Nach einem ruhigen Auftakt gestern war der zweite Tag des 2024 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup war der zweite Tag das genaue Gegenteil, denn zwischen 9:15 Uhr und 16:00 Uhr wurde ein ganzer Regattatag ohne jegliche Unterbrechung absolviert. Der heutige Tag war ein echter Allround-Test, denn die starken Winde von heute Morgen - 15-22 Knoten - schwächten sich bis zum frühen Abend langsam auf 7-10 Knoten ab, so dass die weltbesten Windsurfer ständig auf der Hut sein und sich an die Bedingungen anpassen mussten.

Foil Slalom

Women’s

A Minor Wobble

Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) started her quest for a maiden world title with a solid second place in the opening elimination, but the current World Tour leader didn’t have things all her own way today after finishing fourth in Elimination 2. At that point, Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) led the event rankings after winning the second elimination, while Lemeteyer was doing just enough in third, but with only one point separating her and Tamar Steinberg (Future Fly) in fourth, the pressure of fighting for the world title possibly started to show…

Steadying The Ship

Cue a phone call from Lemeteyer to her parents to steady the ship, and whatever was said between them seemed to do the trick, as she came out firing on all cylinders in the light winds to claim a dominant victory in Elimination 3, which crucially sees her jump to the top of the rankings at the close of play, and more importantly, is now completely in control of the title race.

Marion Mortefon couldn’t have done much more in her bid to secure another world title after recording a bullet, a second place and a fourth today, which sees her tied on 6.7 points with Lemeteyer. However, while Mortefon remains firmly in the hunt for the event title, her world title hopes have taken a major hit today given that their next closest challenger is Steinberg on 12 points, and Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails), who sits on 13 points. In order for Mortefon to have any chance of winning the event she must win it and then have Lemeteyer finish outside of the top three, which while not impossible, now looks unlikely.

Reigning event champion Lina Eržen (Starboard / Severne Sails) made the perfect start to her defence with a brilliant bullet in the opener, but then couldn’t quite replicate that performance in the next two races as she recorded a fifth and a tenth to finish the opening day of racing in fifth place.

Meanwhile, Sara Wennekes (Future Fly / Severne Sails) bounced back from a tenth in the opening elimination by securing two solid third places, which could see her jump up the rankings after the completion of Elimination 4 when the discard comes into play, while 14-year-old Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) completes the top seven.

Men’s Having finished in a disappointing ninth place in Sylt, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) bounced back brilliantly on the opening day of racing here to head up the end of day rankings after recording two solid second places. Iachino may effectively be out of the title race now, but today’s performance keeps him firmly in the hunt for the overall podium.

Meanwhile, Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) has put himself firmly in the driving seat to secure his second world title of the season. The Frenchman laid it all on the line in the opening race as he went head-to-head with Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) in the winners’ final and came out on top to secure the opening bullet of the event. Crucially Mortefon then finished ahead of Benedetti in Elimination 2 - finishing fourth and fifth respectively - to open up a 3.3 point advantage over his Italian rival, who to have any chance of winning a maiden world crown, must finish ahead of Mortefon. There’s still a long way to go, but Benedetti, who sits fourth in the overnight rankings, now has a bit of a mountain to climb, especially given Mortefon’s level of consistency.

Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) started the event ranked third in the world and the Croatian remains on course to complete the overall podium after the opening day of racing. Marotti is currently tied on eight points with Benedetti and to drop off out of the overall top three he would need to finish sixth or worse and Iachino would still need to win the event.

Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7) didn’t put a foot wrong in seven eliminations in Sylt, but the young Dane jumped the gun in the opening semifinal of Elimination 1 - resulting in his disqualification from the heat - before winning the b-final. Søe responded in the perfect fashion by earning a clinical bullet in Elimination 2, but may be left ruing pushing the start so hard in the opener, given the apparent extra gear he possesses - although he also produced some incredible gybes, which is often where he also gained a lot of ground. Given his level of performance in Sylt, you still wouldn’t bet against him now reeling off a hat-trick of bullets to head to the top of the event rankings, but he has perhaps, somewhat unnecessarily, reduced his margin of error to claim back-to-back victories on the World Tour. Time will soon tell that though and he possesses an unbelievable level of self-confidence in his racing ability.

Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) made a great start to the day with an excellent fourth place, but then just missed out on the winners’ final to eventually finish eleventh In Elimination 2, which sees him ranked sixth at the close of play - two points ahead of Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) in seventh.

Elia Colombo (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) enjoyed a great day after qualifying for the first winners final - 7th - before finishing 13th in the next to finish the opening day ranked 8th overall. The top ten is currently completed by Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde), Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) and Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) - the latter two are tied for tenth on 22 points.

Cedric Bordes (Severne / Severne Sails) deserves a special mention after battling through the pain barrier today. The Frenchman had an individual crash with his foil, which resulted in a nasty gash in his back, but he continued to not only race, but also finish twelfth in both eliminations completed thus far. After racing had concluded, Bordes later required twenty stitches.

The forecast for Sunday looks promising once again with 12-18 knots predicted during the earlier part of the day, which should hopefully provide more racing. As today, sailors will meet at 8am (GMT+9) for the skippers’ meeting, followed by a first possible start at 9am.

Current Ranking 2024 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom *After 3 Eliminations

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Tamar Steinberg (ISR | Future Fly)
4th Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
5th Lina Eržen (SLO | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2024 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom *After 2 Eliminations

1st Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
3rd Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Johan Søe (DEN | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
6th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
7th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
8th Elia Colombo (SUI | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
9th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
10th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
10th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)

Der 2024 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup mag zwar nicht ganz so viele Rennen wie im letzten Jahr hervorgebracht haben, aber am zweiten und dritten Tag gab es am Strand von Tsukuihama, Yokosuka, dennoch einige großartige Rennen, um die PWA Foil Slalom Weltmeister 2024 zu entscheiden. Insgesamt wurden vier Ausscheidungen für die Männer- und Frauenfleets ausgetragen, bei denen Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) und Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils) die letzten Eventsiege der Saison einfuhren, während Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) und Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) als verdiente Weltmeister vom Platz gingen.

Foil Slalom

Women

Justine Lemeteyer survived an anxious two day wait to officially be crowned the 2024 Women’s Foil Slalom PWA World Champion, which is the 22-year-olds maiden world crowned, but quite possibly not her last given how impeccably she has raced for the majority of the year. Lemeteyer understandably had a slight wobble here after finishing twelfth in Elimination 4 - which she discards. Lemeteyer won two out of the three events this year to deservedly become world champion, while she also walks away from Japan with a solid second place.

Marion Mortefon did everything in her power to deny Lemeteyer a maiden world title, but it wasn’t quite to be this time around. The former world champion raced brilliantly this week as she recorded two bullets, a second and a fourth to win the event on a total of 3.4 points, which sees her finish 2024 as the vice-world champion.

Elsewhere, last year’s world champion - Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) - completes the prestigious overall podium, while 14-year-old Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) finishes fourth in the overalls in her first full year on tour and looks a huge talent for the future.

In terms of the event, 2023 event champion, Lina Eržen (Starboard / Severne Sails) completes the event podium, but there was just 3.3 point separating third to sixth, such was the closeness of the racing here. Tamar Steinberg (Future Fly) just misses out on the podium in fourth followed by Sara Wennekes (Future Fly / Severne Sails) and Blanca Alabau respectively.

