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

Foil Slalom

Women’s

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

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

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

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

Men’s

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

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

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

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

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

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

Freestyle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Freestyle

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

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

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

Foil Slalom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Women’s

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

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

Men’s

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

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

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

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

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

Freestyle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Women’s

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

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

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

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

Men’s

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

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

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

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

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

Mover of the Day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sylt ist berühmt für seine vielfältigen Wetterbedingungen, und auch heute war es nicht anders, denn alle Jahreszeiten waren irgendwann im Laufe des Tages zugegen. Von massiven Sturmböen bis hin zu Sonnenschein und Regen war heute wirklich alles dabei, was die besten Wavesurfer der Welt auf eine harte Probe stellte. Angesichts des auflandigen Windes von 20 bis 30 Knoten, einer wahnsinnigen Strömung auf der Innenseite und einer heftigen Brandung war der heutige Tag wahrlich nichts für schwache Nerven. Am Ende des Tages waren es Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) und Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins), die den goldenen Topf am Ende des Regenbogens fanden, da sie in der aktuellen Event-Rangliste nach den Einzelausscheidungen ganz oben standen.

Wave Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa has an excellent track record when it comes to Sylt having won the event in 2018, ’19 and ’22 and she’s now in pole position to add to her event title haul here after securing the top place on the podium in the single elimination - meaning the Aruban now leads the event after a tough day of competition. Offringa needed a wave in the dying seconds against Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) to advance into the final, but found the score she required to do just that and then went on to secure the victory.

Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) boasts a remarkable record so far this season, which has seen her claim two second places and a third before Sylt. The 19-year-old is enjoying a breakout season and is guaranteed another podium after managing to negotiate her way into another winners’ final today. Unfortunately the final didn’t quite play out how she would’ve wanted with the Spaniard getting trapped on the inside due to Sylt’s infamous shorebreak, bolt onshore winds and strong current, but once she reflects on the day overall, she’ll be able to be extremely proud of what she has achieved.

Meanwhile, 14-year-old Sol Degrieck continues to lay down the gauntlet to her peers. The highly talented young Belgian secured the final place on the podium in the single elimination after managing to defeat current World Tour leader - Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) - in the battle for third and fourth.

Men’s

Reigning world champion, Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing) and Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) had been the two standout sailors throughout the single elimination, so it was only fitting that the two of them met in the winners’ final.

Paré came into Sylt on the back of winning last time out in Tenerife and he took a giant step towards securing back-to-back event wins after seeing off his Brazilian rival in the final. Despite the extremely testing conditions, Paré still managed to land a 7.12 point double forward, while also linking together a solid opening wave which earned him 5.38 points. Browne tried to reply with a double forward of his own on a couple of occasions, but couldn’t quite find his usual textbook execution, which is perhaps testament to just how difficult the conditions were, more than anything else.

Paré endured a tough start to the season after suffering a Lisfranc fracture in March, but after choosing to skip Pozo as it came a touch too soon, the Spaniard has hit the ground running and will now look to defend his single elimination crown over the remainder of the event.

Browne posted the highest scoring heat of the day in his opening heat - 22.45 points - and will probably be quite happy with his second place in the single elimination given how unpredictable Sylt can be, while with another eight days to go, he may well get another opportunity to fight for the victory as he bids to defend his wave world title and complete a hat-trick.

Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing) continued his fine form as he navigated his way into the top three of the single elimination after defeating Antoine Martin (Starboard / North Windsurfing) in Heat 16. The Spaniard has finished on the podium in three out of four events so far this season and took a big step towards making that four from five after another polished display here, which included landing one of the only frontside 360s of the day.

After claiming the scalp of Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) in the quarterfinals, Martin has already guaranteed himself his best result of the season at a 5-star event as the worse he can now finish is fifth.

Miguel Chapuis (Flikka / North Windsurfing) recorded his best result to date in a single elimination after claiming joint fifth place alongside Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde), Köster and Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde), who is seeking another top five finish after also finishing fifth in Pozo.

The top ten is currently completed by Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails), Dieter Van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins), Henri Kolberg (Naish / Naish Sails), Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins), Titouan Flechet (Tabou / Hot Sails Maui), Jules Denel (Tabou / GA Sails), Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) and Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins), all of whom currently share ninth place.

Wave of the Day

Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails), who finished the single elimination ranked in joint ninth, earned the only excellent wave score of the day - 8 points - after he exploded through a sick frontside 360 despite the almost bolt onshore conditions at the time. As mentioned earlier, Fernandez was the only other sailor to land a frontside 360 and the Spaniard was awarded 7.78 points.

The forecast looks significantly lighter for Sunday, but depending how wavy it is, there could be the option of running Foil Slalom at some point. The skippers’ meeting for all three fleets has been schedule for 10am (GMT+2) with a first possible start at 10:30am for the Wave and Freestyle sailors, while the first possible start for the Foil Slalom is 11:30am.

