Der Wind kam am letzten Tag des PWA World Cups 2021 in Tiberias etwas später auf, aber kurz nach 15 Uhr waren die Rennen vorbei. Was ein actionreicher Tag zu werden versprach, an dem Titel und Podiumsplätze auf dem Spiel standen, erwies sich als etwas enttäuschend, da die Top 3 des Slaloms der Damen und des Foils und des Slaloms der Herren den Tag so beendeten, wie er begonnen hatte. Foil Heading into the final day, Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) and Helle Oppedal (NOR | Fanatic / Duotone), were the only two women left in contentions for the Women’s Foil event title, bun the end though it reached an anti-climatic end as Oppedal, for the first time this week, failed to qualify for the Winners’ Final, meaning that Mortefon would be crowned champion, no matter what happened in Elimination 4, with the discard coming into play.  Mortefon has been incredibly consistent all week - not finishing outside the top 3 (1 victory and two, thirds) - until today when she still finished 4th, so she thoroughly deserves to earn her first Foil victory.  Oppedal, may be disappointed for now, having not being able to capitalise on a golden opportunity to seal her first event win at just 19-years-old, but you can be sure that she will have plenty more chances in the future. Coming into the final day, Oppedal had won the last two races and a top two result in Elimination 4 would’ve guaranteed her the event title - however it wasn’t to be on this occasion. The young Norwegian was in the qualifying positions for much of the semifinals, but couldn’t quite hold on - just missing out in 5th. This week still represents an amazing result for her and there is now a new face firmly on the scene as she walks away with a superb second place. Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil), also missed out on a place in the last Winners’ Final of the week, but she held on to the final place on the podium, to claim her first event top 3 on the world tour.  Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) signed off the foil contest by claiming her first bullet in the discipline, but only after an heroic effort to deny Alice Read (Fanatic / Duotone) her maiden victory on the tour. Offringa was miles back, but slowly reeled in Read, resulting in a photo finish, but the Aruban just got the nod to rise from 9th to 4th on the final day. Read, who has been struggling with an ear infection all week, also finished with aplomb as the young Brit backed up her solid second yesterday with another today, but she must be bitterly disappointed to just miss out on her first elimination victory, which looked to be well and truly hers with two gybes to go. Read finishes the event in 6th, just behind Sara Wennekes Slalom Just as in the Foil, the Women’s Slalom also proved somewhat of an anticlimax with second and third-placed - Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone) & Delphine Cousin Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) both jumping the gun in Elimination 7 to all but gift Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) the victory. However, even with the event victory in the bag, Offringa showed the heart of a lion to come from miles back, once again, to deny another girl their maiden bullet on the world tour. This time it was Tuesday-Lou Judd (Phantom / Phantom Sails), who would succumb to Offringa in the dying metres. However, once you look at the result across the board, it starts to make more sense why Offringa pushed so hard, for a seemingly pointless victory, given she had already won the event. The 29-year-old is never one to be outdone and by winning the 7th elimination, she too walks away from the event boasting a perfect counting score of 3.5 points - matching a certain Nicolas Goyard’s (Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) record this week. With Mortefon and Cousin Questel both going over the line early the top 3 remained unchanged from the start of the day with Mortefon claiming second and reigning world champion - Cousin Questel - 3rd. Elsewhere, Sarah Jackson (Fanatic / Duotone) and Sara Wennekes both earn their best results to date - finishing 4th and 5th respectively.  Men’s  Slalom With the event victory already secured for - Nicolas Goyard - enjoyed a stress free, victory lap, final day. The 25-year-old has been a cut above all week and deservedly walks away with the event victory and with it the world title lead. The final day was all about the fight for the podium positions with the 2nd-6th place sailors still fighting for the prestigious top 3. However, that fizzled out too with Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) and William Huppert (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) both locking in their second and third places from the overnight rankings. Mortefon had been extremely consistent in the opening three days without ever really catching the eye. However, the reigning Slalom World Champion finished the event extremely strongly. Having won Elimination 6 on the fin, the 31-year-old capped off a great performance by claiming a dominant victory on the Foil in Elimination 7 to finish 6.6 points ahead of Huppert. Huppert, had to survive a few nervy moments on the final day after dropping his opening gybe in the Winners’ Final of Elimination 7 when well placed, but thankfully for him, Maciek Rutkowski (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) was unable to win the elimination, so the 26-year-olds 7th place proved more than good enough to earn him a thoroughly deserved first podium on the world tour. Huppert has sailed amazingly all week - only missing out on two Winners’ Finals - and never finishing outside of the top 16 and he can now enjoy all of his hard work training over the last 18 months.  Maciek Rutkowski walks away with an excellent 4th place, but the Pole may feel a little bit disappointed with that as the only sailor to qualify for all 7 Winners’ Finals. Eventually, Rutkowski missed out on the podium by just 2 points, which he could’ve easily been made up for if not for being wiped out by a savage gust in Elimination 3 when just metres from the finish line and looking set for third place. And then on Day 4 the Pole was taken down at the first mark in the Winners’ Final of Elimination 6, when in second place. However, it still represents an excellent start to the season with the best consistency he has ever showed..  The biggest mover of the day is - Antoine Albeau (JP / NeilPryde) - who rises from 13th to 5th after the Frenchman’s DND (Disqualified Non Deductible) from Elimination 2 was rescinded by the Management Board on the grounds of COVID-19 meaning there are far less events, and the Frenchman offering to make a pubic apology. With the 25-time world champion being able to discard a 37 point last place, followed by finishing the event with a second-place, Albeau jumps into the top 5.  Like Rutkowski, Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde), must be thinking about what could’ve been, but for a couple of costly errors. The Croat was comfortably cruising for the Winners’ Final of Elimination 7, but unexplainably wiped out whilst just metres from the last mark, whilst holding a comfortable lead. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the first time that has happened this week, and whilst he still finishes 6th, it may feel like a missed opportunity.  Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil) started the day in 6th, but completes the event in 7th place. The Italian gambled in the semifinals of Elimination 7 by taking a fin, which paid off on the opening reach as he broke into the lead, however, after being caught in a wind hold the vice-world champion was then overtaken by the rest of the fleet on Foils to end his podium chances. Multiple-time Youth World Champion - Basile Jacquin (FMX Racing / Point) - has been in the overall top 10 for the entire week, and despite a quarterfinal exit today, the 22-year-old deservedly walks away with the third top 10 performance of his career - 8th - which is a personal best so far.  The top ten is completed by Alexandre Cousin (FRA | Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils) - 9th - and Jordy Vonk (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOil), who pips Nico Prien (Starboard / NeilPryde) to the final place in the top 10 by just 1 point.  Result 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom 1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone)
3rd Delphine Cousin Questel (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
4th Sarah Jackson (GBR | Fanatic / Duotone)
5th Sara Wennekes Result 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil 1st Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)
2nd Helle Oppedal (NOR | Fanatic / Duotone)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)
4th Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Sara Wennekes (NED) Result 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom 1st Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom Boards / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / Chopper Fins / LOKEFOIL)
3rd William Huppert (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)
4th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Antoine Albeau (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
6th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)
8th Basile Jacquin (FRA | FMX Racing / Point-7)
9th Alexandre Cousin (FRA | Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils)
10th Jordy Vonk (NED | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)