Men’s

The 2024 season couldn’t have gone any better for Pierre Mortefon, who walks away from Japan with his second world title of the season to be crowned the undisputed racing world champion having claimed the Slalom X world title earlier in the season. Mortefon has raced extremely consistently this year and he repeated that level of consistency over the last five days here with a bullet, a second, a fourth and a fifth to claim second place here.

Johan Søe started the event with a small error after jumping the gun in the semifinals of the opening elimination, but after that he didn’t put a foot wrong as he reeled off a clinical hat-trick to win his second event in a row, while finishing on a perfect score of 2.1 points. Søe looks as though he has the ability to dominate like racing legends Björn Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Antoine Albeau (JP / NeilPryde) used to do in previous years and he looks an ominous force moving forwards. After last year’s heartbreak here, this will at least go some way to softening the blow.

Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) gave Mortefon a valiant fight for the title and must be wishing that there could've been just one more race to give him a shot at snatching the crown. The Italian recorded his best result of the event in Elimination 4 to close within 2.3 points of Mortefon, but didn't get a chance for a final showdown. Like Mortefon, Benedetti didn't finish outside the top five once and can be proud of how he fought over the last five day and he still finishes the season as the vice-world champion.

Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) bounced back brilliantly from a ninth place finish in Sylt to sign off the season with a podium. The Italian finished just 0.3 of a point behind Mortefon after recording two second places and two third places. Iachino just misses out on the overall podium to Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) with only 100 points separating the two heavyweights. Marotti completes the prestigious overall podium for the second time in his career after also achieving the feat in 2022.

The overall top 10 is completed by Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) - 5th - last year’s vice-world champion Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) - 6th - Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) - 7th - Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) - 8th - Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails) - 9th - and Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) - 10th.

That concludes the 2024 PWA World Tour, so congratulations to all of the respective world champions from this year. We’d like to sign off this season by saying a massive thanks to the organisers and volunteers here in Japan - without whom this event wouldn’t be possible, and we hope to return in 2025.

Overall Ranking 2024 PWA World Tour - Women’s Foil Slalom

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
5th Mae Davico (FRA | PATRIK / Loftsails)
Overall Ranking 2024 PWA World Tour - Men’s Foil Slalom

1st Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
2nd Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
3rd Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
5th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
10th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)

Result 2024 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom

1st Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
3rd Lina Eržen (SLO | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Tamar Steinberg (ISR | Future Fly)
5th Sara Wennekes (NED | Future Fly / Severne Sails)

Result 2024 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom

1st Johan Søe (DEN | FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
6th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
10th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)

Bis zu vier Meter hohe Wellen sorgten beim 40. Jubiläum des Aloha Classic Playa Surf CBbC Grand Final im Hookipa Beach Park auf Maui, Hawaii, für jede Menge Drama und Action. Die variablen Winde machten es den Wettkämpfern gelegentlich schwer, das richtige Material zu wählen, da es in scheinbar zufälligen Momenten von sehr leicht zu sehr windig wechselte, aber die soliden Wellen hielten den ganzen Tag und boten die richtige Plattform für eine atemberaubende Show.

The 2022 and 2023 World Windsurfing Wave Champions, Sarah-Quita Offringa from Aruba and Marcilio Browne from Brazil both achieved an incredible third consecutive world title by finishing in second at the final event of the year.

But it was the consistency, experience and perfection of the Maui residents, Bernd Roediger and Sarah Hauser, that took home the prestigious Aloha Classic wins.

EMOTIONAL VICTORIES AT WOMEN’S ALOHA CLASSIC

A nerve wracking first semi-final produced a see-saw battle between the two world title contenders, Offringa and Germany’s Lina Erpenstein, with both needing to claim a finals berth to keep their title hopes alive. However, Guadaloupe’s Coco Fouveau was determined to play spoiler, with her aggressive surf style turns in the power zone. Erpenstein carved through clean waves with precision and aggression, whilst Offringa showcased her strength and control in the gusty, high winds. She executed under the lip power turns and finished with a clean end section hit to take the semi-final win over Fouveau.

With Erpenstein relegated to a 5th place finish at the Aloha Classic, the world title became Offringa’s. Overcome with emotion, Offringa tearfully said: “It means more to me that I thought. I’m glad I could be out there and be in the final.” Incredibly, Offringa has won the Freestyle, Slalom X and Wave World Titles this year. “It’s been a goal of mine, I thought it was unattainable to do wave, freestyle and slalom but this is insane.”

In the second semi-final, New Caledonia’s Sarah Hauser, dominated from the start. The long time Maui resident powered through her turns and attacked the lip on multiple waves for a near excellent heat total of 15.30. Switerland’s Pauline Katz secured her first ever Aloha Classic finals berth with sweeping rail turns in the face of set waves.

The final showdown started with Hauser carving consecutive, precise turns in the pocket for a 6.0. But Offringa soon took charge, finding a long wave that offered five tight power turns, including a tail slide. Shortly after, she again found a wave where she connected powerful, tight turns under the lip and in the pocket to take the lead. Hauser waited patiently out the back. Upon finding a good set, she snapped turns tight in the pocket, hitting the lip at the end for a solid 8 and her third ever Aloha Classic win.

“I’ve been dreaming about this moment for a long time. It means everything to me. This was the first competition I ever came to do in 2012. This is a legendary event, it’s a dream come true,” she said.

Coco Fouveau’s third-place finish marked a triumphant return after recovering from a concussion 15 months prior. With strong rail work, she has proven herself a rising threat in Hawaii. Meanwhile, Katz may not have found her rhythm in the final, but her aggressive style and impressive turns capped her most successful season yet.

TENSE MOMENTS AS ROEDIGER AND BROWNE SHINE

Tension mounted during the quarter final heats of the Pro Mens, as the variable wind dropped considerably during some of the heats. Fighting for a world title, the crowd watched nervously as Browne sat in 4th position for most of his heat. Holding his nerve well, Browne managed find the right waves and hit sections in the light wind to progress into the semi. In yet another clutch moment of the same heat, Liam Dunkerbeck from Spain knocked out Guadaloupe’s Antoine Martin by pulling a perfect wave 360, right after a failed goiter attempt by Martin.

The second quarter final was just as drama filled. Whilst French/US rider Morgan Noireaux secured a confident victory, the rest of the riders all had identical points, totalling 10.20. Progression was awarded to Japan’s Takuma Sugi over Maui’s Levi Siver and French rider Julien Flechet as Sugi’s back up waves were higher than the others.

Maui’s Kail Lenny and Bernd Roediger then produced one of the best spectacles of the morning. Roediger executed perfect goiters and huge aerials to advance with the morning’s highest heat total of 16.40, whilst Lenny popped an aerial goiter and critical, under the lip hits to advance in second.

The fourth quarter final saw Guadaloupe’s Camille Juban and world number two, Spain’s Victor Fernandez advance, which kept the pressure on and the world title race open, given Fernandes was sitting in second and less than 300 points behind Browne.

The first men’s semi was action packed, with only one point ultimately separating first from fourth place.

The usually consistent Noireaux perhaps started to feel some pressure as the competition moved into the semis. Renowned for impeccable wave selection, the majority of his waves offered excellent single moves and big aerials, but didn’t have the connecting sections needed to beat the world’s best.

