellen GWA Jahresranglisten:
Ergebnisse & Ranglisten

GWA Windsurf Cup

09 08.2015
Baltic Beach Days Schönberger Strand - Wind narrt Surfelite.
Am Samstag waren die Windsurfer bei den Baltic Beach Days viel auf dem Wasser. Trotzdem stand am Ende des Tages leider keine gültige Wettfahrt zu Buche. So warten die Spitzensurfer noch auf ihr erstes Ergebnis am Schönberger Strand.

Die Vorhersagen für den Samstag waren von Beginn an nicht allzu optimistisch. Die besten Chancen versprach der frühe Vormittag. Deshalb ließ die Regattaleitung die Fahrer bereits früh um 8:30 antreten. Leider hielt der wirkliche Wind nicht, was die Prognosen versprachen.

Später nahm der Wind immer wieder mal zu. Leider gab es aber auch immer wieder Windlöcher bzw. der Wind schlief komplett ein. Drei mal wurden die Fahrer aufs Wasser geschickt und drei mal wurden die Rennen bzw. Startversuche abgebrochen. So stand am Ende eines langen Tages leider kein gültiges Ergebnis zu Buche.

Für die Besucher boten die Baltic Beach Days aber trotzdem ein buntes Programm. Vor allem das Musikprogramm am Abend lockte zahlreiche Besucher auf den Seebrückenplatz am Schönberger Strand. Der schwache Wind, der die Windsurfer ärgerte, sorgte für traumhaft milde Abende. Bei herrlichen Sonnenuntergängen konnten die Besucher Bands wie United Four geniessen.

Auch für den Finaltag wird wieder mit schwachem Wind gerechnet. Da aber strahlender Sonnenschein erwartet wird, könnte die lokale Thermik für eine positive Überraschung sorgen. Falls der Wind ausreicht, wäre am ehesten mit Wettfahrten in der Disziplin Racing zu rechnen.

GWA Windsurf Cup

08 08.2015
Baltic Beach Days: Surfelite in Schönberg zu Gast
Im Rahmen der Baltic Beach Days findet an diesem Wochenende die Finalveranstaltung des GWA Windsurf Cups 2015 statt. Die Regatta ist die letzte Gelegenheit für die Windsurfelite, um noch einmal die entscheidenden Punkte im Kampf um den offiziellen Deutschen Meistertitel zu erobern. 42 Teilnehmer aus sechs verschiedenen Nationen bescheren dem Finalevent einen würdigen Rahmen.

„Wir freuen uns über die tolle Abschlussveranstaltung. Die Baltic Beach Days sind die perfekte Plattform für den GWA Windsurf Cup. Den Besuchern wird so neben den Wettbewerben der Windsurfer ein buntes Rahmen- und Musikprogramm geboten.“ sagt Matthias Regber von der Agentur Choppy Water.

Die besten Windsurfer Deutschlands sind an diesem Wochenende am Schönberger Strand zu Gast. Allen voran natürlich der frisch gebackene Weltmeister Vincent Langer (GER-1). Der Kieler dominierte die Weltmeisterschaft beim Volvo Surf Cup auf Sylt Ende Juli. Nun freut er sich über die Finalveranstaltung im Heimatrevier. „Das ganze Jahr über bin ich auf Regatten an den verschiedensten Stränden dieser Welt unterwegs. Da ist es schön, mal eine Veranstaltung zu Hause zu haben. Das Revier kenne ich wie meine Westentasche insofern hoffe ich auch hier wieder erfolgreich punkten zu können.“ sagt Langer.

Der Flensburger Gunnar Asmussen (GER-88) zählt ebenfalls zum Favoritenkreis. Bei der WM auf Sylt war er zweitbester Deutscher und verpasste im Gesamtklassement mit Platz vier nur knapp das Podium. In der GWA Jahresrangliste liegt er aktuell punktgleich mit dem Kieler Fabian Mattes (GER-202) auf Platz zwei. Auch Mattes trainiert regelmäßig auf der Ostsee vor Schönberg, so dass er die Bedingungen gut kennt.

Ebenfalls ein Wörtchen bei Punktvergabe mitreden möchte der junge Lokalmatador Nico Prien (GER-7). Der Schönberger fährt eine sensationelle Saison und ist aktuell in den Top-5 der Gesamtrangliste. Wenn er bei seiner Heimveranstaltung erfolgreich ist, könnte ihm vielleicht sogar noch der Sprung aufs Podium gelingen.