Der vorletzte Tag des PWA World Cups in Tiberias erwies sich als der windigste und hektischste bisher. 3 Slalom Eliminations der Damen, 1 Foil und 2 Slalom der Herren wurden bei Windböen von über 30 Knoten absolviert, was einige wilde Wipeouts zur Folge hatte, da riesige Böen viele ahnungslose Opfer forderten. Um zu verdeutlichen, wie windig es heute war, beendeten die Männer den Tag auf 6,6m - voll befeuert auf ihren Finnen - während viele die Bedingungen als extrem knifflig beschrieben, was eine Menge aussagt, wenn man von den besten Surfern der Welt spricht. Slalom Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) bounced back from a disappointing start to the day, which saw the Aruban disqualified for a premature start in the Winners’ Final of Elimination 4, to regain the event lead heading into the final day. Offringa could’ve been forgiven for letting her head drop after the disappointment of Elimination 4, but as a Lady who already has 17-world titles to her name that was never going to happen. In true champion fashion, the 29-year-old immediately hit back with two quick-fire bullets in Elimination 5 and 6 to head into the final day with a slender 1.9 point advantage over Marion Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone), whilst Delphine Cousin Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) is just 0.3 of a point further back. Offringa has now won 4 of the 6 races completed and could take a giant step towards the event title when the second discard comes into play in Elimination 7 (looking to discard an 11th and 6th). Marion Mortefon took full advantage of Offringa’s premature start in Elimination by claiming her first bullet of the season, which at that point saw the vice-world champion open up a 2.3 point lead at the top of the rankings. However, she was powerless to stop Offringa from reclaiming the top spot after a disappointing 6th, which she discards, and a solid third. The 29-year-old still enters the final day of the event firmly in contention, but she will need everything to fall perfectly into place to win. Delphine Cousin Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) is just 0.3 of a point further back, so also enters the final day with a slim shot at the title, however, in order to do so, she will need to start scoring some bullets. The reigning world champion has shown amazing consistency and remains the only sailor to have not finished outside of the top 3, but with no victories thus far, it will be a big ask for her to pip Offringa and Mortefon to the title. Stranger things have happened though, so you never know.  Sarah Jackson (Fanatic / Duotone) couldn’t quite rekindle the magic of yesterday as she went over the line early with Offringa in Elimination 4, but the Brit bounced back with a solid 3rd and a 5th to cement her place in 4th, whilst having an outside shot at the podium. Elsewhere, Sara Wennekes, enjoyed a decent day, which sees the 25-year-old climb two spots to 5th at the expense of Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails). Foil Having claimed her first bullet on the world tour on Day 3 - Helle Oppedal (Fanatic / Duotone) - struck again in Elimination 3 to secure back-to-back bullets with another confident display, which sees the 19-year-old move into second place with a day to go. As things stand, Oppedal trails Marion Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) by just 0.7 of a point, so there is still all to play for heading into the final day - especially with the discard to come after the completion of Elimination 4.  Thus far Mortefon has recorded a first and two, thirds, but she will be aware of the fact that she really needs to secure a first or second in the opening race tomorrow, as another 3rd or worse would leave Oppedal needing ‘just’ a 5th or better to move into the lead as she currently holds two bullets (0.7, 0.7) and a 6th. Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil) remains in 3rd place, but will still need to sail well on the final day to keep Linoy Geva at bay. Elsewhere, Alice Read (Fanatic / Duotone), deserves a special mention after recording her best result on the world tour to date, after recording a super second place. The Brit was leading Elimination 3 for a while, but couldn’t hold off the challenge of Oppedal. Men’s Slalom All the talk thus far has been about one man… Nicolas Goyard (Phantom Boards / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils), and rightly so. The 2019 Foil PWA World Champion has been in a league of his own, so much so that the 25-year-old has earned a tremendous event victory with a day to spare, such has been his level of dominance here. With just the one Men’s Slalom scheduled for tomorrow, that means that Goyard is guaranteed to finish the event with a perfect score of 3.5 points from 5 counting races, which is quite incredible. The Frenchman will have a small blemish on his scorecard after going over early in the semifinals of Elimination 6, but he may have already done the maths, and at that point, many of the men were on 6.6s and fins, whilst he was trying to hang on to a 6.0 and foil, which still shows that the fin still has it’s importance once the wind starts getting to 30 knots and above. It has been an absolute masterclass by Goyard and one that you just have to admire, whether you are a pure slalom traditionalist or not. Goyard ends the day a massive 17.2 points ahead of his closest rival. Up until today, Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone / Chopper Fins / LOKEFOIL) had been steadily going about his business without really ever standing out, which is a strange thing to say about a reigning world champion. However, with the wind beginning to crank, the 31-year-old seized his moment to strike by winning the last elimination of the day, and with it, he leapfrogs fellow countryman - William Huppert (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) - into second place with a day to go.  Huppert will be bitterly disappointed as the 26-year-old could’ve almost had second place wrapped up heading into the final day. The Frenchman had just overtaken - Jordy Vonk (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) - in the Winners’ Final of Elimination 5 and looked like securing another second place, but disaster then struck as a savage gust wiped him flat meaning he went from second to 7th. Huppert then failed to qualify for the Winners’ Final for just the second time this week as the wind began to howl and the fins started to regain the upper hand. However, to take away the positives, if you had told Huppert at the start of the week he would be competing for a place on the podium I’m sure he’d have bitten your hand off, so there’s still all to play for on Friday. Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) is another sailor who could’ve been firmly in the top 3 at this point - and he is still just one point outside - but the Croat has made a couple of costly errors when in the qualifying places for the Winners’ Final. In Elimination 5 today, Marotti looked as though he was cruising into the top 8 before being flattened by another huge gust. The 30-year-old bounced back brilliantly to sign off the day with his best result of the week - second - and has a great shot at the podium tomorrow.  Maciek Rutkowski (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) has shown incredible consistency this week and the Pole is the only man who can still boast a 100% qualifying record for the Winners’ Final, however, the 29-year-old must be wondering what could’ve been if a couple of other little pieces of luck had have gone his way. In the Elimination 6 Winners’ Final, he was challenging Mortefon all the way to the first mark, but was then taken down by Antoine Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) after going for a tight gybe to challenge Mortefon, which meant he ultimately finished 7th. He too will enter the final day as a podium contender, as like Marotti, he currently stands on 28 points, just 1 point behind Huppert and 7.3 behind Mortefon.  Matteo Iachino’s (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil) day started brilliantly with the vice-world champion recording his best result of the event - second - in Elimination 4. However, things then went downhill, firstly after hitting a piece of bamboo after an excellent start in Heat 3 of Elimination 5 - resulting in a quarterfinal exit - and then being caught up in the carnage at the first mark of the Winners’ Final in Elimination 6, which all but ended his chances in that one. That results in Iachino dropping from 2nd at the start of the day to 6th, however, he too remains in contention for the podium on 29 points - setting up what should be a thrilling final day.  The top 10 is currently completed by Basile Jacquin (FMX Racing / Point-7), who signed off the day with his best result of the event - 3rd - Alexandre Cousin (Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils), who drops one place to 8th, Antoine Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) - 9th - who rises into the top 10 off of the back of three consecutive top 10 places today, and Jordy Vonk (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL), who also breaks into the top 10 after gaining 4 places today. The World No.4 from 2018 and ‘19 qualified for his first two Winners’ Finals of the week today - taking home an excellent 3rd in Elimination 5 on the fin, whilst being a little unlucky that the wind dropped at the final mark as he had been second the whole way round.  Elsewhere, there were a couple of standout performances as two sailors achieved their best individual results to date on the world tour. Firstly, Nico Prien (Starboard / NeilPryde) claimed a brilliant second place in Elimination 5, whilst Rytis Jasiunas (Future Fly / Point-7), not only qualified for his first Winners’ Final in Elimination 6 but went on to secure 4th, just missing out on third to Jacquin.  The final day of the Tiberias PWA World Cup is geared up for an enthralling finish with plenty still on the line across all disciplines and you’ll be able to watch it all unravel live via the live stream. The sailors will meet again at 1pm for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 2pm (GMT+3) onwards.  To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Israel — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom
*After 6 Eliminations  1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone)
3rd Delphine Cousin Questel (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
4th Sarah Jackson (GBR | Fanatic / Duotone)
5th Sara Wennekes Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil
*After 3 Eliminations  1st Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)
2nd Helle Oppedal (NOR | Fanatic / Duotone)
3rd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)
4th Linoy Geva (ISR)
5th Sara Wennekes (NED) Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom
*After 6 Eliminations 1st Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom Boards / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
2nd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / Chopper Fins / LOKEFOIL)
3rd William Huppert (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)
4th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
6th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)
7th Basile Jacquin (FRA | FMX Racing / Point-7)
8th Alexandre Cousin (FRA | Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils)
9th Antoine Questel (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
10th Jordy Vonk (NED | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)

