Am ersten Tag des Freestyle beim PWA Grand Slam 2025 auf Fuerteventura boten die Verrenkungskünstler der Windsurfwelt ein unglaubliches Spektakel mit Überraschungen, epischen Duellen und gewaltigen Moves, die den ganzen Tag über gezeigt wurden. Nach sieben Stunden fast ununterbrochenem Wettbewerb führen Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) und Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) nach ihren Siegen in den Single Eliminations die Rangliste des Events an.
Freestyle
Women’s
Maaike Huvermann (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) made her intentions pretty clear before the start of the event that she wanted to challenge Sarah-Quita Offringa for the coveted top spot on the podium and she certainly wasn’t lying as she and Offringa put on, not only the best ever women’s Freestyle final in Fuerte, but quite possibly the best women’s Freestyle final ever on the World Tour, as both women pushed each other to raise the bar once again.
Huvermann has an inner belief, which most people don’t possess, that she can beat Offringa as she is the only woman since 2008 to have taken a heat off the Queen of Freestyle, and you could sense that in the final as she unloaded her full artillery of moves in the final consisting of; a shaka, skopu and massive burner on port, while she landed a regular kono, culo and the first ever spock into kono in competition to place Offringa under all kinds of pressure.
The problem for Huvermann was that she was up against one of the greatest female athletes of all time in Offringa, and no matter the discipline, the Aruban has an uncanny knack of raising her game when it matters most, which is what she did once again to fend off Huvermann’s attack by just 0.8 of a point, which is made all the more impressive given Offringa’s seamless transition from Slalom X to Freestyle.
By the looks of things, and with no disrespect, Offringa and Huvermann are a cut above, and it’s more than likely that they will lineup against each other again in the Double Elimination, which should provide an intriguing conclusion to the Women’s Freestyle.
Meanwhile, third seed Lisa Kloster (MB-Boards / Sailloft Hamburg) claimed her place in the top three for the first time in her career as she comprehensively saw off Elena Dominick (Severne / Severne Sails) in the b-final and she will now look to defend that position in the Double Elimination. Kloster should take plenty of confidence from her performances today as she continually improved heat-by-heat and was head and shoulders above the rest of the competition.
Yentel Caers survived a potential injury scare to deservedly claim the top spot on the podium in the Single Elimination. The Belgian came out of his straps mid-trick in his quarterfinal against Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) and suffered a nasty cut to his leg after landing on his fin, but didn’t let that affect his focus as he laid down the highest scoring heat of the event thus far against Jacopo Testa (WeOne / GUNSAILS / AL360) in the semifinals - 39.5 points. Caers sailed with his usual clinical, powerful style and was the only sailor to land a double air culo throughout the day. The Belgian last won here in 2023 and will look to regain his Fuerte crown by successfully defending his top spot in the Double Elimination, which will start tomorrow.
They say that Freestyle is a young man’s game, but Steven Van Broeckhoven (WeOne / GUNSAILS) continues to seamlessly deny Father Time as the 39-year-old still manages to keep his younger peers at bay after delivering another polished display. Van Broeckhoven edged an incredibly close Round of 16 heat against Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) with just 0.4 of a point separating them by the end of their fight. The Belgian then went on to win the battle of the veterans as he defeated former 9-time Freestyle world champion - Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Tabou / GA Sails) - in a matchup that was often a Winners’ Final little more than a decade ago, before taking down 18-year-old Takumi Moriya (Severne / Severne Sails) in the semifinals.
Today marks a massive day for Takumi Moriya as the hugely talented Japanese sailor qualified for the semifinal of a Single Elimination on the World Tour for the first time in his youthful career. Moriya has been on the radar for a couple of years already, but today he truly announced himself as a face that will carry Freestyle for years to come. Not only did Moriya qualify for the semifinals, but he then won an epic duel against Testa in the battle for third and fourth after staging a phenomenal late comeback to claim the last place on the podium - for now at least.
Jacopo Testa was on song throughout the day as the Italian only posted one score below 36 points as he sailed with his usual silky style - he was just unlucky to lose out in the dying stages against both Caers and Moriya - but don’t be surprised if he still challenges for the event title in the Double Elimination.
Fifth place is currently shared by the French duo of Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) and Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins), Germany’s Niclas Nebelung (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) and Venezuela’s Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo. Bosson and Nebelung both lost extremely close quarterfinals against Testa and Moriya, respectively, with Bosson losing out by just 0.3 of a point, while Nebelung missed out by just half a point and all of the current joint fifth places are more than capable of breaking into the podium positions during the Double Elimination.
Last year, Gollito made his first appearance on the World Tour since 2019, and while he showed glimpses of what he’s still capable of, he didn’t look quite like the 9-time Freestyle world champion winning machine that he once was. However, today, the 35-year-old rolled back the years with a couple of unbelievable performances as he oozed his usual ‘Gollito’ style that has made him such an iconic Freestyle figure through the years.
No-one was quite sure of what to expect from him this year, but his first round performance soon made everyone standup and take notice as he posted the third highest score of the opening round - 34.5 points. With Gollito being unseeded, that would setup a mouthwatering, but extremely unlucky draw for reigning event and world champion - Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) - who would be forced to face the Freestyle legend in the Round of 16 and fireworks ensued as they produced one of the heats of the day in Heat 12b. It’s hard to call it an upset when the reigning world champion loses to the 9-time Freestyle King, but ultimately in today’s day and age it is, as Gollito prevailed by 0.2 of a point.
Neubauer is nursing an ankle injury, which impacts him more on port tack, but even so, he was humble enough to admit that he was happy enough with his sailing and that he was just on the wrong side of the outcome this time around. Neubauer is more than capable of coming all the way back through the double, but that ankle injury does still leave question marks about whether he can really push that hard for the 10 heats it would require to comeback. As a spectator it should make for great viewing either way.
The forecast for Thursday looks as equally windy as today, so tomorrow promises to provide another blockbuster installment of Freestyle. With the forecast looking dodgy for the closing weekend it’s likely that we will push to finish both the Men’s and Women’s Double Eliminations if the wind plays ball. The Freestyle fleets will meet again at 09:30am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning with the action commencing from 10am onwards.
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Freestyle
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Lisa Kloster (GER | MB-Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
4th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Freestyle
1st Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
2nd Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | WeOne | GUNSAILS)
3rd Takumi Moriya (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / GUNSAILS / AL360)
5th Niclas Nebelung (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
5th Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (VEN | Tabou / GA Sails)
5th Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Tig Kort (NED | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Bodhi Kempen (NED | Severne Windsurfing)
9th Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
9th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
9th Dieter van der Eyken (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
9th Youp Schmit (NB | Flikka)
Fuerteventura PWA Tag 6
24 07.2025
Sarah-Quita Offringa setzt sich im wohl besten weiblichen Freestyle-Finale aller Zeiten gegen Maaike Huvermann durch, während Yentel Caers den „Battle of Belgium“ gegen Steven Van Broeckhoven gewinnt und damit die Führung im Event behält.
Fuerteventura PWA Winners
22 07.2025
Pierre Mortefon & Sarah-Quita Offringa sind die 2025 Fuerteventura Slalom-X Champions!
Damit ist der Slalom X für ein weiteres Jahr auf Fuerteventura beendet, das mit fünf Tagen Wahnsinnsbedingungen gesegnet war. Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Pierre Mortefon, Matteo Iachino und Maciek Rutkowski, die das Podium bei den Männern komplettieren. Und Glückwünsche an Sarah-Quita Offringa, die zum 26. Mal Weltmeisterin wurde, Justine Lemeteyer und Femke van der Veen, die das Event- und Gesamtpodium vervollständigten. Morgen geht es in Fuerteventura weiter, wenn sowohl bei den Männern als auch bei den Frauen zum Freestyle gewechselt wird.
Fuerteventura PWA Tag 4
22 07.2025
Sarah-Quita Offringa sichert sich den unglaublichen 26. Weltmeistertitel, während Pierre Mortefon nach zwei Siegen bei den Männern kurz vor dem Sieg steht.
Am vorletzten Tag des Slalom X auf Fuerteventura krönte sich Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) zum unglaublichen 26. Mal zur Weltmeisterin, nachdem sie ihren Slalom X Weltmeistertitel erfolgreich verteidigt hatte. In der Zwischenzeit kam es bei den Herren zu einem weiteren Drama, da eine solide Dünung in Kombination mit der Winddünung, die in eine andere Richtung lief, den Weltbesten echte Probleme bereitete, was schließlich dazu führte, dass Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) die Kontrolle über das Event erlangte, aber das erzählt noch nicht die ganze Geschichte...
Slalom X
Women’s
Sarah-Quita Offringa started the day on the cusp of an incredible 26th world title, however, the Aruban didn’t want to know the maths behind her world title run in and instead chose to focus on taking things race-by-race.
Unbeknown to Offringa, a victory in the opening elimination of the day would secure her the world crown and with Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) dropping the tricky last gybe, Offringa would swoop to collect her sixth bullet in a row and with it the 2025 Slalom X PWA world title. At that point, Offringa didn’t know she had won, so there was understandably a lot more emotion once she had also won the next race adding: “It’s insane. I really didn't see this coming at the beginning of the week. I didn't think I could even finish the event, but here we are. It's really cool. I got more determination and motivation as the event progressed and today things started to click. It feels insane to win the event. Now I can relax.”
Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) walks away from Fuerteventura as the Slalom X vice-world champion after saving her best until last to keep Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) at bay. Lemeteyer started the day with a fifth place, but then claimed a second followed by her only bullet of the event in Elimination 14 to remain in control before surviving a scare at the final gybe in Elimination 15 to secure second just ahead of van der Veen to claim that all important second place.
van der Veen fought valiantly, and aside from the opening day, the 25-year-old also produced her best performance as she claims her place on the overall podium for the first time in her career. The Dutch girl sailed superbly today registering a second and three thirds, but it wasn’t quite enough as she finishes just 0.7 of a point behind Lemeteyer.
For Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) it was another day of what could’ve been - as it has been for much of the event for the Brit. After starting the day with a second place, Gibson did briefly jump into the podium positions, but her top three aspirations fizzled out following a fifth, seventh and an eighth. The 27-year-old led the majority of the races at some point with her phenomenal top speed, but couldn’t quite see them out, which ultimately means she has to settle for fourth.
The top five is completed by 15-year-old Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde), who hit a hot streak of form by finishing fourth in the last three eliminations to pip Blanca Alabau (WeOne / Severne Sails).
Men’s
After being slightly off the pace yesterday, Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) made no mistake today as he regains the event lead for the first time since the opening day. The reigning world champion struck twice to claim back-to-back bullets to ensure fate in his own hands tomorrow. As so often seems to be the case, Mortefon is capable of raising his level in these key moments and you’d back him to secure the victory tomorrow. If two races are completed tomorrow then the equivalent of a third and fourth (7 points from two races) would be enough to guarantee him the event title.
Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins) continued his phenomenal level of consistency without being able to land a killer blow as the Italian recorded a fourth and a second today to jump into second place. For the second day running, Iachino did well to stay on his feet in a Winners’ Final - this time managing to avoid Jordy Vonk’s (Duotone Windsurfing) falling mast after a nasty catapult. Iachino is 5.6 points behind Mortefon heading into the final day of racing.
After claiming second place in Elimination 6, Jordy Vonk started Elimination 7 just one point behind Mortefon, however, when prominently placed, the Flying Dutchman, who has been in the form of his life, suffered a nasty catapult on the opening reach, which actually resulted in Vonk being knocked out in the water and the 32-year-old is currently in hospital getting fully checked over. It’s sometimes easy to forget the risks these guys are taking when sailing in these hardcore conditions and everyone from the PWA wishes Jordy all the best.
Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) cut a dejected and emotional figure after the wheels all but came off his event title challenge for another year in Fuerteventura. The Pole was leading Elimination 9, but on the penultimate reach he hit a horrible piece of death chop, which instantly ended his chances as he went from first to eventually finish sixth. Rutkowski has been in the top three for the entire event, but heads into the last day just outside the podium positions. It’s not mathematically impossible for Rutkowski to still win, but the odds are not in his favour - stranger things have happened in sport before though…
The top ten after the top four remains unchanged; Taty Frans (Point-7 / Z Fins) - 5th - Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins) - 6th - Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) - 7th - Bruno Martini (I-99 / S2Maui) - 8th - Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) - 9th - and Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) tenth.
The last day of Slalom X will see the conclusion of the men’s fleet and the plan, wind depending, will be two run another two eliminations. The sailors will meet again at 11:30am (GMT+1) on Tuesday morning with the action commencing from 12pm onwards.
Result 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Slalom X
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
3rd Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom X *After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)
1st Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing)
2nd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins)
3rd Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Taty Frans (NB | Point-7 / Z Fins)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins)
7th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Bruno Martini (ITA | I-99 / S2Maui / Z Fins)
9th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
10th Jimmy Thieme (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
Slalom X
Women’s
Sarah-Quita Offringa started the day on the cusp of an incredible 26th world title, however, the Aruban didn’t want to know the maths behind her world title run in and instead chose to focus on taking things race-by-race.
Unbeknown to Offringa, a victory in the opening elimination of the day would secure her the world crown and with Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) dropping the tricky last gybe, Offringa would swoop to collect her sixth bullet in a row and with it the 2025 Slalom X PWA world title. At that point, Offringa didn’t know she had won, so there was understandably a lot more emotion once she had also won the next race adding: “It’s insane. I really didn't see this coming at the beginning of the week. I didn't think I could even finish the event, but here we are. It's really cool. I got more determination and motivation as the event progressed and today things started to click. It feels insane to win the event. Now I can relax.”
Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) walks away from Fuerteventura as the Slalom X vice-world champion after saving her best until last to keep Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) at bay. Lemeteyer started the day with a fifth place, but then claimed a second followed by her only bullet of the event in Elimination 14 to remain in control before surviving a scare at the final gybe in Elimination 15 to secure second just ahead of van der Veen to claim that all important second place.
van der Veen fought valiantly, and aside from the opening day, the 25-year-old also produced her best performance as she claims her place on the overall podium for the first time in her career. The Dutch girl sailed superbly today registering a second and three thirds, but it wasn’t quite enough as she finishes just 0.7 of a point behind Lemeteyer.
For Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) it was another day of what could’ve been - as it has been for much of the event for the Brit. After starting the day with a second place, Gibson did briefly jump into the podium positions, but her top three aspirations fizzled out following a fifth, seventh and an eighth. The 27-year-old led the majority of the races at some point with her phenomenal top speed, but couldn’t quite see them out, which ultimately means she has to settle for fourth.
The top five is completed by 15-year-old Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde), who hit a hot streak of form by finishing fourth in the last three eliminations to pip Blanca Alabau (WeOne / Severne Sails).
Men’s
After being slightly off the pace yesterday, Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) made no mistake today as he regains the event lead for the first time since the opening day. The reigning world champion struck twice to claim back-to-back bullets to ensure fate in his own hands tomorrow. As so often seems to be the case, Mortefon is capable of raising his level in these key moments and you’d back him to secure the victory tomorrow. If two races are completed tomorrow then the equivalent of a third and fourth (7 points from two races) would be enough to guarantee him the event title.
Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins) continued his phenomenal level of consistency without being able to land a killer blow as the Italian recorded a fourth and a second today to jump into second place. For the second day running, Iachino did well to stay on his feet in a Winners’ Final - this time managing to avoid Jordy Vonk’s (Duotone Windsurfing) falling mast after a nasty catapult. Iachino is 5.6 points behind Mortefon heading into the final day of racing.
After claiming second place in Elimination 6, Jordy Vonk started Elimination 7 just one point behind Mortefon, however, when prominently placed, the Flying Dutchman, who has been in the form of his life, suffered a nasty catapult on the opening reach, which actually resulted in Vonk being knocked out in the water and the 32-year-old is currently in hospital getting fully checked over. It’s sometimes easy to forget the risks these guys are taking when sailing in these hardcore conditions and everyone from the PWA wishes Jordy all the best.
Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) cut a dejected and emotional figure after the wheels all but came off his event title challenge for another year in Fuerteventura. The Pole was leading Elimination 9, but on the penultimate reach he hit a horrible piece of death chop, which instantly ended his chances as he went from first to eventually finish sixth. Rutkowski has been in the top three for the entire event, but heads into the last day just outside the podium positions. It’s not mathematically impossible for Rutkowski to still win, but the odds are not in his favour - stranger things have happened in sport before though…
The top ten after the top four remains unchanged; Taty Frans (Point-7 / Z Fins) - 5th - Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins) - 6th - Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) - 7th - Bruno Martini (I-99 / S2Maui) - 8th - Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) - 9th - and Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) tenth.
The last day of Slalom X will see the conclusion of the men’s fleet and the plan, wind depending, will be two run another two eliminations. The sailors will meet again at 11:30am (GMT+1) on Tuesday morning with the action commencing from 12pm onwards.
Result 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Slalom X
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
3rd Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom X *After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)
1st Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing)
2nd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins)
3rd Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Taty Frans (NB | Point-7 / Z Fins)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins)
7th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Bruno Martini (ITA | I-99 / S2Maui / Z Fins)
9th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
10th Jimmy Thieme (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
Fuerteventura PWA Tag 3
21 07.2025
Sarah-Quita Offringa an der Schwelle zum 26. Weltmeistertitel, während es bei den Männern mit nur 3,3 Punkten zwischen dem ersten und vierten Platz noch sehr eng zugeht.
Der dritte Tag des PWA Grand Slam 2025 auf Fuerteventura bot einige der aufregendsten Rennen, die es bisher gab, mit mehr Überraschungen und Wendungen, als man hätte vorhersagen können, da das Wettkampfrezept für einige Fahrer über den Haufen geworfen wurde, während andere weiter aufblühten. Die Fahrer der beiden Fleets waren auf einer Größe von 5,6 bis 6,8 m unterwegs, und da der Swell lief und die Wurst wieder eingeführt wurde, kam es zu einem kleinen Gemetzel, als sich Slalom X als die äußerst unterhaltsame Disziplin erwies, die sie ist.
Slalom X
Women’s
Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) is now on the cusp of defending her Slalom X world title, which would extend her tally to 26. The Aruban has gotten better and better over the last three days and after winning all three eliminations today the 33-year-old has now won the last five eliminations, which has put her in complete control of the race for the event and world title. Offringa hasn’t been the fastest over the last three days, but she has managed to avoid a lot of trouble, while being able to stay on her feet at crucial moments to open an almost unassailable 15.8 point advantage at the top of the event rankings.
Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) leapfrogs Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) into second place, after claiming two second places today, but just 0.6 of a point separate them heading into the last two days. Van der Veen had her worst day on the course so far with a tenth, an eighth and a fourth, but still remains in the hunt for the podium.
Meanwhile, Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) will be ruing both her luck and individual errors. The Brit powered to the front in Elimination 9, but then went down hard as she prepared to gybe the opening buoy, which resulted in her finishing seventh. Gibson was then prominently placed in Elimination 10, but was then taken out by Blanca Alabau (WeOne / Severne Sails) at the first gybe. The fastest woman in the world then used her pace to battle back into third place only for Mae Davico (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) to fall in front of her at the last mark, which would eventually lead to a fifth place finish. While in the last elimination of the day, Gibson, once again powered to the front of the pack and opened up a significant lead by the third, only to be scuppered by a piece of swell as she catapulted on the exit, but still managed to finish third. So far, this has been a case of missed opportunities for Gibson, but she now has a shot of the podium with the third discard to come after Elimination 12.
Elsewhere, Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) earned her best finish to date on the World Tour - second in Elimination 10 as she managed to avoid the carnage and now just two points separate her and Alabau in fifth and sixth, while 17-year-old Charlotte Philip (Challenger Sails), who is making her debut, claimed her first top four finish in Elimination 9.
Men’s
Things really couldn’t be any closer at the top of the Men’s fleet with just 1.3 points separating first to third, while just 3.3 points separate first to fourth after the latest two races.
Overnight leader Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) still leads the event, but he had his worst day on the water thus far as he recorded an eighth and a ninth, which he currently discards. The Pole entered the first gybe of the Winners’ Final of Elimination 6 in second place, and with Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) failing to qualify for the top eight for the first time this week, it looked as though Rutkowski may cement his place at the top of the rankings, but he went down on the entry. Rutkowski then majorly rode his luck in the quarterfinals of Elimination 7 as he went down hard at the sausage, but fortunately he was in a heat with only six sailors, so he somehow escaped unscathed. Rutkowski did eventually still miss out on a place in the Winners’ Final after a coming together with Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins) in the semifinals and he’ll now need to reset heading into the last two days.
While Rutkowski endured his worst day so far, Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) enjoyed his best as the flying Dutchman won Elimination 6 to secure back-to-back bullets for the first time in his career, while he claimed second place in the next to deservedly jump from fourth to second and is now just a point behind Rutkowski as he hunts for a first event win on the World Tour. Vonk flirted with danger each time his navigated his way over the sausage, but he looked phenomenally quick all day.
Like Rutkowski, Mortefon also didn’t enjoy his best day on the water as he finished outside the top three for the first time this week in both eliminations. The reigning world champion was leading the first semifinal of Elimination 6, but then came a cropper at the sausage as he missed out on the Winners’ Final, while he snatched a place in the top eight of the next race after an untimely poor last gybe by Vrieswijk allowed Mortefon to claim the last qualifying position - eventually finishing fifth. Mortefon also discards both results today and slips one place to third, but remains very much in contention for the title.
Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins) has been Mr. Consistent all week with just one finish outside the top three in the first seven eliminations (6th), so while he may currently be fourth, the Italian does have a trump card up his sleeve as his current second discard is a third, which puts him in a powerful position compared to the top three, who all know any mistake will now cost them to pick up more points. Iachino knows he needs to try and find a little extra on his top speed, but he’s perfectly placed to make an aggressive attack at the top now heading into the last two days after another two third places today.
Taty Frans (Point-7 / Z Fins) remains in fifth place, but the Bonairean has consolidated that position after earning his best result of the event to date in Elimination 6 - second - before backing it up with a fourth in Elimination 7 to cap a fine day. Frans looked like he was revelling in the conditions as he confidently launched into huge jumps as he accelerated towards the sausage, where many other sailors backed off.
Elsewhere, Vrieswijk and Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) also remain in sixth and seventh respectively from the overnight rankings, while the latter was fortunate to escape unscathed after a nasty coming together with Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) as the two crossed the start line in the Winners’ Final of Elimination 7 - thankfully both of them were okay.
Bruno Martini (I-99 / S2Maui / Z Fins) continues to climb his way up the leaderboard as everything finally clicked into place for the Italian in Elimination 7 to claim his first bullet of the week, which sees Martini jump from just outside the top 10 (11th) into eighth as he showed tremendous pace throughout the day.
The top 10 is completed by Ingmar Daldorf - 9th - and Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) - 10th - while 19-year-old Sacha Fortune (Duotone Windsurfing) qualified for his second Winners’ Final of the week in Elimination 7 before eventually finishing sixth, which sees the young Frenchman break into the top 16 - currently 14th.
Things couldn’t be hotting up much better than as we head into the final two days of the Slalom X and with the wind expected to continue it promises to provide a pulsating finale to the racing. The sailors will meet again at 11:30am (GMT+1) on Monday morning with the action commencing from 12pm onwards.
With another solid forecast to come the skippers’ meeting has been called for 11:30am (GMT+1) with the action commencing from 12pm onwards - once the wind has properly filled in.
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Slalom X *After 11 Eliminations (2 Discards)
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
3rd Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Blanca Alabau (ESP | WeOne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom X *After 7 Eliminations (2 Discards)
1st Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
2nd Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing)
4th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins)
5th Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins)
7th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Bruno Martini (ITA | I-99 / S2Maui / Z Fins)
9th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
10th Jimmy Thieme (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
Slalom X
Women’s
Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) is now on the cusp of defending her Slalom X world title, which would extend her tally to 26. The Aruban has gotten better and better over the last three days and after winning all three eliminations today the 33-year-old has now won the last five eliminations, which has put her in complete control of the race for the event and world title. Offringa hasn’t been the fastest over the last three days, but she has managed to avoid a lot of trouble, while being able to stay on her feet at crucial moments to open an almost unassailable 15.8 point advantage at the top of the event rankings.
Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) leapfrogs Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) into second place, after claiming two second places today, but just 0.6 of a point separate them heading into the last two days. Van der Veen had her worst day on the course so far with a tenth, an eighth and a fourth, but still remains in the hunt for the podium.
Meanwhile, Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) will be ruing both her luck and individual errors. The Brit powered to the front in Elimination 9, but then went down hard as she prepared to gybe the opening buoy, which resulted in her finishing seventh. Gibson was then prominently placed in Elimination 10, but was then taken out by Blanca Alabau (WeOne / Severne Sails) at the first gybe. The fastest woman in the world then used her pace to battle back into third place only for Mae Davico (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) to fall in front of her at the last mark, which would eventually lead to a fifth place finish. While in the last elimination of the day, Gibson, once again powered to the front of the pack and opened up a significant lead by the third, only to be scuppered by a piece of swell as she catapulted on the exit, but still managed to finish third. So far, this has been a case of missed opportunities for Gibson, but she now has a shot of the podium with the third discard to come after Elimination 12.
Elsewhere, Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) earned her best finish to date on the World Tour - second in Elimination 10 as she managed to avoid the carnage and now just two points separate her and Alabau in fifth and sixth, while 17-year-old Charlotte Philip (Challenger Sails), who is making her debut, claimed her first top four finish in Elimination 9.
Men’s
Things really couldn’t be any closer at the top of the Men’s fleet with just 1.3 points separating first to third, while just 3.3 points separate first to fourth after the latest two races.
Overnight leader Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) still leads the event, but he had his worst day on the water thus far as he recorded an eighth and a ninth, which he currently discards. The Pole entered the first gybe of the Winners’ Final of Elimination 6 in second place, and with Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) failing to qualify for the top eight for the first time this week, it looked as though Rutkowski may cement his place at the top of the rankings, but he went down on the entry. Rutkowski then majorly rode his luck in the quarterfinals of Elimination 7 as he went down hard at the sausage, but fortunately he was in a heat with only six sailors, so he somehow escaped unscathed. Rutkowski did eventually still miss out on a place in the Winners’ Final after a coming together with Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins) in the semifinals and he’ll now need to reset heading into the last two days.
While Rutkowski endured his worst day so far, Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) enjoyed his best as the flying Dutchman won Elimination 6 to secure back-to-back bullets for the first time in his career, while he claimed second place in the next to deservedly jump from fourth to second and is now just a point behind Rutkowski as he hunts for a first event win on the World Tour. Vonk flirted with danger each time his navigated his way over the sausage, but he looked phenomenally quick all day.
Like Rutkowski, Mortefon also didn’t enjoy his best day on the water as he finished outside the top three for the first time this week in both eliminations. The reigning world champion was leading the first semifinal of Elimination 6, but then came a cropper at the sausage as he missed out on the Winners’ Final, while he snatched a place in the top eight of the next race after an untimely poor last gybe by Vrieswijk allowed Mortefon to claim the last qualifying position - eventually finishing fifth. Mortefon also discards both results today and slips one place to third, but remains very much in contention for the title.
Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins) has been Mr. Consistent all week with just one finish outside the top three in the first seven eliminations (6th), so while he may currently be fourth, the Italian does have a trump card up his sleeve as his current second discard is a third, which puts him in a powerful position compared to the top three, who all know any mistake will now cost them to pick up more points. Iachino knows he needs to try and find a little extra on his top speed, but he’s perfectly placed to make an aggressive attack at the top now heading into the last two days after another two third places today.
Taty Frans (Point-7 / Z Fins) remains in fifth place, but the Bonairean has consolidated that position after earning his best result of the event to date in Elimination 6 - second - before backing it up with a fourth in Elimination 7 to cap a fine day. Frans looked like he was revelling in the conditions as he confidently launched into huge jumps as he accelerated towards the sausage, where many other sailors backed off.
Elsewhere, Vrieswijk and Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) also remain in sixth and seventh respectively from the overnight rankings, while the latter was fortunate to escape unscathed after a nasty coming together with Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) as the two crossed the start line in the Winners’ Final of Elimination 7 - thankfully both of them were okay.
Bruno Martini (I-99 / S2Maui / Z Fins) continues to climb his way up the leaderboard as everything finally clicked into place for the Italian in Elimination 7 to claim his first bullet of the week, which sees Martini jump from just outside the top 10 (11th) into eighth as he showed tremendous pace throughout the day.
The top 10 is completed by Ingmar Daldorf - 9th - and Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) - 10th - while 19-year-old Sacha Fortune (Duotone Windsurfing) qualified for his second Winners’ Final of the week in Elimination 7 before eventually finishing sixth, which sees the young Frenchman break into the top 16 - currently 14th.
Things couldn’t be hotting up much better than as we head into the final two days of the Slalom X and with the wind expected to continue it promises to provide a pulsating finale to the racing. The sailors will meet again at 11:30am (GMT+1) on Monday morning with the action commencing from 12pm onwards.
With another solid forecast to come the skippers’ meeting has been called for 11:30am (GMT+1) with the action commencing from 12pm onwards - once the wind has properly filled in.
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Slalom X *After 11 Eliminations (2 Discards)
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
3rd Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Blanca Alabau (ESP | WeOne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom X *After 7 Eliminations (2 Discards)
1st Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
2nd Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing)
4th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins)
5th Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins)
7th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Bruno Martini (ITA | I-99 / S2Maui / Z Fins)
9th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
10th Jimmy Thieme (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
Windsurf Cup St. Peter-Ording 25
20 07.2025
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Wolf und Langer teilen sich den Sieg in St. Peter-Ording.
Nach vier Tagen endete der California Windsurf Cup in St. Peter-Ording. Fabian Wolf (GER-404, Starboard, Severne) konnte in der Disziplin Foiling gewinnen, während Vincent Langer (GER-1, Duotone) die Disziplin Fin Slalom für sich entschied. In der Overallwertung liegen beide punktgleich an der Spitze des Klassements. So hat der Tourstopp der deutschen Spitzenserie gleich zwei Sieger.