Am Freitag mussten die Surfer zunächst noch vergeblich auf passende Bedingungen warten. Deshalb wurde zum Nachmittag ein Funrennen im Stand Up Paddling gestartet. Vier Teams á vier Personen traten im Staffelrennen gegen einander an. Das Team „weiß“ bestehend aus Nico Prien, Helge Wilkens (GER-63), Oliver-Tom Schliemann (GER-1001) und Dennis Müller (GER-89) konnten den Kurs direkt neben der Schönberger Seebrücke am schnellsten absolvieren.

Aber für Samstag sehen die Prognosen vielversprechend aus. Erwartet wird vor allem die Disziplin Racing. Aber wenn der Wind mitspielt, könnten an der Seebrücke in Schönberger Strand eventuell auch spannende Slalomrennen ausgetragen werden. Alle aktuellen Informationen zum GWA Windsurf Cup findest Du auf der offiziellen Website www.windsurfcup.de

Fuerte PWA Grand Slam

02 08.2015
Ergebnisübersicht: Erster Eventsieg für Van der Eyken, Offringa ist zum achten Mal Weltmeisterin. Albeau gewinnt den Event und baut seine Gesamtführung weiter aus.
Fuerteventura wurde auch beim 30. Jubiläum seinem Ruf treu und produzierte erneut perfekte Windbedingungen für neun Tage explosiver Windsurfingaction. Die Freestyler eröffneten die Veranstaltung in spannungsgeladenem Stil. Am Schluss war die Überraschung perfekt- der belgische Meister Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) liefert die (bislang) beste Leistung seines Lebens und gewinnt zum ersten Mal einen Event der PWA Freestyle Worldtour. Weniger überraschend, aber mit einer herausragenden Leistung, wird Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) zum achten Mal in Folge Weltmeisterin. Bei den Slalomracern zeigt Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) warum er bislang 22 WM-Titel gewann, auch auf Fuerteventura dominiert er das gesamt Feld und erweitert seinen Vorsprung in der Gesamtwertung der 2015er World Slalom Tour. Freestyle Men’s With Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde) missing from proceedings many thought it would be Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo standing at the top of the podium come the end of the event. However, the reigning world champion wasn’t at full fitness after coming down with an ill-timed bout of chicken pox, which saw Gollito withdraw from the contest after the first double elimination. This opened the door for a number of other candidates to take the event crown and it was Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) who rose to the occasion as he consistently produced the best performances of his life heat-after-heat. The Belgian qualified for his first winners’ final ever in the second single elimination, losing out to Kiri Thode (Starboard / GA Sails), before getting the bit between his teeth in the second double as he set his sights on a maiden event victory. The Belgian was simply unstoppable as he landed perfect spock into culos, monster air skopus and kabikuchis to defeat Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) twice and earn the sweet taste of victory for the first time, whilst also heading to the top of the overall PWA Freestyle World rankings. Kiri Thode (Starboard / GA Sails) won the opening double elimination as he combined more explosive combos to take down his rivals. However, there was nothing he could do to stop Dieter Van der Eyken in the second double and so had to settle for third place, which sees the 2013 PWA Freestyle World Champion rise into second place overall. Thode is heavily in contention for another world title going into the final event of the year - currently tied on points with Van der Eyken. Nicolas Akgazciyan (99NoveNove / Point-7 / AL360 / Maui Ultra Fins) sailed better than ever in Fuerteventura as he secured the final place on the prestigious podium. The Frenchman finished in the top five in both double eliminations as he sailed with power, speed and style to earn his best result. Akgazciyan also landed an absolutely incredible ankle-dry shifty - which was one of the moves of the entire contest. Third place in Fuerte sees Akgazciyan rise to joint fourth in the overall rankings. Having finished the opening double elimination in joint ninth - Amado Vrieswijk - came out with all guns blazing in the second double. The Bonairean had been hampered with a slight knee injury, but threw caution to the wind as he landed trademark air kabikuchis and double culos to win his first ever single elimination - before finishing second in the second double. Vrieswijk takes home fourth place overall in Fuerte, which sees him rise to third overall in the world. Tonky Frans (Tabou / GA Sails / AL360) sailed in his usual super stylish manor to return to the top ten after a slightly disappointing start to the season in France. The Bonairean pulled off trademark bongkas, backloops, paskos and pushloops on the way out as he showed off his jumping supremacy. Frans now sits in ninth place overall. Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) was desperately unlucky to finish in sixth place in the end. The Frenchman had been in irresistible form in the single - finishing third - before injuring his foot whilst freesailing. Ruenes sailed through the pain barrier in the second double and was still able to win two heats - defeating both Max Rowe (Fanatic / North) and Bjorn Saragoza (Starboard / Hot Sails Maui) - as he rotated through technical regular stance chachoos and one-handed clew-first flakas to name just a couple. Fully fit there’s no doubt Ruenes would’ve gone further and he will now focus on making a full recovery before the final event of the year in Sylt. Phil Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks) sailed superbly in the second double elimination as he won three successive heats - first taking down Nic Hibdige (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic), Nick van Ingen (Fanatic / North / Maui Ultra Fins) and finally Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) in what was one of the closest heats of the contest to take home seventh place. Davy Scheffers (Tabou / GA Sails) made the podium in the second single elimination, before just losing out to Kiri Thode in the double. Seventh place in Fuerte sees the Dutchman occupy joint sixth with Taty Frans in the overall rankings at the moment. The top ten was completed by Balz Muller (Patrik / Severne) and Taty Frans, who share joint ninth.
