Ein konkurrenzfähiger Yoav Omer begann den Tag mit einem überzeugenden Sieg über Octavio Cavalaro, der sich einen engen Kampf mit Raoul Reiner um den zweiten Platz lieferte. Omer ritt viele Wellen in einer ziemlich konstanten Art und Weise, aber es gelang ihm, eines der besseren Sets zu finden und den Heat mit 7,13 Punkten zu gewinnen.

Camille Juban (AV Boards / S2Maui) revelled in the early conditions when the tide was low and sets were more solid. Rarely showing a weakness in his sailing and being very careful in his wave selection, he aerialled and goitered his way to a convincing win and set one of the top scores of the day at 15.63. A consistent Arnaud Frennet also had some impressive wave rides to place second and progress through to the quarters.

Heat 3 was the match of the day, with Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) and Alex Vargas (Goya Windsurfing / Naish) trading places and finishing with the two of the top three scores of the Pro Men. However, the approach of the two sailors was vastly different, with Vargas showcasing some of the day’s most pure and aggressive surf style riding. Meanwhile, Koster’s consistency in his trick repertoire was unmatched by anyone and he emerged the victor by just 0.14 of a point after nailing two takas on one wave. The surfing flair of Vargas was memorable and places him as a major threat in the Pro Men.

In Heat 4, Antoine Martin (Starboard / North Sails) had the perfect start with some solid aerials and a goiter off a set wave to score an excellent 8.03 in the first few minutes. He backed it up immediately with another solid set to lead with a heat total of 15.30. Some plane dramas delayed Federico Morisio’s (Starboard / Severne Sails) arrival on the day, but that didn’t seem to phase him. Straight away, he nailed some high speed, late aerials off set waves to progress with a second place and another solid heat score of 14.30 points.

Russ Faurot (Quatro / S2Maui / Black Project Fins) found two good size sets in the first half of Heat 5 and rode them with tight, aggressive turns to claim a convincing win. An improving Nelson Perez flaunted the benefits of consecutive trips to Peru and also secured a place in the quarterfinals.

The ever-consistent Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins) took a comfortable win in Heat 6 with his flawless technique, always selecting the best waves and riding them to perfection. Upcoming Chilean rider, Vicente Gonzalez again rode well in the competition setting, to avoid the elimination round.

In the Pro Women, Sarah Hauser (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) dominated the first heat, with some of the longest rides of the day. Her consistently tight snaps in critical positions in the pocket were well rewarded and she finished with a strong heat total of 15.20 points. Upcoming Peruvian rider, Denis Blondet was ecstatic to make her way into second place with some well linked turns on set waves.

In Heat 2, Jane Seman (Severne / Severne Sails) started strongly with a 7.27 in the first few minutes. Riding just three waves and using a similar strategy to Juban, she waited patiently for good waves at the point. This approach, combined with aggressive snaps and lip hits on long waves, paid off and secured her the win and a place in the final. Rapidly improving Argentinian rider, Dominica Osman also selected her waves well and showcased some excellent bottom turn/top turn combinations to take second.

Tomorrow shows a small drop in the swell, but a good wind forecast means that competition is likely to continue.

Der Eröffnungstag des 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cups begann relativ ruhig. Die Teilnehmer meldeten sich zwischen 10 und 11 Uhr Ortszeit für die nächsten sechs Wettkampftage an, bevor um 12:30 Uhr das erste Skippers' Meeting der Woche stattfand.

After an almost windless start to the day, the wind did gradually pick up, which was enough to tempt a few eager sailors out on to the water, but conditions unfortunately were never competable today, so the official contest remained on hold.

The forecast for tomorrow is similar to what is was for Monday, but with a slight increase in swell size - albeit very short period, so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. The skippers’ meeting has been called for 10:30am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning with the action commencing from 11am onwards - depending on the conditions.

Für kurze Zeit sah es so aus, als ob der letzte Tag des 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cups auf enttäuschende Art und Weise enden könnte, nachdem der anfänglich starke Wind böig und unbeständig wurde, was zu einer Verschiebung der Rennen führte. Glücklicherweise kehrte der Wind jedoch kurz nach 13 Uhr Ortszeit zurück, so dass zwei weitere Ausscheidungen für die Männer und drei Ausscheidungen für die Frauen bei Winden zwischen 18-28 Knoten durchgeführt werden konnten.

Foil Slalom Women’s

Just 0.3 of a point separated Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) and Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) at the start of the final day, but Lemeteyer won all three races today to power to an impressive victory, which is her first since May 2023 in Lake Garda, Italy. The current vice-world champion deservedly leads the world rankings after winning eight out of the last nine eliminations here, such was her level of display. Lemeteyer was understandably delighted as she crossed the line and now leads the Foil Slalom World Tour.

Mortefon made a flying start to the event, which saw her win the opening three eliminations, but couldn’t quite match Lemeteyer’s performance as her fellow countryman upped her game significantly after the first day. The former three-time world champion still makes a solid start to the season with a clear second place here and there is all still to play for over the remainder of the year.

Third place may not be quite the start that reigning world champion Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) envisaged, but it still represents a decent foundation on which to build upon for the rest of the season. The Spaniard was very consistent - only finishing outside the top three once in the opening nine eliminations, but couldn’t land that killer blow to force her way into the race for the event title.

Elsewhere, Alisa Engelmann (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) enjoyed a solid debut on the World Tour after securing fourth place. The German, who only started windsurfing two or three years ago, challenged Lemeteyer all the way in Elimination 4 as she aimed to secure her first bullet, but ultimately had to settle for second with the French girl proving too strong.

Maya Morris (Future Fly) also made her debut appearance over the last five days, but unfortunately, she only received her own equipment on the last day, so it is perhaps no surprise that she recorded her best results today with two third places and a fourth to finish the event ranked fifth.

Men’s

Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / S2Maui) survived a major final day scare after wiping out on the opening reach of his quarterfinal in Elimination 6. The Italian was able to immediately discard it, but it put a lot more pressure on him in Elimination 7 because he couldn’t afford any more mistakes with Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom Sails), Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) all still in contention for the event title. In fact, Benedetti and Mortefon started Elimination 7 tied on 14.4 points with the Frenchman ahead of countback, such was the closeness at the top of the rankings.

However, the Italian took matters into his own hands and claimed his maiden event victory on the World Tour in perfect fashion as he claimed a superb bullet in the last elimination to leave the result in no doubt. The 28-year-old signed off last season with a first podium in Japan, but goes a couple of places better in the season opener here to emerge as a definite and real world title contender.

Having being crowned the event and Slalom X world champion yesterday, Mortefon couldn’t quite pull off the perfect double as he fell just short in the last race of the event. However, he leaves Fuerteventura with a second world title in the bag, while firmly in contention for another, so all in all it’s been five days of great work.

Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) pulled of a miraculous comeback to pip Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) to the final place on the prestigious podium. The Croatian suffered a quarterfinal exit in the opening elimination to leave himself with an uphill battle, but bounced back brilliantly by qualifying for all six of the next winners’ finals, which included a bullet in Elimination 6 to give himself a shot at the event title heading into the last. Unfortunately, the 33-year-old fell in the winners’ final to all but end those hopes, but will still be delighted to have pulled off such a comeback - particularly as he’s still recovering from an injury he suffered in Gran Canaria, which is why he didn’t compete in Slalom X.

Matteo Iachino started the day just 1.3 points off the lead, but the last day didn’t quite pan out as he’d have wanted, as rather than gunning for the event title, he missed out on the podium all together after almost everything that could go wrong did. Firstly the Italian suffered a broken foil box in Elimination 6, before the cleat failed in the semifinal of Elimination 7, which cost him a place in the top eight on both occasions. Iachino was still in contention for the event title at that stage and made a great start in the semifinal of Elimination 7 before the cleat slipped, which saw him drop to the back of the fleet. Iachino tried his best to mount an unlikely comeback, but ultimately just missed out in fifth, despite his best efforts. Fourth doesn’t represent the worst start to the season for the reigning world champion, but it’s also less than ideal for his world title defence.

Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails) only made his debut on the World Tour last season, but the 22-year-old walks away from Fuerteventura with his best result to date after recording an excellent fifth place here. The Frenchman suffered a quarterfinal exit in the opener, but then firmly hit form as he finished tenth or better in all of the next six eliminations - including two second place finishes.

Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) finishes the event ranked sixth, but may be slightly disappointed to have only qualified for three out of seven winners’ final. On the four occasions he ended up in the b-final, the Bonairean won all four heats to finish ninth in each elimination, so he will probably be frustrated, as it suggests he clearly had the performance necessary to be challenging for the event title - especially given the fact that he signed off last season with back-to-back event victories.

Last year’s world No.5 - Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) - makes a decent start to his second full season on tour after finishing seventh here. The German only missed out on one winners’ final, while he never finished outside the top ten, such was his level of consistency.

The top ten is completed by Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) - 8th - who did well to recover from a slow start, ending the event with a third, a fifth and a sixth, and Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) - 9th - and Thomas Goyard (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) - 10th - both of whom were two of the most consistent sailors over the last five days. Vonk never finished outside the top twelve, while Goyard finished outside the top eleven once in the seven eliminations completed.

That concludes what has been another brilliant edition of the Fuerteventura PWA World Cup with Sotavento more than living up to its reputation with ten windy days out of ten, which has provided a plethora of world class Freestyle and racing over the last ten days. You also won’t have to wait long for your next fix of world class windsurfing with the Tenerife PWA World Cup taking place between 5th-11th August.

Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Alisa Engelmann (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
5th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly)
Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails | Phantom Foils)
3rd Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
5th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
8th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
9th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
10th Thomas Goyard (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom X

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
3rd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom X

1st Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing / Phantom Sails)
3rd Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
6th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Lohan Jules (FRA | Future Fly / S2Maui)
10th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Am vorletzten Tag des 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cups kochten die Emotionen hoch, als sich die erste Saison des Slalom X dem Ende zuneigte. Die Dünung, die bereits am Donnerstag einsetzte, pulsierte auch heute weiter, was zu einigen massiven Wipeouts führte - sei es beim Speedrun, beim Überwinden des Hindernisses oder beim Versuch, nach dem Überqueren der Ziellinie zu behaupten, sorgte für weitere spannende Rennen, bei denen die weltbesten Racer alles auf eine Karte setzten.

Slalom X Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) started the day in the driving seat as she went in search of world title No.24 having won each of the five eliminations completed yesterday. The Lady from Aruba was equally as dominant today as she claimed victories in each of the opening four races by quite some margin, meaning she already had the event and world title firmly in the bag before the last race. The 33-year-old could’t quite complete an ten-timer, but in all reality that didn’t matter in the slightest aside from bragging rights, as she still finishes the event with a perfect record of 5.6 points. Offringa once again reinforces her status as the Queen of windsurfing after winning all four events that she has entered over the last five weeks.

Time and time again, it was Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) who tried to take it to Offringa, and in the tenth and final elimination, she got her Just rewards as she signed off the event with a thoroughly deserved bullet. You could visibly see how much it meant to her as it cemented her second place in the event rankings, which sees her end the first ever season of Slalom X as the vice-world champion. Lemeteyer wears her heart on her sleeve and things could get even better yet as she leads the Foil Slalom heading into the final day tomorrow.

Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) completes the event podium in Fuerteventura, but just misses out on the final place on the prestigious overall podium to Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing), who secures third place in the world for 2024 on countback.

Men’s

Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom Sails) boasted a 100% qualifying record for Winners’ Finals for the entire season heading into Elimination 5 here, but then the Frenchman went down hard on the approach to the jump in the semifinals of the fifth elimination, which ended that superb record. At the time, Mortefon wasn’t aware that he was already guaranteed to the title, so cut a gutted figure on the beach, thinking that he had blown his world title chances. However, after initially refusing to believe it, emotions quickly turned to elation as he realised that he had become the first sailor in history to win the Slalom X world title.

Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) finishes the season tied on 20,500 points with Mortefon, but agonisingly misses out on countback to his long-time rival after, Mortefon, the newly crowned world champions dominant display in Pozo proved to be the difference. Whether the Italian was aware of the implications or not, he produced a sublime last ditch gybe at the fourth and final buoy to manoeuvre himself past Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) and move into the top two, which secured him the event victory by just 0.7 of point. Of course, the event victory, which is Iachino’s first victory on the World Tour since 2019 (bearing in mind COVID), but hits the crossbar on the world title again.

Iachino’s last ditch dive at the last effectively relegated Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) from third to fourth, not only in event rankings, but also the overalls. The Dutchman misses out by just one point in the event rankings, while he misses out to Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) on countback in the overalls.

Rutkowski did brilliantly in the last elimination to earn a hard fought bullet after going rail-to-rail against Vonk, but won the aerial battle over the jump to move ahead, which proved pivotal in deciding the final place on the podium as Vonk hesitated slightly on the approach to the obstacle.

Meanwhile, the outcome of that race also means Taty Frans (Future Fly / Point-7) secures a hugely popular final place on the event podium. We’ll go through the full event results in the event summary.

Tomorrow will see the conclusion of the Foil Slalom, and as things stand, Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) and Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) lead the event rankings, but there is almost nothing separating the girl’s and the boy’s at the top of the event rankings, so we should see a fascinating final to the racing.

Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom X

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
3rd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
Result 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom X

1st Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing / Phantom Sails)
3rd Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
6th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
8th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Lohan Jules (FRA | Future Fly / S2Maui)
10th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom
*After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Alisa Engelmann (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
5th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly)
Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom
*After 5 Eliminations

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails | Phantom Foils)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
7th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Thomas Goyard (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
10th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Die Entscheidung, den Slalom X am achten Tag des 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cups zu fahren, wurde mehr als gerechtfertigt, denn Sotavento bot die bisher härtesten Bedingungen des Events. Die ersten beiden Renntage waren relativ flach für Fuerteventura, aber heute begann eine neue, kurzzeitige Dünung durch den Kurs zu laufen. Diese Dünung in Kombination mit dem Kabbelwasser bedeutete, dass das Surfen in einer geraden Linie tückisch war, während das Halsen und der Versuch, über ein Hindernis zu springen, bei Windböen von über 40 Knoten am Abend gelinde gesagt schwierig war. Slalom X Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) was simply in a league of her own on the first day of Slalom X and the Aruban gem, who added world title No.23 to her name earlier in the week after winning the Freestyle, surely has one hand on world title No.24 after winning all five eliminations today, which means she boasts a perfect record of 2.8 points, while she currently discards a bullet. Even after starting Elimination 5 way off the pace, Offringa was still able to reel in Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) by the exit of the third gybe to complete a perfect day.

Lemeteyer was the only sailor to put Offringa under any serious pressure, but even after pinging a perfectly timed start in Elimination 5, she couldn’t quite hold off Offringa as the Aruban gradually wore her down. Lemeteyer enjoyed a solid day though after recovering from an over early in the opening race by then recording three second places and a third, which sees her sat in second place in the overnight rankings, while also bringing her into the vice-world champion conversation as she is currently tied on 19,900 points with Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) and Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing) in the overall ranking.

