Die Vorhersage sieht ja bombastisch aus, die Foiler werden nur am Strand stehenđ€Łđ, dafĂŒr die Waver fĂŒr action sorgen!
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Die Vorhersage sieht ja bombastisch aus, die Foiler werden nur am Strand stehenđ€Łđ, dafĂŒr die Waver fĂŒr action sorgen!
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Itâs time for one of the biggest events of the season, which sees the much of the windsurfing world descend upon Westerland Sylt, Germany for the 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sylt PWA World Cup, which runs from the 27th September until 6th October. Over the next 10 days, the Menâs Freestyle and Foil world titles will be decided right here and now, while the menâs and womenâs wave fleets will be competing in their penultimate event of the season.
Classic stormy Sylt last year
Some say that variety is the spice of life and in this sense, Sylt never disappoints as you never quite know what to expect â thanks to the huge variety of conditions that this wonderful island can produce. In strong onshore winds, a colossal shore break develops â ready to crush the hopes of any unsuspecting competitors â along with powerful waves of up to three or four meters in size, which provide amazing wave sailing conditions, whilst producing a real challenge 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.
Ones To Watch
Menâs
Freestyle
Title Race Connotations
The Menâs Freestyle World title race looks as though it will be a two-horse race between joint world tour leaders - Youp Schmit (I-99 / Avanti) and Yentel Caers (I-99 / Point-7) - who are both on 19,600 points, which gives them a 550 point cushion over their next closest challengers - Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) and Steven Van Broeckhoven (Starboard / GUNSAILS) - who are tied in third on 19,050 points.
World title contender - Youp Schmit
However, as the opening two events have shown almost anything can happen and there are certainly no foregone conclusions here - particularly as Schmit has faced a race against time just to be here after knee surgery, while both sailors have never finished better than 5th here.
Schmit Sylt Record: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Caers Sylt Record:
Best Result: 5th 2012 Best Result: 5th 2016
2018: 17th 2018: 7th - but coming back from injury 2017: 9th 2017: 6th
2016: 17th 2016: 5th
2015: 11th 2015: 11th 2014: Injured 2014: 17th
Fellow contender - Yentel Caers
Single Elimination Scenario:
- A top 4 finish or better for either Schmit or Caers would guarantee one of them the title no matter the results elsewhere. In the event that both sailors were to qualify for the top 4 then the title would then be decided by whoever finishes higher.
- If either sailor (Schmit/Caers) finishes 4th or better in the single then one of them will win the title as the worse they could finish in the double is 5th, which gives an unassailable lead. For example, 5th place (9,600 points) in the double would leave Schmit or Caers on 29,100 points and a victory for either Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) or Steven Van Broeckhoven (Starboard / GUNSAILS) would only see them reach 29,050 points.
- In order for Vrieswijk or Van Broeckhoven to have a shot at the title with just a single elimination, they would need Schmit/Caers to finish 5th or worse and win the single elimination themselves.
- In the unlikely, but certainly not impossible event, that Schmit/Caers were to finish joint 9th in the single, then joint 5th place or better for Vrieswijk/Van Broeckhoven would see them move into the lead.
Outside Chance
- However, in the above scenario where Schmit/Caers finish joint 9th in the single - that would then bring Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) into the equation, as if the Frenchman was the win the single elimination, then Vrieswijk or Van Broeckhoven would be required to finish second in order to stay ahead.
Double Elimination Scenario
- A top 6 finish or better for Schmit/Caers would guarantee one of them the world title. If both finish in the top 6 then whoever beats who would win the world title.
- If Schmit/Caers were to finish joint 7th - then Vrieswijk or Van Broeckhoven could still win the title by finishing at least second. In the event of a Vrieswijk/Van Broeckhoven final, whoever beats who would win the world title.
Foil
The race for the 2019 Menâs Foil PWA World Championship is going to be incredibly tight with just 300 points covering 1st-9th meaning that any of those sailors realistically have a shot at the title.
Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne / Starboard Foil) comes into the final Foil event of the year leading on countback having finished 3rd in Costa Brava, but Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic / Duotone / LOKEFOIL), who won the opening event of the year in Japan), Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne / Starboard Foil) and Alexandre Cousin (Patrik / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils) are all on 19,500 points after two events.
Matteo Iachino
Just behind the leading quartet are the Goyard brotherâs - Thomas Goyard (FMX Racing / Phantom Sails / Phantom Foils), who won the last event in Costa Brava, and Nicolas Goyard (Tabou / GA Sails / Phantom Foils), and they are just 100 points further back on 19,400 points. If the Foiling is mainly upwind/downwind then that would make Thomas the heavy favourite given his dominance in Costa Brava. However, a blend of both upwind/down and Foil Slalom would throw the race wide open.