Nach dem actiongeladenen Eröffnungs-Donnerstag mit sechs Fin Slalom Eliminations musste sich die Windsurf-Elite gedulden. Der Nordseestrand wurde zwar mit perfektem Strandwetter verwöhnt, allerdings reichte der Wind am Freitag und Samstag nicht für offizielle Wettfahrten aus. Umso größer war die Freude, als am Abschluss-Sonntag der Wind zurückkehrte und zwei komplette Foling Eliminationen zuließ.
Der ansonsten in der olympischen iQFOiL Klasse antretende Fabi Wolf konnte beide Rennen für sich entscheiden und sicherte sich so überlegen den Sieg in dieser Disziplin. Auf Platz zwei folgte der vielfache deutsche, Europa- und Weltmeister Vincent Langer. Der Kieler sicherte sich in beiden Läufen Platz zwei. Der niederländische Worldcup-Profi Bob van de Burgt (NED-737, Point7, Patrik) lief zweimal auf Platz drei ein und eroberte so den dritten Platz auf dem Podium der Disziplin Foiling. Meno Büchler (GER-91, Starboard, Severne) belegt als bester Youth U21 den vierten Platz, Jonne Heimann (GER-107, Gunsails) komplettiert die Top-5 in dieser Disziplin.
In Fin Slalom fiel die Entscheidung bereits am Eröffnungstag-Donnerstag. Fünf bis sechs Windstärken boten optimale Bedingungen für diese Disziplin, sodass die maximal mögliche Anzahl von 6 Wettfahrten pro Tag durchgeführt wurde.
Vincent Langer dominierte diese Disziplin mit fünf Laufsiegen. Da ab drei Wettfahrten jeder Fahrer sein schlechtestes Ergebnis streichen kann, liegt Vincent Langer mit der Idealpunktzahl 0,0 an der Spitze der Ergebnisliste. Fabi Wolf zeigte eindrucksvoll, dass er nicht nur auf dem olympischen iQFOiL Board zu den besten Deutschen gehört. Mit sechs zweiten Plätzen sichert er sich 8,0 Punkte und damit Platz zwei in der Ergebnisliste. Nur einen Punkt dahinter folgte Leo Richter (GER-9, Neil Pryde, JP-Australia), der als einziger neben Langer eine Fin Slalom Elimination gewinnen konnte. In Verbindung mit drei dritten Plätzen kommt Richter so auf 9,0 Punkte und liegt so in der Endabrechnung der Disziplin Fin Slalom nur einen Punkt hinter Fabi Wolf auf Platz drei. Ebenso eng gestaltete sich der Kampf um Platz vier in dieser Disziplin. Keno Recke (GER-10, Patrik) liegt hier am Ende um einen Punkt vor Jonne Heimann und verweist diesen so auf Platz fünf.
In der Overallergebnisliste werden die beiden Disziplinen kombiniert und die Gesamtsieger der Regatta ermittelt. Hier kommt es in St. Peter-Ording zu einer Premiere. Da sowohl Fabi Wolf als auch Vincent Langer eine Disziplin für sich entscheiden konnten und in der jeweils anderen auf Platz zwei lagen, kommen beide in der Overall-Ergebnisliste auf 3,0 Punkte und liegen so punktgleich an der Spitze der Overall Veranstaltungswertung. Der Tie kann nicht aufgelöst werden, sodass der California Windsurf Cup St. Peter-Ording zwei Sieger hat, die sich den Triumph beim Tourstopp an der Nordseeküste teilen.
Ebenso eng ging es beim Kampf um Platz drei zu. Keno Recke und Jonne Heimann kommen in der Overallergebnisliste beide auf zehn Punkte. Im Tiebreak kann sich Recke aber aufgrund seines vierten Platzes in der Disziplin Slalom durchsetzen und so den dritten Platz auf dem Podium erobern. Nur einen Punkt hinter dem viertplatzierten Jonne Heimann komplettiert Leo Richter die Top-5 beim California Windsurf Cup St. Peter-Ording 2025.
Keno Recke siegt in der Youth U21 Wertung vor Jesse Richter (GER-180, Starboard, Sailloft) und Thies Johnson (GER-86, Duotone). Bei den Youth U19 gewinnt Jesper-Mo Thomsen (GER-510, GA-Sails, Tabou) vor Noah Schmäh (GER-855, Starboard, North Sails) und Oke Hochschild (GER-50, Patrik). In der Junioren U17 Divisionen triumphiert Mika Henning (GER-64, Duotone) vor Lena Schmäh (GER-857, Starboard, Severne) und Philipp Köhlert (GER-2009, Fanatic, Severne).
Mit der LVM Youngster Trophy werden altersstufenübergreifend die besten Nachwuchsfahrer geehrt und mit einem Preisgeld von insgesamt 500 Euro honoriert. Keno Recke sichert sich als bester Nachwuchsfahrer mit 250 Euro den Hauptanteil davon. Jesse Richter und Mika Henning können sich über 150 Euro bzw. 100 Euro freuen.
Bei den Grandmastern Ü50 gewann Oliver Schott (GER-26, Duotone, Patrik) vor dem Schweizer Remo Diethelm (SUI-2, Patrik) und Michael Brozio (GER-27, Duotone). Lena Schmäh bewährte sich als beste Dame in dem stark besetzten Herrenfeld und kommt in der Overallwertung auf Platz 15.
Der California Windsurf Cup St. Peter-Ording war ein voller Erfolg. Es konnten offizielle Wertungen in allen ausgeschriebenen Disziplinen erzielt werden. Das Teilnehmerfeld war mit praktisch der kompletten deutschen Windsurf-Elite und starken Startern aus Dänemark, der Schweiz und den Niederlanden hervorragend besetzt. Neben dem spektakulären Sport auf dem Wasser überzeugte der Event mit einem bunten Rahmen- und Partyprogramm. Skimboarding, LVM Family World, Kinderprogramm bei der Autostadt, Vanlife-Expo, Catering und vor allem gigantische Beachpartys. Das Eventvillage auf dem Ordinger Nordseestrand lockte über die vier Veranstaltungstage fast 50.000 Besucher nach St. Peter-Ording.
Im kommenden Jahr wird der California Windsurf Cup wieder in St. Peter-Ording Station machen. Als nächstes geht es aber für die Windsurf-Elite auf die Nordseeinsel Sylt. Vom 29. Juli bis zum 03. August findet dann am Brandenburger Strand in Westerland die GWA Championship im Rahmen des California Surf Cup Sylt statt.
Nach dem actiongeladenen Eröffnungs-Donnerstag mit sechs Fin Slalom Eliminations musste sich die Windsurf-Elite gedulden. Der Nordseestrand wurde zwar mit perfektem Strandwetter verwöhnt, allerdings reichte der Wind am Freitag und Samstag nicht für offizielle Wettfahrten aus. Umso größer war die Freude, als am Abschluss-Sonntag der Wind zurückkehrte und zwei komplette Foling Eliminationen zuließ.
Der ansonsten in der olympischen iQFOiL Klasse antretende Fabi Wolf konnte beide Rennen für sich entscheiden und sicherte sich so überlegen den Sieg in dieser Disziplin. Auf Platz zwei folgte der vielfache deutsche, Europa- und Weltmeister Vincent Langer. Der Kieler sicherte sich in beiden Läufen Platz zwei. Der niederländische Worldcup-Profi Bob van de Burgt (NED-737, Point7, Patrik) lief zweimal auf Platz drei ein und eroberte so den dritten Platz auf dem Podium der Disziplin Foiling. Meno Büchler (GER-91, Starboard, Severne) belegt als bester Youth U21 den vierten Platz, Jonne Heimann (GER-107, Gunsails) komplettiert die Top-5 in dieser Disziplin.
In Fin Slalom fiel die Entscheidung bereits am Eröffnungstag-Donnerstag. Fünf bis sechs Windstärken boten optimale Bedingungen für diese Disziplin, sodass die maximal mögliche Anzahl von 6 Wettfahrten pro Tag durchgeführt wurde.
Vincent Langer dominierte diese Disziplin mit fünf Laufsiegen. Da ab drei Wettfahrten jeder Fahrer sein schlechtestes Ergebnis streichen kann, liegt Vincent Langer mit der Idealpunktzahl 0,0 an der Spitze der Ergebnisliste. Fabi Wolf zeigte eindrucksvoll, dass er nicht nur auf dem olympischen iQFOiL Board zu den besten Deutschen gehört. Mit sechs zweiten Plätzen sichert er sich 8,0 Punkte und damit Platz zwei in der Ergebnisliste. Nur einen Punkt dahinter folgte Leo Richter (GER-9, Neil Pryde, JP-Australia), der als einziger neben Langer eine Fin Slalom Elimination gewinnen konnte. In Verbindung mit drei dritten Plätzen kommt Richter so auf 9,0 Punkte und liegt so in der Endabrechnung der Disziplin Fin Slalom nur einen Punkt hinter Fabi Wolf auf Platz drei. Ebenso eng gestaltete sich der Kampf um Platz vier in dieser Disziplin. Keno Recke (GER-10, Patrik) liegt hier am Ende um einen Punkt vor Jonne Heimann und verweist diesen so auf Platz fünf.
In der Overallergebnisliste werden die beiden Disziplinen kombiniert und die Gesamtsieger der Regatta ermittelt. Hier kommt es in St. Peter-Ording zu einer Premiere. Da sowohl Fabi Wolf als auch Vincent Langer eine Disziplin für sich entscheiden konnten und in der jeweils anderen auf Platz zwei lagen, kommen beide in der Overall-Ergebnisliste auf 3,0 Punkte und liegen so punktgleich an der Spitze der Overall Veranstaltungswertung. Der Tie kann nicht aufgelöst werden, sodass der California Windsurf Cup St. Peter-Ording zwei Sieger hat, die sich den Triumph beim Tourstopp an der Nordseeküste teilen.
Ebenso eng ging es beim Kampf um Platz drei zu. Keno Recke und Jonne Heimann kommen in der Overallergebnisliste beide auf zehn Punkte. Im Tiebreak kann sich Recke aber aufgrund seines vierten Platzes in der Disziplin Slalom durchsetzen und so den dritten Platz auf dem Podium erobern. Nur einen Punkt hinter dem viertplatzierten Jonne Heimann komplettiert Leo Richter die Top-5 beim California Windsurf Cup St. Peter-Ording 2025.
Keno Recke siegt in der Youth U21 Wertung vor Jesse Richter (GER-180, Starboard, Sailloft) und Thies Johnson (GER-86, Duotone). Bei den Youth U19 gewinnt Jesper-Mo Thomsen (GER-510, GA-Sails, Tabou) vor Noah Schmäh (GER-855, Starboard, North Sails) und Oke Hochschild (GER-50, Patrik). In der Junioren U17 Divisionen triumphiert Mika Henning (GER-64, Duotone) vor Lena Schmäh (GER-857, Starboard, Severne) und Philipp Köhlert (GER-2009, Fanatic, Severne).
Mit der LVM Youngster Trophy werden altersstufenübergreifend die besten Nachwuchsfahrer geehrt und mit einem Preisgeld von insgesamt 500 Euro honoriert. Keno Recke sichert sich als bester Nachwuchsfahrer mit 250 Euro den Hauptanteil davon. Jesse Richter und Mika Henning können sich über 150 Euro bzw. 100 Euro freuen.
Bei den Grandmastern Ü50 gewann Oliver Schott (GER-26, Duotone, Patrik) vor dem Schweizer Remo Diethelm (SUI-2, Patrik) und Michael Brozio (GER-27, Duotone). Lena Schmäh bewährte sich als beste Dame in dem stark besetzten Herrenfeld und kommt in der Overallwertung auf Platz 15.
Der California Windsurf Cup St. Peter-Ording war ein voller Erfolg. Es konnten offizielle Wertungen in allen ausgeschriebenen Disziplinen erzielt werden. Das Teilnehmerfeld war mit praktisch der kompletten deutschen Windsurf-Elite und starken Startern aus Dänemark, der Schweiz und den Niederlanden hervorragend besetzt. Neben dem spektakulären Sport auf dem Wasser überzeugte der Event mit einem bunten Rahmen- und Partyprogramm. Skimboarding, LVM Family World, Kinderprogramm bei der Autostadt, Vanlife-Expo, Catering und vor allem gigantische Beachpartys. Das Eventvillage auf dem Ordinger Nordseestrand lockte über die vier Veranstaltungstage fast 50.000 Besucher nach St. Peter-Ording.
Im kommenden Jahr wird der California Windsurf Cup wieder in St. Peter-Ording Station machen. Als nächstes geht es aber für die Windsurf-Elite auf die Nordseeinsel Sylt. Vom 29. Juli bis zum 03. August findet dann am Brandenburger Strand in Westerland die GWA Championship im Rahmen des California Surf Cup Sylt statt.
Fuerteventura PWA Tag 2
20 07.2025
Sarah-Quita Offringa & Maciek Rutkowski übernehmen die Führung nach einem weiteren soliden Renntag.
Der zweite Tag des 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam enttäuschte nicht, denn die Windmaschine Sotavento setzte sich fort, wenn auch etwas schwächer als gestern, besonders zu Beginn des Tages. Die weltbesten Surfer wurden wieder einmal auf eine harte Probe gestellt, denn die wechselnden Winde und die unruhige See bedeuteten, dass sie jederzeit auf der Hut sein mussten, zumal auch ein neuer Swell den Kurs durchzog. Am Ende des zweiten Tages waren vier weitere Eliminations bei den Frauen und drei weitere bei den Männern abgeschlossen, und es bleibt unglaublich eng an der Spitze, während wir in die letzten drei Tage der Rennen gehen.
Slalom X
Women’s
Having had thoughts about whether to continue racing last night after yesterday’s hardcore conditions, Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) will no doubt be a much happier campier at the end of day two as she now leads the event after the opening eight eliminations. The Aruban started the day with two solid second places before extending her advantage at the top by securing back-to-back bullets to sign off, which were her first wins since the opening elimination.
Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) couldn’t quite repeat yesterday’s performance, but even so, she enjoyed another decent day on the water as she never finished outside of the top four in today’s racing with a second, third and two fourths and although she has lost pole position the 25-year-old is still Offringa’s closest rival, but now trails by 4.3 points.
Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) picked up where she left off yesterday to start with as she bagged another two third places in Eliminations 5 and 6, but then she lost a bit of momentum with a fifth and an eleventh place, which sees her lose some valuable ground to the top two.
What a Difference a Day Makes
Having experienced a disastrous start yesterday, Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) enjoyed a much better day as she managed to show her true potential. The Brit started the day in eight place, but rises all the way into fourth place at the close of the second day and is now just 0.1 of a point behind Lemeteyer in third. Gibson completed a brilliant hat-trick to start the day before doing brilliantly to battle back in Elimination 7 after round the first buoy in last she managed to battle back into third place, while she then finished the day with an excellent second place to cap a great day on the water and she is now firmly back in the hunt for the podium.
With Gibson flying up the ladder, Blanca Alabau (WeOne / Severne Sails) and Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) both slip one place to fifth and sixth respectively and those two are locked in a tight duel with just a point separating the.