Mortefon trails Lemeteyer by just two points after recording a second and three third places, while she currently discards a seventh from Elimination 4. Gibson is then a further five points behind Lemeteyer. The Brit started well with a solid second place, but could then only muster seventh and eighth place finishes in the next two races, before finishing the day strongly again with a third and a fourth, which means if she can keep that run going, then she’ll have the potential to discard that seventh place once Elimination 7 is completed.

The top five is currently completed by Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails), but Marine Hunter (Tribal Windsurfing) is only one point behind her in sixth, while Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails) is just a point further back as well.

Elsewhere, 14-year-old Bobbi-Lynn de Jong (Starboard) deserves a shout out after managing to record a fifth and a sixth from the five races completed in such treacherous conditions and she looks to be a star for the future in the making.

Men’s

Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing / Phantom Sails) heads up the event rankings at the end of the first day of Slalom X after earning a bullet in the last race of the day, having started with a second and a fourth. When the conditions became really hardcore in Elimination 3, the Frenchman truly shone, just as he did in Pozo and he remains on course to secure the first ever Slalom X world title.

However, Mortefon isn’t simply going to have things his own way as Taty Frans (Future Fly / Point-7), who enjoyed a great day with a second and two third places from the opening three races, only trails Mortefon by 1.3 points. The Bonairean has long been wanting fin only slalom events and today he showed why by proving that he remains one of the best fin racers in the world.

Meanwhile, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) recovered brilliantly from a semifinal exit in the first elimination to finish the day ranked third. The Italian was prominently placed entering the first gybe of the opening semifinal, but then nose dived to all but end his chances of qualifying. Iachino then secured a clinical bullet in the next race, before staging a great comeback in Elimination 3. The 34-year-old made a poor start, but still managed to blitz his way back into second place, which could yet have major implications, not only for the event title race, but for the world title race too, as he is Mortefon’s main danger. Iachino stands to gain the most from the completion of Elimination 4 as he could potentially discard the ninth place from the opener, which would put him in a powerful position to possibly challenge for pole position. Iachino openly admitted that the hardcore conditions, particularly in Elimination 3, are the essence of slalom for him and that was very evident today as he shone and he’ll be praying for similar conditions tomorrow.

Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) produced a very consistent day of sailing as the 31-year-old qualified for all three winners’ finals without really landing a killer blow. From the three races completed the flying Dutchman recorded a third and sixth and a seventh, which sees him ranked fourth.

Besides, Mortefon, Frans and Vonk, Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) is the only sailor to have qualified for every winners’ final, meaning he currently completes the top five. However, just 6 points separate him, Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde), Lohan Jules (Future Fly / S2Maui) and Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) - who currently occupy sixth, seventh and eighth.

Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde) consistently looked like one of the quickest sailors on the course throughout the day, so may be disappointed to have only booked his place in the top eight once. The Italian was leading the last semifinal, but went down hard on the speed run when clocking about 36 knots. Martini signed off the day by winning the b-final to secure ninth place, while he could gain some significant ground after the completion of Elimination 4 as he currently counts a sixteenth.

Another sailor who could benefit greatly from the discard is Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde). The Pole had looked well in tune with the conditions in the opening two races - which saw him earn a fourth and a sixth - but then suffered a surprise quarterfinal exit in Elimination 3, which sees him drop to tenth in the overnight rankings.

Cedric Bordes (Severne Sails) endured two massive crashes yesterday when foiling, but despite being in quite some pain, the Frenchman managed to put that to the back of his mind as he claimed a superb bullet in the opening race of the day. Bordes was under serious pressure from Mortefon the entire way round the course, but valiantly held him off to claim his first race victory in Slalom X. Unfortunately, things then went downhill after that with two quarterfinal exits, so he ends the opening day ranked 14th.

The forecast for Friday still looks solidly windy, but it is likely that is will be quite a bit less windy than today, which most sailors will probably breathe a sigh of relief about. WindGuru is currently predicting winds of 18-24 knots, so it is likely that we will see another day of Slalom X as Saturday looks lighter. The sailors will meet at 10am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 11am onwards.

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom X *After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard) 1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) 2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui) 3rd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) 4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing) 5th Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails) Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom X
*After 3 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing / Phantom Sails)
2nd Taty Frans (NB | Future Fly / Point-7)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Lohan Jules (FRA | Future Fly / S2Maui)
8th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Bruno Martini (ITA | JP / NeilPryde)
10th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | NeilPryde)
Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom
*After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Alisa Engelmann (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
5th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly)
Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom
*After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails | Phantom Foils)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails / Z-Foils)
7th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Thomas Goyard (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
10th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Am siebten Tag des 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cups kehrten die berüchtigten Winde von Fuerteventura zurück und sorgten für einen spannenden Renntag. Fünf Eliminations für die Damen und drei Eliminations für die Herren wurden bei Windböen von über 35 Knoten am Ende des Nachmittags ausgetragen. Am Ende des zweiten Renntages ist der Abstand zwischen den Führenden der Damen- und Herrenfleet im Foil-Slalom fast unüberwindbar, aber nach dem aktuellen Stand der Dinge führen Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) und Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) die Übernacht-Rangliste an.

Foil Slalom Women’s

Justine Lemeteyer started the day behind overnight leader, Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) by 5.6 points, however, after a further 5 races today the reigning Slalom vice-world champion leapfrogs Mortefon to lead the event after sailing out of her skin today. Lemeteyer signed off yesterday by winning the last elimination of the day and she continued her rich vein of form today as she rattled off four bullets from the five races completed, while in Elimination 7 she did unbelievably well to fight her way back into third place, which could yet prove pivotal as if she had finished fourth, she wouldn’t currently be leading the event, such are the minuscule margins at the top of the rankings. Lemeteyer closes the day with a 0.3 of a point lead over Mortefon. Lemeteyer’s top speed was the real killer today, which she used to her maximum disposal, as she set a new personal best on the foil of 31 knots.

Mortefon was almost unstoppable on the opening day of racing and she sailed well again today, but she could’t quite get the better of Lemeteyer in the significantly stronger winds. The 33-year-old still recorded an excellent set of results today consisting of a bullet, three thirds and a fourth, which she currently discards - and there is very much all still to play for over the remaining days of the contest.

Mortefon and Lemeteyer have dominated the Foil Slalom thus far and it looks as though it will be a two horse race between them as Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails), who is in a clear third place, is 10.2 points behind Morton and 10.5 points behind Lemeteyer. Alabau has been extremely consistent through the opening nine eliminations, only finishing outside the top three once, but hasn’t managed to land that killer bullet to keep herself in contention for the event title.

Elsewhere, Alisa Engelmann (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils), who only started windsurfing two or three years ago, gains a few places from the overnight rankings, which sees the German rise from seventh to fourth in the overalls. Engelmann impressed with her gybing as she continually gained an advantage through the turns, while in her debut event, she never finished outside the top five today, while recording a second and a third place. The top five is currently completed by Maya Morris (Future Fly), but only one point separates the Israeli and Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing / F4 Foils), who enjoyed a much better second day.

Men’s Mover of the Day

Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) started the day ranked just outside of the overall top ten - 11th - after an indifferent start in yesterday’s lighter winds, but the Frenchman hit back with a vengeance today to gain nine places from the overnight rankings, which sees the 35-year-old finish the day tied on 9.4 points with overnight leader - Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails).

Mortefon rattled off back-to-back bullets in Elimination 3 and 4 - the second of which required a textbook gybe at the last to deny Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails) a maiden bullet - to briefly lead the event by 2.3 points, but Benedetti was able to strike back to regain the event lead on countback after the Italian claimed his second bullet of the event in Elimination 5 to keep himself on track to challenge for a maiden event victory on the World Tour. Benedetti is also now the only sailor to be able to boast a 100% qualifying record for winners’ finals!