Women’s Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) proved once again that she is the undisputed Queen of Freestyle over the course of the event as she won every single heat. The Aruban gem combined smooth sliding moves with the latest power moves exploding through perfect burners and culos to claim an emphatic victory, which sees her claim an incredible eighth successive world title. Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) finishes the year as the PWA Freestyle Vice-World Champion again having also claimed second in 2014. The Norwegian landed big shakas and flakas to defend her place against Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins). Maaike Huvermann showed plenty of progress again this year and the seventeen year old was rewarded with another place on the prestigious podium - as well as being crowned the PWA Youth World Champion . Huvermann finished sixth last year here but continues to learn moves and looks as though she’ll be an even bigger threat in 2016. Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North) finished in fourth place overall for 2015 as the Venezuelan combined her stylish sliding moves to progress. Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins) was upset with her performance here in Fuerte after finishing fifth, but you can be sure that the Dutch beauty will be back stronger than ever next year, whilst Maxime van Gent (Fanatic / North / Maui Ultra Fins) completes 2015 in sixth place. Slalom
Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) dominated in Fuerteventura as the reigning world champion cemented his place at the top of the overall rankings with a commanding performance. AA won three out of the eight eliminations completed, whilst qualifying for all but one winners’ final as he sent out a clear warning sign that he’s going to be incredibly hard to beat over the remainder of the season. Antoine Albeau speaks after another brilliant performance in Fuerteventura: “Fuerte for me is one of the best places for windsurfing. I always look forward to coming here because you have good wind everyday here, which makes for a great event, so thanks again to Rene Egli and his team who make a huge effort to bring us back each year. It’s a real pleasure to come back and every time it’s another big battle with the guys, so I’m super happy to have managed to win here again. Well done to both Matteo and Ross for fighting back onto the podium yesterday. I hope to be back next year. Thanks to everyone again.” Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) moves up into second place in the overall world rankings after another great performance in Fuerteventura, which is the Brit’s second podium finish in 2015. The Brit has found the kind of consistency required to compete at the very top of the sport this season and qualified for over half of this week’s winners’ finals top another great event. Matteo Iachino (Fanatic / North) backed up his maiden event victory in Costa Brava with a solid second place in Fuerte as he moves into third place in the overalls. The Italian was in superb form as he continued to look lighting quick, which saw him qualify for the first six finals out of six. At this point Iachino and Albeau were almost inseparable, but he then missed out on the finals in the next two eliminations, but will still be delighted with his work this week. Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / North) and Ben Van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) finished level on points - missing out on the podium by just 0.7 of a point. The Frenchman finishes just ahead of Van der Steen in fourth with a better count back. Mortefon drops back one place into fourth in the overalls, whilst Van der Steen remains in seven place. Taty Frans secured a top ten finish in the slalom as well as the freestyle as he claimed sixth place overall in Fuerteventura. The Bonairean also won his first ever elimination in the sixth race after timing another start to perfection as he led from start to finish and qualified the at least in top sixteen all but once as he produced his best form ever at a slalom event. As always the French featured heavily in the top ten with Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne), Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails), Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde) and Pacal Toselli (99NoveNove / Point-7) finishing 7th-10th respectively. Finian Maynard (99NoveNove) finished 24th in Fuerteventura, which is especially commemorative of the late and great Peter Volwater - H-24. Maynard was especially close to Peter as a best friend over their 18 years together on the PWA tour. “This week was particularly hard to compete as Peter was always on the mind, especially on Day 1; very difficult indeed. Fuerte was one of his favourites over the years. The result of 24th is not what I aimed for but it is such a sign from above to finish on Peter’s sail number, a 1.9% chance! We all miss and love you Peter and thinking of you everyday.” Fuerteventura re-enhanced its reputation as one of the most exciting events on the tour after another epic nine days on the 30th anniversary of the event. The PWA World Tour now moves directly to Tenerife for the third stop of the waves, which runs between the 3rd-9th August. You’ll be able to follow everything as it happens by tuning into www.pwaworldtour.com.   Overall Results Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam: Men’s Freestyle 1st Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) 2nd Kiri Thode (Starboard / GA Sails) 3rd Nico Akgazciyan (99NoveNove / Point-7 / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) 5th Tonky Frans (Tabou / GA Sails) 6th Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) 7th Phil Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks) 8th Davy Scheffers (Tabou / GA Sails) 9th Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) 9th Balz Müller (Patrik / Severne) Overall Results of the 2015 PWA Women’s Freestyle World Championship: 1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Neilpryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) 2nd Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 3rd Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North) 5th Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins) 6th Maxime van Gent (Fanatic / North / Maui Ultra Fins) Overall Results Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men's Slalom 1st Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) 2nd Matteo Iachino (Fanatic / North) 3rd Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails) 4th Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / North) 5th Ben Van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) 6th Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) 7th Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne) 8th Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails) 9th Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde) 10th Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Point-7)