Current Ranking 2024 Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt - Women’s Wave

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

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

Der Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt 2024 markiert den 40. Jahrestag dieser wunderbaren Veranstaltung, die im Laufe der Jahre viele magische Momente auf und neben dem Wasser hervorgebracht hat. In den kommenden zehn Tagen (27. September - 6. Oktober) wird der Freestyle-Weltmeistertitel der Männer entschieden, während die Wave- und Foil-Slalom- Fleets der Männer und Frauen ebenfalls in Aktion sein werden, da ihre eigenen Titelrennen immer mehr an Fahrt gewinnen, während wir uns dem Ende der Saison nähern.

When it comes to delivering the widest range of conditions imaginable, Sylt certainly never disappoints as you never quite know what you are going to get on this wonderful island. In strong onshore winds, a colossal shore break develops - ready to crush the hopes of any unsuspecting competitors - along with powerful waves of up to three or four meters in size, which can provide amazing, but extremely challenging, wave sailing conditions, whilst also posing a stern test for the slalom and freestyle fleets. On the other hand, Sylt can also produce great racing and freestyle conditions, when offshore winds grace the island with their presence, although it can then be bitterly cold. One thing is for sure, to win here you need to be the complete all-rounder, who is willing to have their mettle tested to breaking point.

Wave Women’s

Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) is enjoying her best season to date on the World Tour. The German started the year by earning her first event victory in Chile before adding a solid second place to her results in Pozo. Erpenstein then rekindled that taste of victory in Tenerife with a superb display and she comes into Sylt as the current World No.1 having won two of the three events she has entered thus far in 2024. The 27-year-old will be buoyed by the home crowd and she’ll be looking to use that energy to continue her outstanding season, which currently sees her in pole position in the world title race.

The overall standard of sailing in Tenerife was arguably some of the highest ever seen on the Women’s Wave World Tour and a large part of that is thanks to a group of young, thriving talent, who are pushing each other to the next level - namely; current World No.2, Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing), Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing), Sol Degrieck (Severne Windsurfing) and Maria Behrens (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) and you can expect to see them feature heavily here.

Of course, reigning world champion, Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) should be in the mix too. The Aruban has already added another two world titles to her name this year - taking her to a grand total of 24 - and will be looking to bounce back from a fourth place finish in Tenerife after winning in Gran Canaria to kick start her campaign.

Elsewhere, Marine Hunter (Quatro / Tribal Windsurfing) produced a turn up for the books last year as she claimed the top spot on the podium, while Pauline Katz (Severne / Severne Sails) will be searching for another top five and beyond finish.

Men’s

Things remains incredibly tight at the top between Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde), who is searching for his first world title, and Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing), who already has three world titles to his name and is enjoying a resurgent season, which has seen him finish on the podium in three out of four events (Japan, Chile, Gran Canaria & Tenerife). Fernandez has an excellent track record in Sylt with his ability to make challenging and tricky conditions look seemingly easy and he’ll be looking to continue his rich vein on form, while Gil will be looking to record his best Sylt result to date in order to keep pace in the world title race.

The home crowd will be cheering on 5-time world champion - Philip Köster (Severne/ Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) and Julian Salmonn (Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS) - both of whom still remain in the mix to challenge for the world title come the decider in Maui, Hawaii, while Leon Jamaer (Flikka / GUNSAILS) will also be a home favourite.

Other names to watch out for of course include reigning world champion, Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing), who is looking to complete a hat-trick of world titles and remains firmly in the mix, Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins), who led the rankings a little earlier in the season, Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde), Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins), Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails), Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails), who completed his comeback from injury with a superb victory in Tenerife, Jules Denel (Tabou / GA Sails), Dieter Van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails) and Antoine Martin (Starboard / North Windsurfing) - plus a few others.

Foil Slalom Women’s

For the first time in many years, the best female racers in the world will return to Sylt to compete, but they will be greeted by very different conditions compared to their previous outing in Fuerteventura.

As the current World Tour leader, and after winning in Fuerteventura so comprehensively, Justine Lemeteyer (FMX Racing / S2Maui) will start as the pre-event favourite. The racing often takes place in the lightest winds of the event with the Men’s Freestyle and both Wave fleets also competing in Sylt, but that could bode well for Lemeteyer, who recorded an excellent victory in Lake Garda in 2023 in lighter airs.

Marion Mortefon (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) will likely be Lemeteyer’s biggest rival with the former three-time world champion being the only other sailor to claim an elimination in Fuerteventura (4 bullets). However, after winning the opening three eliminations in Fuerte she then found it hard to pin back Lemeteyer, so it will be interesting to see if she can stay closer to her compatriot this time round.

Reigning world champion - Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) - started the season by completing the podium in Fuerteventura, but was never really in contention for the victory. Expect to see the Spaniard pushing hard here as she looks to remain firmly in the world title race conversation heading into the decider in Japan in November.

Elsewhere, watch out for Germany’s very own Alisa Engelmann (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils), who made a fast start to life on the World Tour - narrowly missing out on the podium in her opening event in Fuerteventura, Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails), Mae Davico (PATRIK / Loftsails/ PATRIK Foils), Anna Biagiolini (PATRIK / Point-7) and 14-year-old Bobbi-Lynn de Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde), who just achieved two podium finishes in mixed fleets at the PWA / IWT Cold Hawaii Youth Wave and Slalom World Cup.