Tag 3 des 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cups erwies sich als der bisher aufregendste, als die Finnen versuchten, gegen die Foils bei den Herren zurückzuschlagen, während ein paar neue Gesichter bei den Damen ihre ersten Siege auf der World Tour einfuhren. Die Vorhersage hatte ähnliche Bedingungen wie gestern prognostiziert, aber das war nicht der Fall, denn die Windmaschine drehte noch eine Schippe drauf und sorgte mit Windböen von über 25 Knoten für einige spannende Rennen. Women’s Slalom Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) started the day with a perfect record, but an uncharacteristic mistake at the first buoy in Elimination 3 sees the Aruban lose the event lead, for now at least, to Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone). Offringa is usually almost faultless, but after ending up in the drink at the first she could only manage a 6th place - meaning Mortefon moves into a slender 0.4 point lead after the vice-world champion finished 3rd. However, after the next elimination, the discard comes into play and you would expect Offringa to discard that 6th place and more than likely regain the lead. Like Mortefon, Delphine Cousin Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) is yet to finish outside of the top 3 in the opening 3 eliminations after another 3rd place today, which keeps her in 3rd place for now. We say for now, because Sarah Jackson (Fanatic / Duotone) closes to within 2.7 points of the reigning world champion after the Brit claimed a brilliant first bullet on the world tour. The 23-year-old has spent the last year training at home in Hayling Island, with former world tour legend Nik Baker acting as a mentor, and it is clearly paying dividends. Jackson started the event with her best result to date at that point - 4th - but went a few places better today and it didn’t look like a fluke. Jackson pinged the start and then showed more than enough straight-line speed to hold off a stern challenge from Cousin Questel entering the first, once safely round she looked determined to not let the opportunity slip through her grasp. After an understandably slightly stiff gybe at the last, Jackson, was then made to sweat it out as the wind dropped on the final reach meaning she had to pump for the line. Fist clenches and a few tears soon followed as the Brit claimed an emotional first win, which puts her in real contention for a shot at the podium come the end of the event. Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) remains in 5th place but now has Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne / Sails) and Sara Wennekes breathing down her neck.  Foil Two years ago - Helle Oppedal (Fanatic / Duotone) - finished 5th overall on the Foil PWA World Tour at just 17-years-old. Fast forward to today and the 19-year-old is celebrating her first bullet on the world tour after a quite brilliant performance in the second elimination, in which she showed tremendous straight-line speed and smooth gybes to power to a memorable first win, which won’t be her last if today's performance is anything to go by. The young Norwegian started the day in 6th, but rises into 3rd at the end of play.  Marion Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) continues to lead the event after following up her win yesterday with a solid third place today. The 29-year-old currently holds a 2.3 point advantage over Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foils) in second, whilst Oppedal is just 0.7 of a point further back, so there is still all to play for with two days to go. Local girl - Linoy Geva - falls one place to 4th after a 6th Elimination 2, whilst Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Starboard Foil), who missed out on the opening Winners’ Final, climbs 4 places to 5th after finishing second behind Oppedal.  The third elimination did begin, but after the completion of the semifinals, the decision was made to abandon the Foiling with massive gusts making the conditions too dangerous. You have to take your hats off though as most of the men were already switching to fins by that point. Men’s Slalom Nicolas Goyard (Phantom Boards / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) continues to steal the show in Israel as the 25-year-old maintains his perfect record at the end of Day 3. Not only has the Frenchman won all 4 eliminations completed so far, but he has also won every heat he has sailed, such has been his dominance. However, today the reigning Foil world champion was given his sternest test yet, particularly by Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil), who threw everything he had at Goyard in the quarters, semis and final of Elimination 4, in what proved to be a real grudge match between fin and foil. With neither man willing to give in, even in the qualifying rounds, it proved for thrilling viewing with the lead often changing hands. Ultimately, however, the transition speed of Goyard proved to be the difference as the efficiency of the foil again showed its hand.  However, on another day with the right gust, or perhaps if it could get even windier, then we could see the fins back on top as Iachino chased Goyard all the way to the line in the last elimination of the day. Goyard, who is now guaranteed to lead the event no matter what happens after the completion of the next race, due to the discard, currently holds a 5.9 point advantage at the top of the rankings. However, he has a new closest challenger in William Huppert (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL), who continues to excel on the foil. The Frenchman recorded his best ever result on day two with a superb second place, and he picked up where he left off today by securing another quite brilliant second, which he then followed up with a solid 4th. With the discard coming into play Huppert drops a 12th from the first day to climb another 5 places into second, and the 26-year-old looks set to lay down a real challenge for his first event podium as he currently holds a 6 point cushion over Iachino in 3rd.  Iachino began the day in 5th, but the Italian would miss out on his second Winners’ Final in 3 races for a less than ideal start. However, just like on the opening day, Iachino would pull it out of the bag to limit the damage by claiming 9th, whilst he sailed tremendously in Elimination 4, only narrowly missing out on his first bullet of the season as he took the fight to Goyard. That sees the vice-world champion rise into 3rd place and he looks ready to really attack in the last two days. Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone / Chopper Fins / LOKEFOIL) slips one place to fourth, but he may count himself a little unfortunate after breaking his mast just before his semifinal heat in Elimination 4. Up to this point the reigning Slalom world champion had qualified for every Winners’ Final thus far, but with not much time to change equipment, Mortefon had to switch to his Foil setup - having been on his fin in the prior heats - and he just missed out on the final after finishing 5th. Maciek Rutkowski (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) will be left ruing a costly error in the dying stages of Elimination 3. The Pole was in a comfortable 3rd place in the Winner’s Final, but just metres from the finish line he wiped out, which saw him eventually finish 7th. If the 29-year-old could’ve held on he would now find himself in 3rd place, but instead drops from second at the start of the day to 5th, after also being disqualified from the Winners’ Final of Elimination 4 for a premature start. However, Rutkowski remains firmly in the hunt for the podium, whilst apart from Goyard, he is the only sailor who can still boast a 100% Winners’ Final qualifying record. Away from the top 5 - Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) - falls two positions to 6th, whilst Basile Jacquin (FMX Racing / Point) regains a couple of places from the overnight rankings to end the day in 7th after registering his second 5th place of the week. Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) remains in 8th, whilst Alexandre Cousin (Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils) slides from 7th to 9th. Mover of the Day Up until now, Mateus Isaac (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil) had yet to make an impact with two disappointing quarterfinal exits in the first couple of days. However, today the Brazilian started to find his form - registering a 10th in Elimination 3, before signing off the day with an excellent 3rd, which propels the 27-year-old from 19th to 10th - making him the day's biggest mover.   Tomorrow is expected to be windy again and the sailors will meet at 1pm (GMT+3) for the skippers’ meeting with the action commencing from 2pm - conditions depending.  To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Israel — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom
*After 3 Eliminations  1st Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone)
2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Delphine Cousin Questel (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
4th Sarah Jackson (GBR | Fanatic / Duotone)
5th Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails) Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil
*After 2 Eliminations  1st Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)
2nd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)
3rd Helle Oppedal (NOR | Fanatic / Duotone)
4th Linoy Geva (ISR)
5th Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Starboard Foil) Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom
*After 4 Eliminations 1st Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom Boards / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
2nd William Huppert (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)
3rd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)
4th Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / Chopper Fins / LOKEFOIL)
5th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
6th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
7th Basile Jacquin (FRA | FMX Racing / Point-7)
8th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Alexandre Cousin (FRA | Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils)
10th Mateus Isaac (BRA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)