In the final moments, he pulled an incredibly critical, under the lip wave 360 off a solid wave. But without offering any other moves, the wave was awarded a 7, which wasn’t quite enough to move him into the advancing second place.

After almost being knocked out in the quarters, Browne made no mistakes at the start of this heat. he secured his winning scores right at the start with a mix of aerials, vertical lip hits, tweaked aerials and power turns.

The rppidly improving Dunkerbeck showcased a series of tail slides, aerials, lip hits and yet another perfect wave 360, where he rotates over the section to land on the wave face, ready for another move. Advancing into the final, the rising star said

“It feels amazing I can’t believe I made the final for the Aloha Classic. I’m just super stoked.“

The world title was decided in semi-final two, when Fernandez was knocked out by the aerial wizardry of Juban and Roediger, making Browne the world champion. Juban’s high amplitude aerials and late attacks on critical sections allowed him to progress in what his now his 8th consecutive finals appearance at world wave tour competitions.

Roediger looked to be having fun with a big aerial, but shifted gear to make a huge goiter off the main peak of a mast high set. He landed almost in floater position, flicked his hair out of the way and followed up with an aerial in the bowl and a heat winning eight point wave.

Some big names had to fall in the semis, and, unfortunately, one of those was Kai Lenny. Lenny still made multiple aerials on waves, one handed cut backs, floater re-entries and a tweaked air. His fast, rail work throughout the event showed good innovation, as he managed to squeeze more turns than everyone else. He devastatingly missed out on the final by 0.2 points, but left no doubt that the day he may achieve his lifelong dream of winning the Aloha Classic is near

The Men’s Final started with a bang. Browne started with a vertical, under the lip aerial, followed by a strong hit on an incoming section for 7 points. He then followed with a massive aerial on the next set wave to secure a heat total of 13.90. These remained his best two scores and he finished the event in second place, but as the 2024 World Champion.

“I’m lost for words. It’s an incredible feeling. I never thought I’d be standing here, I’m so happy. It’s my fifth world title and fourth in the waves. I can’t believe it. It’s more than I ever dreamed of. It’s a day I’ll never forget,” an ecstatic Browne said.

Roediger wasn’t daunted by the newly crowned world champion though. Early in the final, he took a solid wave with a set up turn that led into two critical aerials and then a perfect goiter for an 8.5. Gaining momentum, he continued his flow and charged at the next wave, seeming to float across heavy, looming sections as though he were part of the wave. Needless to say, his effortless lip hits and huge aerials impressed for a 7.1 and an Aloha Classic winning heat total of 15.60. A surprised Roediger said, “I’m totally speechless. I didn’t see this for myself at all. It’s one of those things, you have a certain feeling throughout the contest. You think things will go well, but you know you’re you and you know how fallible you are. You don’t think that about the other people. You just think ‘Those guys don’t make mistakes, those guys don’t fail’ It’s pretty cool.”

Young gun Dunkerbeck made it clear he wasn’t going to rest on the laurels of making his first final. Opting for slightly smaller waves, he attacked each lip with precision, kicking out his tail and landed two flawless wave 360s on consecutive rides to challenge the leaders. With a third place finish, Dunkerbeck solidified his reputation—no longer as an up-and-coming grom, but as a true contender and a real threat in Hawaii.

Despite landing some extraordinarily high aerials and stylish lip drifts, Juban made a few uncharacteristic errors on his early rotation attempts. Just as he looked to be gaining momentum, a wipeout caused him to lose his gear to the infamous Hookipa rocks and finish the event in a respectable fourth place.

The Aloha Classic finished the World Windsurfing Wave tour for 2024. Competitors will take a break and meet again at the first event in Japan in February 2025.

Pro Men's Results

Bernd Roediger
Marcilio Browne
Liam Dunkerbeck
Camille Juban
Kai Lenny / Morgan Noireaux
N/A
Victor Fernandez / Takuma Sugi
Pro Women’s Results

Sarah Hauser
Sarah- Quita Offringa
Coco Fouveau
Pauline Katz
Lina Erpenstein / Lisa Wermeister
N/A
Maria Andres / Shawna Cropas

Der große Finaltag brachte einige beeindruckende Leistungen, sowohl von einer Legende des Sports als auch von einer potenziellen zukünftigen Legende. Die unter 21-jährigen Pro Junioren und die über 45-jährigen Masters wurden bei hohen Wellen und leichtem, ablandigem Wind zu Ende gesegelt.Dunkerbeck Crowned U21 Champion.

Spain’s Liam Dunkerbeck claimed a decisive victory today in the Pro Junior Aloha Classic. He set the bar high on his first wave, with top-to-bottom rail surfing, tail blows and aerials to earn a 7.6 – the highest single wave score of the final. While many competitors struggled to find waves with multiple manoeuvre opportunities, Dunkerbeck showed great maturity in his wave selection. He picked off a smaller wave, snapped some turns and finished with a wave 360.

Dunkerbeck’s dominance this year leaves no doubt he is the top U21 rider in the world. He has won every competition he’s entered, including Japan, Chile, Canary Islands and now Hawaii.

“It’s been three years in a row that I’m in the division and I’ve won every heat and every final for three years,” he said. “My focus will now be on the Pro Men’s where I am in the quarter finals. It will be hard heats from now, I will just go out and have fun and learn more.”

Finishing in second place, Japan’s Hayata Ishii cemented his reputation fearless riding at Hookipa. Ishii delivered crisp aerials and a goiter in the final and would have been more dangerous if he could find waves that offered connecting sections.

Germany’s Marlon Maethner rounded out the podium in third, showcasing aggressive riding on a big set wave to score a 6 and the third best wave of the final.

Despite a strong semi-final, Japan’s Ryu Noguchi appeared to feel finals pressure as the others caught bigger waves early on, leading him to chase smaller waves. However, Noguchi should feel encouraged by his impressive progress in the Pro Men’s division, where he advanced all the way to Round 5 with an attacking style.

Taboul Takes Out An All Goya Masters Final

Keith Taboul looked fast and loose as he hit critical sections to take down his all Goya colleagues. The stand-out rider showcased a vertical attack and fin release hits on some of the biggest sets of the day.

Taboul was riding a new board, partially inspired by the surf style direction Kai Lenny is taking.

“This is a new board that I made for this event. Paul and I have a good rivalry and he was making all these boards so I thought I would make myself a floater. It was only my second time sailing it,” he said.

“If I sail it right, it feels incredible. I was using a set of Kai’s fins, a thruster set. It’s a departure from the way I usually sail, but as long as I stayed close to the wave, I was getting good projection and down the line speed. I had to really surf the wave and think about it differently,” revealed the renowned shaper.

Brand owner and former World Champion, Francisco Goya, finished in second place. Goya was still attacking critical sections and pushing hard on the rail, however his waves simply offered fewer opportunities than Taboul’s.

“When you sail with friends, it brings out the best in everyone. My first event was in 1990 in Maui. I’m just forever grateful to be part of it for this long,” said a nostalgic Goya.