Men’s

Having secured his maiden event victory on the World Tour in Fuerteventura, Daniele Benedetti (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) will enter the second event of the season as the No.1 seed, however, the racing was phenomenally close in Fuerte, so much so that heading into the final elimination, anyone out of the Italian, Pierre Mortefon (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils), Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) were all still in with a shout of winning the event, and all four of those sailors should be challenging for top honours again here.

Meanwhile, Alexis Mathis (Tabou / GA Sails) enters Sylt on the back of recording his best result to date on the World Tour - fifth in Fuerteventura and the 22-year-old will look to build upon that fine start to the season over the coming 10 days.

Having signed off the last season with back-to-back event victories, Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails), will probably have been disappointed with his sixth place in Fuerteventura. The Bonairean consistently hit the crossbar in the semifinals as he only qualified for three out of seven winners’ finals, but on each occasion then won each of the four b-finals he was involved in. Vrieswijk has won here for the last two seasons, so will be hoping to bounce back by completing a hat-trick of event wins in Sylt.

Elsewhere, the home crowd will pinning their hopes on Michele Becker (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils), Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde) and Fabian Wolf (Starboard / Severne Sails), who started the season with 7th, 11th and 13th place finishes respectively. Becker will have fond memories returning to Sylt having secured his maiden bullet on the World Tour here in 2023.

Having been concentrating on their Olympic campaigns earlier this summer, both Nicolas Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) and Johan Søe (FMX Racing / Point-7) return to the fray and both should be major threats here.

The likes of Maciek Rutkowski (NeilPryde), Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing), Thomas Goyard (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils), Bruno Martini (JP / NeilPryde), Benoit Merceur (Severne / Severne Sails), Noah Vinther (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils), Cedric Bordes (Severne / Severne Sails) and Alexandre Cousin (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails / PATRIK Foils) plus a few others will be vying for the top ten and beyond.

Freestyle Men’s

This time last year, Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) earned his first victory on the World Tour, and now just twelve months later, the 20-year-old enters Sylt as the No.1 ranked sailor in the world having fought back to win in Fuerteventura. The young Greek looks remarkably cool, calm and collected while competing, and having won the last two events, Neubauer will have his sights set on not only defending his event title here, but also securing is maiden world crown.

However, both reigning world champion - Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) and Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins), who finished second in Fuerteventura will have different ideas. Both men suffered narrow one point losses to Neubauer in the double elimination in Fuerte and will be hoping to reverse those outcomes this time out.

Given their remarkable consistency you’d expect that the 2024 Men’s PWA Freestyle World Champion will come from one of the top three sailors. However, with that being said, there are only two events to count this year, which means that there is absolutely no room for error with no discard to fall back upon. So one false move, or any untimely equipment breakages, could still throw the world title race wide open.

Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails) enters Sylt as the next closest contender after producing a brilliant comeback through the double elimination in Fuerteventura. The Swissman remains one of, if not the most innovative sailor in the world, and he’ll be hoping to use that innovative instinct to keep himself in contention.

As we saw in Fuerteventura, once you are into the top 16, almost any sailor is capable of beating each other on their day, so don’t be surprised to see the likes of; Sam Esteve (JP / NeilPryde), Youp Schmit (Tabou / GA Sails), Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails), Jacopo Testa (WeOne / Point-7 / AL360), Steven Van Broeckhoven (Starboard / GUNSAILS), Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), Dieter Van der Eyken (Severne Sails), Amado Vrieswijk and the youthful talent of Takumi Moriya (Severne / Severne Sails) all pushing for the top positions.

Looking Ahead

In true Sylt fashion, the forecast suggests that we’ll see a great variety of conditions with anything from moderate to storm force 8 winds currently predicted. Of course a lot can change in terms of the forecast over a 10 day period, but Friday (which is normally just a registration day) and Saturday both look extremely windy, so we should hopefully see an explosive start to the 40th anniversary Citroën Windsurf World Cup Sylt.

Drei Tage musste die Windsurf Elite warten, weil der schwache Wind keine offiziellen Wettfahrten beim California Windsurf Cup Heiligenhafen zuließ. Aber pünktlich zum Finaltag kehrte dann der Wind zurück. So konnten zwei komplette Foiling Eliminationen durchgeführt werden. Fabi Wolf (GER-404, Starboard, Severne), der GWA Foiling Champion von 2023, dominierte das Saisonfinale vor Vincent Langer (GER-1, Duotone) und Lars Poggemann (GER-730, FMX Racing, S2 Maui). Bei der im Rahmen der Veranstaltung durchgeführten GWA Youth & Junior Championship siegte bei den Youth U21 Keno Recke (GER-10, Patrik). Bei den Youth U19 siegte Erik Wehkamp (GER-240, Starboard, Severne) und bei den Junioren U17 siegte Paul Regber (GER-17, Starboard, Severne).