Slalom Sarah-Quita Offringa continued her perfect start to the event as the Aruban claimed another decisive victory in the second elimination. The 4-time Slalom world champion did well to hold off a stern challenge from Delphine Cousin Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) on the first reach, but once safely round the opening buoy Offringa never looked back with Cousin Questel left in Offringa’s dirty wind on the exit of the first gybe. At the close of play, Offringa has opened up a 3.6 point lead. Cousin Questel looked much quicker today, compared to yesterday, and her second place sees her leapfrog Marion Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone) into the top two. However, the two women are currently tied on 5 points each with all still to play for.  Elsewhere, Sarah Jackson (Fanatic / Duotone) remains in 4th place after a 6th today, but the Brit is now joined by Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails) on 10 points.  After jumping the gun in one of yesterday’s rerun finals, Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails) bounced back with a solid 4th to climb two places into 6th. Foil Marion Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) just held on to claim the first bullet of the week in the foiling after a scintillating late challenge by Blanca Alabau (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foils) down the final reach. In the end, though it wasn’t quite enough with Mortefon leading from start to finish and looking very comfortable on the foil.  Delphine Cousin Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) had been prominently placed in second after the opening gybe, but upon rounding the next mark she dropped off of the foil to allow her rivals to go flying past her. That led to Cousin Questel having to settle for a disappointing 7th place to start the event.  Linoy Geva - claimed an excellent 3rd place to give the locals plenty to cheer about, whilst Sara Wennekes secured 4th ahead of Daniela Peleg and Helle Oppedal (Fanatic / Duotone).  Men’s Slalom Nicolas Goyard was in a world of his own again as the 25-year-old continues to lay down the gauntlet to the rest of the slalom fleet by winning every heat he sailed today. At no point did the reigning Foil world champion look under any sort of pressure as he again showed off excellent speed and flawless, fluid gybes to continually pull away from his rivals. It’s still early days in the event, but the nature of his opening two bullets makes it very hard to see him being caught. At the end of day two, Goyard has now raced into a 7.6 point lead, whilst still boasting a perfect record.  Maciek Rutkowski (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) is Goyard’s closest challenger after another solid 5th to back up a 4th from yesterday. The Pole looks incredibly consistent and is well in contention as he attempts to earn his second Slalom PWA podium. Reigning Slalom world champion - Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone / Chopper Fins / LOKEFOIL) - put in a battling display to climb into the top 3 - gaining 3 places - 6th to 3rd from the overnight rankings. The Frenchman found himself in some difficult spots today but dug deep to fight his way into the Winners’ Final where he finished 4th, and he is now just one point behind Rutkowski.  Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) started the day in second place, but will be kicking himself for dropping his third gybe in the opening semifinal when holding a clear lead and looking set for a spot in the Winners’ Final. The Croat managed to put that disappointment behind him by securing 9th place in the second elimination, but it was a slight opportunity missed, which means he drops to 4th in the event rankings.  Having missed out on the Winners’ Final yesterday after being disqualified for a premature start in the semifinals, Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil), bounced back today by securing 3rd place in Elimination 2. That result sees the vice-world champion gain 4 places as he rises to 5th in the event rankings and now just two points outside of the podium positions.  William Huppert (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) is the joint biggest mover alongside - Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil) - after the Frenchman earned his best result to date on the world tour by claiming a superb second place in Elimination 2. Huppert was the only other man to stay on the foil in yesterday’s windier conditions and he looks a real threat. The 26-year-old should be delighted with his start to the event and he finishes day two in 7th place - having started the day in 12th.  Fellow Frenchman - Alexandre Cousin (Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils) - qualified for the Winners’ Final again before finishing 6th, which sees the Foil vice-world champion gain one place from the overnight rankings into 6th.  Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) and Basile Jacquin (FMX Racing / Point-7) started the day 3rd and 5th respectively, but both lose some ground after missing out on the Winners’ Final today. Daldorf drops to 8th, whilst Jacquin currently occupies 9th.  As previously mentioned, Sebastian Kördel, was the joint biggest mover of the day, which sees the German complete the current top 10 - having started the day in 15th. Kördel didn’t get any sleep before the opening day of the competition due to some complications with immigration, so should only get stronger from here.  It’s rare that you see 25-time world champion - Antoine Albeau (JP / NeilPryde) - getting angry on the beach, but the Frenchman cut an animated figure this afternoon after his semifinal heat started without him. Things then went from bad to worse for Albeau as he was later disqualified from the entire elimination for interfering with Heat 7 as they attempted to round the first mark, which caused a resail of the second semifinal. Albeau was already upset that the first final yesterday was cancelled after finishing in second and this won’t make him feel any better as he drops from 8th to 22nd with a sour taste in his mouth.  Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) remains 11th, whilst Ethan Westera (Tabou / GA Sails), gains a few places to 12th ahead of Jordy Vonk (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL) and Nicolas Prien (JP / NeilPryde), who sit 13th and 14th respectively, but they will be disappointed to not be slightly higher as Prien looked set to finish 10th in Elimination 2 before dropping his final gybe, which in turn took out Vonk. Thankfully, both men survived unscathed from a potentially nasty incident. Antoine Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) and Rytis Jasiunas (Future Fly / Point-7) complete the top 16. The third Elimination has already been whittled down to the top 16, so tomorrow should hopefully see at least two more races completed for the men. 
The forecast looks similar for tomorrow, so the skippers’ meeting has once again been called for 1pm on Wednesday with the action commencing from 2pm (GMT+3) onwards. To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Israel — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom
*After Two Eliminations  1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Delphine Cousin Questel (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
3rd Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone)
4th Sarah Jackson (GBR | Fanatic / Duotone)
5th Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails) Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Women’s Foil
*After One Elimination  1st Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)
2nd Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)
3rd Linoy Geva
4th Sara Wennekes
5th Daniela Peleg Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom
*After Two Eliminations 1st Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom Boards / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
2nd Maciek Rutkowski (POL | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
3rd Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / Chopper Fins / LOKEFOIL)
4th Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
5th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)
6th Alexandre Cousin (FRA | Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils) 
7th William Huppert (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL)
8th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Basile Jacquin (FRA | FMX Racing / Point-7)
10th Sebastian Kördel (GER | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)