Team rider Vincent Beauvarlet has had a cracker of a competition, finishing third in the Master and equal 17th in the Pro Men. Meanwhile, Fish Bowl Diaries water photographer and Goya staff member, Paul Karaolides might face some good natured ribbing from colleague Taboul after finishing 4th. Karaolides started the event well with excellent top to bottom riding, but seemed to tire during the day after two long days of shooting the event.

Tomorrow looks to be a lay day, with Monday looking excellent as we progress towards finals day for Pro Men and Pro Women.
The Aloha Classic Wave Grand Final event is running until 1 November at Hookipa Beach Park in Maui, Hawaii.

Das Rennen um den Weltmeistertitel nahm heute einige aufregende Wendungen, als mehrere Anwärter ausscheiden mussten, während die Maui-„Regulars“ das Publikum mit einer unglaublichen Flugshow beim Aloha Classic Playa Surf CBbC Hotel Grand Final auf Hawaii begeisterten. Die Teilnehmer wurden mit großen, sauberen Wellen von einer nördlichen Dünung und einem leichten, schräg ablandigen Wind begrüßt.

HAWAIIAN EXPERIENCE PAVES THE WAY FOR PRO WOMEN

Once again, it was Ho’okipa’s seasoned riders who secured direct spots in the Pro Women’s semi-finals. Germany’s current world number one, Lina Erpenstein, was sent to the elimination round after facing stiff competition from Spain’s Maria Andres (Duotone Windsurfing) and Guadaloupe’s Coco Fouveau (Flikka / GUNSAILS). Erpenstein’s limited practice time—due to her final medical exams—undoubtedly impacted her performance. However, Andres confidently chose solid waves and rode high in the light conditions to maintain her speed, allowing her to execute her trademark power turns.

“I’m super stoked because the conditions are incredibly challenging. Just getting out was crazy. It was hard to choose the right waves too. The bigger ones had a section further down that was closing out, so it was hard to know how to position myself”, she said.

Fouveau looked happy to be back on the water following intermittent breaks due to a concussion. She stayed near the power zone, riding tight in the pocket to secure second place and advance to the semi-finals.

Maui resident, Sarah Hauser (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing), displayed some of the most critical riding of the women’s division. With powerful bottom turns, she set up sharp, surf-style snaps and confidently hit the lip to take the win in heat two.

“I got a tonne of sailing this season and I’m feeling like I’m progressing. It was super fun out here. We got so lucky because the wind kicked in 5 minutes before the start of the heat. I was just trying to hit the lip,” said a fired up Hauser.

Also moving into the semi-final was Maui resident, Shawna Cropas (Duotone Windsurfing). Cropas ended up on the rocks early in the heat and had to ride unfamiliar gear. But she adapted quickly, selecting smooth, peeling set waves and carving confidently through each turn to secure second place.

French rider Lisa Wermeister (Duotone Windsurfing) had a memorable day, outshining reigning world champion Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins), Riding some of the largest sets, she gained momentum as her turns grew increasingly bold and precise throughout heat three.

Offringa opted for smaller waves, which possibly cost her the win. But she executed powerful turns beneath the lip, stayed tight in the pocket, and threw buckets of spray with her powerful top turns. She advanced to the semi-finals, keeping her pursuit of a third consecutive wave world title alive.

WORLD TITLE CONTENDERS EXIT IN REDEMPTION ROUND

The big news of the Pro Men’s redemption round was the exit of world numbers three and four, Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) from Spain and Germany’s Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins), marking the end of their title hopes. The Japanese duo of Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) and rising star Ryu Noguchi (Starboard / Severne Sails) were ecstatic to claim the scalp of Köster, whilst American Russell Faurot (Quatro / S2Maui / Black Project Fins) and French rider Baptiste Cloarec (RRD / RRD Sails) had a hard fought battle to dispose of Gil and Hayata Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails. Returning to competition after his battle with leukemia, Casey Hauser (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) was a crowd favourite, but fell short against Poland’s Adam Warchol (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) and the UK’s Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde). Also advancing from the redemption round were French riders Jules Denel (Tabou / GA Sails) and Julien Flechet (Tabou / Hot Sails Maui).

Maui Riders Seize The Day

Round five kicked off with a rare strategic error by Brazil’s Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC), who rode his first wave before the heat officially began, with what would have been one of his best waves. But it didn’t really matter. Browne impressed the judges on his next ride, charging vertically into mast-high sections, air-dropping down and executing another aerial for a 7.5. Riding faster and deeper than most, Browne consistently created opportunities, finishing the heat with four waves over the seven-point mark and a heat total of 14.70.

Continuing to impress in Hawaii, Spains Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / MFC), the 2024 Pro Junior World Champion, advanced to the quarterfinals despite a remarkable aerial display from French rider Jules Denel. Dunkerbeck’s aerials looked effortless, his fin release top turns were radical and he even came close to landing a wave 360 attempt.

In heat two, Maui local Graham Ezzy (Tabou / Ezzy Sails) was on a roll, pushing former Aloha Classic winner, Antoine Martin (North Windsurfing) from Guadaloupe into second place. With light conditions, Ezzy opted for larger gear and focused on finding the waves with the best shape. “I’ve been doing a lot of coaching and I think about what I say to my students - stay on the power source of the wave, think of it as a dance. I try to remind myself of those. Just be focused on having fun”, he said.

Martin looked relaxed and playful, easily popping two consecutive one-handed aerials with different hands each time, finishing in second with a heat total of 12.10. If feels like he has more in the tank. promising plenty of excitement as he pushes towards even riskier moves.

A confident and flawless Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins) is looking unstoppable as he heads towards the quarterfinals. Despite the lighter wind, Noireaux seemed to gain speed with every turn, enabling him to blow the lip off the top and attack in a vertical manner. His wave selection was impeccable, and he seamlessly combined precision riding with consistent rotations. Almost presciently, he executed two perfect wave 360s, following up one with a taka, showcasing his ease in the mast high conditions. “My consistency at Ho’okipa is pretty darn good. I have a lot of confidence in everything I do. Our heat also got some of the better conditions of the day. I had a blast”, he said with a smile.

Building on his momentum from the redemption round, Julien Flechet put forth one of his best performances in Hawaii, also advancing to the quarterfinals. He consistently pulled off impressive aerials and tackled late sections, including a one-handed cutback and an arched back aerial.

However, the heat of the day was heat four. In the lead up to the event, many top riders had praised Levi Siver (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC) and he didn’t disappoint. Laying down his intent, he immediately attacked a large set wave section and followed it up with more critical turns for a 7.80.

But the answer back from Japan’s Takara Ishii was even better. He went up into the lip and followed with an aerial and two more aggressive turns for a 7.90.

Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) came third in that first exchange, but still had an impressive 7.60 wave score. He was far more patient in the heat that the others and almost looked out of contention for a while. During that time, Siver found a solid set, blasted two vertical lip attacks and followed with a wave 360 to score a 9.10, the best wave of the day.

Just when it all seemed to be a battle for second, Sugi found an excellent set, executed a huge aerial and tight snaps to secure a heat total of 15.60 and seem like he could threaten Siver for the lead.

Although Ishii didn’t progress to the quarters, his heat total of 13.50 would have advanced him in any other heat.