„Wir freuen uns, dass der Wind am Ende doch noch so gut mitgespielt hat. Wir hatten hier einen Teilnehmerrekord und vor allem auch viele Nachwuchsfahrer, die für die GWA Youth & Junior Champions nach Heiligenhafen gereist sind. Heiligenhafen ist ein perfekter Standort für eine große Windsurfveranstaltung. Das war ein hervorragendes Finale für die 2024er Saison des California Windsurf Cups. Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die Athleten“, sagt Matthias Regber von der Choppy Water GmbH, die den California Windsurf Cup organisiert.

Gleich in der ersten Wettfahrt machte Fabian Wolf klar, dass er nach Heiligenhafen gereist war, um hier zu gewinnen. Mit einem Sieg im Auftaktrennen legte er dafür die die optimale Grundlage. Er konnte sich darüber hinaus auch über 500 Euro Preisgeld freuen. Denn die erste Wettfahrt jedes California Windsurf Cups ist durch den großen Preis der LVM Versicherung mit einem Preisgeld von insgesamt 1.000,- Euro dotiert. Vincent Langer konnte sich als Zweitplatzierter über 300,- Euro freuen, während Jonne Heimann (GER-107, Gun Sails) mit Platz drei 200,- Euro gewann. Lars Poggemann und Alexander Neubert (GER-294, Starboard, Sailoft) komplettierten die Top5 in diesem Lauf.

In der zweiten Elimination wurde es dann noch einmal richtig spannend. Vincent Langer führte das Finale lange Zeit an und hätte mit einem Sieg in diesem Lauf auch die Führung in der Veranstaltungswertung übernommen. Auf dem vorletzten Schenkel konnte Wolf dann aber an Langer vorbeiziehen und sicherte sich so den zweiten Sieg im zweiten Rennen. Langer lief abermals auf Platz zwei ein. Lars Poggemann sicherte sich Platz drei vor dem Dänen Kasper Nielsen (DEN-148, Loftsails). Platz fünf ging abermals an Alexander Neubert.

In der Veranstaltungswertung des California Windsurf Cups Heiligenhafen dominierte Fabi Wolf nach zwei Laufsiegen mit der Idealpunktzahl 0,0. Damit kann er das Saisonfinale der deutschen Spitzenserie im Windsurfen klar für sich entscheiden. Auf dem zweiten Platz folgt der GWA Champion 2024, Vincent Langer, mit 4,0 Punkten. Lars Poggemann kann sich mit einem dritten und einem vierten Platz 7,0 Punkte und damit auch den dritten Platz auf dem Podium sichern. Alexander Neubert kann bereits die gesamte Saison mit konstanten Leistungen überzeugen und sichert sich mit zweimal Platz fünf 10,0 Punkte und damit den vierten Platz beim California Windsurf Cup Heiligenhafen 2024. Jonne Heimann stürzte zwar im letzten Finale, durch seinen dritten Platz in der ersten Elimination kommt er dennoch auf 13,0 Punkte und komplettiert damit die Top5.

Im Rahmen des California Windsurf Cups Heiligenhafen wurde auch erstmals die GWA Youth & Junior Championship ausgetragen. Erstmals hat die German Windsurfing Association damit eine gemeinsame Championship für alle Jugendlichen Windsurfer, egal aus welcher Altersstufe und mit welchem Material, ausgerichtet. Das sorgte für einen großen Andrang bei den Youngstern. Der Kieler Erik Wehkamp ist GWA Youth U19 Champion 2024. Er siegte vor Jesse Richter (GER-180, Starboard, Sailoft) aus Hannover und dem Dänen Kasper Nielsen. Keno Recke sicherte sich den Titel des GWA Youth U21 Champions vor dem Franzosen Brendan Lorho (FRA-113, FMX, Point-7) und dem Kieler Leo Richter (GER-9, JP, Neil Pryde).

Paul Regber ist der GWA Junior U17 Champion 2024. Er siegte vor dem Braunschweiger Philipp Köhlert (GER-2009, Starboard, Severne) und Tom Franke (GER-853, Tahe, TWF) aus Kiel. Bei den Junior U15 setzte sich Gustav Grünbaum (GER-723, Starboard, Severne) aus Rostock vor Julian Ahrens (GER-7871, Starboard, Severne) und Mika Henning (GER-64, Duotone) durch. In der Sonderwertung für das olympische iQFOiL bzw. iQFOiL Youth&Junior Equipment siegte Erik Wehkamp vor Lasse Brudek (GER-699, Starboard, Severne) und dem Kieler Ole Moikow (GER-192, Starboard, Severne). In der Techno Windfoil Wertung siegte Tom Franke vor Fritz Grünbaum (GER-721, Tahe, TWF) und Oke Hochschild (GER-50, Tahe, TWF).

Die GWA Youth & Junior Championship Heiligenhafen 2024 war ein mega Erfolg. Erstmals gab es eine gemeinsame Championship für alle Nachwuchswindsurfer in Deutschland. Schade, dass der schwache Wind die Fin Slalom und Techno Fahrer nicht zum Zuge kommen ließ. Im Foiling ging es dafür ordentlich zur Sache. Die einmalige Atmosphäre von dutzenden Jugendlichen unterschiedlichen Alters, die hier zusammen gekommen sind, zeigte, dass der Windsurf Cup dynamisch wächst. Gerade hier in Heiligenhafen hat aber auch der ausgezeichnete Standort zu dem Erfolg beigetragen. Die Wiese war optimal als Basis für die Organisation einer großen Windsurfveranstaltung.