Men’s
Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) continues to build on his bright start from yesterday and the Pole currently leads the event after the opening five eliminations by 2.3 points. Rutkowski has raced brilliantly thus far and started the day by securing his second bullet in three races before claiming another solid second place in Elimination 4. Rutkowski then finished outside of the top two for the first time this week in Elimination 5, but he currently discards that result such has been his level of consistency.
Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) remains right in the thick of the action in second place, but loses a little bit of ground on Rutkowski after today’s three eliminations. The reigning Foil Slalom and Slalom X world champion is yet to finish outside the top three and would probably normally be leading the ranking with his current performance, but for an on-song Rutkowski and the remaining three days are shaping up to be thrillers with a great battle on our hands.
After finishing sixth in the opening elimination of the day, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) knew it was absolutely imperative that he claim a bullet within the next race or two if he wanted to stay in contention and that’s exactly what the Italian managed to do as he claimed a clearcut victory in Elimination 4, but he still loses an extra point from the overnight rankings - now 4.3 points off the top compared to 3.3 points at the start of the day. The defending event champion currently discards the sixth place from Elimination 4, but will need to crack the recipe for more bullets over the next three days as it doesn’t look the top two are going to put a foot wrong at the moment.
Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) enjoyed a great day on the water as he secured his first elimination victory since Gran Canaria last year, while incidentally this is the first time the Flying Dutchman has managed to win an elimination in Fuerte. Vonk enjoyed a phenomenal battle with Mortefon in the last elimination of the day, but laid the pedal to the metal heading into the final gybe to power past his French rival to secure the bullet, which he was understandably delighted with. Vonk now has his sights set on more bullets and trying to force his way into the podium positions - currently 4 points off of Iachino in third. As well as his victory, Vonk earned an excellent second place in Elimination 3, while he currently discards his seventh place from the fourth elimination.
Elsewhere, Taty Frans (Point-7) gains five places from the overnight rankings which sees the Bonairean rise from tenth into fifth place. After a shock quarterfinal exit in yesterday’s second race, Frans was able to discard that today as he qualified for all three Winners’ Finals where he finished fourth, fifth and seventh to cap a fine day.
Fellow Bonairean, Amado Vrieswijk (Futue Fly / Point-7), slips one place to sixth after missing out on the Winners’ Finals for the first time this week in Eliminations 3 and 4. Vrieswijk was able to win both b-finals for maximum damage limitation before ending the day with a sixth place as he pipped Frans on the finish line.
Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) also slips one place to seventh after a slightly mixed bag of results, which started with a 15th, but then got progressively better with a tenth before signing off day two with a fifth place.
Benoit Merceur (Starboard / Severne Sails) started the day in seventh place and the 23-year-old made a bright start to proceedings as he booked his secured his place in the top eight of the two opening eliminations, but unfortunately, during Elimination 4 the Frenchman suffered a significant cut on his arm, which required stitches and a trip to the hospital, which sadly rules him out for the remainder of the event and he now faces a race to be fit in time for Tenerife.
The top ten is completed by Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) - 9th - with the Frenchman earning one of his best finishes to date on the World Tour in Elimination 4 - 4th - while Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) - 10th - will be ruing his luck that the Elimination 3 b-final had to be cancelled at the death due to the fourth mark drifting when he was winning the heat.
Bruno Martini (I-99 / S2Maui) breaks into he top 16 - 11th - after getting things together in Eliminations 4 and 6 - where he finished 6th and 9th.
The top 16 is completed by Scotty Stallman (Tabou / GA Sails), Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails), Lohan Jules (I-99 / S2Maui), Alexandre Cousin (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) and Pierre Macquaert (JP / NeilPryde), who qualified for his first Winners’ Final of the event in the last elimination.
With another solid forecast to come the skippers’ meeting has been called for 11:30am (GMT+1) with the action commencing from 12pm onwards - once the wind has properly filled in.
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Slalom X *After 8 Eliminations (2 Discards)
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Blanca Alabau (ESP | WeOne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom X *After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard)
1st Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Taty Frans (NB | Point-7)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
7th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Benoit Merceur (FRA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
9th Jimmy Thieme (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
10th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
Slalom X
Women’s
Having had thoughts about whether to continue racing last night after yesterday’s hardcore conditions, Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) will no doubt be a much happier campier at the end of day two as she now leads the event after the opening eight eliminations. The Aruban started the day with two solid second places before extending her advantage at the top by securing back-to-back bullets to sign off, which were her first wins since the opening elimination.
Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) couldn’t quite repeat yesterday’s performance, but even so, she enjoyed another decent day on the water as she never finished outside of the top four in today’s racing with a second, third and two fourths and although she has lost pole position the 25-year-old is still Offringa’s closest rival, but now trails by 4.3 points.
Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) picked up where she left off yesterday to start with as she bagged another two third places in Eliminations 5 and 6, but then she lost a bit of momentum with a fifth and an eleventh place, which sees her lose some valuable ground to the top two.
What a Difference a Day Makes
Having experienced a disastrous start yesterday, Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) enjoyed a much better day as she managed to show her true potential. The Brit started the day in eight place, but rises all the way into fourth place at the close of the second day and is now just 0.1 of a point behind Lemeteyer in third. Gibson completed a brilliant hat-trick to start the day before doing brilliantly to battle back in Elimination 7 after round the first buoy in last she managed to battle back into third place, while she then finished the day with an excellent second place to cap a great day on the water and she is now firmly back in the hunt for the podium.
With Gibson flying up the ladder, Blanca Alabau (WeOne / Severne Sails) and Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) both slip one place to fifth and sixth respectively and those two are locked in a tight duel with just a point separating the.
Men’s
Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) continues to build on his bright start from yesterday and the Pole currently leads the event after the opening five eliminations by 2.3 points. Rutkowski has raced brilliantly thus far and started the day by securing his second bullet in three races before claiming another solid second place in Elimination 4. Rutkowski then finished outside of the top two for the first time this week in Elimination 5, but he currently discards that result such has been his level of consistency.
Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) remains right in the thick of the action in second place, but loses a little bit of ground on Rutkowski after today’s three eliminations. The reigning Foil Slalom and Slalom X world champion is yet to finish outside the top three and would probably normally be leading the ranking with his current performance, but for an on-song Rutkowski and the remaining three days are shaping up to be thrillers with a great battle on our hands.
After finishing sixth in the opening elimination of the day, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) knew it was absolutely imperative that he claim a bullet within the next race or two if he wanted to stay in contention and that’s exactly what the Italian managed to do as he claimed a clearcut victory in Elimination 4, but he still loses an extra point from the overnight rankings - now 4.3 points off the top compared to 3.3 points at the start of the day. The defending event champion currently discards the sixth place from Elimination 4, but will need to crack the recipe for more bullets over the next three days as it doesn’t look the top two are going to put a foot wrong at the moment.
Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) enjoyed a great day on the water as he secured his first elimination victory since Gran Canaria last year, while incidentally this is the first time the Flying Dutchman has managed to win an elimination in Fuerte. Vonk enjoyed a phenomenal battle with Mortefon in the last elimination of the day, but laid the pedal to the metal heading into the final gybe to power past his French rival to secure the bullet, which he was understandably delighted with. Vonk now has his sights set on more bullets and trying to force his way into the podium positions - currently 4 points off of Iachino in third. As well as his victory, Vonk earned an excellent second place in Elimination 3, while he currently discards his seventh place from the fourth elimination.
Elsewhere, Taty Frans (Point-7) gains five places from the overnight rankings which sees the Bonairean rise from tenth into fifth place. After a shock quarterfinal exit in yesterday’s second race, Frans was able to discard that today as he qualified for all three Winners’ Finals where he finished fourth, fifth and seventh to cap a fine day.
Fellow Bonairean, Amado Vrieswijk (Futue Fly / Point-7), slips one place to sixth after missing out on the Winners’ Finals for the first time this week in Eliminations 3 and 4. Vrieswijk was able to win both b-finals for maximum damage limitation before ending the day with a sixth place as he pipped Frans on the finish line.
Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) also slips one place to seventh after a slightly mixed bag of results, which started with a 15th, but then got progressively better with a tenth before signing off day two with a fifth place.
Benoit Merceur (Starboard / Severne Sails) started the day in seventh place and the 23-year-old made a bright start to proceedings as he booked his secured his place in the top eight of the two opening eliminations, but unfortunately, during Elimination 4 the Frenchman suffered a significant cut on his arm, which required stitches and a trip to the hospital, which sadly rules him out for the remainder of the event and he now faces a race to be fit in time for Tenerife.
The top ten is completed by Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) - 9th - with the Frenchman earning one of his best finishes to date on the World Tour in Elimination 4 - 4th - while Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) - 10th - will be ruing his luck that the Elimination 3 b-final had to be cancelled at the death due to the fourth mark drifting when he was winning the heat.
Bruno Martini (I-99 / S2Maui) breaks into he top 16 - 11th - after getting things together in Eliminations 4 and 6 - where he finished 6th and 9th.
The top 16 is completed by Scotty Stallman (Tabou / GA Sails), Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails), Lohan Jules (I-99 / S2Maui), Alexandre Cousin (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) and Pierre Macquaert (JP / NeilPryde), who qualified for his first Winners’ Final of the event in the last elimination.
With another solid forecast to come the skippers’ meeting has been called for 11:30am (GMT+1) with the action commencing from 12pm onwards - once the wind has properly filled in.
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Slalom X *After 8 Eliminations (2 Discards)
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Blanca Alabau (ESP | WeOne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom X *After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard)
1st Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Taty Frans (NB | Point-7)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
7th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Benoit Merceur (FRA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
9th Jimmy Thieme (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
10th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
Fuerteventura PWA Tag 1
19 07.2025
Fuerte ist der Name, Fuerte ist die Natur: Winde von mehr als 40 Knoten stellen die weltbesten Racer auf die Probe, Femke van der Veen und Pierre Mortefon führen die Rangliste über Nacht an.
Sotavento, Fuerteventura, hat sich im Laufe der Jahre den Ruf erworben, die weltbesten Windsurfer auf die Probe zu stellen, und genau das hat es am ersten Tag des Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam 2025 getan, um sie mit einer Feuertaufe zu konfrontieren - bestehend aus Winden von mehr als 40 Knoten und einigen unglaublich kabbeligen Gewässern, die es mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit zu durchqueren galt, und man kann mit Sicherheit sagen, dass der „Death Chop“ mehr als nur ein paar Opfer forderte.
Slalom X
Women’s
Up until today, Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) had only won one elimination on the World Tour (Gran Canaria 2024), however, by the end of the opening day here the 25-year-old has now tripled that tally to three after enjoying by far her best day on tour to date. Van der Veen started the day off with a solid second place and then reeled off back-to-back bullets in the howling winds to deservedly head up the event rankings at the close of play on a total of just 3.4 points. This is uncharted water for van der Veen, but based on today’s performance she’s a genuine threat.
Defending event champion, Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins), is currently just 1.3 points off the lead after a solid enough first day, which saw her record a bullet in the opener and two solid second places in the second and fourth races and she’s now perfectly poised to pounce in the coming days. What was quite surprising to see though was both Offringa and Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing), who are two of the fastest sailors in a straight-line, both jump the gun in the third elimination, which featured a speed leg and will leave both of them probably questioning why they chose to push the start quite so hard, when they had so much course to make up water over.
Current vice-world champion, Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails), enjoyed a solid start to proceedings and is now the only sailor in the fleet to have finished in the top three in every elimination thus far, though she rode her luck at times as she struggled to negotiate the corners, as did many of the world’s best racers, in the unbelievably treacherous water conditions. However, you have to capitalise on your luck and that’s what the 22-year-old did as she recorded a second place together with three thirds to lay herself a sturdy foundation on which to now build upon.
The top five is currently completed by Blanca Alabau (WeOne / Severne Sails), who recorded a third and two fourths, while she discards a seventh from the fourth elimination, and Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde), who is yet to finish outside the top five.
Jenna Gibson was probably left questioning why she’d even bothered entering here after a disastrous start to the opening three eliminations (11th, 11th, 10th), but the Brit dug deep to end the day on a high as she sealed her first bullet of the event in Elimination 4. Now, it’s obviously a long way back, but if she can start to build a bit of momentum she may still be able to salvage a podium, however, she’ll also be more than aware that there’s no more margin for error. Gibson sits in eighth after the opening day.
Men’s
Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) may have a lot going on at the moment away from the racecourse, but the reigning world champion managed to put all of that to the back of his mind to produce another world class display in the howling winds to lead the overnight rankings. The Frenchman said that he was fully overpowered on his 6.0m, but managed to blitz his way to the front of the pack in both Winners’ Finals. The 35-year-old led until the last buoy in the opener before having to settle for second place, but made no mistakes in the next race as he secured his first bullet of the week to lead on countback.
Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) is the sailor equal on 2.7 points with Mortefon after the opening two races. The Pole produced a great last gybe in Elimination 1 to snatch the victory from beneath Mortefon’s nose and strike first blood. Rutkowski also put up a good fight in the second elimination, but couldn’t reel Mortefon in for a second time, but he’ll be more than happy with his start to the event after producing a polished display of sailing.
Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) is currently 3.3 points adrift of the top two in third, but remains firmly within striking distance. The Italian was always well placed in the opening final, but will perhaps be more pleased with his result in Elimination 2, as he managed to fight his way back from last place after the first gybe all the way back into third, which may yet still prove pivotal. Iachino remains very much in contention, but even at this early stage he’ll be more than aware that he can’t afford to let Mortefon and/or Rutkowski earn too many more bullets before claiming one himself, if he is to defend his event title.
Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) is then a further five points back from Iachino on 11 points. The flying Dutchman comfortably qualified for both Winners’ Finals, but couldn’t really land a telling blow in either as he starts the event with a solid fifth and sixth.
Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Point-7) is the fifth and final sailor to have qualified for both Winners’ Finals at the close of the first day. The former Freestyle world champion kicked things off with an excellent fourth place in Elimination 1, but Vrieswijk isn’t one for holding back, and unfortunately, both he and Bruno Martini (I-99 / S2Maui) pushed a little too hard on the run up in the second Winners’ Final and both were disqualified for premature starts - finishing joint 8th respectively.
Meanwhile, Germany’s Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) is just a couple of points off in sixth after a fourth and tenth today, while Benoit Merceur (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails), 7th and 8th respectively, are currently tied on 17 points.
The top ten is completed by fin aficionados Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) and Taty Frans (Future Fly / Point-7). The latter will be gutted with his mistake at the third buoy in Elimination 2 as he dropped his gybe when in acres of space and ultimately went from leading Heat 1 to suffering a quarterfinal exit, which slightly undoes his sixth place finish in the opener. Thieme, meanwhile, was very consistent, winning the first b-final before securing eleventh in the next.
Things are then extremely close with only 2.5 points separating 10th-14th, while Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails), who you are probably more familiar with as a household name from Freestyle and Wave, is then only three points further back in 15th after he managed to qualify for both semifinals today.