Inspired by the strong performances, wave maestro Kai Lenny (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC) showed his repertoire of hardcore surf riding with impressive aerial tricks. He continued to improve as the heat progressed, breaking the boundaries between surfing and windsurfing. His surf style boards allowed him to get right under the lip for a vertical attack, recovering quickly for tight snaps in the pocket. He miraculously pulled off a wave 360 where he virtually disappeared behind the whitewater, and then pulled one of the most radical goiters ever seen in competition. Approaching the wave from underneath, he blasted through the lip for his second eight of the heat.

American Russ Faurot made his mark with some solid lip hits, wrapping turns and cutbacks, appearing poised to knock out the comeback King, Marc Paré. However, Paré remained patient, and when he finally found the right wave, hit two perfect aerials followed by a tight snap to earn seven points and solidify his progression into the quarterfinals.

Three more heats remain in Round 5 and competition looks set to continue tomorrow.

The Aloha Classic Wave Grand Final event is running until 1 November at Ho’okipa Beach Park in Maui, Hawaii.

Masthohe Wellen sorgten am ersten Tag des Aloha Classic Playa Surf CBbC Hotel Grand Final auf Hawaii für ein spannendes Spektakel. Weltmeisterschafts-Träume sorgten für reichlich Action, aber der leichte, leicht auflandige Wind machte die Bedingungen im Ho'okipa Beach Park auf Maui für die weniger erfahrenen Surfer auch ein wenig knifflig.

Some dangerous local wildcards entered the bracket at Round 2, including the likes of Kai Lenny (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC), Levi Siver (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC), Graham Ezzy (Tabou / GA Sails) and Francisco Goya (Goya Windsurfing / MFC). Competitors nervously awaited to see who would get these in-form riders. Lenny came a close second in his heat to Arthur Arutkin (Duotone Windsurfing / Black Project Fins) and ended up with a Round 3 draw against former Aloha Classic winner, Bernd Roediger (Flikka / Hot Sails Maui / Black Project Fins), another red hot local favourite.

Not expecting such an intense match up so early in the competition, Roediger shifted from a more carefree attitude, saying:

“Seeing Kai in my heats, that changed my energy.”

The crowd favourites didn’t disappoint and used strong local knowledge to pick the best waves. A free flowing Roediger attacked sections and managed to just pull off a 360 manoeuvre. But Lenny answered back with an impossibly tweaked aerial and a wave 360 of his own to take the win. Lenny explained his secrets,

“It’s really wave choice out there. If I get on the best wave, that’s really steep, I can perform my surfing manoeuvres. The board I’m riding is one that I shaped and was built by Quatro. This was a really big inspiration from short board surfing. This board is unique compared to what everyone else is riding and especially suits today when you need to produce a lot of thrust at the bottom.”

Meanwhile, the highest heat totals of the day were shared by two of the world title contenders, Maui residents Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins) and Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC.

Browne, the 2022 and 2023 World Champion, rode particularly deep, which meant he flowed from critical move to critical move, something that few others could achieve in the tricky conditions. As usual, his timing was impeccable and his moves flawless. He was the only rider to finish the day with every wave score being a 6 or above. His variety of moves and consistency of making them, are proving a third consecutive world title is well within his grasp.

Finishing in second place to Browne was Ezzy, who was excited to land a perfectly executed wave 360.

Throwing down the gauntlet in Heat 3, Noireaux also produced some of the highest scores of the day, with a pair of sevens. In the lighter, more onshore conditions, he too rode a little bit deeper and managed to get more critical hits than anyone else in his heat, as well as a perfectly executed goiter. Noireaux has lifted to another level this season and is a genuine podium contender, for both the Aloha Classic and the world title.

An in-form Siver blazed into second place, securing a direct spot in Round 5 with his sharp under-the-lip hits, tweaked airs, and explosive top turns.

The remainder of the renowned wave riders lived up to their reputations, delivering spectacular performances. Antoine Martin (North Windsurfing) made even the hardest moves look easy. His one-handed aerials were smooth, the goiter was perfect and his critical under the lip moves somehow seemed relaxed.

Likewise, Guadaloupe’s Camille Juban (AV-Boards / S2Maui / MFC) used his trademark precision to effortlessly land multiple aerials and wow the crowd with tweaked airs.

Not surprisingly, French rider Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails) didn’t hold back in the bigger waves, charging the lip at every opportunity to secure a strong win.

Traversa forced world title contender Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) into a second place finish, but an aggressive, fast paced Paré still secured his Round 5 spot.

Takara Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails) had a close heat in the lightest winds of the day and progressed alongside an ecstatic Vincent Beauvarlet. Using moves that included goiters, one handed aerials and well timed lip hits, the boys were thrilled to send former world champion, Germany’s Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) and Chilean charger, Alex Vargas to the elimination round.

Current world number two, Spain’s Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing / MFC) took a comfortable win in the final Round 3 heat of the day, showcasing blow tail top turns, aerials and lip hits.

The Pro Women competed only in the opening challenger round, where local favourite, Shawna Cropas (Duotone Windsurfing), revelled in the large surf. Her strong bottom turn / top turn combinations secured her place in the main event, where she promises to be formidable contender.Also advancing were Toia Sanjurjo and Svenja Chudoba.

The Aloha Classic Wave Grand Final event is running until 1st November at Ho’okipa Beach Park in Maui, Hawaii.

The current forecast predicts promising wind and swell for the next few days, which should provide for some incredible Grand Final performances.

Follow the live competition scores on LiveHeats. The full Live Broadcast will be streamed on the IWT Wave Tour YouTube channel, and the official IWT event page. Follow on social media channels @pwaworldtour and @IWT_Wave_Tour. The event also offers spectacular free viewing at Ho'okipa Beach Park.

Sylt ist bekannt für seine Vielseitigkeit, und auch wenn es nicht ganz so konstant windig war wie bei den letzten Veranstaltungen, bot das diesjährige 40-jährige Jubiläum doch einige extrem herausfordernde Bedingungen, die die besten Surfer der Welt auf Herz und Nieren prüften. Die Wave Fleet hatte mit fast durchgängig auflandigen Winden und Sylts berüchtigtem Shorebreak zu kämpfen, der mehr als genug Opfer forderte, während ein Zustrom von Algen bedeutete, dass die Racer eine zusätzliche, unerwartete Variable zu berücksichtigen hatten.

Wave

Women’s

After winning the 40th anniversary Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt, Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) has hauled herself right back into world title contention. The Aruban won the Gran Canaria Gloria PWA World Cup in July, but then only finished her fourth in Tenerife, which was only a 4-star event, so is worth less ranking points. Victory here means that the reigning world champion now has fate in her own hands heading into the title decider in Maui in just under a couple of weeks time.

Meanwhile, young guns Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) and Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) continue to shine with both of them claiming podium finishes again here. In fact, from the four events that Kiefer Quintana has competed at she is yet to finish outside of the podium positions. The 19-year-old claimed second place here, while Degrieck completes the podium, but it’s worth noting she only missed out on a place in the winners’ final by just 0.16 of a point.

Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) came into Sylt with a narrow lead at the top of the rankings and while she may be slightly disappointed with a fourth place finish here, the German will still head into Maui firmly in contention for a maiden world title.