However, fellow Italian, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails), is right on the heels of the top two, and just 1.3 points separate himself, Benedetti and Mortefon at the close of proceedings, so there is all still to play for. Iachino is able to discard an eleventh place from yesterday’s second elimination after recording an extremely consistent set of results today with a second and two fourth places.

Like Mortefon, Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) endured a topsy turvy day yesterday, but the Croatian bounced back today to rise from twelfth into fourth place after qualifying for every winners’ final on the second day of racing. However, things could’ve been even better for Marotti as he led the fourth elimination heading into the first gybe, but unfortunately breached the fin, which saw him eventually finish sixth in that particular race, while he crashed over the start line in the winners’ final of Elimination 5.

Alexis Mathis is another sailor to have shot up the rankings at the end of the second day of racing. The Frenchman started the day in fourteenth, but he flies into fifth place after the completion of Elimination 5. As previously mentioned, the 22-year-old, was on the verge of securing a maiden bullet on the World Tour only to be denied by Mortefon at the last.

Having started the day in third place, Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails / Z-Foils) - slips three places to sixth. The Bonairean completed a hat-trick of sorts he probably didn’t particularly desire as he won three b-finals in a row to secure ninth place in Eliminations 2-4, which is no mean feat, but having started to the event so strongly, and last year, he would’ve certainly held higher aspirations. The 30-year-old qualified for his second winners’ final of the week in Elimination 5, but realistically he now only harbours outside hopes of a podium finish here.

Like Vrieswijk, Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) loses a bit of ground from the overnight rankings - 6th to 8th. The German has qualified for the top eight on four out of five occasions thus far as he continues to show remarkable consistency, however, the German, who is renowned for his excellent gybing, dropped off the foil at crucial moments today, which cost him on a couple of occasions.

The top ten is currently completed by; Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde), who rises from 16th to eighth, Thomas Goyard (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils), who moves into the top 10 - 9th - after qualifying for two winners’ finals today, while winning the b-final in Elimination 5, and Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing), who slides five places from fifth to tenth.

Unfortunately, yesterday’s high flyers, Noah Vinther (JP / NeilPryde) and Fabian Wolf (Starboard / Severne Sails), who started proceedings in second and eighth place, both lose their place in the current top ten - finishing the day ranked 13th and 12th respectively - as the usual suspects start to make their greater consistency count and steadily rise up the rankings.

The forecast for Thursday looks the windiest of the remaining three days of the event, so it’s highly likely that we will see Foil Slalom replaced by the fins with Slalom X, however, that result will be made in the morning. The sailors will meet again at 10am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning with a first possible start at 11am.

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom
*After 9 Eliminations (2 Discards)

1st Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Alisa Engelmann (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
5th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly) Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom
*After 5 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Phantom / Phantom Sails | Phantom Foils)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Alexis Mathis (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
6th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails / Z-Foils)
7th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Thomas Goyard (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
10th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Marion Mortefon & Daniele Benedetti führen die Rangliste des Events an, nachdem der Großteil der Fleet durcheinander gewirbelt wurde. Der sechste Tag des 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cups erwies sich als ein weiterer „Slow Burner“, da der Wind kurz vor dem ursprünglich geplanten Start um die Mittagszeit abflaute, was zu einer mehrstündigen Verzögerung führte, bis die Brise mit 8-15 Knoten zurückkehrte. Nach Beendigung des ersten Männerrennens und der ersten beiden Frauenrennen nahm der Wind wieder ab, und es sah so aus, als ob es das für diesen Tag gewesen wäre, aber die Brise kehrte bald zurück und sorgte für die besten Rennbedingungen des Tages mit rund 20 Knoten Wind. Am Ende des ersten Tages führen Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) und Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) die Rangliste des Events an.

Foil Slalom Women’s

Marion Mortefon enjoyed a near perfect opening day as the former two-time world champion made a flying to proceedings by rattling off a superb hat-trick before finishing second in the fourth elimination - which she currently discards. Mortefon looks in ominous form as it looked as though she has a bit of extra speed up her sleeve when required. The 32-year-old ends the day with a clear lead as she currently counts a perfect score of 2.1 points.

Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) is currently Mortefon’s closest rival on 7.7 points and you could see how much it meant to her that she claimed the final bullet of the day to keep herself in contention. The current vice-world champion started off strongly with a solid second place, but then recorded a fifth and eleventh to find herself in a spot of bother. That bullet could yet prove pivotal later on in the week.

Reigning world champion - Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) - was extremely consistent in the opening four eliminations with a second and a three third places, which sees her just 0.3 points behind Lemeteyer. Alabau was involved in a fierce battle for second place with Mortefon in Elimination 4, which saw the Spaniard produce a miraculous gybe at the third buoy through an almost non-existent gap, but Mortefon still prevailed as she stepped on the gas to close the door on Alabau.

Maya Morris (Future Fly) hasn’t experienced the easiest preparation leading into her debut on the World Tour after her equipment failed to arrive, but even so, she has made a bright start which sees her ranked fourth after the opening day.

Meanwhile, Bobbi-Lynn de Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde) completes the current top five, which is quite remarkable given the fact that she is just 14-years-old. The Bonairean’s best results today included a fifth in the opener before signing off with a fourth place.

Men’s

Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) finished last season by earning his maiden podium on the World Tour in Japan, and he hit the water flying today, so much so, that the Italian tops the rankings at the close of play. Benedetti looked in the zone throughout after opening his account with an excellent third place before going on to claim his second bullet on the World Tour in the second elimination, which means he holds a 5.3 point advantage at the top of the rankings.

Noah Vinther (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) may have only made his debut on the World Tour last year, but the 20-year-old has quickly adapted to life on tour after claiming an impressive third and a sixth place today, which means he is currently ranked second in the overnight rankings.

Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails / Z-Foils) completes the current top three after the opening couple of races. In the opening winners’ final, Vrieswijk was involved in an intense battle against Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails), which saw the lead change hands on multiple occasions. Eventually, Vrieswijk settled for second place in the opener, before the vice-world champion, who has won the last two events on the World Tour, got caught up in a racing altercation at the first mark in Elimination 2, which ultimately resulted in him being eliminated. Vrieswijk was still able to win the b-final for maximum damage control.Reigning world champion, Matteo Iachino, made the perfect start to his defence campaign as he gained the upper hand against Vrieswijk in Elimination 1 to secure the opening bullet of the season. At that point, it looked like the Iachino had a speed advantage as he seemingly waited to pick his moment to pass Vrieswijk. However, after a perfect first elimination, Iachino then missed out on the winners’ final of the next race after getting re-hooked in during the opening gybe, which left him with a deficit he couldn’t quite recover from as he missed out on a place in the top eight, after finishing in fifth. Iachino ends the day ranked in fourth, just 0.7 of a point behind Vrieswijk and two points behind Vinther.

Elsewhere, Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing) also qualified for one winners’ final and missed out on the other, which sees the 31-year-old ranked fifth at the end of day one, tied on 16 points with Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils), who asides from Benedetti and Vinther, is the only other sailor who boats a 100% qualifying record for the top eight - even after just the first two eliminations on what was quite a topsy turvy day for quite a few sailors.

The top ten is currently completed by Fabian Wolf (Starboard / Severne Sails) - 7th- who recorded a 13th and a seventh - Cedric Bordes (Severne Windsurfing) - 8th - who recovered from a quarterfinal exit in the first by finishing fourth in the next, William Huppert and Scotty Stallman (Tabou / GA Sails / F4 Foils), who finish ninth and tenth respectively after both recording two top sixteen results.

To further illustrate the topsy turvy nature of the day, Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) started the day with a solid fifth before suffering a quarterfinal exit, while Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) went from being dumped out in the quarterfinals of the opener before bouncing back with a second place in Elimination 2 to steady the ship, while Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails) and Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) also qualified for the second winners’ final, where they finished fifth and sixth, to both bounce back from quarterfinal exits in Elimination 1. At the close of play, the quartet find themselves ranked 11th, 12th, 14th, and 16th respectively.

Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde) didn’t enjoy much luck on the opening day as he was knocked out in the semifinal of Elimination 1, followed by the quarterfinals of the next, when prominently placed in both due to other sailors hampering him through gybes, which cost him dearly on both occasions. The Pole was still able win the b-final of Elimination 1, but finds himself ranked fifteenth at the end of day one and is under immediate pressure if still wants to try and earn a top result.

The forecast for tomorrow looks much more promising than today with the prospect of stronger winds on the horizon. The racers will meet again tomorrow morning at 10am (GMT+1) with a first possible start at 11am.

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Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil Slalom
*After 4 Eliminations (1 Discard)

1st Marion Mortefon (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
2nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Maya Morris (ISR | Future Fly)
5th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)
Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Foil Slalom
*After 2 Eliminations

1st Daniele Benedetti (ITA | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
2nd Noah Vinther (DEN | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
3rd Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
4th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails)
5th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
6th Michele Becker (GER | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils)
7th Fabian Wolf (GER | Starboard / Severne Sails)
8th Cedric Bordes (FRA | Severne Sails)
9th William Huppert (FRA)
10th Scotty Stallman (GBR | Tabou / GA Sails / F4 Foils)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Der vorletzte Freestyle-Tag des 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cups begann mit einem etwas bizarren Start: Der Regen von gestern Abend hielt bis in den Morgen an, was zu dieser Jahreszeit sehr ungewöhnlich ist, und das bedeutete, dass der Wind, ähnlich wie am Samstag, anfangs leicht und unbeständig war. Erst am Nachmittag frischte der Wind endlich auf - wenn auch schwächer als an den ersten drei Tagen -, so dass die Double-Eliminationen der Damen und Herren beendet werden konnten.

On the opening day, the competitors were left running for their smallest equipment as nuking winds and choppy waters greeted them, while to conclude this year’s contest they were left searching for their biggest gear, which provided a thorough all-round test of their freestyle abilities.

Freestyle Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) finishes the fourth day of the 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cup with another world title to her name as the Aruban gem secured an incredible 15th Freestyle world crown - and 23rd overall - after producing a blend of sliding and power moves to see off the challenge of Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails) in the final.

Things could yet get even better for Offringa as she will be vying for world title No.24 from day six onwards here as the 33-year-old will be also be competing in Slalom X and as things stand she leads the world title race having won the opener in Gran Canaria earlier this month.

Having produced a superb display against Maaike Huvermann (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) in Heat 34, Brødholt ensured that she would finish 2024 as the vice-world champion at worst as she successfully defended her second place from the single elimination. The Norwegian was understandably delighted upon hearing the news that she had secured her place in the overall top two for the first time since 2015, while it also vindicated her decision to warm up for the event in Dakhla, Morocco, beforehand. Against her nemesis, Brødholt shone as she produced a powerful display of sailing to deservedly gain the upper hand after landing a mixture of shakas, culos, air funnels and a regular kono.

Having finished fourth in the single elimination, Huvermann battled back to secure her place on the prestigious event and overall podium after firstly bringing Elena Dominick’s (Severne / Severne Sails) come back to an end, before exacting revenge against Lisa Kloster (MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg) to advance into the top three. The 26-year-old looked more comfortable in the slightly lighter and flatter conditions as she consistently landed a combination of flakas, shakas and funnels on both tacks.

Lisa Kloster may have just been denied a maiden podium, but it’s clear she has made another marked step up in her sailing performance over the last year and she is now a genuine podium contender moving forwards.

Men’s

Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) had arguably been the stand out rider in the single elimination as the only sailor to have broken the 40 point barrier, and ultimately, the 20-year-old managed to completed a brilliant comeback to win the opening Freestyle event of the season, while claiming back-to-back victories on the World Tour having also won in Sylt at the end of last year. Neubauer looked equally as comfortable in the light winds as he did the nuking winds, so it seems the sky really is the limit for him and he no doubt has his sights set on capturing a maiden world title come the end of the year.

That’s not saying that that’s going to be easy though as the newly crowned champion of Fuerteventura was pushed all the way in the double elimination. Firstly by reigning world champion - Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) - and then by Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) in the Super Final, both of which Neubauer would ultimately win by about a point, but crucially when he needed it, as he did against Caers, he produced the goods to crucially find a way to win.

Bosson starts the year with a second place, but he was right on the cusp of securing a great victory. The Frenchman wasn’t at his best during the opening final, but in the super final, the 2022 world champion really upped his game and only missed out on the top spot on the podium due to Neubauer landing a late double culo and kabikuchi.

Caers, meanwhile, missed out by the same narrow fate as he lost out on 35.1 points compared to 36.1 points - such is the closeness in performance level between the very top guys. The margins are so fine, that even if a move is anything but textbook, that it could prove to be the difference to be advancing or ultimately being eliminated. Third place probably doesn’t represent the start the reigning world champion would have envisaged to his campaign, but such are the fine margins, that he’ll remain more than in contention heading into Sylt.

Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails) secures his best result to date on the World Tour after climbing through the double elimination into fourth place. On his way to fourth, Müller landed numerous trademark cheese rolls into flakas - a move he invented - to take down Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails) and Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde), before his good friend, Caers, proved a step too far. Müller really resonates the essence of what freestyle truly stands for and deservedly walks away with his best result to date.

With the double eliminations concluded with a day to spare that means that tomorrow will see a super session if the conditions are suitable. A skippers’ meeting will be held at 13:00 with a first possible start at 13:30.

Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)
Result Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Nach sechs Tagen ging heute die GWA Championship im Rahmen des California Surf Cups Sylt zu Ende. Der Kieler Vincent Langer (GER-1, Duotone) dominierte die bedeutendste nationale Windsurfveranstaltung in Deutschland und kann sich über die Titel in den Disziplinen Foiling, Fin Slalom und Overall freuen. Er siegte in den beiden Einzeldisziplinen und sicherte sich so auch konsequenterweise den Overalltitel vor Gunnar Asmussen (GER-2, Starboard, Severne) und Jonne Heimann (GER-107, Gunsails).

In der Disziplin Foiling platzierten sich Jonne Heimann und Koen Hessels (NED-88, Starboard, Severne) hinter Langer. Im Fin Slalom folgten Langer Gunnar Asmussen und Anton Richter (GER-6, JP, Neil Pryde).

An fünf der sechs Wettkampftage konnten im Rahmen des California Surf Cups Sylt offizielle Wettfahrten durchgeführt werden. Insgesamt konnten sieben Foiling Eliminationen und sieben Fin Slalom Eliminationen abgeschlossen werden. Beim Waveriding fehlten am Ende zwei Heats, um ein gültiges Ergebnis für die Herren zu erzielen. Bei den Damen konnte der Contest offiziell beendet werden. Hier siegte Nadja Jablonski (GER-221, Sailloft) vor Emma Miron (GER-508, Sailloft) und Frida Miron (GER-129, Sailloft).