Der erste Tag des Tiberias PWA World Cups hatte einen schwierigen Start in den Wettbewerb mit böigem Wind und Winddrehern, die zeitweise für Verwirrung sorgten. Am Ende des ersten Tages gab es jedoch bereits ein Ergebnis, da sowohl beim Slalom der Herren als auch bei dem der Damen eine Elimination bei Windböen von über 25 Knoten durchgeführt wurde. Women’s Slalom Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) returned to the Slalom scene with a bang as she claimed the first bullet on the Slalom PWA World Tour since 2019. The Aruban had earlier sailed to the wrong mark when in the lead, but that was due to a massive wind shift which resulted in the final being cancelled. After two restarts due to general recalls, Offringa would gain the upper hand again, but she didn’t have things all her own way as Marion Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone) claimed the lead as they rounded the opening buoy. Mortefon, couldn’t keep Offringa behind her for long though, as the 4-time Slalom world champion immediately pointed deep on the exit of the gybe to soon overtake the vice-world champion with a blistering turn of speed. Over the remainder of the course, Offringa would gradually edge away as she made the perfect start to the event, whilst looking dangerously fast. Vice-world champion, Mortefon, made a solid start to the event with a clear second place, but on the evidence of today, she’ll need to try and find even more pace to try and pin back Offringa. Defending world champion - Delphine Cousin Questel (FMX Racing / S2Maui) - had to settle for third in the opening elimination after finding herself in a tussle with - Sarah Jackson (Fanatic / Duotone) - who starts the season with her best result in an individual race - 4th. Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails) may feel a little disappointed with today’s outcome as she was in second place in the opening final, briefly taking the lead after Offringa sailed to the wrong buoy due to the wind shift, but the Norwegian was then disqualified for a premature start. However, there’s still plenty of time to get herself back in the game. Men’s  Slalom Before the start of the event, there was obviously a great deal of hype in the fin vs foil debate - with this being the first event with the new format in which sailors have to make their own choice on whether to foil or use a fin. Most were probably expecting to see the foils used in the lighter winds, but even with gusts of over 25 knots the 2019 Foil Word Champion - Nicolas Goyard (Phantom / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) - decided to stay with the foil. The only other sailor to do so was - William Huppert (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL), who finished in 12th place. There had been plenty of speculation to watch out for Goyard, but I’m not sure that most people were quite expecting to see the level of performance that we saw from him today. Not only did he have to win the opening elimination twice, after the first attempt was cancelled due to a wind shift, which is already impressive enough on its own. But it was more the manner, and the margin that he won both of the finals by that was quite astonishing.  At the beginning of the day, the majority of the fleet had opted to use foils to help cope with the gusty nature of the wind, however, once it picked up as the afternoon progressed most chose to return to their trusted fins, which were seemingly expected to be quicker, in a straight line at least, once the wind approached 20+ knots. This, however, was not the case with Goyard being able to not only match their top speeds on the straights, but then literally fly through the gybes to build unassailable leads.  If today is anything to go by then the rest of the fleet will face an extremely hard task in trying to pin him back such was the margin of his victory in the opening elimination, which also happens to be the 25-year-olds first bullet in the Slalom. Goyard has spent the last 18 months working tirelessly to take high wind foiling to another level and the early indications would suggest that he has done just that and he could reap the rewards for the rest of the event and beyond.  Goyard’s closest challenger in the rerun of the Winners’ Final was - Enrico Marotti (JP / NeilPryde) - who will be delighted with his start to the season as he picks up where he left off in New Caledonia - where the 30-year-old finished 4th. The Croat looked extremely quick all day and if it wasn’t for Goyard he would’ve been celebrating with a bullet. Perhaps the surprise result of the day was to see Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails) claim third place in the opening elimination here. The Dutchman has qualified for Winners’ Finals before, so he definitely has the talent to challenge for top honours, but having failed to finish in the overall top 16 of an event in 2019 he slipped quietly under the radar before the event.  Maciek Rutkowski (FMX Racing / Challenger Sails) is another sailor whose name has been on a lot of people’s lips prior to the event. The Pole enjoyed his best season to date in 2019 - winning his first eliminations on tour, claiming his first event podium and breaking into the overall top 10 for the first time in his career - 7th - and he too, like Marotti, looks to be bang in form. Rutkowski may count himself a little unlucky as he was in a clear second place in the opening attempt to run the final, but the wind shift left him, and other sailors, struggling to make the finish line, which eventually saw the final cancelled. Upon the rerun, Rutkowski was still in contention for the top places and the 29-year-old starts the event with a solid 4th place upon which to build.  As a multiple-time Youth Slalom World Champion - Basile Jacquin (FMX Racing / Point-) - has been on the radar for quite some time and the 22-year-old delivered right from the word go here as he produced an excellent display to claim 5th place ahead of the reigning world champion - Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone / Chopper Fins), Alexandre Cousin (Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils) and Antoine Albeau (JP / NeilPryde). Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil) didn’t quite make the start to the event he would’ve wanted with the vice-world champion jumping the gun in the semifinals, together with Bruno Martini (I-99 / Challenger Sails), to miss out on a place in the Winners’ Final. That means that out of the ‘Big Top 3’, Mortefon makes the best start 6th. Iachino then exercised the best damage limitation possible by winning the Losers’ Final after showing a tremendous turn of acceleration to blast past Martini, who completes the top 10 at the end of the opening day.  Elsewhere, Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Severne Sails) made a solid start to the event by claiming 11th place, whilst Huppert as previously mentioned takes home 12th place ahead of Jordy Vonk (Fanatic / Duotone), who suffered one of the biggest wipeouts of the day after snapping a foil screw, Rytis Jasiunas (Future Fly / Point), who will be delighted with his start to the event having finished 13th. The top 16 is currently completed by Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil) and Nicolas Prien (Starboard / NeilPryde). With the wind generally kicking in around 2pm in Tiberias the skippers’ meeting has been called for 1pm tomorrow afternoon, with the action commencing from 2pm (GMT+3) onwards. To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Israel — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Women’s Slalom 1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Marion Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone)
3rd Delphine Cousin Questel (FRA | FMX Racing / S2Maui)
4th Sarah Jackson (GBR | Fanatic / Duotone)
 5th Blanca Alabau (ESP | Starboard / Severne Sails) Current Ranking 2021 Tiberias PWA World Cup - Men’s Slalom 1st Nicolas Goyard (FRA | Phantom Boards / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils)
2nd Enrico Marotti (CRO | JP / NeilPryde)
3rd Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)
4th Maciek Rutkowski (POL | FMX Racing / Challenger Sails)
5th Basile Jacquin (FRA | FMX Racing / Point-7)
6th Pierre Mortefon (FRA | Fanatic / Duotone / Chopper Fins / LOKEFOIL)
7th Alexandre Cousin (FRA | Patrik / Phantom Sails / Chopper Fins / Phantom Foils) 
8th Antoine Albeau (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Starboard Foil)
10th Bruno Martini (ITA | I-99 / Challenger Sails)