PWA Fuerteventura Slalom

01 08.2015
Tag 9: Antoine Albeau – überlegener Fahrer am vorletzten Tag und kurz vor dem Eventsieg!
Am vorletzten Tag des 2015 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam wurde die am Vortag gestartete, siebte Elimination abgeschlossen. Bei erneut schwächerem Wind, es wurden rund 10- 20 Knoten gemessen, konnte heute die achte Wettfahrt beendet werden.  Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) gewann sowohl die siebte als auch die achte Elimination und hat im Eventranking nun einen deutlichen Vorsprung gegenüber seinen Konkurrenten. Elimination Seven / Winners’ Final Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Point-7) made the best start in the opening winners’ final of the day, but it was Antoine Albeau who led the way ahead of Antoine Questel (Starboard / GA Sails), Toselli and Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) as the fleet gybed around the first mark. AA made no mistakes over the remainder of the course as he took full advantage of Matteo Iachino’s (Fanatic / North) absence to assert himself at the top of the rankings. In the meantime Questel was able to keep Toselli at bay to finish in second place, whilst Ben Van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) out manoeuvred teammate Ross Williams to claim fourth.   Elimination Eight / Winners’ Final The second final of the day saw both Pascal Toselli and Ludovic Jossin (Patrik / GA Sails) disqualified after both sailors jumped the gun. With two elimination victories in the bag Antoine Albeau continued to apply the pressure and even though Steve Allen (Starboard / Severne) made the best start, it was Albeau who led at the first again - just like the in previous winners’ final. Allen held onto second place, with Williams, Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails) and Malte Reuscher (JP / NeilPryde) just behind. Albeau extended his lead over the remainder of the course to claim his third bullet of the event and his lead now is almost unassailable. Meanwhile, Williams was able to overtake Allen for second place, with the Australian finishing in third place ahead of Bordes. Jordy Vonk (Starboard / Point-7) enjoyed a better day today as the Dutchman won both of his opening heats to earn his best result so far at this event - 15th. Whilst the top two places look secured for Albeau and Iachino - barring disaster for either of them tomorrow - the battle for the final place on the heralded podium is incredibly tight. At the moment Ross Williams occupies third but Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / North), Ben Van der Steen and Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) are all still in contention with just 0.7 of a point separating Williams from Mortefon and Van der Steen, whilst Frans is also just 2 points away, so there is no room for error for any of them if they want to clinch the final place on the podium. The forecast looks light for tomorrow, but there’s still a chance of wind if Sotavento’s local affect kicks in. The skippers’ meeting has been called for 11am with the action commencing from 11:30am. Don’t miss any of the final day by tuning into www.pwaworldtour.com.