Langer ist GWA Foiling Champion 2024

Vincent Langer startete zwar mit einem Frühstart im Finale der ersten Elimination in die Disziplin Foiling, dominierte das Teilnehmerfeld der Disziplin von dort an aber durchgängig. Er gewann mit einer weiteren Ausnahme, in der er Zweiter wurde, alle Wettfahrten. Am Ende siegte er so in fünf der insgesamt sieben Eliminationen und sicherte sich den Titel GWA Foiling Champion 2024 mit der Idealpunktzahl 0,0. Auf Platz zwei im Foiling folgt Jonne Heimann. Er war der Fahrer, der an Stelle des Titelträgers Langer besagte zwei Wettfahrten gewinnen konnte. Insbesondere konnte er sich über seinen Triumph bei der Auftaktwettfahrt freuen, die als Großer Preis der LVM Versicherung mit insgesamt 1.000,- Euro Preisgeld dotiert war. Mit seinen zwei Siegen und insgesamt 6,0 Punkten ist er der GWA Foiling Vice-Champion 2024. Der Niederländer Koen Hessels präsentierte sich stark auf der Nordsee vor dem Brandenburger Strand und sichert sich mit 18,0 Punkten den dritten Platz auf dem Podium der Disziplin Foiling. Extrem eng gestaltete sich der Kampf um Platz vier. Nach sieben Wettfahrten lagen hier der Flensburger Gunnar Asmussen und der Kieler Youngster Anton Richter mit 21,0 Punkten Kopf an Kopf. Im Tiebreak konnte sich Asmussen aber durchsetzen und erobert so Platz vier im Foiling vor Anton Richter.

Der Niederländer Koen Hessels führt auch die Youth U21 Wertung an. Auf den Plätzen Zwei und Drei folgen hier Leo Richter (GER-9, JP, Neil Pryde) und Keno Recke (GER-10, Patrik Windsurfing). In der Youth U19 Wertung liegt Anton Richter an der Spitze und triumphiert damit bis auf weiteres über Erik Wehkamp (GER-240, Duotone) und Jesse Richter (GER-180, Starboard, Sailloft). In der Junior U17 Wertung kann sich Paul Regber (GER-17, Starboard, Severne) weiterhin über eine exzellente GWA Championship freuen. Er liegt mit Platz 12 in der Gesamtwertung vor Jesper Mo Thomsen (GER-510, Tabou, GA Sails).

Langer auch im Fin Slalom vorne

In der Disziplin Fin Slalom fiel die Entscheidung erst am Finaltag. Im Laufe des Sonntags konnten noch einmal vier komplette Eliminationen gefahren werden. Auch im Fin Slalom triumphierte Langer und ist damit GWA Fin Slalom Champion 2024. Trotz insgesamt vier Laufsiegen von Langer blieb es hier aber bis zum Ende spannend. Bis zur letzten Wettfahrt hatte Anton Richter noch die Chance, Langer den Titel wegzuschnappen. Im finalen Schlagabtausch riskierte Anton Richter deshalb alles und vielleicht auch etwas zu viel. Denn auf der Zielgeraden hatte er einen Schleudersturz, der alle Titelhoffnungen von Richter zunichte machte. Der Flensburger Gunnar Asmussen nutzte die Gelegenheit und sicherte sich den Sieg in der finalen Wettfahrt. Langer genügte ein zweiter Platz in dieser Elimination, um auch in der Disziplin Fin Slalom den Titel zu erobern. Durch seinen Sturz rutschte Anton Richter auf den achten Platz in dieser Wettfahrt und somit auf den dritten Platz in der Disziplin Fin Slalom ab. Asmussen hingegen gelang es mit dem Sieg im Finalrennen, den Titel GWA Fin Slalom Vice Champion 2024 zu gewinnen.

Anton Richter ist mit seinem dritten Platz in der Gesamtwertung auch bester Youth U19 vor Erik Wehkamp und Jesse Richter. In der Altersstufe Youth U21 siegt mit Leo Richter der Ältere der beiden Richter Brüder. Auf Platz zwei folgt Keno Recke vor Felix Wehkamp (GER-247, Duotone). Bei den Junioren U17 konnte sich Jesper Mo Thomsen vor Paul Regber und Felix Rhode (GER-270, Starboard, Severne) durchsetzen.

Langer ist der GWA Overall Champion 2024

In der Overallwertung werden die Ergebnisse aller Disziplinen kombiniert, um den insgesamt besten Windsurfer zu ermitteln. Da die Disziplin Waveriding nicht abgeschlossen werden konnte, setzt sich das Overall Ergebnis aus den beiden Disziplinen Fin Slalom und Foiling zusammen. So geht Langer, der bereits beide Einzeldisziplinen gewinnen konnte, als Sieger der Overallwertung hervor. Mit zweimal Platz eins kommt er auf die Idealpunktzahl 2,0 und ist damit rechtmäßiger GWA Overall Champion 2024. Der Flensburger Gunnar Asmussen kann sich über den Titel GWA Overall Vice Champion freuen. Eng umkämpft war der dritte Platz Overall bei der GWA Championship. Anton Richter und Jonne Heimann lagen hier mit 8,0 Punkten Kopf an Kopf. Richter punktet mit Platz fünf im Foiling und Platz drei auf der Finne. Heimann kann auf Platz zwei im Foiling sowie Platz sechs auf der Finne zählen. Im Tiebreak setzt sich Heimann aufgrund des besseren Einzelergebnisses durch. Der Crash auf der Zielgeraden des letzten Fin Slalom Finales kostete Anton Richter so nicht nur den GWA Fin Slalom Titel, sondern auch den dritten Platz auf dem Podium der GWA Overall Championship. Leo Richter komplettiert die Top-5 Overall in der GWA Championship Wertung.

In der Youth U19 Overall Wertung liegt Anton Richter dafür auf Platz eins und deutlich vor den Zweit- und Drittplatzierten Erik Wehkamp und Jesse Richter. Leo Richter siegt in der Youth U21 Overall Wertung vor Keno Recke und dem Niederländer Koen Hessels. Der Youngster Paul Regber kann die Junior U17 Overall Wertung vor Jesper Mo Thomsen und Felix Rhode gewinnen.

Nach den Windsurfern kommen die Wingfoiler und SUPer

Der California Surf Cup war ein voller Erfolg. An fast allen Tagen gab es spektakuläre Action auf dem Wasser. Das perfekte Eventwetter lockte fast 100.000 Besucher an den Brandenburger Strand. Sei es, um die spektakulären Wettkämpfe der Windsurfer auf der Nordsee zu bewundern, um zu bummeln und zu schlemmen oder auch, um bei den abendlichen Surfpartys zu feiern, bis die Sonne am Horizont im Meer versinkt.

Mit dem Ende des California Surf Cups reist die Windsurf Elite vom Brandenburger Strand ab. Nächster Tourstopp des California Windsurf Cups ist das Finale vom 29. August bis zum 01. September in Heiligenhafen. In diesem Rahmen wird dann auch die GWA Youth & Junior Championship 2024 ausgetragen. In Westerland geht es aber direkt nahtlos weiter. Nach den Windsurfern übernehmen die Wingfoil Masters und die Sylt SUP Trophy das Eventgelände und sorgen so nahtlos weiter für spektakulären Funsport auf der Nordsee vor Sylt.

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Der dritte Tag des 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cups erforderte ein wenig Wartezeit, da der Wind am Vormittag eher leicht und böig war. Um 14:15 Uhr Ortszeit hatten sich die Bedingungen jedoch soweit gebessert, dass die Wettkämpfe wieder aufgenommen werden konnten und am Ende des Tages waren nur noch die fünf besten Frauen und sechs besten Männer im Rennen um den diesjährigen Weltmeistertitel. Heute war der Wind schwächer als an den ersten beiden Tagen, aber die Bedingungen waren wohl die besten bisher. Einige verspielte Kicker auf der Innenseite boten den weltbesten Freestylern ideale Rampen, um ihr Können in der Luft zu zeigen.

Freestyle Women’s

Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS) and Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails) fought their way back through the opening round of the double to setup a battle for fifth and sixth place against each other after defeating Bijou Shahmirian (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Marine Hunter (KA Sail), respectively. In Heat 31, Germany’s Dominick got the better of her Austrian rival to setup a tie tomorrow against Maaike Huvermann (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), who herself will be looking to mount a comeback having finished fourth in the single elimination.

