PWA Fuerteventura Day 10

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Fuerteventura lieferte an 8 von 10 Tagen starken Wind - oft über 40 Knoten – und ermöglicht so eine fantastische Freestyle- und Slalom-Show für den Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam 2016. Am Ende des Wettbewerbs sichert sich Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) ihren 9. Freestyle-WM-Titel, während Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severn) zum ersten Mal überhaupt einen Event gewinnt. Weltmeister Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde), dominierte den Slalom und erzielte seinen ersten Eventsieg in diesem Jahr. Freestyle Women’s Sarah-Quita Offringa once again proved unbeatable as she extended her unbeaten run to an incredible 9 years to deservedly collect her 9th world freestyle world title — 11th overall with a further 2 world crowns in slalom. Offringa combined the latest power moves together with some of the older sliding moves to see off Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) and Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) Maaike Huvermann grew in confidence throughout the event and she ends 2016 as the vice-world champion, which is her best result so far. Huvermann was able to show her true talent after a disappointing single elimination and by the end of the week she was even beginning to give Offringa a run for her money — consistently landing regular konos and shakas. Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) sailed well once again and the Norwegian secured her place on the podium for the 3rd consecutive year. Johanne earned 2nd place in the opening single elimination, but slips back one place to 3rd with Huvermann gaining the upper-hand in their next two battles.  Meanwhile, Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) rises to 4th in the overall rankings this year, while Maxime van Gent (JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) and Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde) complete the top 6. Alexa Escherich (JP / NeilPryde) made her debut this week and she walks away as the 2016 PWA Youth World Champion Men’s Amado Vrieswijk built on his opening performance of the year in Austria, where he finished 2nd, to go one better in Fuerteventura as the Bonairean came back through the double elimination to beat Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) and claim a maiden event victory. Success here takes Vrieswijk to the top of the overall rankings with one freestyle event to go — Sylt between 30th September until the 9th October. Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails / MFC) had to settle for 3rd place here, which sees the 6-time freestyle world champion fall one place to 2nd in the overall rankings. Uncharacteristically, Gollito, crashed a couple of moves against Vrieswijk in Heat 50, and his last minute shifty did not count due to having completed his scoresheet, which led to a slender 1.8 point defeat. However, Gollito, is still firmly in the hunt for a 7th world crown and once again oozed style in each of his heats. Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) properly announced himself on the world stage this week by storming to victory in the single elimination. The young Belgian produced a powerful display to defeat Vrieswijk, but couldn’t quite hold off his challenge in the double. Caers will still walk way from this week delighted with his performance after finishing on the podium for the first time and he currently completes the overall podium.  Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) was a man on a mission in the double elimination as the Belgian recaptured the form which saw him crowned world champion last year. Van der Eyken won 7 heats on the bounce by defeating — Francesco Cappuzzo (RRD / RRD / Flymount / AL360), Balz Müller (Patrik / Severne), Kiri Thode (Starboard / GA Sails), Nico Akgazciyan (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) and Phil Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks) to rise from 9th to 4th and is now 5th overall in the world.  Phil Soltysiak was delighted to sail his way into the top 4 in the single elimination and the Canadian leaves Fuerteventura with a superb 5th place. Elsewhere, Nicolas Akgazciyan (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), recovered from a disappointing performance in Austria with a 6th place finish here as the Frenchman sailed to the level which earned him 4th overall in 2015.  Meanwhile, Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) remains 4th in the overall rankings after a joint 7th place alongside fellow Bonairean Kiri Thode (Starboard / GA Sails). Slalom Men’s The opening two events of year had proven tricky for Antoine Albeau, but the reigning world champion was back to his very best over the last 5 days to dominate proceedings. AA claimed 4 bullets and qualified for all but two winners’ finals as he claimed his opening event victory of the year, which sees him rise to 5th in the overall rankings. Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic / Shamal Sunglasses) continued his great start to the season as he too qualified for every winners’ final bar two. The Brit finished 3rd here last year and was able to go one better this time around as he claimed 2nd place. Williams showed brilliant pace and gybing throughout and he remains in 3rd place overall — firmly in contention for the world title. Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails) still holds control of the 2016 title race after completing the podium. The Frenchman failed to win an elimination this time, but showed the level of consistency required to challenge for the top and he remains the man everyone has to catch. Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7) made a flying start to the week as he secured the opening bullet after an enthralling finish against Antoine Albeau. The Italian was able to clinch a further victory in Race 8 to secure 4th place here to maintain 2nd place overall. Julien Quentel produced a brilliant set of results to record his second top 5 finish of the year and is currently 7th in the world rankings, while Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails) and Ben van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails) achieved their first top 10 finishes of the year with the latter winning the final elimination of the week.  The top 10 is completed by Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic), Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne) and Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails), who hangs onto 10th place after having to withdraw from sailing on the last day due to a shoulder injury sustained on Day 9.  The last 5 days of racing produced some of the most exciting slalom in year’s with the sailors skills and tactical awareness being tested with a variety of courses, while there were thrilling finales and brutal crashes to make it a show you couldn’t take your eyes off. Thanks to René Egli for once again organising a fantastic event, which will be remembered for a long time, and to everyone who was involved with the event. The PWA looks forward to returning again. To see all the latest from the event — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Where’s Next on the PWA World Tour? The second stage of the PWA Wave World Tour starts tomorrow with the Tenerife PWA World Cup running between the 1st-7th August. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to follow all of the amazing action as it happens via the PWA live stream. Overall Ranking 2016 PWA Women’s Freestyle World Tour:  1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) 2nd Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 3rd Oda Johanne (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) 4th Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins) 5th Maxime van Gent (JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)   Overall Ranking 2016 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Freestyle 1st Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) 2nd Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) 3rd Gollito Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails / MFC) 4th Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) 5th Phil Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks) 6th Nico Akgazciyan (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) 7th Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) 7th Kiri Thode (Starboard / GA Sails) 9th Jacopo Testa (RRD / RRD / AL360) 9th Tonky Frans (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg / AL360) 9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Shamal Sunglasses) 9th Balz Müller (Patrik / Severne) Current Ranking 2016 PWA Freestyle World Tour: Men’s  1st Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) 2nd Gollito Estredo (Fanatic / NorthSails / MFC) 3rd Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) 4th Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) 5th Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) 6th Kiri Thode (Starboard / GA Sails) 7th Phil Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks) 8th Balz Müller (Patrik / Severne) 9th Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Shamal Sunglasses) 10th Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins)   Overall Ranking 2016 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam: Men’s Slalom 1st Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) 2nd Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic / Shamal Sunglasses) 3rd Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails) 4th Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7) 5th Julien Quentel (Patrik / Avanti)   6th Cedric Bordes (Tabou / GA Sails) 7th Ben van der Steen (Tabou / GA Sails)  8th Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) 9th Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne)  10th Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails)   Current Ranking 2016 PWA Slalom World Tour: Men’s 

1st Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / NorthSails) 2nd Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Point-7) 3rd Ross Williams (Tabou / GA Sails / Mystic / Shamal Sunglasses) 4th Pascal Toselli (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails) 5th Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde) 6th Arnon Dagan (RRD / NeilPryde) 7th Julien Quentel (Patrik / Avanti) 8th Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne) 9th Taty Frans (Starboard / GA Sails / Mystic) 10th Steve Allen (Patrik / Severne)