Neben den Wettbewerben auf der Ostsee bot der California Windsurf Cup ein attraktives Rahmen- und Partyprogramm auf der Drachenwiese am Steinwarder in Heiligenhafen. So konnte man zum Beispiel bei den kostenlosen Yoga Sessions präsentiert von der LVM Versicherung selbst aktiv werden. Zweimal täglich, um 11:00 Uhr und um 16:30 Uhr, konnte man bei „YogabyKimi"mitmachen. Yogamatten von der LVM Versicherung wurden kostenlos zur Verfügung gestellt. Beim Titelsponsor Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge konnte man das Angebot von Hinterland bewundern und neue Erinnerungsstücke in der Fotobox kreieren. Am Stand der Autostadt erhielt man einen Vorgeschmack der Aktivitäten und Angebote, die in der Autostadt Wolfsburg entdeckt werden können. Von Kinderprogramm mit Hüpfburgen, Bungee-Trampolin und Wasserlaufbällen, bis hin zu kulinarischen Genüssen wie kühlem König Pilsener, Wein und Flammkuchen – für jeden Geschmack war etwas dabei.

Die Abende standen ganz im Zeichen von Musik und Feiern. Am Donnerstag startete Alexander Wilken mit einer einzigartigen Kombination aus Live-Saxophon und DJ-Set in die Eventpartys. Am Freitag sorgte Xandi & Band für Livemusik, bevor es am Samstag bei DJ Solsonid das große Party-Finale gab.

Trotz drei Tagen Flaute war der California Windsurf Cup am Ende ein sportlicher Erfolg. Auch das Eventvillage auf der Drachenwiese und das Rahmen- und Partyprogramm waren gelungen. Für die Zukunft soll die Kommunikation und Besucherlenkung optimiert werden, damit noch mehr Gäste diese tolle Veranstaltung besuchen können.

Der Termin für das kommende Jahr steht bereits: Vom 04. bis zum 07. September 2025 wird das Finale des California Windsurf Cups 2025 wieder im Ostseebad Heiligenhafen stattfinden.

Die Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft in der Windsurfklasse Speed startet wieder für eine Woche auf Fehmarn und laden Schaulustige und Interessierte zum Bestaunen ein. Ein bestimmtes Punktesystem ermittelt innerhalb dieser Woche den schnellsten Speedwindsurfer. Die Qualifikation für das oberste Treppenpodest wird durch einen rasanten, bis an die 75km/h schnellen Fahrstil sowie über die Auswahl des bestgeeignetsten Materials erreicht.

Mit Hilfe von GPS Positionsmessungen werden die Geschwindigkeiten der Teilnehmer ermittelt. Je nach Windrichtung und Stärke werden Kurse von 250 m oder 500 m Länge abgefahren und die mittlere Geschwindigkeit entlang dieser Strecken bestimmt. Dabei werden pro Rennen die schnellsten zwei Durchläufe von jedem Surfer gewertet. Ein dichtes Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen lässt die Spannung bis zur Siegerehrung täglich steigen. Die Surfer-Elite hofft, wie jedes Jahr, auf beste Windbedingungen, Sonnenschein und eine glatte See.

An flauen Tagen wird allerlei gefachsimpelt und Erfahrungen ausgetauscht. Der Besucher erhascht hierbei ein paar glorreiche Tipps der Profis und mit ein wenig Glück auch einen privaten Gegenstand aus der Surfmaterial-Sammlung von dem einen oder dem anderen Fahrer.

Weitere Informationen zum Programm stehen unter www.speedwindsurfen.de oder auf der Facebook Seite vom Verein Deutscher Speedsurfer -VDS- e.V. .

Der Verein freut sich auf die Veranstaltung. „Nun wohl auf, wir sehen uns in der Woche ab dem 31. August 2024 in der Orther Bucht zur Internationalen Deutschen Meisterschaft in der Windsurfklasse „Speed“, so Herr Haacke (1. Vorsitzender des VDS).

Maria Andres (Spanien) meisterte die sanften Surfbedingungen mit Leichtigkeit, wählte tolle Sets und verband mehrere Turns und Floater, um einige der längsten und eindrucksvollsten Rides des Finales zu erzielen. Andrés fand drei Schlüsselwellen und die besten beiden sicherten ihr eine fast exzellente Gesamtpunktzahl von 15,20 und damit einen sicheren Sieg. Nach einem 3. Platz im Jahr 2022 und einem Sieg im Jahr 2019 hier in Pacasmayo war dies ein süßer und hart erkämpfter Sieg für die Spanierin. Durch den Sieg rückt Andrés auf Platz 5 der Weltrangliste vor und ist in Schlagdistanz zum Podium des Gesamtweltcups.