Men’s

Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails) brought Steven Van Broeckhoven’s (Starboard / GUNSAILS) comeback through the double elimination to an end in Heat 28a. The Belgian, who finished fourth overall in 2023, had started to gather a bit of momentum after firstly dispatching of George Grisley (Duotone Windsurfing), before winning a close tussle against Kiri Thode (Future Fly / GUNSAILS) to setup a dual against Schmit. The Bonairean sailed an extremely strong starboard tack heat - consisting of an immaculate double culo, a kabikuchi and a skopu, but both sailors struggled slightly on port tack, particularly Van Broeckhoven, who was left to rue counting a 2.8 forward loop as he was eliminated by just 2.2 points.

Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) produced the highest scoring heat of the day, at that stage, to also halt former world champion, Amado Vrieswijk’s (Future Fly / Severne Sails) comeback through the double elimination. The Frenchman earned 37 points after producing a near faultless display with the best of a bunch of impressive moves being an exquisite pasko and a technical air funnel burner, which both earned the same scores. Vrieswijk was a little unlucky to have met an on fire Ruenes as the Bonairean’s tally of 35.5 points was the second highest scoring heat of the day at that point.

Ruenes’ victory in Heat 28b setup a battle between himself and Schmit, but after the fireworks in the previous heat unfortunately the wind didn’t really co-operate in Heat 30a, so it proved to be somewhat of an anticlimax with Ruenes failing to complete his scoresheet, while Schmit managed to do what was required to advance.

The 29-year-old will now face Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails) in the battle for fifth and sixth place after the Swiss-man came out on top of incredibly close heat against Jacopo Testa (WeOne / Point-7 / AL360). Come the end of their 8-minute battle, just half a point separated the two freestyle wizards, but crucially the decision went in the favour of Müller as Testa was ultimately made to pay the heavy price for a somewhat slow start to Heat 30b.

In his previous heat against Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), Testa had set the highest scoring heat of the day - 37.5 points - after producing an impeccable display of sailing, wowing the judges with air kabikuchis and skopus, as well as a massive spock culo. Unfortunately though, Testa couldn’t quite replicate that level of performance against Müller - meaning he finishes in joint seventh for the contest alongside Ruenes.

While Vrieswijk may have been disappointed to have missed out against Ruenes, the Bonairean also rode his luck slightly as he needed a pasko in the dying seconds against U20 Youth world champion - Takumi Moriya (Severne / Severne Sails), who also sailed a great heat - to book his place in the top 10 - and his focus will now shift to the racing as he will compete in both Slalom X and Foil Slalom. Vrieswijk finishes this year’s Freestyle in Fuete in joint 9th alongside fellow Bonairean Kiri Thode, France’s Nicolas Akgazciyan (JP / NeilPryde) and New Caledonia’s Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), who earlier in the day pulled off a superb comeback against Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (WeOne / GUNSAILS) as he produced an unbelievable finish to Heat 27b to turn the heat on its head and bring the 9-time world champions comeback to an end after landing an air chachoo, a bongka, an air funnel into burner and a kabikuchi in quick succession.

The forecast for Sunday looks a little bit lighter on paper again, but with a little bit of luck, and with only a couple of hours of the contest remaining, we should hopefully see the conclusion of the double eliminations. The freestyle fleets will meet again at 11am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 11:30am onwards. Make sure you tune in to see whether current event leaders Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) and Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) can successfully defend their single elimination crowns, or if one of their rivals can mount a comeback to deny them at the last.

Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle *Positions 1st-6th may still change

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
4th Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th/6th Lina Schmied (AUT | GUNSAILS)
5th/6th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle *Positions 1st-6th may still change

1st Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
5th/6th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th/6th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
7th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
7th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | Starboard / GUNSAILS)
9th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Severne Sails)
9th Nicolas Akgazciyan (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)

Am zweiten Tag des 2024 Fuerteventura PWA World Cups wurde die Freestyle Single Elimination der Herren bei 20-30 Knoten Wind ausgetragen, wobei die Windstärke je nach Bewölkung schwankte. Insgesamt waren die Bedingungen wahrscheinlich einfacher als gestern, mit etwas flacheren Bedingungen am Morgen, bevor am Nachmittag eine kleine Dünung einsetzte, die ein paar Stuntrampen auf der Innenseite bot. Nach einem weiteren vollen Tag Freestyle führt Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) die Rangliste des Events an, nachdem er sich im Finale knapp gegen Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) durchgesetzt hat. Freestyle Men’s

Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) saved his best until last as he posted his highest scoring heat of the single elimination in the winners’ final against Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins). The Frenchman looked to be heading for defeat heading into the final minute as he was missing a move on port tack, but in the dying seconds the 2022 Freestyle world champion pulled off a culo, which was just enough to turn the tie in his favour as he pipped his Greek opponent to the top spot on the podium in the single elimination by 0.7 of a point. Bosson staged a great comeback which was triggered by a bongka, which received cheers on the beach, before going on to stomp a burner into burner and a no-handed burner. Bosson also won the single elimination here last year, so he’ll be even more determined to hang on to the first place this time around in the double.

Up until the final, Neubauer had been the clear standout sailor with the current vice-world champion breaking the 40 point barrier in his round of 16 heat and in the semifinals as well. In fact, the 20-year-old remains the only sailor to have broken that barrier, but fell agonisingly short in the final. Throughout the opening two days, Neubauer has been extremely impressive - barely putting a foot wrong while advancing his way into the final with an array of spock into double culos, gozzada burners, shifties and flaka into ponches. Neubauer seemed a little dejected after the final, but can now focus all of his attention on a comeback in the double elimination.

Reigning world champion, Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) is another sailor who will be plotting his comeback through the double, and if history is anything to go by, then the Belgian could do just that as he also finished third here last year in the single elimination before going on to claim his first victory on the World Tour. Caers was going blow-for-blow with Neubauer in the semifinals, but ultimately just lost out, but he was able to put that disappointment behind him to defeat his teammate - Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde) - in the battle for third and fourth place in the single elimination.

Sam Esteve claimed impressive victories against Steven Van Broeckhoven (Starboard / GUNSAILS) and Jacopo Testa (WeOne / Point-7 / AL360) to deservedly book his spot in the semifinals, but couldn’t quite replicate that form against Bosson in Heat 15a. However, the Frenchman is still guaranteed his best result to date in Fuerteventura as the worst he can now finish is in fifth place, while he can still mount a comeback through the double elimination.

Jacopo Testa had his chances against Esteve, but missed out by 0.9 of a point as one too many crashes cost the Italian. Testa shares fifth place in the single elimination alongside Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails), Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) and Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails).

The top 10 is currently completed by: Belgian Steven Van Broeckhoven, German Niclas Nebelung (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins), the Japanese duo of Takumi Moriya (Severne / Severne Sails) and Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins), Frenchmen Nicolas Akgazciyan (JP / NeilPryde) and Nil Bacon (PATRIK / PATRIK SAILS) and New Caledonia’s Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing).

After the completion of the single elimination, the opening five heats of the double elimination were completed before the wind became too light and patchy to continue and they will resume battle on Saturday.

The forecast for Saturday looks as though the Sotavento wind machine will continue to deliver, but it may be a little bit lighter again than the opening couple of days. The Freestyle fleets will meet again at 10am (GMT+1) tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting, while the action will commence from 10:30am onwards - depending on the conditions.