Speed Kini 2015 - Juli

01 08.2015
Sommer, Sonne und Sturmtief "Zeljko"
Der diesjährige Sommer meint es wirklich gut mit uns Windsurfern. Nach einem guten Juni geht es nahtlos im Juli mit vielen windigen Tagen weiter. Auch die Zahl der Teilnehmer beim bayerischen Speed Kini 2015 nimmt weiterhin zu, mittlerweile finden sich 60 Teilnehmer im Ranking. Der Walchensee zählt nach wie vor zu den beliebtesten Seen zum speeden. Neu in der Wertung, Frank Alfons, der am 15. Juli am Walchensee Gas gab und seine erste Zeit geschickt hat. Drei Tage später verbessern sich Bernd Stegmüller auf Rang 25, Michael Bischof auf Rang 11, Matthias Groß auf Rang 41. (Platzierungen laut Rangliste vom 31.7.) Aber auch an den anderen bayerischen Seen tut sich etwas, Ralf Kott steigt mit seiner Zeit von durchschnittlich 24.68 Knoten an der Lechstaustufe in die Wertung ein. Am Altmühlsee fährt Werner Müller am 14. Juli im Durchschnitt 22,345 Knoten. Sebastian Schöffel fährt am 18. Juli am Ammersee auf Rang 13. Am 25. Juli zog Sturmtief "Zeljko" über Bayern hinweg und brachte richtig viel Wind. Andy Laufer lies es an seinem Homespot Ammersee erneut krachen und fährt Geschwindigkeiten, die bis vor kurzem kaum einer für möglich gehalten hat. Unglaubliche 32,99 Knoten über 500m, Topspeed 36,31 Knoten und damit 34,65 Knoten im Durchschnitt, gefahren mit einem Point-7 AC-ONE 8.6 und Patrik SL 128, sind die Bilanz des stürmischen Tages. Etwas weiter nördlich, im fränkischen Seenland ging es auch zur Sache. Am Altmühlsee fährt Jan Seidel (GER 987) mit 31,41 über 500m, 34,91 Topsspeed, durchschnittlich 33,16 Knoten (Mauisails TR X 6.3 und Patrik SL92) auf Rang 3 der Wertung. Am benachbarten Brombachsee waren Birgit Höfer (GER 117), Armin Höfer (GER 76) und Rainer Motloch (GER 32) gemeinsam auf dem Wasser. Die Bilanz des gemeinsamen Ausfluges – Speedsurferin Birgit fährt auf einem Fanatic Falcon 79 und 5,6er Loftsails Blade sehr schnelle 28,27 Knoten über 500m, 30,71 Knoten Topspeed und führt mit durchschnittlich 29,49 Knoten souverän die Damenwertung an. Rainer Motloch, seit kurzem mit Severne Sails unterwegs, fuhr bei seiner ersten Session mit den neuen Tüchern 32,1 Knoten über 500m, Topspeed 33,55 Knoten, Durchschnitt 32,825 Knoten (Severne Overdrive 7.8 und RRD X-Fire 114 V6) und damit auf Platz 4.  Armin Höfer liegt knapp dahinter auf Rang 5, er fuhr 30,61 Knoten über 500m, 33,43 Topspeed, Durchschnitt 32,02 Knoten mit seinem Loftsails Blade 7.0 und Fanatic Falcon 112. Direkte Duelle an den Spots bringen offensichtlich immer wieder neue, schnelle Zeiten. Ein harter Kampf findet zwischen Otto Weber und Mario Gotthardt am Alpsee statt. Mario liegt derzeit auf Platz 7 mit 31 Knoten über 500m, Topspeed 32,5 Knoten und 31,75 im Durchschnitt, gefahren mit einem Severne Overdrive 7.0 und RRD X-Fire 122 V6. Und auch an der Lechstaustufe matchen sich Richard Fritsch und Niklas Rottenbach regelmäßig. Derzeit führt Richard Fritsch mit durchschnittlich 28,68 Knoten an der Lechstaustufe, im Gesamtranking ist er auf Platz 20. Mit Formulaspezialist Ralf Gartner sind es mittlerweile 60 Teilnehmer beim diesjährigen Speed Kini. Ralf fuhr am 27. Juli mit einem NP RS Racing Evo 6 - 8,7 und  Starboard Formula 167 am Ammersee 28,21 Knoten über 500m, Topspeed 31,18 Knoten, durchschnittlich 29,695 Knoten und reiht sich damit auf Platz 15 ein. Auch bei den Junioren wird hart gekämpft und mit mittlerweile 8 Startern im Ranking wird deutlich, dass auch beim Nachwuchs speedsurfen angesagt ist. Dominik Gotthardt fährt am 14. Juli am Alpsee mit einem Durchschnittsspeed von 24,345 Knoten auf Rang 3 der Jugendwertung. An der Lechstaustufe bei Augsburg pushen sich Leonhard Weng und Neil Rottenbach gegenseitig, derzeit führt Leonhard mit 18,595 (500m 16,67 Kts, Topspeed 20,55 Kts) vor Neil mit 17,67 (500m 15,09 Kts, Topspeed 20,25). Noch vier Monate haben alle Speeder Zeit sich im Ranking nach oben zu arbeiten, der Speed Kini 2015 endet am 30.11.15. Wir hoffen auf viele weitere windige Tage.