The forecast for tomorrow looks slightly lighter than today, though still extremely windy with 19-23 knots predicted, which doesn’t take into account the local effect, so on paper it should be another adrenaline-fuelled day of racing. The sailors will meet again at 10:30am (GMT+1) on Saturday morning with the action commencing from 11am onwards.
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Slalom X
1st Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
4th Blanca Alabau (ESP | WeOne / Severne Sails)
5th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom X
1st Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing)
2nd Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
6th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Benoit Merceur (FRA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
8th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Jimmy Thieme (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
10th Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
Women’s
Up until today, Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) had only won one elimination on the World Tour (Gran Canaria 2024), however, by the end of the opening day here the 25-year-old has now tripled that tally to three after enjoying by far her best day on tour to date. Van der Veen started the day off with a solid second place and then reeled off back-to-back bullets in the howling winds to deservedly head up the event rankings at the close of play on a total of just 3.4 points. This is uncharted water for van der Veen, but based on today’s performance she’s a genuine threat.
Defending event champion, Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins), is currently just 1.3 points off the lead after a solid enough first day, which saw her record a bullet in the opener and two solid second places in the second and fourth races and she’s now perfectly poised to pounce in the coming days. What was quite surprising to see though was both Offringa and Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing), who are two of the fastest sailors in a straight-line, both jump the gun in the third elimination, which featured a speed leg and will leave both of them probably questioning why they chose to push the start quite so hard, when they had so much course to make up water over.
Current vice-world champion, Justine Lemeteyer (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails), enjoyed a solid start to proceedings and is now the only sailor in the fleet to have finished in the top three in every elimination thus far, though she rode her luck at times as she struggled to negotiate the corners, as did many of the world’s best racers, in the unbelievably treacherous water conditions. However, you have to capitalise on your luck and that’s what the 22-year-old did as she recorded a second place together with three thirds to lay herself a sturdy foundation on which to now build upon.
The top five is currently completed by Blanca Alabau (WeOne / Severne Sails), who recorded a third and two fourths, while she discards a seventh from the fourth elimination, and Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde), who is yet to finish outside the top five.
Jenna Gibson was probably left questioning why she’d even bothered entering here after a disastrous start to the opening three eliminations (11th, 11th, 10th), but the Brit dug deep to end the day on a high as she sealed her first bullet of the event in Elimination 4. Now, it’s obviously a long way back, but if she can start to build a bit of momentum she may still be able to salvage a podium, however, she’ll also be more than aware that there’s no more margin for error. Gibson sits in eighth after the opening day.
Men’s
Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) may have a lot going on at the moment away from the racecourse, but the reigning world champion managed to put all of that to the back of his mind to produce another world class display in the howling winds to lead the overnight rankings. The Frenchman said that he was fully overpowered on his 6.0m, but managed to blitz his way to the front of the pack in both Winners’ Finals. The 35-year-old led until the last buoy in the opener before having to settle for second place, but made no mistakes in the next race as he secured his first bullet of the week to lead on countback.
Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) is the sailor equal on 2.7 points with Mortefon after the opening two races. The Pole produced a great last gybe in Elimination 1 to snatch the victory from beneath Mortefon’s nose and strike first blood. Rutkowski also put up a good fight in the second elimination, but couldn’t reel Mortefon in for a second time, but he’ll be more than happy with his start to the event after producing a polished display of sailing.
Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) is currently 3.3 points adrift of the top two in third, but remains firmly within striking distance. The Italian was always well placed in the opening final, but will perhaps be more pleased with his result in Elimination 2, as he managed to fight his way back from last place after the first gybe all the way back into third, which may yet still prove pivotal. Iachino remains very much in contention, but even at this early stage he’ll be more than aware that he can’t afford to let Mortefon and/or Rutkowski earn too many more bullets before claiming one himself, if he is to defend his event title.
Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) is then a further five points back from Iachino on 11 points. The flying Dutchman comfortably qualified for both Winners’ Finals, but couldn’t really land a telling blow in either as he starts the event with a solid fifth and sixth.
Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Point-7) is the fifth and final sailor to have qualified for both Winners’ Finals at the close of the first day. The former Freestyle world champion kicked things off with an excellent fourth place in Elimination 1, but Vrieswijk isn’t one for holding back, and unfortunately, both he and Bruno Martini (I-99 / S2Maui) pushed a little too hard on the run up in the second Winners’ Final and both were disqualified for premature starts - finishing joint 8th respectively.
Meanwhile, Germany’s Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) is just a couple of points off in sixth after a fourth and tenth today, while Benoit Merceur (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails), 7th and 8th respectively, are currently tied on 17 points.
The top ten is completed by fin aficionados Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) and Taty Frans (Future Fly / Point-7). The latter will be gutted with his mistake at the third buoy in Elimination 2 as he dropped his gybe when in acres of space and ultimately went from leading Heat 1 to suffering a quarterfinal exit, which slightly undoes his sixth place finish in the opener. Thieme, meanwhile, was very consistent, winning the first b-final before securing eleventh in the next.
Things are then extremely close with only 2.5 points separating 10th-14th, while Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails), who you are probably more familiar with as a household name from Freestyle and Wave, is then only three points further back in 15th after he managed to qualify for both semifinals today.
The forecast for tomorrow looks slightly lighter than today, though still extremely windy with 19-23 knots predicted, which doesn’t take into account the local effect, so on paper it should be another adrenaline-fuelled day of racing. The sailors will meet again at 10:30am (GMT+1) on Saturday morning with the action commencing from 11am onwards.
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Slalom X
1st Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
4th Blanca Alabau (ESP | WeOne / Severne Sails)
5th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
Current Ranking 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom X
1st Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing)
2nd Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
6th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Benoit Merceur (FRA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
8th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Jimmy Thieme (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
10th Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
Gran Canaria World Cup Day 8
13 07.2025
Super Finals am Samstag: Daida Moreno holt sich den 23. Titel in Pozo Izquierdo.
Am vorletzten Tag des 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cups wurden in den drei Kategorien Frauen, U21-Jugend und U18-Jugend die endgültigen Ergebnisse erzielt, und in allen drei Divisionen waren Superfinals erforderlich, um die endgültigen Sieger des Events zu ermitteln, so eng waren die Duelle. Die Jugendlichen waren als erstes dran und wurden mit klassischem, heftigem Pozo-Wind und mit der Flut auf dem Vormarsch mit skateparkähnlichen Bedingungen begrüßt, um ihre besten Stunts zu zeigen, während die Frauen ihr ganzes Talent einsetzen mussten, um das Beste aus der sich verschlechternden Wellenqualität zu machen, was ihnen auch gelang, um immer noch eine großartige Show zu bieten.
Wave Women’s
Daida Moreno (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) completed a dream return to the competition scene, after coming out of retirement for this event, to claim an unprecedented 23rd event title in Pozo, but she didn’t exactly have it all her own way as she was forced into a Super Final by Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins). The Super Final also proved far from simple with Moreno having to produce a massive performance in the second half of the heat to deny Offringa, which she duly did after an equipment change more than paid off. In the dying seconds Moreno linked a backside air and a frontside air (landed wet) to earn 3.75 points, which proved enough to pip Offringa to the event title by just 0.31 of a point, having earlier stomped a backloop and a massive stalled forward.
For Offringa, this will be a bitter pill to swallow having been so close to finally defeating Moreno on her home waters - where she remains the undisputed Queen of Pozo. Offringa posted the highest scoring heat of the day in the final against Moreno - 23 points - and led until the bitter end in the Super Final, only to be denied by a buzzer beater. Second place here still represents the 25-time world champion’s best result of the season and gives her a solid foundation on which to build upon for the rest of the season as she goes in search of a fifth consecutive wave world crown.
Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) managed to gain one position in the Double Elimination to secure the final spot on the prestigious overall podium to keep her podium streak going, which stretches back to Chile last year and spans six events as the 20-year-old continues to go from strength-to-strength. Kiefer Quintana first brought Maria Morales’ (Goya Windsurfing) comeback to an end before getting the better of Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) in the battle for the podium with a combination of big backloops and dynamic wave riding.
Youth’s U21 Boy’s
Carlos Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) revelled in his home spots nuking winds to stage a brilliant comeback and deny Gregory Stathopoulos (Goya Windsurfing) the victory in Gran Canaria. Kiefer Quintana launched into perfect double forwards, one-handed backloops and stalled forwards to come out on top at his home event. Meanwhile, Stathopoulos has to settle for second place with Anton Richter (JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) completing the top three.
U18 Boy’s
Javi Escribano (Goya Windsurfing / MFC) completed a superb comeback in the Boy’s U18 division to claim a hugely deserved victory. On the opening day, Escribano struggled to land his backloops and pushloops, which resulted in him finishing third in the Single Elimination. However, in today’s nuclear winds, it was a different story with the 16-year-old boasting an almost 100% completion record on his jumps as he showed incredible consistency to power his way to the top of the podium, while also displaying an aggressive approach to his wave riding to earn his best result to date on the Youth World Tour.
Peter Gobisch (Duotone Windsurfing) produced a much better performance in the Super Final after suffering a snapped downhaul in the final, but couldn’t quite find enough to defend his Single Elimination crown as he missed out by just 2.1 points. The podium is completed by Bjørn Olesen (Severne / Severne Sails), who slips one place to third.
With all of the other categories now complete, tomorrow will see the conclusion of the Master’s, which promises to be another windy affair, while the waves should be more than good enough with the tide on the push in the morning. They will meet again for a last time on Sunday morning at 10am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting with a first possible start at 10:30am.
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Wave
1st Daida Moreno (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) 3rd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 4th Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails) 5th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) 2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC) 3rd Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC) 4th Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC) 5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 6th Ricardo Campello (BRA / VEN) 7th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 8th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails) 9th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails) 9th Moritz Mauch (GER | Simmer / Simmer Sails) 11th Antoine Martin (FRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC) 11th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Result Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girl’s U21 Wave
1st Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 2nd Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing) 3rd Lisa Wermeister (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Helena Lale (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
Result Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girl’s U18 Wave
1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails) 2nd Lizzlotte Schilling Andrew (ESP | F2 / S2 Sails) 3rd Emma Miron (GER | F2) 4th Frida Miron (GER | F2) 5th Natsuki Wakasa (JPN | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girl’s U15 Wave
1st Trine Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing) 2nd Fumi Akita (JPN | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U21 Wave
1st Carlos Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 2nd Gregory Stathopoulos (GRE | Goya Windsurfing) 3rd Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Samuele Ferraro (ITA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) 5th Takumi Moriya (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U18 Wave
1st Javi Escribano (ESP | Goya Windsurfing) 2nd Peter Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing) 3rd Bjørn Olesen (SWE | Severne / Severne Sails) 4th Fernando Sottile (ITA | WeOne) 5th Antonio Silvestri (ITA)
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U13 Wave
1st Dennis Kolb Gonzalez 2nd Eric Kolb Gonzalez 3rd Rocco Swift
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Master's
1st Lars Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing) 2nd Mike Friedl (ESP | Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) 3rd Michael Viscovich (DEN | JP / NeilPryde) 4th Valter Scotto (ESP | WeOne / Severne Sails)
Wave Women’s
Daida Moreno (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) completed a dream return to the competition scene, after coming out of retirement for this event, to claim an unprecedented 23rd event title in Pozo, but she didn’t exactly have it all her own way as she was forced into a Super Final by Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins). The Super Final also proved far from simple with Moreno having to produce a massive performance in the second half of the heat to deny Offringa, which she duly did after an equipment change more than paid off. In the dying seconds Moreno linked a backside air and a frontside air (landed wet) to earn 3.75 points, which proved enough to pip Offringa to the event title by just 0.31 of a point, having earlier stomped a backloop and a massive stalled forward.
For Offringa, this will be a bitter pill to swallow having been so close to finally defeating Moreno on her home waters - where she remains the undisputed Queen of Pozo. Offringa posted the highest scoring heat of the day in the final against Moreno - 23 points - and led until the bitter end in the Super Final, only to be denied by a buzzer beater. Second place here still represents the 25-time world champion’s best result of the season and gives her a solid foundation on which to build upon for the rest of the season as she goes in search of a fifth consecutive wave world crown.
Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) managed to gain one position in the Double Elimination to secure the final spot on the prestigious overall podium to keep her podium streak going, which stretches back to Chile last year and spans six events as the 20-year-old continues to go from strength-to-strength. Kiefer Quintana first brought Maria Morales’ (Goya Windsurfing) comeback to an end before getting the better of Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) in the battle for the podium with a combination of big backloops and dynamic wave riding.
Youth’s U21 Boy’s
Carlos Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) revelled in his home spots nuking winds to stage a brilliant comeback and deny Gregory Stathopoulos (Goya Windsurfing) the victory in Gran Canaria. Kiefer Quintana launched into perfect double forwards, one-handed backloops and stalled forwards to come out on top at his home event. Meanwhile, Stathopoulos has to settle for second place with Anton Richter (JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) completing the top three.
U18 Boy’s
Javi Escribano (Goya Windsurfing / MFC) completed a superb comeback in the Boy’s U18 division to claim a hugely deserved victory. On the opening day, Escribano struggled to land his backloops and pushloops, which resulted in him finishing third in the Single Elimination. However, in today’s nuclear winds, it was a different story with the 16-year-old boasting an almost 100% completion record on his jumps as he showed incredible consistency to power his way to the top of the podium, while also displaying an aggressive approach to his wave riding to earn his best result to date on the Youth World Tour.
Peter Gobisch (Duotone Windsurfing) produced a much better performance in the Super Final after suffering a snapped downhaul in the final, but couldn’t quite find enough to defend his Single Elimination crown as he missed out by just 2.1 points. The podium is completed by Bjørn Olesen (Severne / Severne Sails), who slips one place to third.
With all of the other categories now complete, tomorrow will see the conclusion of the Master’s, which promises to be another windy affair, while the waves should be more than good enough with the tide on the push in the morning. They will meet again for a last time on Sunday morning at 10am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting with a first possible start at 10:30am.
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Wave
1st Daida Moreno (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) 3rd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 4th Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails) 5th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) 2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC) 3rd Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC) 4th Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC) 5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 6th Ricardo Campello (BRA / VEN) 7th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 8th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails) 9th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails) 9th Moritz Mauch (GER | Simmer / Simmer Sails) 11th Antoine Martin (FRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC) 11th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Result Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girl’s U21 Wave
1st Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 2nd Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing) 3rd Lisa Wermeister (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Helena Lale (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
Result Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girl’s U18 Wave
1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails) 2nd Lizzlotte Schilling Andrew (ESP | F2 / S2 Sails) 3rd Emma Miron (GER | F2) 4th Frida Miron (GER | F2) 5th Natsuki Wakasa (JPN | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Girl’s U15 Wave
1st Trine Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing) 2nd Fumi Akita (JPN | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U21 Wave
1st Carlos Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing) 2nd Gregory Stathopoulos (GRE | Goya Windsurfing) 3rd Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Samuele Ferraro (ITA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) 5th Takumi Moriya (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U18 Wave
1st Javi Escribano (ESP | Goya Windsurfing) 2nd Peter Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing) 3rd Bjørn Olesen (SWE | Severne / Severne Sails) 4th Fernando Sottile (ITA | WeOne) 5th Antonio Silvestri (ITA)
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Boy’s U13 Wave
1st Dennis Kolb Gonzalez 2nd Eric Kolb Gonzalez 3rd Rocco Swift
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Master's
1st Lars Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing) 2nd Mike Friedl (ESP | Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) 3rd Michael Viscovich (DEN | JP / NeilPryde) 4th Valter Scotto (ESP | WeOne / Severne Sails)
Gran Canaria World Cup Day 3
08 07.2025
Daida Moreno kehrt siegreich in die Wettkampfszene zurück, während die Frauen heute die Hauptrolle spielten.