The number one Women’s seed coming into the Peru World Cup, France’s Sarah Hauser, read her finals waves superbly and showcased trademark tight turns right in the pocket. Hauser didn’t connect quite as many critical turns as Andrés and that was the difference between the two on the day. Towards the end of heat, Hauser managed to find a long peeling beauty that she rode well into ‘middles’ for a 7.27 and cemented her second place. The second place here in Peru holds Hauser in 4th place overall and still in close contact with the top riders and definitely in contention for the overall World Title race.

Australia’s Jane Seman had a rough start to the heat but regained some of her lost ground when she managed to pick up a wide set wave and connect multiple snaps in the pocket and two lip line hits to get herself back into contention with a 6.93. As good sets rolled in towards the end of heat, Seman was a little too inside and had to settle for a medium size wave, where she squeezed in multiple turns to secure third place.

Another Australian, Fifteen year-old Sarah Kenyon had ridden well all competition to make her way into the Women’s final. Kenyon is part of a new wave of young Australian riders who are starting to stake their claim to be amongst the best in the world. She won the Pro Junior and Junior finals at Peru against a mixed fleet of boys and girls.

Pacasmayo Classic 2024 Pro Women results:

1. Maria Andres (ESP)
2. Sarah Hauser (FRA)
3. Jane Seman (AUS)
4. Sarah Kenyon (AUS)

The Men’s final was extremely close with all riders reaching double figure scores. Guadeloupe’s Antoine Martin started strongly with an epic 9.10 ride that nailed a high risk ‘taka’ 360 maneuver early on, followed by aerials, floaters and power snaps tight in the pocket. Lightweight Camille Juban, also from Guadeloupe, answered back with an 8.4 that included an insanely high and tweaked aerial, a one handed top turn and impressively fast and full vertical snaps in the pocket all of which impressed the judges despite the wave being a little smaller than Martin’s best scoring ride. Juban further built his score with a super long peeler that he milked with stylish aerials and snaps to score a 7.23 and give him the win by just 0.03 points. With these results, Martin moves up into 10th overall in the World Rankings, while Juban rises to 7th and is now in striking distance of the overall World Title podium.

Italy’s number one rider, Federico Morisio, competed with trademark consistency he’s shown here in Peru over many years, for 3rd place on the coveted podium. His inspiring repertoire included aerials, aggressive snaps and floaters, which he linked beautifully on several long waves. Morisio scored over 7 for his two best waves and finished with a strong heat total of 14.63.

The number one Men’s seed coming into the Peru World Cup was 3 time Aloha Classic Champion, Hawaiian based and French born Morgan Noireaux who ended his finals run in 4th. Despite the end result, Noireaux impressed with the second highest single wave score of the final at 8.63.

In 4th position now, his World Title race is still very much alive with less than 1,000 points separating him from current 3rd overall Brazil’s Marcillio Brown, 2nd overall Spain’s Victor Fernandez.

Next up, competitors will take a break from competition before heading to the German World Cup next month, and then the Aloha Classic Grand Final in Hawaii in October.

Pacasmayo Classic 2024 Pro Men results:

1. Camille Juban (FRA)
2. Antoine Martin (FRA)
3. Federico Morisio (ITA)
4. Morgan Noireaux (FRA)

Nach einer kurzen Unterbrechung am Nachmittag wurden am vorletzten Tag des 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cups die Double Eliminations der Männer und Frauen beendet und El Cabezo hat sicherlich einen soliden Allround-Test mit einer Vielzahl von Bedingungen geboten, die den Teilnehmern in den letzten sechs Tagen geboten wurden. Trotz einiger hervorragender Comebacks einiger Fahrer konnte letztendlich niemand die Single Elimination Champions - Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) und Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) - daran hindern, die obersten Plätze auf dem prestigeträchtigen Event-Podium der Damen und Herren zu erobern.

Wave Women’s - Double Elimination

Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) has long been on the cusp of being one of the best female wave sailors in the world, but before this season, without really having the results to truly back it up. However, that all changed in April of this year when she won her maiden event on the World Tour in Chile, while now just a few months down the line, she has further enhanced her reputation with a terrific victory in Tenerife. The German had to defend her single elimination against none other than Iballa Moreno (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), but she embraced the moment as she pulled off several full blooded rail turns to take control of the final before storming downwind and finding the perfect backloop ramp to secure the deal.

Having finished fourth in the single elimination, Iballa mounted a superb comeback with a combination of radical one-footed forward loops and her trademark, almost effortless wave riding, to first halt the comeback of Pauline Katz (Severne / Severne Sails) in Heat 46, before going on to also take down reigning world champion Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) in a heat that had to be resailed, before also getting the better of Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Duotone Windsurfing) to guarantee herself a place in the top two in her first event of the season.

Alexia Kiefer Quintana may be slightly upset to slip to third place, but this still represents her third podium in as many events as the 19-year-old continues to go from strength-to-strength. The Spaniard landed a five-point backloop against Iballa, but couldn’t quite find the wave scores required on this occasion to pin back the former five-time PWA Wave world champion.