Die Organisatoren der Odyssey of Speed, ein seit vielen Jahren etablierter GPS-Speedwettbewerb, veranstaltet, gemeinsam mit Rob Hofmann, einem der anerkanntesten Windsurfing-Coaches der Welt, ein exklusives Trainingscamp auf Karpathos. Eine Woche lang habt Ihr die Möglichkeit, Euch und Euer Material auf maximalen Speed zu tunen! Professionelle Unterstützung durch Videoanalyse und eine Menge Spaß sind garantiert!  Wo: Das Trainingscamp findet an der Meltemi Windsurfing Station in Karpathos statt Wann: vom 5. August bis 12. August Kosten: 250€ für die gesamte Woche (schnell sein, das Training ist auf 10 Teilnehmer limitiert!) Für Fragen zur Veranstaltung, Anreise, Unterkunft usw. kontaktierst Du den Veranstalter per Email: info(at)odysseyofspeed.com Hier geht’s zur Webseite der Odyssey of Speed

Starboard Fans aufgepasst. Pünktlich zum Sommeranfang gibt es im Starboard Proshop die neue Kollektion. Wie bei Boards, Paddeln und Zubehör galt auch im Apparel Bereich von Anfang an das Starboard Motto “Innovation Quality”  und auch das Thema Umweltschutz spielt im Bekleidungsbereich eine wichtige Rolle. So wurde auch die neue Kollektion konsequent auf Nachhaltigkeit getrimmt. Viele Artikel weisen beispielsweise einen hohen Anteil an recycelten Polyester auf, PET Flaschen erhalten so in Boardshorts ein zweites Leben und Bio Baumwolle geben den T-Shirts und Sweats ein weiches Tragegefühl. Damit beweist Starboard einmal mehr: Umweltschutz und Komfort schließen sich nicht aus. Natürlich gibt es auch wieder neue Waterwear und die bekannten Promo-Artikel wie Aufkleber und Fahnen. Schaut vorbei und stattet Euch für den Sommer aus. Hier gehts zur neuen Kollektion im Starboard Proshop

Mit viel Spannung wird der Start des ersten PWA World Cup Slaloms seit 18 Monaten in Israel in ein paar Wochen erwartet, aber leider sind die Nachrichten anderswo auf der Tour nicht so positiv. Die Bemühungen, die Pandemie zu bekämpfen, haben große Fortschritte gemacht, da Impfprogramme eingeführt wurden, aber diese Programme haben nicht so schnell gegriffen, wie man gehofft hatte und es gibt immer noch beträchtliche Einschränkungen, sowie eine große Unsicherheit darüber, wann diese Einschränkungen zuverlässig aufgehoben werden können. Jede Veranstaltung ist anders und die genauen Gründe, die darüber entscheiden, ob eine Veranstaltung stattfinden kann oder nicht, variieren, aber in jedem Fall war COVID-19 die Ursache für diese Probleme. Die Entscheidung, eine Veranstaltung abzusagen, trifft nicht die PWA selbst, sondern sie wird vor Ort entweder vom lokalen Veranstalter, von lokalen oder nationalen Behörden, deren Genehmigung für die Veranstaltung erforderlich ist, oder von Sponsoren oder anderen Stellen, die Veranstaltungen finanzieren, aufgrund der jeweiligen Umstände getroffen. Je weiter das Jahr fortgeschritten ist, desto weniger Zeit bleibt, um die Auswirkungen der COVID-Pandemie einzudämmen, und nun müssen die PWA leider die Absage mehrerer Veranstaltungen aufgrund von COVID-19-Einschränkungen bekannt geben. Alle drei Veranstaltungen auf den Kanaren mussten aufgrund der anhaltenden Ungewissheit über die Beschränkungen und der durch die Pandemie verursachten erhöhten Kosten abgesagt werden, was bedeutet, dass es zum zweiten Mal in Folge keine Veranstaltungen auf Pozo, Fuerteventura und Teneriffa geben wird. Auch die laufenden Bauarbeiten am Strand von Pozo führten zu erheblichen Schwierigkeiten. Auch die für Sri Lanka geplante neue Slalom-Veranstaltung wurde nun auf 2022 verschoben, nachdem die lokalen Tourismusbehörden, die die Veranstaltung stark unterstützen, entschieden, dass sie aufgrund der steigenden COVID-Werte im Land verschoben werden müssen. Der alle zwei Jahre stattfindende Besuch der PWA Tour in Neukaledonien wurde ebenfalls für 2021 abgesagt, da die erheblichen Reisebeschränkungen weiterhin bestehen und keine rechtzeitige Lockerung für die Veranstaltung absehbar ist. Der Slalom in Kroatien wird stattfinden, und die PWA prüft derzeit die Möglichkeiten, die Veranstaltung von einem 2-Sterne-Event zu einem vollwertigen 5-Sterne-Weltcup aufzuwerten, um den Fahrern, den Fans und der Industrie mehr Wettbewerb auf höchstem Niveau zu bieten. Die verbleibenden Events im Kalender in Korea, Klitmoller und Sylt sind alle noch in Planung und wir haben große Hoffnungen, dass sie stattfinden können.