Nachdem an den ersten beiden Tagen des Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup 2025 die Männer im Mittelpunkt standen, war heute der Tag, an dem die besten Wavesurferinnen der Welt ihr Können auf der globalen Bühne zeigen konnten. Bei immer noch reichlich Wind und Wellen wurde die Single Elimination der Frauen am frühen Nachmittag beendet und es gab einige herausragende Leistungen auf dem Weg dorthin, aber eine bekannte Figur, Daida Moreno (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), kehrte mit einem sensationellen Auftritt zurück und gewann die Single Elimination.
Wave Women’s
Daida Moreno may not have competed for two years, but you’d have been hard pushed to tell as she showed very few signs of rustiness in the Single Elimination. Daida steadily built momentum on her way to the final, and as she has done so many times throughout her career, she saved her best performance until last as she posted her highest scoring heat in the final - 23.58 points. Where the other women seemed to struggle with the wind picking up in the final, Daida seemed to thrive as she landed a huge stalled forward, a stylish one-handed backloop and also pulled off a radical goiter to deservedly take the current event lead.
Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) started the final on a 3.7m, but after one run immediately came in to change down to 3.3m, but even then the reigning world champion said she was massively overpowered as the wind had picked up that much. After a somewhat slow start, Offringa did start to move through the gears, but she couldn’t quite find what she needed to deny Daida in the final, so she has to settle for second place for the time being. Offringa will have one more bite at the cherry in the Double Elimination to see if she can overhaul the Queen of Pozo.
Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) produced the performance of the day in the semifinals as the 15-year-old posted the highest score of the Single Elimination - 24.5 points. The young Belgian has been impressing the judges for a couple of years already with her aggressive, no fear approach, but today she raised that bar again as she landed a frontside aerial and a taka to earn 7.5s for her two waves. In the air, Degrieck landed a stylish pushloop and a forward loop, while she also played around with the tweaked variety and even pulled the trigger on a double forward in a breakout performance. Unfortunately, with the wind once again going nuclear, she couldn’t quite replicate that performance in the final, but she still earned the last spot on the podium - for now at least - which is the first time she has broken into the top three in Pozo and in the right conditions it genuinely looks like she could give anyone a run for their money.
Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) successfully negotiated her way into the final, but unfortunately injured her shoulder in the semifinals, which all but ended her chances of mounting a challenge in the final. We’ll have to wait and see if the German, who finished third here last year, is able to defend her place in the double.
Double Elimination
Shortly after the conclusion of the Single Elimination, the double began and particularly towards the early evening the women were treated to some of the best conditions of the entire event thus far as a new swell started to pulse into Pozo with proper head-to-logo high lines rolling through.
After the opening five rounds of the double, it’s Justyna Sniady (Flikka / North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) and Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing), who have battled back through the draw and they will now meet each other in Heat 45 next as they vie for a place in the top five and beyond.
Sniady produced a confident performance in Heat 44 to comfortably advance, but Morales left it critically late to deny 15-year-old Lizzlotte Schilling Andrew (F2 / F2 Sails), who deserves an awful lot of credit for how she sailed in the main draw today, a place in the next round.
The forecast for Tuesday looks quite light on paper with just 10-13 knots predicted on the forecast. However, with this being the ‘Home of the Wind’ that can still easily turn into a windy day, so the Women and Youth fleets will meet at 09:30am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting with a first possible start at 10am - conditions depending.
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Wave Single Elimination
1st Daida Moreno (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Alexia Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th/6th Justyna Sniady (POL | Flikka / North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th/6th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
3rd Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
4th Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
6th Ricardo Campello (BRA / VEN)
7th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
8th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails)
9th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
9th Moritz Mauch (GER | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
11th Antoine Martin (FRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
11th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Wave Women’s
Daida Moreno may not have competed for two years, but you’d have been hard pushed to tell as she showed very few signs of rustiness in the Single Elimination. Daida steadily built momentum on her way to the final, and as she has done so many times throughout her career, she saved her best performance until last as she posted her highest scoring heat in the final - 23.58 points. Where the other women seemed to struggle with the wind picking up in the final, Daida seemed to thrive as she landed a huge stalled forward, a stylish one-handed backloop and also pulled off a radical goiter to deservedly take the current event lead.
Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) started the final on a 3.7m, but after one run immediately came in to change down to 3.3m, but even then the reigning world champion said she was massively overpowered as the wind had picked up that much. After a somewhat slow start, Offringa did start to move through the gears, but she couldn’t quite find what she needed to deny Daida in the final, so she has to settle for second place for the time being. Offringa will have one more bite at the cherry in the Double Elimination to see if she can overhaul the Queen of Pozo.
Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) produced the performance of the day in the semifinals as the 15-year-old posted the highest score of the Single Elimination - 24.5 points. The young Belgian has been impressing the judges for a couple of years already with her aggressive, no fear approach, but today she raised that bar again as she landed a frontside aerial and a taka to earn 7.5s for her two waves. In the air, Degrieck landed a stylish pushloop and a forward loop, while she also played around with the tweaked variety and even pulled the trigger on a double forward in a breakout performance. Unfortunately, with the wind once again going nuclear, she couldn’t quite replicate that performance in the final, but she still earned the last spot on the podium - for now at least - which is the first time she has broken into the top three in Pozo and in the right conditions it genuinely looks like she could give anyone a run for their money.
Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) successfully negotiated her way into the final, but unfortunately injured her shoulder in the semifinals, which all but ended her chances of mounting a challenge in the final. We’ll have to wait and see if the German, who finished third here last year, is able to defend her place in the double.
Double Elimination
Shortly after the conclusion of the Single Elimination, the double began and particularly towards the early evening the women were treated to some of the best conditions of the entire event thus far as a new swell started to pulse into Pozo with proper head-to-logo high lines rolling through.
After the opening five rounds of the double, it’s Justyna Sniady (Flikka / North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) and Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing), who have battled back through the draw and they will now meet each other in Heat 45 next as they vie for a place in the top five and beyond.
Sniady produced a confident performance in Heat 44 to comfortably advance, but Morales left it critically late to deny 15-year-old Lizzlotte Schilling Andrew (F2 / F2 Sails), who deserves an awful lot of credit for how she sailed in the main draw today, a place in the next round.
The forecast for Tuesday looks quite light on paper with just 10-13 knots predicted on the forecast. However, with this being the ‘Home of the Wind’ that can still easily turn into a windy day, so the Women and Youth fleets will meet at 09:30am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting with a first possible start at 10am - conditions depending.
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Women’s Wave Single Elimination
1st Daida Moreno (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Alexia Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th/6th Justyna Sniady (POL | Flikka / North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th/6th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
3rd Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
4th Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
6th Ricardo Campello (BRA / VEN)
7th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
8th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails)
9th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
9th Moritz Mauch (GER | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
11th Antoine Martin (FRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
11th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Gran Canaria World Cup Day 2
07 07.2025
Köster übersteht einen späten Schreck und holt sich den achten Titel in Pozo und den ersten 5-Sterne-Sieg seit 2022, und das bei noch windigeren Bedingungen als am Samstag.
Der zweite Tag des 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cups wurde zeitweise mehr zu einer Survival-Mission als zu irgendetwas anderem, als Windgeschwindigkeiten von weit über 50 Knoten auf Pozo Izquierdo einprasselten und die besten Wavesurfer der Welt auf eine harte Probe stellten. Normalerweise ist Pozo für seine auflandigen Winde bekannt, aber heute wehte der Wind viel nördlicher, was Pozo ein etwas anderes Aussehen verlieh, da der Wind viel schräger wehte, aber letztendlich konnte nach fast 10 Stunden intensivem Wettbewerb niemand Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails) daran hindern, auf die Siegerstraße zurückzukehren.
Wave Men’s
Philip Köster ultimately survived a scare today, but the 5-time world champion was made to work extremely hard to defend his Single Elimination crown. In the Final against Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC), Köster had his rig ripped out of his hands when trying to initiate a forward loop, something you certainly don’t see every day, which just illustrates the ferociousness of the wind.
That left Köster swimming for his gear before having to run back up the beach for a new set, all the while losing valuable time as Browne continued to rack up the points. Just prior to Köster losing his gear, the Brazilian launched into a huge 10-point pushloop forward, which deservedly put him in command of the heat to send us into a Super Final.
If Köster was rattled from losing his gear in the previous heat, then you’d have been hard pushed to notice as within seconds of the green flag in the Super Final he launched into a perfect 10 point pushloop forward, which set the precedent as the 31-year-old built a solid eight point cushion with just under half of the heat to go. However, you don’t become a 5-time world champion (4x Wave & 1 Freestyle) without displaying plenty of fighting spirit and that’s exactly what Browne did as he dug deep to land an eight point pushloop forward before quickly following it up with 9.38 point stalled double forward to haul himself back into contention heading into the dying stages. Unfortunately for Browne though, Köster linked together his best wave of the heat with two minutes to go - 7.38 points - to hammer the final nail in the coffin as he deservedly secured his eighth event victory in Pozo Izquierdo, which also marks his first 5-star win since 2022.
Differences in Approach
What was very evident was Köster’s tactics in the finals… with the contest concluding during low tide, Köster definitely made a conscious decision to deliberately sail further upwind towards the judges tower, while Browne continued to hunt down by the bunker. Browne did indeed eventually find suitable ramps, but perhaps it was a telling factor of Köster using his additional local knowledge, which swung the tie in his favour as he certainly gave himself more scoring opportunities - the majority of Köster’s points were scored further upwind. The German was extremely disciplined with his approach and ultimately it paid dividends for him.
For Browne this represents another top result and keeps him firmly in control of the world title race as he backs up his win in Chile with a solid second place here, while further reinstating him as quite possibly the best all round wave sailor in the world. The Brazilian is able to seamlessly switch from float and ride down-the-line to extreme onshore jumping conditions with consummate ease, which is again testament to his overall ability.
Windy, Windier, Windiest Ever?
After yesterday’s nuclear winds, it was hard to imagine that it could possibly get even windier, but that it surely did. When the top four re-entered the water this afternoon, Köster was armed with a 3.4m, Browne a 3.5m, Marino Gil a 3.3m (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) and Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC) a 3.4m and all four sailors said they were fully lit and could’ve happily been on smaller equipment, which should again just give some context to just how windy it was really was. In fact, when asking them if today was windier than the opening day the answer was a resounding yes, and not just slightly, but by significant margins.
Marino Gil did his best to hang on to his 3.3m, and still produced some moments of magic, but also experienced some painful looking crashes as he tried to tame Pozo’s winds. The 22-year-old couldn’t quite defend his event title, but by securing third place today that now means that he has finished on the podium for the last three years in a row here in Gran Canaria, which is no mean feat given the current level.
Paré seemed slightly dejected after finishing fourth at this year’s Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup, which is perhaps more just an indication of his ambition, but with a little bit of time he’ll be able to look back at this as another solid result. I think it would be fair to say that the top four were a cut above the rest and tiny margins made the difference between progressing or tasting defeat. Against Gil in Heat 47, the Spaniard landed an insane 9.95 point double forward, but couldn’t find another ramp for his pushloop forward. Sometimes it also just comes down to how lucky / in sync with the ocean you are on that particular occasion.
Liam Dunkerbeck (Duotone Windsurfing) gained four places from the single elimination as the local boy finishes in fifth place for the second year in a row here. The 21-year-old launched into some of the biggest jumps of the day, while he also brought Ricardo Campello’s brilliant comeback to an end in Heat 45.
Campello will be left ruing his early exit in the single yesterday, which left him with a mountain to climb today and in such brutal conditions it was always going to be incredibly difficult to be able to sail the entire day at such a high level. The 40-year-old really started to pick up momentum as he posted a better heat total in almost every round he sailed to look like the threat everyone knows he is capable of being. Campello set the second highest scoring heat of the day in Heat 44 - 29.95 points - but couldn’t quite replicate that performance against Dunkerbeck in the next heat. In fact it took until the Super Final for Campello’s tally to be beaten when Köster posted 31.3 points. Campello fought back from 17th in the single to 6th in the double - and while that may not be the result he would’ve wanted it still represents an excellent result - particularly when you take into account that he hasn’t been training as often as he used to.
With more wind and waves on the horizon, it looks as though Monday will see the women hit the water for the first time this week. The skippers’ meeting has been called for 9:30am (GMT+1) with the action commencing from 10am onwards.
We’ll take a look at the full results in the Event Summary at the end of the event.
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
3rd Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
4th Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Duotone WIndsurfing)
6th Ricardo Campello (BRA / VEN)
7th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
8th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails)
9th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
9th Moritz Mauch (GER | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
11th Antoine Martin (FRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
11th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Wave Men’s
Philip Köster ultimately survived a scare today, but the 5-time world champion was made to work extremely hard to defend his Single Elimination crown. In the Final against Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC), Köster had his rig ripped out of his hands when trying to initiate a forward loop, something you certainly don’t see every day, which just illustrates the ferociousness of the wind.
That left Köster swimming for his gear before having to run back up the beach for a new set, all the while losing valuable time as Browne continued to rack up the points. Just prior to Köster losing his gear, the Brazilian launched into a huge 10-point pushloop forward, which deservedly put him in command of the heat to send us into a Super Final.
If Köster was rattled from losing his gear in the previous heat, then you’d have been hard pushed to notice as within seconds of the green flag in the Super Final he launched into a perfect 10 point pushloop forward, which set the precedent as the 31-year-old built a solid eight point cushion with just under half of the heat to go. However, you don’t become a 5-time world champion (4x Wave & 1 Freestyle) without displaying plenty of fighting spirit and that’s exactly what Browne did as he dug deep to land an eight point pushloop forward before quickly following it up with 9.38 point stalled double forward to haul himself back into contention heading into the dying stages. Unfortunately for Browne though, Köster linked together his best wave of the heat with two minutes to go - 7.38 points - to hammer the final nail in the coffin as he deservedly secured his eighth event victory in Pozo Izquierdo, which also marks his first 5-star win since 2022.
Differences in Approach
What was very evident was Köster’s tactics in the finals… with the contest concluding during low tide, Köster definitely made a conscious decision to deliberately sail further upwind towards the judges tower, while Browne continued to hunt down by the bunker. Browne did indeed eventually find suitable ramps, but perhaps it was a telling factor of Köster using his additional local knowledge, which swung the tie in his favour as he certainly gave himself more scoring opportunities - the majority of Köster’s points were scored further upwind. The German was extremely disciplined with his approach and ultimately it paid dividends for him.