Sarah-Quita Offringa may be slightly aggrieved to have lost out on a place on the podium as the 24-time world champion was well ahead in the initial running of Heat 46 against Iballa Moreno. However, the decision was made to cancel the heat due to the conditions not being good enough and she ultimately lost out in the re-run. Fourth place isn’t where she is used to finishing, and it’s not ideal for her world title defence, even though Tenerife is only a 4-start event this time around, as this only Offringa’s second appearance of the season in the waves.

Pauline Katz has really stepped up her level this season and she finishes this year’s event in fifth place after bringing local girl, Maria Morales’ (Goya Windsurfing) comeback to and end in the battle for fifth and sixth in Heat 45. Morales, meanwhile, did well to climb back into the top six after fighting back from the first round of the double.

Men’s - Double Elimination

Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) admitted that he felt a lot more nervous having to wait on the sidelines, while watching the double elimination unfold in front of his eyes, than when sailing in the single. However, by the way the 26-year-old started the final against good friend, Victor Fernandez (Duotone Windsurfing), you’d have been right to question whether he was feeling any nerves at all as he quickly rotated through an almost perfect double forward - 7.78 points - on a 5.3m and 99L board to set the tone. As previously mentioned, Paré is only just coming back to full fitness after suffering a Lisfranc fracture earlier in the year, but you wouldn’t be able to tell that given the overall level of his sailing as he also also earned two solid wave scores to set the highest heat score of the day - 18.41 points - to claim a thoroughly deserved first victory on the World Tour, which must feel all the more special given his turbulent year.

Victor Fernandez gains one place from the single elimination after producing a buzzer beater against Julian Salmonn (Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS) in what was incredibly close heat. In fact, things were so close that entering the dying seconds of the heat just 0.08 of a point separated the two sailors in Salmonn’s favour. However, Fernandez struck with a 5.38 point wave, the second highest wave score of the heat, to swing the tie in his favour to progress into the final. The former 3-time world champion couldn’t land a killer blow against Paré, but he keeps himself very much in the contention for a potential fourth world title.

Julian Salmonn couldn’t quite hang on to second place from the single, but still backs up his maiden podium from Gran Canaria - 2nd - with another at his home event. The German couldn’t quite display the air takas that he did in the single - perhaps due to the higher tide meaning the wave at El Cabezo didn’t provide quite the same projection, but third place still represents a solid result for the 26-year-old.

Out of the top ranked sailors in the overall World Tour rankings, Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde) gains the most from the single elimination with the Spaniard climbing from joint ninth into fourth place after winning six consecutive heats.

Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) slips one place to fifth, while Ricardo Campello finishes his second event of the season in sixth place. Last year’s vice-world champion landed a number of radical one-handed, one-footed forwards to inflict plenty of damage.

Meanwhile, Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) and Tobias Bjørnaa (Duotone Windsurfing) both improve slightly from the single elimination with both sailors ranked in joint ninth at that point. Sugi improves to seventh place, while Bjørnaa records his best result to date on the World Tour with an excellent eighth place. The young Dane produced a buzzer beater in Heat 43 to deny Dieter Van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) in the top eight.

Van der Eyken backs up his best result ever on the Wave World Tour from Gran Canaria - 4th - with a solid ninth place, which he shares alongside Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), after the New Caledonian mounted an impressive comeback through the double, which saw him come from the first round to claim his spot inside the top 10.

With solid results gained in all other categories and a less than favourable forecast for the final day, there will be no further competition at this year’s event. The official prize giving ceremony will be held at 12:30pm (GMT+1)

Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Women’s Wave

1st Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Iballa Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Pauline Katz (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
6th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

Result 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Men’s Wave

1st Marc Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Julian Salmonn (GER | Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS)
4th Marino Gil (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
5th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
6th Ricardo Campello (BRA/VEN)
7th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)
8th Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
9th Antoine Albert (NC | Goya Windsurfing)
9th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Girl’s U18s

1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Lizzlote Schilling (ESP | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
3rd Annagiulia Piccaglia (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
4th Trine Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U21s

1st Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
2nd Hayata Ishii (JPN | RRD / RRD Sails)
3rd Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Gregory Stathopoulos (GRE | Goya Windsurfing)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U18s

1st Carlos Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
2nd Ryu Noguchi (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Leon Maethner (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Javier Escribano (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

Am fünften Tag des 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cups gab es einen weiteren actiongeladenen Tag, an dem El Cabezo wohl die bisher besten Bedingungen des Events bot - vor allem bei auflaufender Flut mit einigen schönen Bowly-Passagen, die man anfahren konnte, während es mehr als genug Wind zum Springen gab.

Wave Women’s - Double Elimination

The opening round of the women’s double elimination was also completed and Sol Degrieck and local girl, Maria Morales (Goya Windsurfing), were by far the standout sailors and both of them could mount serious comebacks through the double. Morales posted the highest score of the day in Heat 39 - 16.74 points - with an excellent stalled forward and aggressive wave riding see her deservedly win the heat ahead of Elena Dominick (Severne / Severne Sails), who also progresses into the next round in second place.