Die PWA hat heute die offizielle Bestätigung des ersten Weltcup-Slaloms seit Beginn der Pandemie bekannt gegeben. Der Tiberias PWA World Cup 2021 wird in Israel vom 21. bis 25. Juni in der Stadt Tiberias, am Westufer des Sees Genezareth, stattfinden. Der Tiberias PWA World Cup wird wahrlich ein Event der ersten Stunde sein. Es ist nicht nur die erste Veranstaltung des neuen Slalom-Formats und die erste Slalom-Veranstaltung mit der neuen, gleichberechtigten Preisgeldstruktur, sondern auch die erste PWA Slalom-WM, die in Israel stattfindet und die erste, bei der der neue Medienservice der PWA vorgestellt wird, der eine Reihe von Inhalten liefert, von Live-Streaming über tägliche Online-Highlights bis hin zur ersten einer neuen Serie von TV-Shows auf der PWA-Tour. Vielleicht sogar mehr als alles andere, denn es ist der erste vollwertige PWA World Cup, der seit Neukaledonien im Jahr 2019 stattfindet. Es wird eine willkommene Rückkehr von PWA-Windsurfing-Wettkämpfen auf höchstem Niveau sein und alle Augen der Windsurfing-Welt werden zweifelsohne auf Tiberias Ende Juni gerichtet sein. https://www.pwaworldtour.com

Nach acht vollen Stunden Wettkampfzeit waren am letzten Tag des Surf Openings in Neusiedl am See die Single und die gesamte Double Elimination beendet! Der Nordwind setzte genau wie vorhergesagt um die Mittagszeit ein und die ersten Heats wurden ausgetragen. Single-Elimination: Jacopo Testa (AV Boards / Point-7), ist nach mehreren Jahren Abwesenheit endlich wieder auf der Tour. Der Italiener war in der Single Elimination auf einer Siegesserie und konnte nur von keinem Geringeren als Amado Vrieswijk (Severne/Futurefly), dem Sieger dieses Events im Jahr 2017, am Sieg gehindert werden. Auf der anderen Seite der Auslosung standen die französischen Freestyler Adrien Bosson (Duotone / Fanatic) und Yentel Caers (JP / Neilpryde), die sich bis ins Finale vorkämpften. Caers besiegte Bosson und belegte in der Single Elimination den dritten Platz. Double Elimination: Ohne Pause wurden die ersten Fahrer der Double Elimination von Renndirektor Danny Kater auf das Wasser geschickt. Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne), einer der größten aufstrebenden Stars in der Windsurfszene, der immer wieder für Aufregung bei den anderen Pro-Ridern sorgte, konnte aber noch nie so weit oben in einer Double Elimination fahren wie heute. Nachdem er in der Single Elimination früh gegen Adrien Bosson verloren hatte, musste der junge Freestyler in der Double Elimination ran. Der Grieche gewann vier Heats und setzte sich gegen große Namen wie Youp Schmit und Sam Esteve (JP/Neilpryde) durch. Neubauer legte einige hochkarätige Läufe hin und landete Spock Konos, Spock Culos auf beiden Seiten sowie Kabikuchis, Skopus, Air Funnell und Burner-Kombinationen. Nur Giovanni Passani konnte seinen Lauf beenden - genau wie in der Single Elimination. Passani selbst war im Viertelfinale der Single Elimination von Vrieswijk ausgeschaltet worden und fuhr so entschlossen, wie man nur sein kann, um auf die vorderen Plätze zu kommen, wobei er Felix Volkhardt (Severne/Severne), Steven Van Broeckhoven (Starboard/Gunsails), Lennart Neubauer und Adrien Bosson besiegte. Den Kampf um Platz drei verlor er jedoch gegen Europameister Yentel Caers. Nachdem er seinen dritten Platz in der Single Elimination verteidigt hatte, war Caers an der Reihe, Testa den zweiten Platz streitig zu machen. Es war einer der engsten Läufe des Tages, aber der Italiener konnte den Deal mit nur 0,15 Punkten Unterschied besiegeln. Testa kämpfte dann gegen Vrieswijk um den ersten Platz in der Double Elimination. Der Wind hatte etwas nachgelassen, was Jacopo Testa eindeutig begünstigte, da er der leichtere Fahrer war. Testa gewann gegen Amado und holte sich damit den Sieg in der Double Elimination. Aufgrund der leichteren und böigen Bedingungen wurde die Heat-Zeit auf 15 Minuten verlängert. Vrieswijk lag etwa einen Punkt hinter Testa, bis zur letzten Minute des Laufs, als der Bonaire einen kraftvollen Culo landete - der Move, der ihm den Tag rettete. Amado Vrieswijk holte sich den Gesamtsieg bei diesem Event, gefolgt von Jacopo Testa auf dem zweiten und Yentel Caers auf dem dritten Platz. Was für eine Show und was für ein Nervenkitzel - wir haben in den vergangenen Tagen erstaunliche Comebacks, super enge Heats, viel Motivation, Disziplin und großartigen Sportsgeist gesehen, die bewiesen haben, dass es auch in Zeiten wie diesen möglich ist, ein Windsurfing-Event durchzuführen. Mehr zur European Freestyle Pro Tour: https://efpt.net/

Ein Board, ein Schirm und etwas Wind – mehr braucht es nicht, um den Traum vom Fliegen übers Wasser oder über Land wahr werden zu lassen. Die Neuheit: Reduziertes Material, einfaches Handling. Denn zum „Wingen“ nimmt man einfach den leichten Schirm, den sogenannten FreeWing, in die Hand und schon beschleunigt das Board unter den Füßen. Kein Rigg wie beim Windsurfen und keine Schnüre wie beim Kiten sind erforderlich. Dieses Jahr erobert der FreeWing Air den Markt. Mit der Expertise der Design Teams von Airush Kites und Starboard wurde dieser Schirm entwickelt, der in sieben verschiedenen Größen sowohl für Leichtwind als auch für den High Wind Einsatz funktioniert. Downwinder, Carving, leichtes Dahingleiten, all das ist mit diesem Allrounder möglich. Sogar an Land in Kombination mit einem Longboard oder Snowboard weckt der FreeWing den Spielgeist.
Vorteile
Schon bei wenig Wind ab ungefähr 8 Knoten ist Wingen möglich. Das Material ist reduziert, leicht und handlich, der Wing muss nur aufgepumpt werden. Mit dem leichten Schirm besteht keine Verletzungsgefahr. Für wen ist Wing Surfing
Vorkenntnisse in einer beliebigen Boardsportart helfen beim Lernen des Wing Surfens und so spricht diese neue Disziplin alle Wassersportler „on Board“ an. Auch an Land kann der Wing beim Longboarden oder Snowboarden eingesetzt werden. Versierte Wassersportler wird das Wing Foiling bei minimalem Wasserwiderstand reizen. Wingboards – Foil oder Finne