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Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Oda Brødholt (NOR | Starboard / Severne Sails)
3rd Lisa Kloster (GER | MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
4th Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
Current Ranking Fuerteventura PWA World Cup - Men’s Freestyle

1st Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Sam Esteve (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / Point-7 / AL360)
5th Youp Schmit (NB | Tabou / GA Sails)
5th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)

Auch am vierten Tag in Folge gab es Windsurf Action beim California Surf Cup auf Sylt. Am Vormittag konnten bei perfekten Bedingungen zwei komplette Slalomeliminationen auf der Finne gefahren werden. Danach wurden bei leichterem Wind noch zwei weitere Eliminationen in der Disziplin Foiling absolviert. Der Kieler Vincent Langer (GER-1, Duotone) ist der klare Tagessieger bei dem Mega Event am Brandenburger Strand. Er konnte alle vier Wettfahrten gewinnen und liegt so vor dem Abschlusswochenende in beiden Disziplinen auf Titelkurs.

Am Morgen wurde die Windsurf Elite von Regenschauern aber dafür gutem Wind willkommen geheißen. Bei etwa 20 Knoten Wind fiel die Entscheidung konsequent auf einen Start mit der Disziplin Fin Slalom. Vincent Langer nutzte die Chance, sein Faux Pas vom Vortag auszugleichen, als er nach einem schlechten Start im Manövergetümmel stecken blieb und so die erste Slalomelimination der GWA Championship nur als sechster beendete. Dieses Mal lief für Langer alles nach Plan. Nach einem guten Start konnte er das Feld von der Spitze her kontrollieren und sicherte sich so seinen ersten Laufsieg vor dem Vortagessieger Gunnar Asmussen (GER-2, Starboard, Severne) aus Flensburg. Auf Platz drei folgte der Kieler Youngster Anton Richter (GER-6, JP, Neil Pryde), auf der Vier Justus Schott (GER-29, Duotone) und Jonne Heimann (GER-107, JP, Gun Sails) komplettiert die Top5.

Direkt im Anschluss ging es „back to back“ mit einer zweiten Fin Slalom Elimination weiter. Auch dieses Mal ließ der amtierende GWA Fin Slalom Champion Vincent Langer nichts anbrennen und stellte mit dem zweiten Sieg in der dritten Wettfahrt die Weichen in Richtung Titelverteidigung. Dieses Mal gelang Anton Richter sogar ein zweiter Platz vor Asmussen. Mit Leo Richter (GER-9, JP, Neil Pryde) schaffte auch der zweite Richter-Bruder den Sprung in die Top5, die von Florian Bandel (GER-11, FMX, Point-7) komplettiert werden.

Im Anschluss drehte der Wind und nahm ab. Die Regattaleitung passte den Kurs an und entschied die Disziplin zu wechseln. Nun kamen die Foiler zum Zuge. Für Vincent Langer spielte dies keine Rolle. Er zeigte auch auf den fliegenden Boards, dass er aktuell der Maßstab ist, an dem sich seine Konkurrenten messen müssen. Mit überlegenden Speed gewann er auch diese Foiling Elimination. Auch dieses Mal war der Flensburger Gunnar Asmussen dicht dran. Mit Platz zwei wahrte er seine Chancen auf eine Podiumsplatzierung bei der GWA Championship. Im Kampf um den Titel möchte aber vor allem Jonne Heimann noch ein Wörtchen mitreden, der sich mit Platz drei weiterhin leistungsstark präsentierte. Der Neumünsteraner Alexander Neubert (GER-294, Sailloft) spulte weiter seine konstant starke Leistung ab und sicherte sich Platz vier vor Leo Richter.

Die GWA Championship beim California Surf Cup auf Sylt verläuft bisher extrem erfolgreich. An jedem der vier Wettkampftage konnten offizielle Wettbewerbe ausgetragen werden und mit insgesamt sieben kompletten Foil Eliminationen, drei Fin Slalom Wettbewerben und einem fast kompletten Wave Contest gab es ein intensives sportliches Programm für die Athleten und die Besucher. In der Disziplin Foiling führt nach sieben Wettfahrten bei zwei Streichern mittlerweile klar Vincent Langer mit der Idealpunktzahl 0,0. Der Topfavorit kann sich berechtigte Hoffnungen auf eine Titelverteidigung machen. Auf dem zweiten Platz im Foiling folgt Jonne Heimann mit 6,0 Punkten. Er ist der Einzige, der neben Langer Foiling Eliminationen bei der GWA Championship gewinnen konnte und auch der einzige, der realistische Chancen hat, Langer den Titel in der Disziplin Foiling noch streitig zu machen. Der Niederländer Koen Hessels (NED-88, Starboard, Severne) liegt mit 18,0 Punkten au Platz drei. Er führt damit aber ein kompaktes Verfolgerfeld an und muss in den kommenden Tagen fokussiert bleiben, wenn er den wichtigsten nationalen Windsurf Event auf einer Podiumsplatzierung abschließen möchte. Denkbar eng gestaltet sich der Kampf um Platz vier im Foiling. Der Flensburger Gunnar Asmussen und der Kieler Youngster Anton Richter liegen hier mit jeweils 21,0 Punkten punktgleich Kopf an Kopf. Im Tie Break kann Asmussen sich aber durchsetzen und verteidigt so bis auf weiteres den vierten Platz vor Anton Richter auf Platz 5.

Der Niederländer Koen Hessels führt auch die Youth U21 Wertung an. Auf den Plätzen Zwei und Drei folgen hier Leo Richter und Keno Recke (GER-10, Patrik Windsurfing). In der Youth U19 Wertung liegt Anton Richter an der Spitze und triumphiert damit bis auf weiteres über Erik Wehkamp (GER-240, Duotone) und Jesse Richter (GER-180, Starboard, Sailloft). In der Junior U17 Wertung kann sich Paul Regber weiterhin über eine exzellente GWA Championship freuen. Er liegt mit einem ausgezeichneten Platz 12 in der Gesamtwertung vor Jesper Mo Thomsen (GER-510, Tabou, GA Sails).

Im Fin Slalom gibt es nach drei Eliminationen den ersten Streicher. Vincent Langer profitiert hier besonders, weil er so seinen sechsten Platz aus der Eröffnungs-Elimination streichen kann. Er führt damit auch in dieser Disziplin mit der Idealpunktzahl 0,0. Hier sitzt ihm die Konkurrenz allerdings dichter im Nacken. Der Flensburger Gunnar Asmussen liegt nach einem Laufsieg und einem zweiten Platz mit 2,0 Punkten unmittelbar dahinter auf Platz 2 in der Veranstaltungswertung. Auch auf der Finne präsentiert sich Anton Richter stark. Mit zwei zweiten Plätzen kommt er auf 4,0 Punkte und belegt so aktuell den dritten Platz auf dem Podium. Diesen Platz würde ihm aber der Fin Slalom Experte Justus Schott gerne streitig machen. Mit 7,0 Punkten liegt dieser in Schlagdistanz. Zwei Punkte dahinter gibt es einen spannenden Zweikampf um die letzte Top-5 Platzierung. Leo Richter und Florian Bandel liegen hier mit 9,0 Punkten punktgleich Kopf an Kopf. Im Tiebreak gelingt es allerdings Leo Richter sich durchzusetzen und Bandel aus den Top5 zu verdrängen.

Für den Samstag sieht es für die Windsurfer nach einer wohlverdienten Wettkampfpause aus. Der extrem schwach prognostizierte Wind dürfte den Athleten ermöglichen, das Material zu flicken und die sich zu erholen, bevor für den Final-Sonntag noch einmal vielversprechende Bedingungen ankündigt sind. Der California Surf Cup Sylt läuft noch bis zum Sonntag. Dann werden um 17:00 Uhr die neuen GWA Champions 2024 gekürt.

Hier gibt es die aktuellen Ergebnisse des Live Scorings für Fin Slalom und Foiling.