Degrieck, meanwhile, comfortably won Heat 38 with a combination of a forward and excellent wave riding. The 14-year-old even threatened to slide through a taka, but couldn’t quite pull it off. Also joining the young Belgian in the next round are; Line Bang Wittrup (Goya Windsurfing), Sybille Bode (Goya Windsurfing), Caroline Weber (Bruch Boards / Sailloft Hamburg / Maui Ultra Fins), Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Sarah Jackson (Duotone Windsurfing).

Men’s - Double Elimination

By the close of play, almost the opening three rounds of the men’s double elimination have also been completed and thus far Henri Kolberg (Naish / Naish Sails), Jules Denel (Tabou / GA Sails) and Josep Pons (Point-7 / Black Project Fins) begun to mount the best comebacks as they each won their opening three heats today to qualify for the fourth round.

Elsewhere, Mike Friedl (Goya Windsurfing) successfully made it through his first heat in the double as he looks to try and defend his ninth place from the single, while Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins), Adam Warchol (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing) and Tobias Bjørnaa are all safely through to the next round as well.

The first heat up tomorrow will be Heat 39 which involves current World Tour leader, Marino Gil (JP / NeilPryde), Moritz Mauch (Simmer / Simmer Sails), who claimed the highest single wave score of the day - 7.38 points - Simon Thule (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) and Antoine Albert (Goya Windsurfing), who rode his luck to progress from Heat 34. It looked as though the New Caledonian was set to miss out, but both Omar Sanchez (Tabou / GA Sails) and Esteban De Cruz (Severne / Severne Sails) had their best waves deducted, meaning Albert lives to fight another day.

Youth’s U18 Girl’s

Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) cements her place at the top of the U18 Girl’s current event ranking after claiming her second victory in as many finals. The 14-year-old claimed another emphatic today with her jumping and wave riding being in a different dimension, while the rest of the results remained the same with Lizzlotte Schilling (Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails) securing second place ahead of Annagiulia Piccaglia (Goya Windsurfing), who unfortunately injured her knee while landing a forward loop, and Trine Gobisch (Duotone Windsurfing).

U21 Boy’s

Having finished fourth in the main draw yesterday, Liam Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins) stamped his authority on the U21s division to claim a clear cut victory. The 20-year-old, who won the opening event in Gran Canaria, looked unstoppable as he out jumped and out wave rode his opponents - once again landing textbook double forwards and one-foot backloops, while using his surfing knowledge and ability to excel on the wave. Dunkerbeck looks as though he has come of age in Tenerife and will be incredibly difficult to stop based on this performance.

Dunkerbeck’s closest rival, was perhaps unsurprisingly, Hayata Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails), who finished seventh in the main draw yesterday. However, things weren’t quite as simple as that, as in the four-man final just half a point separated Ishii, Tobias Bjørnaa (Duotone Windsurfing) and Anton Richter (JP / NeilPryde). In the end, Ishii was given the nod for second place thanks to him earning the highest single wave score for a sick frontside 360 off of a critical section to beat Bjørnaa by way of a tiebreak.

Bjørnaa sailed great throughout - consistently earning the maximum points allowed for a stalled forward - 5.5 points, while his wave riding was free flowing and dynamic.

Meanwhile, Richter, who pipped Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) to the last place in the final by just half a point as well, but was then on the wrong side of that decision in the final as he missed out on a place on the podium by the exact same margin.

Neubauer currently shares joint fifth place with fellow countryman - Gregory Stathopoulos (Goya Windsurfing). Neubauer couldn’t quite land the double forward that he needed in the semifinals to progress, while Stathopoulos sailed well until the semifinals and then didn’t enjoy his best heat.

The forecast for Saturday is best early on with the wind and the waves expected to drop as the day progresses. The sailors will meet again at 9:30am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 10am onwards.

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Women’s Wave

1st Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Alexia Kiefer Quintana (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
3rd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Iballa Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Maria Behrens (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Pauline Katz (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)
7th Marine Hunter (FRA | Quatro / Tribal Windsurfing)
7th Justyna Sniady (POL | North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Men’s Wave

1st Marca Paré (ESP | Simmer / Simmer Sails)
2nd Julian Salmonn (GER | Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS)
3rd Victor Fernandez (ESP | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Dieter Van der Eyken (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
5th Ricardo Campello (BRA/VEN)
7th Miguel Chapuis (ESP | Flikka / North Sails)
7th Hayata Ishii (JPN | RRD / RRD Sails)
9th Mike Friedl (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
9th Marino Gil (ESP | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
9th Takuma Sugi (JPN | Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Girl’s U18s

1st Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
2nd Lizzllote Schilling (ESP | Goya Windsurfing / Severne Sails)
3rd Annagiulia Piccaglia (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)
4th Trine Gobisch (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U21s

1st Liam Dunkerbeck (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Black Project Fins)
2nd Hayata Ishii (JPN | RRD / RRD Sails)
3rd Tobias Bjørnaa (DEN | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Anton Richter (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Gregory Stathopoulos (GRE | Goya Windsurfing)

Current Ranking 2024 Tenerife PWA World Cup - Boy’s U18s

1st Carlos Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
2nd Ryu Noguchi (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
3rd Leon Maethner (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
4th Javier Escribano (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)