Für den Einstieg ins Wingen sind Wingsurf Boards empfehlenswert. Sie sind bestenfalls vielseitig einsetzbar. So wie die Starboard Wingboard Modelle 4in1, die mit dem Shape 10.4‘‘ x 32‘‘ auch zum Stand-up-Paddling bestens geeignet sind und sogar über eine Mastaufnahme zum Windsurfen verfügen. Viel Stabilität und zum Wingen optimal positionierte Fußschlaufenpositionen erleichtern den Einstieg in diese neue Sportart. Eine breite Nose sowie ein breites Tail sorgen für die Stabilität, während die parallel gehaltenen Rails das Gleitpotential und die Geschwindigkeit positiv beeinflussen. Diese Multisport Boards von Starboard kommen in verschiedenen Bauweisen.

Wingfoil Boards
Wer Erfahrung mit dem Wingsurfen gesammelt hat, will irgendwann hoch hinaus: Denn Wingfoilen ist ein Flugerlebnis der besonderen Art. Statt der Finne verfügen die Boards über ein Foil, das bei genügend Auftrieb das Board aus dem Wasser hebt und den Fahrer nahezu schwerelos, ohne Widerstand mehr fliegen als gleiten lässt.

Der Wing
Den FreeWing Air V2 gibt es in unterschiedlichen Größen zwischen 2 und 8 qm. Überraschend ist zunächst das kleine Packmaß. Einmal aufgebaut, wird die hohe Stabilität deutlich. Dafür sorgen die großen Struts, die aufgepumpte Konstruktion, die eine hervorragende Steifigkeit mit geringem Gewicht verbindet. Bequeme Griffe an verschiedenen Positionen sorgen für jede Menge Rückmeldung und Agilität. Die großen Hauptfenster sorgen erhöhen die Sicherheit und Sichtbarkeit. Starboard FreeWing Air V2
ab 749 € in 3 Farben verfügbar. Größen in qm: 2 (für 27-50+ Knoten), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 oder 8 (für 7-17 Knoten)

Für jeden verkauften Wing pflanzt Starboard – ebenso wie für jedes verkaufte Board – eine Mangrove und sammelt 1,4 kg Plastik am Meeresufer. Die Starboard Gruppe wirtschaftet nicht nur CO2- und Plastik-neutral sondern schafft sogar den positiven Ausgleich.

Mehr Infos zu Produkten und „how to“ findest Du auf:    https://www.star-board-wing.de/

Ein Board, ein Schirm und etwas Wind – mehr braucht es nicht, um den Traum vom Fliegen übers Wasser oder über Land wahr werden zu lassen. Die Neuheit: Reduziertes Material, einfaches Handling. Denn zum „Wingen“ nimmt man einfach den leichten Schirm, den sogenannten FreeWing, in die Hand und schon beschleunigt das Board unter den Füßen. Kein Rigg wie beim Windsurfen und keine Schnüre wie beim Kiten sind erforderlich. Dieses Jahr erobert der FreeWing Air den Markt. Mit der Expertise der Design Teams von Airush Kites und Starboard wurde dieser Schirm entwickelt, der in sieben verschiedenen Größen sowohl für Leichtwind als auch für den High Wind Einsatz funktioniert. Downwinder, Carving, leichtes Dahingleiten, all das ist mit diesem Allrounder möglich. Sogar an Land in Kombination mit einem Longboard oder Snowboard weckt der FreeWing den Spielgeist.
Vorteile
Schon bei wenig Wind ab ungefähr 8 Knoten ist Wingen möglich. Das Material ist reduziert, leicht und handlich, der Wing muss nur aufgepumpt werden. Mit dem leichten Schirm besteht keine Verletzungsgefahr. Für wen ist Wing Surfing
Vorkenntnisse in einer beliebigen Boardsportart helfen beim Lernen des Wing Surfens und so spricht diese neue Disziplin alle Wassersportler „on Board“ an. Auch an Land kann der Wing beim Longboarden oder Snowboarden eingesetzt werden. Versierte Wassersportler wird das Wing Foiling bei minimalem Wasserwiderstand reizen. Wingboards – Foil oder Finne

Für den Einstieg ins Wingen sind Wingsurf Boards empfehlenswert. Sie sind bestenfalls vielseitig einsetzbar. So wie die Starboard Wingboard Modelle 4in1, die mit dem Shape 10.4‘‘ x 32‘‘ auch zum Stand-up-Paddling bestens geeignet sind und sogar über eine Mastaufnahme zum Windsurfen verfügen. Viel Stabilität und zum Wingen optimal positionierte Fußschlaufenpositionen erleichtern den Einstieg in diese neue Sportart. Eine breite Nose sowie ein breites Tail sorgen für die Stabilität, während die parallel gehaltenen Rails das Gleitpotential und die Geschwindigkeit positiv beeinflussen. Diese Multisport Boards von Starboard kommen in verschiedenen Bauweisen.

Wingfoil Boards
Wer Erfahrung mit dem Wingsurfen gesammelt hat, will irgendwann hoch hinaus: Denn Wingfoilen ist ein Flugerlebnis der besonderen Art. Statt der Finne verfügen die Boards über ein Foil, das bei genügend Auftrieb das Board aus dem Wasser hebt und den Fahrer nahezu schwerelos, ohne Widerstand mehr fliegen als gleiten lässt.

Der Wing
Den FreeWing Air V2 gibt es in unterschiedlichen Größen zwischen 2 und 8 qm. Überraschend ist zunächst das kleine Packmaß. Einmal aufgebaut, wird die hohe Stabilität deutlich. Dafür sorgen die großen Struts, die aufgepumpte Konstruktion, die eine hervorragende Steifigkeit mit geringem Gewicht verbindet. Bequeme Griffe an verschiedenen Positionen sorgen für jede Menge Rückmeldung und Agilität. Die großen Hauptfenster sorgen erhöhen die Sicherheit und Sichtbarkeit. Starboard FreeWing Air V2
ab 749 € in 3 Farben verfügbar. Größen in qm: 2 (für 27-50+ Knoten), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 oder 8 (für 7-17 Knoten)

Für jeden verkauften Wing pflanzt Starboard – ebenso wie für jedes verkaufte Board – eine Mangrove und sammelt 1,4 kg Plastik am Meeresufer. Die Starboard Gruppe wirtschaftet nicht nur CO2- und Plastik-neutral sondern schafft sogar den positiven Ausgleich.

Mehr Infos zu Produkten und „how to“ findest Du auf:    https://www.star-board-wing.de/