PWA Fuerteventura Slalom

01 08.2015
Tag 8: Weniger Wind, die siebte Elimination wurde gestartet, jedoch nicht zu Ende gefahren.
Der Tag begann mit starker Bewölkung, nicht gerade die besten Voraussetzungen für starken Wind im Süden Fuerteventuras. Kurz nach Mittag legte der Wind doch noch zu, allerdings nicht mehr so stark wie an den beiden Vortagen. Bei 10- 20 Knoten Wind, die Racer waren mit 8.5er und 7.8er Segeln auf dem Wasser, wurde die siebte Elimination gestartet. Bevor jedoch die beiden Finals gefahren werden konnten, schlief der Wind ein. Elimination Seven For the first time this week Matteo Iachino (Fanatic / North) was knocked out of an elimination - before today the Italian had qualified for all six winners’ finals, but failed to qualify from Heat 10 as Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde), Ethan Westera (Starboard / GA Sails), Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde) and Malte Reuscher (JP / NeilPryde) advanced. The Italian will be able to discard the result once the road is complete, but Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) will have an opportunity to extend his lead in the winners’ final tomorrow. In Heat 11 Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) made a storming comeback to defy the odds and make the next round. The Brit looked out of contention after the first gybe, but somehow managed to battle back to pip Kasper Larsen (Starboard / Loft Sails) into fourth place as they crossed the finish line. Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne) looked to have his place in the final secured, but Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Point-7) came flying down the final leg to grab the final qualifying place. Meanwhile, Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic), Antoine Questel (Starboard / GA Sails) and Ross Williams completed the top four. Maciek Rutkowski (Patrik / Point-7) enjoyed his fair share of bad luck yesterday - after being taken out twice when in a qualifying place - but today things clicked as the Pole navigated his way into his first winners’ final of the week after coming second in Heat 13 - Italian Malte Reuscher also booked his place in his opening winners’ final of the event after holding off Julien Quentel for fourth. Antoine Albeau safely secured his place in the final again after a convincing victory, whilst Ben Van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) also qualified. The winners’ final was started which resulted in Taty Frans being disqualified for a premature start. One more attempt was made to sail the final, but the wind dropped just before the green flag. After a short period on hold the fleet was released for the day at 5:25pm The forecast looks lighter than today and with the gradient wind predicted to be more from the North it could prove tricky to complete further races tomorrow. With cloud also being predicted for the morning the skippers’ meeting has been called for 11am with the action commencing from 11:30am. You’ll be able to follow all of the action as it happens via the PWA live stream and live ticker at www.pwaworldtour.com.