For Browne this represents another top result and keeps him firmly in control of the world title race as he backs up his win in Chile with a solid second place here, while further reinstating him as quite possibly the best all round wave sailor in the world. The Brazilian is able to seamlessly switch from float and ride down-the-line to extreme onshore jumping conditions with consummate ease, which is again testament to his overall ability.
Windy, Windier, Windiest Ever?
After yesterday’s nuclear winds, it was hard to imagine that it could possibly get even windier, but that it surely did. When the top four re-entered the water this afternoon, Köster was armed with a 3.4m, Browne a 3.5m, Marino Gil a 3.3m (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) and Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC) a 3.4m and all four sailors said they were fully lit and could’ve happily been on smaller equipment, which should again just give some context to just how windy it was really was. In fact, when asking them if today was windier than the opening day the answer was a resounding yes, and not just slightly, but by significant margins.
Marino Gil did his best to hang on to his 3.3m, and still produced some moments of magic, but also experienced some painful looking crashes as he tried to tame Pozo’s winds. The 22-year-old couldn’t quite defend his event title, but by securing third place today that now means that he has finished on the podium for the last three years in a row here in Gran Canaria, which is no mean feat given the current level.
Paré seemed slightly dejected after finishing fourth at this year’s Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup, which is perhaps more just an indication of his ambition, but with a little bit of time he’ll be able to look back at this as another solid result. I think it would be fair to say that the top four were a cut above the rest and tiny margins made the difference between progressing or tasting defeat. Against Gil in Heat 47, the Spaniard landed an insane 9.95 point double forward, but couldn’t find another ramp for his pushloop forward. Sometimes it also just comes down to how lucky / in sync with the ocean you are on that particular occasion.
Liam Dunkerbeck (Duotone Windsurfing) gained four places from the single elimination as the local boy finishes in fifth place for the second year in a row here. The 21-year-old launched into some of the biggest jumps of the day, while he also brought Ricardo Campello’s brilliant comeback to an end in Heat 45.
Campello will be left ruing his early exit in the single yesterday, which left him with a mountain to climb today and in such brutal conditions it was always going to be incredibly difficult to be able to sail the entire day at such a high level. The 40-year-old really started to pick up momentum as he posted a better heat total in almost every round he sailed to look like the threat everyone knows he is capable of being. Campello set the second highest scoring heat of the day in Heat 44 - 29.95 points - but couldn’t quite replicate that performance against Dunkerbeck in the next heat. In fact it took until the Super Final for Campello’s tally to be beaten when Köster posted 31.3 points. Campello fought back from 17th in the single to 6th in the double - and while that may not be the result he would’ve wanted it still represents an excellent result - particularly when you take into account that he hasn’t been training as often as he used to.
With more wind and waves on the horizon, it looks as though Monday will see the women hit the water for the first time this week. The skippers’ meeting has been called for 9:30am (GMT+1) with the action commencing from 10am onwards.
We’ll take a look at the full results in the Event Summary at the end of the event.
Result 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
3rd Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
4th Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Duotone WIndsurfing)
6th Ricardo Campello (BRA / VEN)
7th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
8th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails)
9th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
9th Moritz Mauch (GER | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
11th Antoine Martin (FRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
11th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
Gran Canaria World Cup Day 1
06 07.2025
Philip Köster setzt sich in einem der engsten Finals aller Zeiten gegen Marcilio Browne durch, während Pozo 50 Knoten Wind und Wellen bietet.
Die Vorhersage für das Eröffnungswochenende des Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup 2025 sah auf dem Papier immer gut aus, aber manchmal treffen diese Vorhersagen nicht ein. Der erste Tag des Wettbewerbs bot klassische, extreme Pozo-Bedingungen mit Winden von über 50 Knoten und soliden Wellen, die es den radikalsten Windsurfern der Welt ermöglichten, eine höllische Show zu liefern. Um eine Vorstellung davon zu bekommen, wie windig es zeitweise war, griffen sogar einige der großen Jungs zu ihren 3.4ern, um Pozos wilde Seite zu bändigen. Nach einem ganzen Tag voller Action wurde die Single Elimination der Männer abgeschlossen, die Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails) in einem spannenden Finale für sich entscheiden konnte.
Wave Men’s
Philip Köster has put himself in prime position to regain the Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup crown for the first time since 2022 after winning one of the closest finals ever against Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC), Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) and Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC). In a final where the lead continually changed hands between Köster and the Brazilian, the German eventually came out on top by just 0.06 of a point, such were the minuscule margins between them.
Browne outscored Köster in the air - 19.62 points to 17.3 points - but it was on the wave where the 5-time world champion gained the upper hand as he dropped one wave in the excellent range - 8 points - after landing a flawless one-handed goiter, while he was able to back that score up with a solid 6.38 points to secure the current event lead by winning the single elimination. Köster will now attempt to defend that advantage as he looks to wrap up victory number eight in Pozo.
The final was that close between the top two that it could’ve almost been decided by a coin flip, but you’d imagine Browne will still be very happy with his days work. The reigning world champion earned the second perfect 10 of the event for a huge double forward in the semi-finals and will now wait for his opportunity in the Double Elimination to stake his claim for the event victory.
Reigning event champion, Marino Gil, had to settle for third in the Single Elimination, but you still wouldn’t rule the local boy out from coming back through the double to successfully defend his event crown. The 22-year-old won every heat he sailed leading up to the final - which included posting the second highest score of the day - 31.7 points to Köster’s 31.73 points in the semi-finals - but he couldn’t quite replicate that in the final. In the dying seconds, Gil launched into a huge stalled double forward, but couldn’t quite hold on to the landing, but even if he did, and received 10 points for it, he would’ve still lost out by 0.01 of a point, which again reiterates the tiny margins we are talking about here.
Marc Paré was the first sailor to earn a perfect 10 in the 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup as he stomped a monumental stalled double forward in the opening semi-final. Unfortunately in the final, things didn’t really click in the opening stages for the Spaniard, which left him under the cosh as he tried to claw his way back into contention, which he did with a big stalled double forward. However, on this occasion, he could’t find the pushloop forward ramp he needed to overhaul Köster. A pushloop forward of 8.99 would’ve been enough to do just that with his wave scores on 7.25 and 6.5 giving him a solid foundation. Paré was visibly disappointed after the final, but he’ll now have time to regroup and comeback even stronger in the double.
Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing) and Alessio Stillrich (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails) both share joint fifth in the Single Elimination - with Stillrich coming all the way from the first round into the semifinals. Meanwhile, Miguel Chapuis (Flikka / North Sails) and Moritz Mauch (Simmer / Simmer Sails) finish the Single Elimination in joint 7th, while the top ten is completed by; Germany’s Anton Richter (JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins), Liam Dunkerbeck (Duotone Windsurfing), Adam Warchol (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC) and Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins), who earlier in the day knocked Ricardo Campello out in the second round, which left Campello hugely disappointed as today's conditions are usually the conditions he excels in.
Mauch’s Wave Riding Masterclass
When it comes to wave riding there, Moritz Mauch was in a world of his own today, as he often is when it comes to onshore wave riding. The German earned the highest scoring wave of the day - 8.12 points - while he also claimed four out of the top five wave scores with a variety of explosive frontside 360s, air takas and goiters.
Move of the Day
Move of the day would arguably have to go to Philip Köster for a stunning no-handed goiter in the opening semifinal.
The forecast for Sunday looks very similar to today, although if anything, it could turn out to be even slightly windier, which should mean we are in for another classic Pozo day. The sailors will meet again tomorrow morning at 9am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 09:30am onwards.
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave Single Elimination
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
3rd Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
4th Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC)
5th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails)
7th Moritz Mauch (GER | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
7th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
9th Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Duotone WIndsurfing)
9th Adam Warchol (POL | Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
Wave Men’s
Philip Köster has put himself in prime position to regain the Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup crown for the first time since 2022 after winning one of the closest finals ever against Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC), Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) and Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC). In a final where the lead continually changed hands between Köster and the Brazilian, the German eventually came out on top by just 0.06 of a point, such were the minuscule margins between them.
Browne outscored Köster in the air - 19.62 points to 17.3 points - but it was on the wave where the 5-time world champion gained the upper hand as he dropped one wave in the excellent range - 8 points - after landing a flawless one-handed goiter, while he was able to back that score up with a solid 6.38 points to secure the current event lead by winning the single elimination. Köster will now attempt to defend that advantage as he looks to wrap up victory number eight in Pozo.
The final was that close between the top two that it could’ve almost been decided by a coin flip, but you’d imagine Browne will still be very happy with his days work. The reigning world champion earned the second perfect 10 of the event for a huge double forward in the semi-finals and will now wait for his opportunity in the Double Elimination to stake his claim for the event victory.
Reigning event champion, Marino Gil, had to settle for third in the Single Elimination, but you still wouldn’t rule the local boy out from coming back through the double to successfully defend his event crown. The 22-year-old won every heat he sailed leading up to the final - which included posting the second highest score of the day - 31.7 points to Köster’s 31.73 points in the semi-finals - but he couldn’t quite replicate that in the final. In the dying seconds, Gil launched into a huge stalled double forward, but couldn’t quite hold on to the landing, but even if he did, and received 10 points for it, he would’ve still lost out by 0.01 of a point, which again reiterates the tiny margins we are talking about here.
Marc Paré was the first sailor to earn a perfect 10 in the 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup as he stomped a monumental stalled double forward in the opening semi-final. Unfortunately in the final, things didn’t really click in the opening stages for the Spaniard, which left him under the cosh as he tried to claw his way back into contention, which he did with a big stalled double forward. However, on this occasion, he could’t find the pushloop forward ramp he needed to overhaul Köster. A pushloop forward of 8.99 would’ve been enough to do just that with his wave scores on 7.25 and 6.5 giving him a solid foundation. Paré was visibly disappointed after the final, but he’ll now have time to regroup and comeback even stronger in the double.
Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing) and Alessio Stillrich (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails) both share joint fifth in the Single Elimination - with Stillrich coming all the way from the first round into the semifinals. Meanwhile, Miguel Chapuis (Flikka / North Sails) and Moritz Mauch (Simmer / Simmer Sails) finish the Single Elimination in joint 7th, while the top ten is completed by; Germany’s Anton Richter (JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins), Liam Dunkerbeck (Duotone Windsurfing), Adam Warchol (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC) and Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins), who earlier in the day knocked Ricardo Campello out in the second round, which left Campello hugely disappointed as today's conditions are usually the conditions he excels in.
Mauch’s Wave Riding Masterclass
When it comes to wave riding there, Moritz Mauch was in a world of his own today, as he often is when it comes to onshore wave riding. The German earned the highest scoring wave of the day - 8.12 points - while he also claimed four out of the top five wave scores with a variety of explosive frontside 360s, air takas and goiters.
Move of the Day
Move of the day would arguably have to go to Philip Köster for a stunning no-handed goiter in the opening semifinal.
The forecast for Sunday looks very similar to today, although if anything, it could turn out to be even slightly windier, which should mean we are in for another classic Pozo day. The sailors will meet again tomorrow morning at 9am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 09:30am onwards.
Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup - Men’s Wave Single Elimination
1st Philip Köster (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
3rd Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
4th Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC)
5th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Alessio Stillrich (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails)
7th Moritz Mauch (GER | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
7th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
9th Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Duotone WIndsurfing)
9th Adam Warchol (POL | Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
Gran Canaria World Cup 2025
04 07.2025
Event-Vorschau: Die 37. Ausgabe des Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cups beginnt mit einem Paukenschlag und einer hervorragenden Wettervorhersage für das Eröffnungswochenende.
Vom 5. bis 13. Juli kehrt der Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup zur 37. Auflage zurück, bei der die besten Wavesurfer der Welt am zweiten 5-Sterne-Event der Saison teilnehmen werden. Pozo Izquierdo wird wieder einmal im Rampenlicht stehen, und die Vorhersage für das Eröffnungswochenende ist vielversprechend und verspricht jede Menge Action.
Pozo Izquierdo ist in der Windsurfwelt wegen seiner extremen Winde und steilen Wellen international berühmt. Die Kombination dieser beiden Faktoren schafft den perfekten Spielplatz für die extremsten Windsurfer der Welt, um der Schwerkraft zu trotzen und die radikalsten Tricks auf dem Planeten zu vollführen. Der lokale Effekt bedeutet, dass selbst die kleinste Brise schnell auf 30 bis 60 Knoten beschleunigt werden kann, was oft dazu führt, dass die Jungs und Mädels zu ihrer kleinsten Ausrüstung greifen, die selbst dann manchmal nicht klein genug ist. Erwarten Sie in den nächsten neun Tagen jede Menge atemberaubende Action, sowohl in der Luft als auch auf der Welle, da das Niveau auf der World Tour weiterhin durch die Decke geht.
Wave Women’s
Having announced her retirement in 2023 after capturing her 22nd event title in Pozo Izquierdo, Daida Moreno (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) makes a shock return to the lineup. As the Queen of Pozo this could really throw the cat amongst the pigeons as Daida will essentially be a wild card for the event meaning she could easily be drawn against one of the top seeds early on - creating plenty of opportunity for upsets - especially when it comes to the fight for the world title. Rumour on the beach has it that Daida is sailing better than ever, and you’d think if she’s chosen to compete again, it’s for one reason, and one reason only… to win! Will she walk away from this year’s event with a 23rd event title? That remains to be seen, but we’ll find out over the next nine days.
Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) claimed victory in Pozo Izquierdo for the first time in her career last year and will start the event as the top seed, however, the revelation that Daida is returning to the field has made hers, and everyone else’s, task significantly harder. However, the 25-time world champion has always wanted to beat Daida on home waters, so she will get another opportunity to do just that. Offringa will need all of the tricks in her repertoire to challenge for the top spot on the podium.
Unfortunately, Gran Canaria has come too soon for Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails), who finished second here last year, after failing to recover in time after suffering a serious foot injury in Chile.
That potentially opens up the draw slightly for the likes of Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing), who claimed her first podium on the World Tour here last year and currently sits in second place in the overalls, Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing), who finished fourth here last season, Justyna Sniady (Flikka / North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), who has done well here in the past and has plenty of experience to draw upon, 15-year-old Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails), who has already caused several upsets here and Pauline Katz (Severne / Severne Sails), who performed extremely consistently all of last season.
Men’s
Local favourite, Marino Gil (Goya Windsurfing / MFC), claimed an extremely popular victory here last year as the 22-year-old went one place better than in 2023 to earn his first victory on the World Tour. With the amount of competition on offer here, Gil will certainly face a stern test if he is to successfully defend his crown, but given his record here over the last two seasons you wouldn’t bet against him doing just that. Expect to see more stalled double forwards and pushloop forwards as he looks to go back-to-back in Pozo.
As already mentioned, Gil will face plenty of opposition and one of those opponents is likely to be reigning world champion - Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC) - who has yet two taste anything other than victory so far this season having won the 5-star event in Chile, and two other 4-star events in Japan and Maui. Browne only finished ninth here in 2024, but it’s important to remember that the event last year followed a different format, which stopped Browne from continuing his comeback through the double elimination. Expect to see another world class performance from the current World Tour leader, who won here in 2023.