Men’s

Marc Paré’s (Simmer / Simmer Sails) remarkable comeback story continues after the Spaniard produced a superb display in the extremely tough conditions to claim back-to-back victories on the World Tour - having also won in Tenerife in August also. Having suffered a Lisfranc fracture in March, Paré may have thought his season was over, but it turns out it’s far from over now after winning here. It would still be a big ask for him to challenge for the world title given that Tenerife was only a 4-star event, but it’s not out of the question if everything went his way, while he can certainly fight for a place on the prestigious overall podium too.

Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing) ended up sailing about nine heats effectively in the single elimination and began to cramp up during the winners’ final as fatigue started to take its effect, but second place still represents a great result - especially given the unpredictable nature of the conditions in Sylt. The Brazilian, who is the reigning world champion, will head into Maui with the world title race lead as he goes in search of completing a historic hat-trick of world crowns have also won in 2022 and 2023.

Meanwhile, Victor Fernandez’s (Duotone Windsurfing) fine season continues with the former 3-time world champion bagging himself another podium here. The Spaniard excels in making tricky conditions look comparatively easy and used every trick in his arsenal to complete the podium in Sylt, which will see him head into Maui as Browne’s closest rival.

Elsewhere, Antoine Martin (Starboard / North Sails) recorded his best result of the season at a 5-star event so far - 4th - while Miguel Chapuis earned his best result to date in a single elimination after securing joint fifth alongside; Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde), Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) and Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde).

Foil Slalom

Women’s

Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) finishes the 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt with a perfect record of just 7 points from the 13 eliminations completed. The current World Tour leader was in a league of her own over the last ten days as she won eleven out of the thirteen eliminations completed. After winning both events so far this season, Lemeteyer will head into the world title decider in Japan in November with a two hundred point lead over Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils).

Mortefon finishes Sylt in a clear second place and she managed to sign off the event in perfect fashion as she secured a hard fought win in Elimination 13 - doing extremely well to hold off Lemeteyer after making a brilliant start.

Meanwhile, reigning world champion - Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) - follows up her third place in Fuerteventura with another podium here. The Spaniard raced consistently all week, only finishing outside the top three once.

14-year-old Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) also sailed extremely consistently and managed to pip Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) to fourth place with just two points separating them both.

Men’s

With just one more elimination being sailed on the final day, Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils) didn’t even need to race today to claim his maiden event victory on the World Tour given the margin of his lead and the second discard coming into play after the completion of Elimination 7. However, the young Dane did still compete and he signed off the event with a solid third place, which means the 21-year-old hasn’t finished outside the top three for the entire event. After being stripped of a maiden world title last year, claiming his first event win will feel all the sweeter and no one can argue with the nature of the victory.

Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) came into the event ranked second in the overall world rankings, but leaves with the World Tour lead heading into the decider in Japan after sailing remarkably consistently here to claim second place. The Frenchman didn’t finish outside of the top five once in seven races and will now look to claim his second world title of the season in Japan - having won the Slalom X earlier in the season.

After finishing sixteenth in Elimination 6 it looked as though Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde) might have blown his shot at securing a maiden 5-star podium on the World Tour. However, with the second discard coming into play the Italian was able to do just enough in Elimination 7 - sixth - to claim the last place on the podium as he edged out Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) by two points.

Benedetti backs up his win in Fuerteventura with a solid fourth place here. The 29-year-old finished tied on 20.7 points with Nicolas Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils), but crucially Benedetti came out on top on countback, which could yet prove pivotal in the world title race as just 100 points separate him and Mortefon, whereas it could have just as easily been 200 points instead. It’s likely that whoever beats who will win the world title as Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) is the next closest sailor, but he trails Mortefon by 500 points.

Meanwhile, Marotti did well to recover from a quarterfinal exit in the opening elimination to eventually finish sixth here. After a poor start Marotti bounced back by not finishing outside of the top 9 once, while he signed off the event with an excellent bullet today, which saw him pip Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) to sixth place by just 0.3 of a point.

The top ten is completed by Rutkowski (NeilPryde), Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails), Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) - 7th-10th.

Freestyle

With it unfortunately not being possible to complete the Men’s Freestyle single elimination that means the top four finishes as it stood coming into Sylt. That means Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) earns his maiden world title and I don’t think there will be too many arguments about that given the fact that he’s won the last two events on the World Tour. The young Greek was also pushing to compete here in marginal winds, which is quite remarkable when you consider that he had nothing to gain, but everything to lose.

Meanwhile, Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) finishes the season as the vice-world champion for the third time in his career. Last year’s world champion, Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) completes the prestigious overall podium, while Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails) walks away with a career best, fourth.

Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Foil Slalom *After 13 Eliminations (3 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Foil Slalom *After 7 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Johan Søe (DEN | FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
3rd Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
6th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
8th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
10th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)

Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Wave

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Coraline Foveau (FRA | Flikka / GUNSAILS)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Wave

1st Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing)
3rd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Antoine Martin (FRA | Starboard / North Windsurfing)
5th Robby Swift (UK | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Marino Gil {ESP (JP / NeilPryde)
5th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Windsurfing)
9th Thomas Traversa (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne Windsurfing / Black Project Fins)
9th Henri Kolberg (GER | Naish / Naish Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Titouan Flechet (FRA | Tabou / Hot Sails Maui)
9th Jules Denel (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Morgan Noireaux (HI | JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins)

Overall Ranking 2024 PWA World Tour - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)

Die Vorhersage für den letzten Tag des 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt versprach immer wieder Leichtwindrennen und der Wind frischte im Laufe des Vormittags langsam auf, so dass eine weitere Elimination für die Männer und zwei Eliminationen für die Frauen bei 7-12 Knoten Wind absolviert werden konnten, aber niemand konnte Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) und Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils) davon abhalten, zu den jeweiligen Titeln im Foil Slalom zu marschieren.

Foil Slalom

Women’s

Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) finishes the 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt with a perfect record of just 7 points from the 13 eliminations completed. The current World Tour leader was in a league of her own over the last ten days as she won eleven out of the thirteen eliminations completed. After winning both events so far this season, Lemeteyer will head into the world title decider in Japan in November with a two hundred point lead over Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils).

Mortefon finishes Sylt in a clear second place and she managed to sign off the event in perfect fashion as she secured a hard fought win in Elimination 13 - doing extremely well to hold off Lemeteyer after making a brilliant start.

Meanwhile, reigning world champion - Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) - follows up her third place in Fuerteventura with another podium here. The Spaniard raced consistently all week, only finishing outside the top three once.

14-year-old Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) also sailed extremely consistently and managed to pip Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) to fourth place with just two points separating them both.

Men’s

With just one more elimination being sailed on the final day, Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils) didn’t even need to race today to claim his maiden event victory on the World Tour given the margin of his lead and the second discard coming into play after the completion of Elimination 7. However, the young Dane did still compete and he signed off the event with a solid third place, which means the 21-year-old hasn’t finished outside the top three for the entire event. After being stripped of a maiden world title last year, claiming his first event win will feel all the sweeter and no one can argue with the nature of the victory.

Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) came into the event ranked second in the overall world rankings, but leaves with the World Tour lead heading into the decider in Japan after sailing remarkably consistently here to claim second place. The Frenchman didn’t finish outside of the top five once in seven races and will now look to claim his second world title of the season in Japan - having won the Slalom X earlier in the season.

After finishing sixteenth in Elimination 6 it looked as though Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde) might have blown his shot at securing a maiden 5-star podium on the World Tour. However, with the second discard coming into play the Italian was able to do just enough in Elimination 7 - sixth - to claim the last place on the podium as he edged out Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) by two points.