PWA Fuerteventura Slalom

30 07.2015
Slalom Tag 2 – 3 Eliminations, 3 verschiedene Gewinner und der erste Sieg für Taty Frans.
Auch am siebten Tag des Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam und dem zweiten Tag der Slalomrennen funktioniert die Windmaschine in Sotavento wie ein Uhrwerk. Auch am heutigen Tag konnten drei Eliminations abgeschlossen werden. Das Niveau der Racer ist extrem hoch, in den drei Rennen des Tages gab es erneut drei verschiedene Sieger. Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / North) gewann die erste Elimination des Tages bevor ihm Ben van der Steen (Tabou / GA Segel / Mystic) in Elimination fünf die Show stahl. Im sechsten Rennen war es Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Segel / Mystic) der sich mit herausragender Performance im letzten Rennen des Tages behauptete und seine erste Elimination überhaupt gewann. Elimination Four/ Winners’ Final Nineteen year old - Benjamin Auge (RRD / RRD) - and seventeen year old - Ethan Westera (Starboard / GA Sails) - both qualified for their first winners’ final on the PWA Slalom World Tour as they sailed with expertise beyond their years and Auge made the best start of the pack. However, after screaming down the opening reach Pierre Mortefon moved into the lead with Matteo Iachino and Taty Frans also prominently placed. The top three raced clear of the rest of the pack as Ben Van der Steen caused chaos at the opening mark after dropping his gybe. From here Mortefon continued to put his pedal to the metal and he was soon taking the chequered flag to claim his first victory of the week. Behind him Frans was able to overtake Iachino to finish second and third respectively, whilst Antoine Questel (Starboard / GA Sails) recovered to finish fourth.
Alexandre Cousin (Patrik / Loft Sails / Mystic), Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) and Nick van dem Eerenbeemt (JP / NeilPryde) all received a bye into the quarterfinals after John Skye (RRD / RRD / MFC), Valentin Brault (Exocet), Alejandro Alcazar (Fanatic / North) and Fernando Martinez (Patrik / Point-7) were all disqualified from Heat 3.
Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde) was also disqualified from the round after being adjudged to have interfered with the start of Heat 8 as the man from Saint Maarten was preparing for the start of Heat 9.   Elimination Five / Winners’ Final The second winners’ final started in dramatic fashion as Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) jumped the gun and was disqualified for a premature start. Upon the restart Ben Van der Steen made no mistake in his second final of the day as the flying Dutchman opened up a decisive lead by the third buoy to win his first elimination of the year, whilst Pierre Mortefon and Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) both benefitted from Josh Angulo’s (Angulo / Gun Sails) shaky gybe at the last as they moved up into second and third place respectively - with Angulo having to settle for fourth.
Tempers flared in Heat 11 after Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails) gybed into Maciek Rutkowski (Patrik / Point-7) at the final mark. Bordes attempted to gybe inside the Pole as he desperately tried to snatch the final qualifying place, but in the end neither man qualified as Antoine Questel (Starboard / GA Sails) was waiting in the wings to take advantage of any mistake.   Elimination Six / Winners’ Final Taty Frans had been looking blisteringly quick all day and in the winners’ final the Bonairean was able to link all of the pieces of the jigsaw together to claim his first ever elimination victory on the PWA Slalom World Tour. Frans led from start to finish as he burned away the rest of the pack with his pace and textbook gybing sending him clear and he was clearly delighted as he crossed the finish line. Matteo Iachino concluded another fine day with a solid second place, whilst Albeau finished third - which means there is just one point separating the two sailors at the top of the event rankings now. Meanwhile, Ross Williams was able to navigate his way past Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / GA Sails) to complete the top four.
Current Standings After Elimination 6 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom 1st Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) 2nd Matteo Iachino (Fanatic / North) 3rd Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / North) 4th Ben van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) 5th Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) 6th Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) 7th Micah Buzianis (JP) 8th Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne) 9th Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails) 10th Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde)

Pringles Kitesurf World Cup

30 07.2015
Beim Pringles Kitesurf World Cup in St. Peter-Ording wird zweites Qualifying für die World Tour ausgetragen.
Ambitionierte Freestyler haben in gut drei Wochen die Chance, beim Pringles Kitesurf World Cup in St. Peter-Ording (21. – 30. August) gegen die Top-Stars des Trendsports  anzutreten. Das Wassersport-Highlight an der Nordsee ist nicht nur die einzige deutsche Station auf der World Tour, sondern auch eine von nur zwei World Qualifiers Freestyle der Weltserie. Während in den vergangenen Jahren vor jedem World Cup ein Qualifying ausgetragen wurde, gibt es in diesem Jahr nur noch zwei Qualifikationen, die für alle folgenden Events zählen: Am Anfang und in der Mitte der Saison. Beim Pringles Kitesurf World Cup in St. Peter-Ording werden also die Karten wieder neu gemischt. Im Freestyle haben vier Frauen und sieben Männer die Chance, sich für die Hauptrunde in St. Peter-Ording und in den folgenden vier World Cups zu qualifizieren. Das Hauptfeld besteht bei den Damen grundsätzlich aus zwölf und bei den Herren aus 24 Startplätzen, von denen sieben Damen und 14 Herren gesetzt sind. Dazu werden zwei Wildcards bei den Männern und eine bei den Frauen vergeben, die allerdings nur für den Pringles Kitesurf World Cup gelten. Zu Saisonbeginn nahmen 38 Männer und 15 Frauen an der ersten Qualifikation in Marokko teil, die veranstaltende Agentur Act Agency aus Hamburg geht davon aus, dass diese Zahl am Ordinger Strand, allein wegen der vielen deutschen Starter, getoppt wird. Mindestens einen Tag haben die Organisatoren für die Qualifikationsläufe veranschlagt, bei denen engagierte Amateur-Kitesurfer auf gestandene Profis treffen. Dabei kommen die Zuschauer schon voll auf ihre Kosten, denn die Leistungsdichte im Kitesurfen ist auf internationaler Ebene extrem hoch. Die Besucher können sich also bereits in der Vorrunde auf ein wahres Trick-Feuerwerk freuen, das danach im Hauptfeld von der absoluten Weltspitze fortgesetzt wird. Wer es nicht ins Main-Event geschafft hat, kann sich bei Top-Stars wie Weltmeister Christophe Tack aus Belgien oder den letztjährigen Siegern von St. Peter-Ording, Aaron Hadlow aus Großbritannien oder der Polin Karolina Winkowska, ein paar Tricks und Moves abschauen. Oder aber zusammen mit den Besuchern die spannenden Wettfahrten in der zweiten Disziplin Slalom ansehen, die Strandatmosphäre und das bunte Rahmenprogramm genießen und abends bei  abwechslungsreichem Partyprogramm abfeiern.