Next up is the formidable force of Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins), who made it no secret that he was disappointed with his third place finish here last year. If Köster can channel that energy positively then he could prove unstoppable here because when he’s on there really aren’t many that can rival him. Köster has already won this event seven times - most recently in 2022 - and he’ll be hungry to regain that crown. Will we seen another triple forward loop attempt? Well, the five-time world champion certainly sounds up for it, adding: “Yes, the triple is definitely on my bucket list, will we see it in the comp? Maybe if the conditions are great for it. I can only say that I'm more motivated than ever to do it.”
Last year, Pozo came too soon for Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC), who was still recovering from a Lisfranc fracture at the time. However, once Paré returned, he quickly established himself as a genuine world title contender after winning in both Tenerife and Sylt. With a clean bill of health Paré will surely be a major threat here again. The Spaniard podiumed here in 2023 and will surely have set that as his benchmark this time round.
The Wild Card That Isn’t Really a Wild Card
Much like the Daida Moreno scenario, Ricardo Campello will be classified as a wild card in Pozo when in actual fact he still remains one of the top contenders given his jumping and wave riding prowess. That again could result in some mega matchups early on, which could really shake up the rankings depending on the luck of the draw.
Normally Pozo is dominated by sailors who perform the biggest, most radical jumps in the world, but last year Julian Salmonn (Naish / Naish Sails) broke the mould as he navigated his way into second place with an explosive onshore wave riding display. Can he repeat that again? You’d have to say its a tall order without double forwards and pushloop forwards, but I said that last year and was proven totally wrong, so never say never. That’s also the beauty of sport… the unpredictability.
In my opinion the winner will come from one of the above sailors, but I could easily be proved wrong given the depth of talent on offer, so any of the following sailors can definitely throw their name into the equations; Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing), who boasts one of the best records overall here, Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde - 5th here last year - Liam Dunkerbeck (Duotone Windsurfing) - who also finished fifth here in 2024 and continues to progress at a rapid rate, Dieter van Der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails) - 4th here in 2024 - local boy Alessio Stillrich (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails), Antoine Martin (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC), the Japanese duo of Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) and Takara Ishii (Goya Windsurfing / MFC) plus Miguel Chapuis (Flikka / North Sails).
The next nine days aren’t just about the Men’s and Women’s divisions either though as the next generation of wave sailors will also be battling it out again, as will the Master’s.
Pozo Izquierdo ist in der Windsurfwelt wegen seiner extremen Winde und steilen Wellen international berühmt. Die Kombination dieser beiden Faktoren schafft den perfekten Spielplatz für die extremsten Windsurfer der Welt, um der Schwerkraft zu trotzen und die radikalsten Tricks auf dem Planeten zu vollführen. Der lokale Effekt bedeutet, dass selbst die kleinste Brise schnell auf 30 bis 60 Knoten beschleunigt werden kann, was oft dazu führt, dass die Jungs und Mädels zu ihrer kleinsten Ausrüstung greifen, die selbst dann manchmal nicht klein genug ist. Erwarten Sie in den nächsten neun Tagen jede Menge atemberaubende Action, sowohl in der Luft als auch auf der Welle, da das Niveau auf der World Tour weiterhin durch die Decke geht.
Wave Women’s
Having announced her retirement in 2023 after capturing her 22nd event title in Pozo Izquierdo, Daida Moreno (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) makes a shock return to the lineup. As the Queen of Pozo this could really throw the cat amongst the pigeons as Daida will essentially be a wild card for the event meaning she could easily be drawn against one of the top seeds early on - creating plenty of opportunity for upsets - especially when it comes to the fight for the world title. Rumour on the beach has it that Daida is sailing better than ever, and you’d think if she’s chosen to compete again, it’s for one reason, and one reason only… to win! Will she walk away from this year’s event with a 23rd event title? That remains to be seen, but we’ll find out over the next nine days.
Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) claimed victory in Pozo Izquierdo for the first time in her career last year and will start the event as the top seed, however, the revelation that Daida is returning to the field has made hers, and everyone else’s, task significantly harder. However, the 25-time world champion has always wanted to beat Daida on home waters, so she will get another opportunity to do just that. Offringa will need all of the tricks in her repertoire to challenge for the top spot on the podium.
Unfortunately, Gran Canaria has come too soon for Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails), who finished second here last year, after failing to recover in time after suffering a serious foot injury in Chile.
That potentially opens up the draw slightly for the likes of Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing), who claimed her first podium on the World Tour here last year and currently sits in second place in the overalls, Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing), who finished fourth here last season, Justyna Sniady (Flikka / North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), who has done well here in the past and has plenty of experience to draw upon, 15-year-old Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails), who has already caused several upsets here and Pauline Katz (Severne / Severne Sails), who performed extremely consistently all of last season.
Men’s
Local favourite, Marino Gil (Goya Windsurfing / MFC), claimed an extremely popular victory here last year as the 22-year-old went one place better than in 2023 to earn his first victory on the World Tour. With the amount of competition on offer here, Gil will certainly face a stern test if he is to successfully defend his crown, but given his record here over the last two seasons you wouldn’t bet against him doing just that. Expect to see more stalled double forwards and pushloop forwards as he looks to go back-to-back in Pozo.
As already mentioned, Gil will face plenty of opposition and one of those opponents is likely to be reigning world champion - Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC) - who has yet two taste anything other than victory so far this season having won the 5-star event in Chile, and two other 4-star events in Japan and Maui. Browne only finished ninth here in 2024, but it’s important to remember that the event last year followed a different format, which stopped Browne from continuing his comeback through the double elimination. Expect to see another world class performance from the current World Tour leader, who won here in 2023.
Next up is the formidable force of Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins), who made it no secret that he was disappointed with his third place finish here last year. If Köster can channel that energy positively then he could prove unstoppable here because when he’s on there really aren’t many that can rival him. Köster has already won this event seven times - most recently in 2022 - and he’ll be hungry to regain that crown. Will we seen another triple forward loop attempt? Well, the five-time world champion certainly sounds up for it, adding: “Yes, the triple is definitely on my bucket list, will we see it in the comp? Maybe if the conditions are great for it. I can only say that I'm more motivated than ever to do it.”
Last year, Pozo came too soon for Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails / MFC), who was still recovering from a Lisfranc fracture at the time. However, once Paré returned, he quickly established himself as a genuine world title contender after winning in both Tenerife and Sylt. With a clean bill of health Paré will surely be a major threat here again. The Spaniard podiumed here in 2023 and will surely have set that as his benchmark this time round.
The Wild Card That Isn’t Really a Wild Card
Much like the Daida Moreno scenario, Ricardo Campello will be classified as a wild card in Pozo when in actual fact he still remains one of the top contenders given his jumping and wave riding prowess. That again could result in some mega matchups early on, which could really shake up the rankings depending on the luck of the draw.
Normally Pozo is dominated by sailors who perform the biggest, most radical jumps in the world, but last year Julian Salmonn (Naish / Naish Sails) broke the mould as he navigated his way into second place with an explosive onshore wave riding display. Can he repeat that again? You’d have to say its a tall order without double forwards and pushloop forwards, but I said that last year and was proven totally wrong, so never say never. That’s also the beauty of sport… the unpredictability.
In my opinion the winner will come from one of the above sailors, but I could easily be proved wrong given the depth of talent on offer, so any of the following sailors can definitely throw their name into the equations; Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing), who boasts one of the best records overall here, Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde - 5th here last year - Liam Dunkerbeck (Duotone Windsurfing) - who also finished fifth here in 2024 and continues to progress at a rapid rate, Dieter van Der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails) - 4th here in 2024 - local boy Alessio Stillrich (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails), Antoine Martin (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing / MFC), the Japanese duo of Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) and Takara Ishii (Goya Windsurfing / MFC) plus Miguel Chapuis (Flikka / North Sails).
The next nine days aren’t just about the Men’s and Women’s divisions either though as the next generation of wave sailors will also be battling it out again, as will the Master’s.
Summer Opening Sylt Tag 5
10 06.2025
California Summer Opening liefert sportliches Maximalpaket.
Nach elf Tagen endete in Westerland auf Sylt das California Summer Opening. Die Veranstaltung ist der offizielle Auftakt für die Sommersaison auf Sylt. Sie lieferte in diesem Jahr ein sportliches Maximalpaket: Nachdem über das Himmelfahrtswochenende die Wingfoiler bereits alle ausgeschriebenen Disziplinen fahren konnten, wiederholten die Windsurfer das Ganze am Pfingstwochenende. Sie konnten sich am Ende über drei Foil Eliminationen, acht Fin Slaloms und eine komplette Wave Double Elimination freuen. So ein umfangreiches Programm hat es beim California Windsurf Cup selten gegeben.
Die Regatta wurde in weiten Teilen von dem Generationen Duell zwischen dem mehrfachen deutschen, Welt- und Europameister Vincent Langer (GER-1, Duotone) und dem Youngster Anton Richter (GER-6, JP-Australia, Neilpryde) geprägt. Langer konnte in der Disziplin Foiling triumphieren und belegte Platz zwei auf der Finne. Anton Richter dominierte die Disziplin Wave, siegte im Fin Slalom und wurde dritter im Foiling. Damit präsentierte er sich nicht nur als vielseitigster Fahrer, sondern sicherte sich auch den Gesamtsieg beim California Summer Opening mit der Idealpunktzahl 2,0.
„Es freut mich wahnsinnig, dass ich in allen drei Disziplinen mein Können unter Beweis stellen konnte! Die Bedingungen waren teilweise sehr herausfordern, aber es hat einfach Spaß gemacht und ich habe in jeder Sekunde auf dem Wasser mein Bestes gegeben.“, sagt Anton Richter.
Vincent Langer belegt mit nur einem Punkt Rückstand mit 3,0 Punkten den zweiten Platz. Er punktet mit Platz 1 im Foiling und Platz 2 auf der Finne. Der Youngster Keno Recke (GER-10, Patrik) sichert sich den dritten Tag auf dem Podium mit 9,0 Punkten. Platz 2 im Foiling bedeutete für ihn eines der bisher besten Disziplinergebnisse im California Windsurf Cup. Mit Platz 7 auf der Finne komplettiert er die starke Gesamtleistung. Tjorve Studt (GER-12, GA-Sails, Tabou) und Mika Henning (GER-64, Duotone) komplettieren die Top 5.
Mit seinem Overallsieg triumphiert Anton Richter auch in der Youth U21 Wertung vor Keno Recke und Jesse Richter (GER-180, Sailloft, Starboard). Der erst siebzehnjährige Paul Regber (GER-17, Neilpryde, FMX-Racing) siegt in der Youth U19 Wertung mit einem siebten Platz im der Overallwertung. Auf Platz zwei und drei folgen Jesper-Mo Thomsen (GER-510, GA-Sails, Tabou) und Noah Schmäh (GER-855, Starboard, Severne). In der Junior U17 Wertung gewinnt Mika Henning vor Philipp Köhlert (GER-2009, Severne, Starboard) und Tom Franke (GER-853, Starboard, Severne). Bester Grandmaster Ü50 wurde Oliver Schott (GER-29, Patrik, Neilpryde). Peter Matysik (GER-757, Starboard, Severne) wurde bester Rookie beim California Summer Opening Sylt.
Für alle Nachwuchsfahrer gibt es die LVM Youngster Trophy, die mit 500 Euro Preisgeld dotiert ist. Hier können sich Anton Richter über 250 Euro, Keno Recke über 150 Euro und Mika Henning über 100 Euro LVM Preisgeld freuen.
Das California Summer Opening Sylt war ein perfekter Saisonauftakt für die deutsche Spitzenserie im Windsurfen. Mit Ergebnissen in allen Disziplinen hat der California Windsurf Cup eine solide Basis für die nächsten Tourstopps geschaffen. Vom 04. bis zum 06. Juli reist die Windsurf Elite nach Pelzerhaken in die Lübecker Bucht.
Die Regatta wurde in weiten Teilen von dem Generationen Duell zwischen dem mehrfachen deutschen, Welt- und Europameister Vincent Langer (GER-1, Duotone) und dem Youngster Anton Richter (GER-6, JP-Australia, Neilpryde) geprägt. Langer konnte in der Disziplin Foiling triumphieren und belegte Platz zwei auf der Finne. Anton Richter dominierte die Disziplin Wave, siegte im Fin Slalom und wurde dritter im Foiling. Damit präsentierte er sich nicht nur als vielseitigster Fahrer, sondern sicherte sich auch den Gesamtsieg beim California Summer Opening mit der Idealpunktzahl 2,0.
„Es freut mich wahnsinnig, dass ich in allen drei Disziplinen mein Können unter Beweis stellen konnte! Die Bedingungen waren teilweise sehr herausfordern, aber es hat einfach Spaß gemacht und ich habe in jeder Sekunde auf dem Wasser mein Bestes gegeben.“, sagt Anton Richter.
Vincent Langer belegt mit nur einem Punkt Rückstand mit 3,0 Punkten den zweiten Platz. Er punktet mit Platz 1 im Foiling und Platz 2 auf der Finne. Der Youngster Keno Recke (GER-10, Patrik) sichert sich den dritten Tag auf dem Podium mit 9,0 Punkten. Platz 2 im Foiling bedeutete für ihn eines der bisher besten Disziplinergebnisse im California Windsurf Cup. Mit Platz 7 auf der Finne komplettiert er die starke Gesamtleistung. Tjorve Studt (GER-12, GA-Sails, Tabou) und Mika Henning (GER-64, Duotone) komplettieren die Top 5.
Mit seinem Overallsieg triumphiert Anton Richter auch in der Youth U21 Wertung vor Keno Recke und Jesse Richter (GER-180, Sailloft, Starboard). Der erst siebzehnjährige Paul Regber (GER-17, Neilpryde, FMX-Racing) siegt in der Youth U19 Wertung mit einem siebten Platz im der Overallwertung. Auf Platz zwei und drei folgen Jesper-Mo Thomsen (GER-510, GA-Sails, Tabou) und Noah Schmäh (GER-855, Starboard, Severne). In der Junior U17 Wertung gewinnt Mika Henning vor Philipp Köhlert (GER-2009, Severne, Starboard) und Tom Franke (GER-853, Starboard, Severne). Bester Grandmaster Ü50 wurde Oliver Schott (GER-29, Patrik, Neilpryde). Peter Matysik (GER-757, Starboard, Severne) wurde bester Rookie beim California Summer Opening Sylt.
Für alle Nachwuchsfahrer gibt es die LVM Youngster Trophy, die mit 500 Euro Preisgeld dotiert ist. Hier können sich Anton Richter über 250 Euro, Keno Recke über 150 Euro und Mika Henning über 100 Euro LVM Preisgeld freuen.
Das California Summer Opening Sylt war ein perfekter Saisonauftakt für die deutsche Spitzenserie im Windsurfen. Mit Ergebnissen in allen Disziplinen hat der California Windsurf Cup eine solide Basis für die nächsten Tourstopps geschaffen. Vom 04. bis zum 06. Juli reist die Windsurf Elite nach Pelzerhaken in die Lübecker Bucht.