Benedetti backs up his win in Fuerteventura with a solid fourth place here. The 29-year-old finished tied on 20.7 points with Nicolas Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils), but crucially Benedetti came out on top on countback, which could yet prove pivotal in the world title race as just 100 points separate him and Mortefon, whereas it could have just as easily been 200 points instead. It’s likely that whoever beats who will win the world title as Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) is the next closest sailor, but he trails Mortefon by 500 points.

Meanwhile, Marotti did well to recover from a quarterfinal exit in the opening elimination to eventually finish sixth here. After a poor start Marotti bounced back by not finishing outside of the top 9 once, while he signed off the event with an excellent bullet today, which saw him pip Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) to sixth place by just 0.3 of a point.

The top ten is completed by Rutkowski (NeilPryde), Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails), Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) - 7th-10th.

Freestyle

Unfortunately with the wind being too light to complete the Men’s single elimination, that means that Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) becomes the Freestyle PWA World Champion for the first time in his career. Meanwhile, Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) and Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) complete the overall podium.

The official prize giving was then held at 3pm (GMT+2) during the afternoon in glorious sunshine and packed out crowds.

Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Foil Slalom *After 13 Eliminations (3 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Foil Slalom *After 7 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Johan Søe (DEN | FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
3rd Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
6th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
8th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
10th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)

Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Wave

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Coraline Foveau (FRA | Flikka / GUNSAILS)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Wave

1st Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing)
3rd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Antoine Martin (FRA | Starboard / North Windsurfing)
5th Robby Swift (UK | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Marino Gil {ESP (JP / NeilPryde)
5th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Windsurfing)
9th Thomas Traversa (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne Windsurfing / Black Project Fins)
9th Henri Kolberg (GER | Naish / Naish Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Titouan Flechet (FRA | Tabou / Hot Sails Maui)
9th Jules Denel (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Morgan Noireaux (HI | JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins)

Der siebte Tag des 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt erwies sich als eine weitgehend frustrierende Angelegenheit mit nur zwei Läufen im Freestyle und drei Läufen im Foil Slalom, die im Laufe des Tages bei marginalen Winden in beiden Disziplinen absolviert wurden.

Freestyle

The early morning call didn’t work out for the Freestyle, so the original skippers’ meeting was pushed back from 8am until 9am and over the proceeding hour the wind started to improve slightly. Current World Tour leader Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) was the first man to hit the water, which is quite impressive in its own right as you could easily forgive the young Greek sailor not wanting to push to compete given his situation.

After managing to pull off a few moves the decision was made to give the Freestyle a try as based on the forecast this may have been the last possibility to gain a result, but unfortunately the unreliable nature of the wind meant it was only possible to complete two heats, which saw Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) and Takumi Moriya (Severne / Severne Sails) progress from the opening heat followed by Manolis Chrysopoulos (JP / NeilPryde) and Eugenio Marconi (Duotone Windsurfing), both of whom caused upsets in the light and patchy winds against former world champion, Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) and Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde).

Heat 9 did begin, but then had to be cancelled due to the wind dropping and despite waiting on hold it wasn’t possible to progress any further through the single elimination.

Foil Slalom

The light winds also saw some upsets in the early heats of the Men’s seventh elimination with Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) and Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails) failing to progress from the opening heat. Meanwhile, Amado Vrieswijk would’ve been hoping to use the seventh elimination to discard a tenth place from Elimination 3, but instead faced a quarterfinal exit after jumping the gun together with Wataru Tajima in Heat 3.

Unfortunately, the forecast for Friday currently looks pretty dire with WindGuru currently predicting winds between just 3-6 knots, so on paper it looks as though it will be a lay day, but as ever you just never know with the weather, so the Foil Slalom and Freestyle fleets will be given an announcement at 11am (GMT+2).

Current Ranking 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Foil Slalom *After 11 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Foil Slalom *After 6 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Johan Søe (DEN | FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
3rd Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
4th Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
10th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Wave

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Coraline Foveau (FRA | Flikka / GUNSAILS)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Wave

1st Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing)
3rd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Antoine Martin (FRA | Starboard / North Windsurfing)
5th Robby Swift (UK | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Marino Gil {ESP (JP / NeilPryde)
5th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Windsurfing)
9th Thomas Traversa (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne Windsurfing / Black Project Fins)
9th Henri Kolberg (GER | Naish / Naish Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Titouan Flechet (FRA | Tabou / Hot Sails Maui)
9th Jules Denel (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Morgan Noireaux (HI | JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins)

Nach einem frühen Start in den sechsten Tag des Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt konnten nur die ersten drei Freestyle-Läufe bei leichtem Wind zu Ende gesegelt werden, bevor es in Küstennähe zu schwach und unbeständig wurde, um weiter zu segeln. Nach einer kurzen Pause wurden die Freestyler wieder entlassen und es wurde beschlossen, am Nachmittag zum Foil-Slalom überzugehen. Die Rennen fanden bei den schwächsten Winden der Woche statt, aber es waren zwei bekannte Namen, die das Geschehen weiterhin dominierten - Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) und Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils), nachdem sie die heutigen Bullets für sich entscheiden konnten und damit den begehrten Titeln einen Schritt näher kamen. Foil Slalom

Women’s

After securing back-to-back bullets during this afternoon, Justine Lemeteyer now firmly has one hand on the event title. The reigning vice-world champion has been in a league of her own so far with ten bullets from the eleven eliminations completed and is almost home and dry. In Elimination 11 Lemeteyer produced a superb first gybe to move from third to first and didn’t look back from there. After eleven eliminations Lemeteyer boasts a perfect score of 6.3 points and now holds a comfortable 11.4 point advantage at the top of the event rankings, which is made all the more secure given that a third discard comes into play after the completion of the next race.

Behind her the top the top five is unchanged with Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) in a clear second place after securing a couple of second places today, followed by Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails), Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) and Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails). However, just one point now separates De Jong and van der Veen after the Dutch girl managed to secure her best result of the event thus far in Elimination 11 - with an excellent third place.

Men’s

Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils) is yet to finish outside the top three in the opening six eliminations, while he has only finished outside the top two once, such has been his level of consistency. In today’s sole race, Søe powered to a comprehensive victory as he led from start to finish to claim his third bullet of the event to take a huge step towards the event title. The young Dane holds a commanding 13.9 point advantage the top for the event rankings and will potentially be able to discard a second place depending what his result is in Elimination 7, so he really has a stranglehold over the event.

With Søe competing at the Olympics earlier this summer, that means he won’t be in world title contention this year, so things behind him are really hotting up - especially after the completion of the last elimination. Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails), who came into Sylt as the world title leader, started the day in fourth place, while his closest rival in the battle for the world title race was Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils), who started the day in fifth. However, after the completion of Elimination 6, Mortefon jumps from fifth into second place, so if things were to finish as they were, Mortefon would head into the title decider in Japan with a 100 point lead over Benedetti.

However, just 0.7 of a point separates Mortefon, Benedetti and Nicolas Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) from second to fourth place, so the next races should be fascinating. Mortefon has an extremely consistent set of results having not finished outside the top five once, while Benedetti and Goyard have less room for error after finishing eighth and ninth respectively in Elimination 6. Goyard produced a great gybe at the last buoy during the opening semifinal to move into the top four, but eventually lost out to Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) down the final straight.

Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde) started the day in second place, but slips to a painful fifth after crashing when leading the b-final, which would’ve seen him finish with nine points for the round. Instead the Italian slipped to the back of the pack and has to pick up 16 points, which means he is now eight points outside of the podium positions.

Elsewhere, Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) remains in sixth place after finishing fourth in today’s only race, while Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) continues to climb the rankings - 9th to 7th - Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) slips one place to eighth after eventually finishing seventh in Elimination 6. The Croatian was in contention for the bullet, but fell while pursuing Søe on the second reach. Meanwhile, the top ten is completed by Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) and Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails). Thomas Goyard (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) rises to eleventh after his best result of the event so far - second.

Freestyle

Earlier in the day the Freestyle single elimination began in marginal conditions, but unfortunately only three heats could be completed before the wind became too light to continue. Thus far, the top seeds in the opening round have all progressed; Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins), Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails), who competed using a foil, Nicolas Akgazciyan (JP / NeilPryde), Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails), Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), and Dieter Van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails).

The latest forecast model unfortunately looks as though it has been downgraded slightly for Thursday with the latest update now suggesting winds of just 11-18 knots throughout the day, but with the wind being a touch more northerly it should funnel through more cleanly than today. The Freestyle fleet will have their skippers’ meeting at 8am (GMT+2) with the action commencing from 8:30am onwards, while the Foil Slalom fleets will meet again at 10am with a first possible start at 11am.

Current Ranking 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Foil Slalom *After 11 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Foil Slalom *After 6 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Johan Søe (DEN | FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
3rd Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
4th Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
10th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Wave

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Coraline Foveau (FRA | Flikka / GUNSAILS)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Wave

1st Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing)
3rd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Antoine Martin (FRA | Starboard / North Windsurfing)
5th Robby Swift (UK | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Marino Gil {ESP (JP / NeilPryde)
5th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Windsurfing)
9th Thomas Traversa (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne Windsurfing / Black Project Fins)
9th Henri Kolberg (GER | Naish / Naish Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Titouan Flechet (FRA | Tabou / Hot Sails Maui)
9th Jules Denel (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Morgan Noireaux (HI | JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins)

Am fünften Tag des 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt wurden die Rennen bei Windstärken zwischen 15 und 25 Knoten fortgesetzt, so dass weitere vier Eliminations bei den Damen und zwei Eliminations bei den Herren absolviert werden konnten. Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) dominiert weiterhin das Rennen bei den Frauen, während Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils) sich an die Spitze der Männerwertung gesetzt hat. Foil Slalom

Women’s

Justine Lemeteyer was simply in a league of her own today as she rattled off another four bullets from the four eliminations completed to extend her lead at the top of the event rankings to 8.8 points. The vice-world champion didn’t put a foot wrong and has now surely built an unassailable lead having won eight of the nine eliminations completed.

Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) remains in second place after recording a second and three third places.

Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) enjoyed a better day on the water after making some changes to her setup and you could visibly see how much quicker she was, which resulted in her claiming three second places and a third to cap a solid day. The reigning world champion also reduces the gap to Mortefon from 4.3 points at the start of the day to just 3.3 points at the close of play.

14-year-old Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) continues to hold fourth place ahead of Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails), who completes the top five.

Men’s

Johan Søe started the day with just a 0.3 of a point advantage over Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde), however, after producing another superb display. the Dane now holds a 7.3 point advantage at the top of the rankings. Søe has raced brilliantly so far and if yet to finish outside the top three, such has been his level of consistency. Given that many sailors are expressing how difficult it is to race in these conditions, makes his performance all the more impressive.

After enjoying a great start to the event yesterday, Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde) lost ground in the battle for the event title. The Italian missed out in the opening winners’ final of the day and was involved in a crash with Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) in the run up to the start line of the b-final, which resulted in a 16th place finish, which he currently discards. Martini then made the top eight and was prominently placed before wiping out on the third reach.

Nico Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) is now level on 12.7 points with Martini after earning his first bullet of the event in Elimination 4, but both sailors will be ruing wiping out in the final of Elimination 5 as they both picked up a 7th and 8th respectively. If either of them could’ve recorded another solid result then they would be right on the tail of Søe, but now they will both need a second discard.

Just 2.3 points separate second to fifth after the opening five eliminations with Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) gaining one place from the overnight rankings to move into fourth after signing off today with his first bullet of the event. The current World Tour leader trails Martini and Goyard by just a single point, while Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) is just 1.3 points further back in fifth after another consistent day - one third and a fourth.

After some issues yesterday, Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) enjoyed a better today today as he qualified for both winners’ finals where he finished sixth and third, which sees him climb two places to sixth.

Mover of the Day

After suffering a quarterfinal exit in the opening elimination yesterday, Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) has been on the come back trail. The Croat started the day in 15th place, but after two fifth places today he gains eight places and climbs into seventh.

The top ten is currently completed by Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) - 8th - who won the b-final of Elimination 4 after a photo finish with Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing), Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) - 9th - who climbs into the top ten after a sixth and a seventh today, and Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails), who remains in tenth.

With the wind expected to turn to the northeast tomorrow the hope is that we will be able to begin the Freestyle with 17-26 knot winds predicted for the morning before dropping slightly to 15-23 knots during the afternoon. The Freestyle fleet will meet at 7:30am (GMT+2) tomorrow morning with the action commencing from 8am onwards. Meanwhile, the Foil Slalom fleets will meet again at 9am with a first possible start at 10am.

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Current Ranking 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Foil Slalom *After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Foil Slalom *After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Johan Søe (DEN | FMX Racing / Point-7 / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
3rd Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
4th Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
10th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Wave

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Coraline Foveau (FRA | Flikka / GUNSAILS)
Result 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Men’s Wave

1st Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing)
3rd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Antoine Martin (FRA | Starboard / North Windsurfing)
5th Robby Swift (UK | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Marino Gil {ESP (JP / NeilPryde)
5th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Windsurfing)
9th Thomas Traversa (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne Windsurfing / Black Project Fins)
9th Henri Kolberg (GER | Naish / Naish Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Titouan Flechet (FRA | Tabou / Hot Sails Maui)
9th Jules Denel (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
9th Morgan Noireaux (HI | JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins)

Der dritte Tag des 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt erwies sich als Ruhetag, da der Wind für die Foil Slalom Fleets zu schwach blieb, um Rennen zu fahren. Am späten Nachmittag gab es ein wenig Hoffnung, aber als die Regatta-Crew auf dem Wasser war, herrschte nur noch ein Wind von 4-7 Knoten, so dass sie nach einer Stunde Standby für den Tag entlassen wurde.

Nach den schwächeren Winden von Sonntag sollten am Montag wieder stärkere Winde aus Ost-Südost aufkommen. Die Vorhersage sagt für den Nachmittag zwischen 17 und 33 Knoten voraus, so dass entweder die Slalom Foil- oder die Freestyle- Fleets in Aktion sein sollten. Die Fahrer werden sich Montag früh um 9 Uhr (GMT+2) wieder treffen, um ab 9:30 Uhr mit dem Freestyle und ab 10 Uhr mit dem Foil Slalom zu beginnen. In der Zwischenzeit haben die Wave- Fleets einen Ruhetag.