Alle Infos zum Pringles Kitesurf World Cup St. Peter-Ording findest Du unter:

http://www.kitesurfworldcup.de

PWA Fuerteventura Slalom

29 07.2015
Antoine Albeau gewinnt seine erste Elimination in dieser Saison.
Schon am ersten Tag gab es richtig viel Action bei den Slalomracern. Anfangs wurde noch mit 7.0er Segeln gefahren, doch schon bald wurden die kleinsten Segel und Boards ausgepackt. Bei Windstärken von 25-35 Knoten über den ganzen Tag gab es spannenden High-Speed-Slalom. Die Bedingungen waren anspruchsvoll, extremes Kabbelwasser und kleine Wellen an den inneren Tonnen machte jede Halse tückisch und es gab eine Reihe von massiven Stürzen. Drei Eliminations wurden heute abgeschlossen. Der amtierende Weltmeister - Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) – baut seine Führung aus, er schaffte es in jeder Elimination in das Winners Final und gewann die letzte Elimination. Elimination One / Winners’ Final
Josh Angulo (Angulo / Gun Sails) made the best start to the winners’ final, but couldn’t hold onto his lead into the first mark as Micah Buzianis (JP) came storming down the first reach to move into first place, however Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / North) was ruled out of contention after gybing into the buoy. The American’s lead didn’t last long though as he dropped his second gybe. Just behind Buzianis was Matteo Iachino (Fanatic / North) and the Italian seized the opportunity presented before him to pick up exactly where he left off from in Costa Brava to claim the opening bullet of the week - after doing well to hold off Antoine Albeau at the third gybe. Meanwhile, Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails), continued his excellent start to the season as the Brit finished third, whilst Antoine Questel (Starboard / GA Sails) came fourth.   Elimination Two / Winners’ Final
The second race of the day saw an amazing battle between Micah Buzianis and Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) with only 30 centimetres separating the two sailors as they crossed the finish line. Frans had looked to have burnt the American off on the penultimate reach, but Buzianis came absolutely flying down the final leg to snatch victory from Frans’s grasp, which more than made up for his error in the previous final. Pierre Mortefon made no mistakes in his second winners’ final as he claimed third place with Antoine Albeau just behind in fourth.   Three of the contests youngest sailors also showed they are already capable of mixing it with the best in the world as Ethan Westera (Starboard / GA Sails) (17), Aron Etmon (Starboard / Severne / Dunkerbeck Eyewear) (17) and Miguel Bruggeman (RRD / RRD / Mystic) (19) all managed to advance into the quarterfinals.   Elimination Three /  Winners’ Final The French continued to dominate the slalom scene with six out of the eight sailors in the winners’ final being from France. Antoine Albeau capped off a great day with his first elimination victory of the year as he led from start to finish in the last race of the day. AA sailed with blistering speed and superb control in the choppy waters to blow the rest of his rivals away, whilst rising to the top of the event rankings. Behind him Matteo Iachino continued his fine form as he backed up his earlier bullet and sixth place with a second. The top four was completed by Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde) and Ben Van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic), who sits fourth in the event rankings after the first day of racing. Pierre Mortefon was desperately unlucky after his mast snapped on the second leg resulting in a massive wipeout for the Frenchman.
John Skye (RRD / RRD / MFC) achieved his best single result in a slalom elimination today as the Brit finished second in the losers’ final to finish tenth overall in the third round. Skye produced a textbook third gybe to manoeuvre his way into the top two - with fellow countryman Ross Williams winning heat 15.
Tomorrow promises to be another action packed day with more strong wind being predicted on the latest forecast. The skippers’ meeting has once again been called for 10am with the action commencing from 10:30am. Don’t miss any of the adrenaline fuelled racing by tuning into www.pwaworldtour.com. Here you’ll be able to follow all of the amazing action as it happens via the PWA live stream and live ticker.
Current Standings After Elimination 3 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom
1st Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) 2nd Matteo Iachino (Fanatic / North) 3rd Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / North) 4th Ben van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic) 5th Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne) 6th Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde) 8th Alexandre Cousin (Patrik / Loft Sails / Mystic) 9th Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) 10th Micah Buzianis (JP)