Sebastian Kördel (Starboard / GA Sails / Starboard Foil) and Sebastian Kornum (JP / NeilPryde) next in line in 7th and 8th place, but on 19,300 points they remain very much in the title race as does Julien Bontemps (JP / NeilPryde), who finished second in Costa Brava, on 19,200 points. With such a tightly sprung field a positive start is likely to going to prove very important as there really is no margin for error.
Full fleet foiling last year
Wave
Womenâs
Justyna Sniady (Simmer / Simmer Sails / AL360) comes into the penultimate wave event of the year as the current world tour leader after securing back-to-back second places in Gran Canaria & Tenerife. The Pole is currently enjoying her best year to date on the world tour with her hard work paying off and she will be determined to defend her lead.
Justyna Sniady
However, she will face a stern test with reigning world champion - Iballa Moreno (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins - waiting in the wings and trailing by just 115 points after bouncing back from 4th place in Pozo with an excellent victory - despite not being 100% fit in Tenerife. That victory throws Iballa right back into world title contention, and another victory here would make winning 6 world titles on the bounce a real possibility with the season finale to come in Hoâokipa, Maui.
Iballa Moreno
Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) has shown moments of brilliance in the opening two events, but so far this season, on the wave tour at least, she hasnât peaked at the pinnacle moments. The Aruban comes into Sylt in third place after two-third place finishes and will know that defending her event title here from 2018 will be imperative to keeping her faint world title hopes alive for 2019.
Sarah-Quita Offringa
Outside from the current top 3, the next biggest threat is likely to be Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails), who missed the opening event of the year but then secured an excellent fourth place in Tenerife. The 22-year-old finished third her in 2018 - her best result to date - and should be there or there about again.
Lina Erpenstein
Elsewhere, keep an eye out for Maaike Huvermann (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins), Caterina Stenta (RRD / RRD Sails / AL360 / Maui Ultra Fins), who are currently ranked 4th and 5th respectively, 14-year-old Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Fanatic / Duotone), Arrianne Aukes (Fanatic / Duotone / Maui Ultra Fins) and Steffi Wahl (Sailloft Hamburg), who is just returning from a foot injury which forced her to miss the opening two events of the season.
Steffi Wahl
Menâs
Ricardo Campello (Brunotti Boards) currently leads the menâs Wave World Tour as the 33-year-old continues his quest to win his first wave world title - having won 3 Freestyle world titles at the start of his career. Last year Campello just missed out on the event and world title with Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails) staging a superb come back to thwart Campelloâs world title aspirations. A second place again here would stand Campello in good stead heading into the season finale, but you can expect to see the Venezuelan/Brazilian gunning for the top again as he aims for his second victory of the season.
Ricardo Campello
Coming into Sylt - Jaeger Stone (Starboard / Severne / SWOX) - is Campelloâs closest rival with the Australian leaping into second place in the overall rankings after claiming his first victory on the world tour in Tenerife. Stone has earned one podium here in the last 3 years, while his worst result here since 2016 is 5th, so you can expect to see him at the business end of the contest again as he looks to stay in the hunt for the 2019 title.
Jaeger Stone
Just behind the front two then come 4-time world champion and German hero - Philip Köster (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) - reigning world champion - Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / Duotone) and both will be looking to notch up their opening wins of the season to thrust themselves firmly back into contention heading into Maui. Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing) is then a place further back in 5th, but with the Brazilian currently trailing Campello by 3,517 points at the halfway stage, nothing short of a victory will do here.
Philip Köster
Alex Mussolini (RRD / RRD Sails) has a phenomenal record in Sylt with the Spaniard winning here in 2016, while finishing 4th for the past two years, which will make him a real threat again, while defending event champion Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails), seems to have rekindled his competition flame - making him an obvious threat too.
Last year's winner - Thomas Traversa off the lip
The top 10 is currently completed by Antoine Martin (JP / NeilPryde) - 7th - who is enjoying his best season to date on the world tour. The same is also true of Marc Paré (Simmer / Simmer Sails) in 9th, while the German crowd will be gunning for Leon Jamaer (JP / NeilPryde).
Leon Jamaer
Elsewhere, keep an eye out for Julian Salmonn (Bruch Boards / GUNSAILS), Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde / SWOX), Gollito Estredo (Fanatic / Duotone), Adam Lewis (Fanatic / Duotone / SWOX), Dieter van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails) and Omar Sanchez (Star-Fish / KA Sail), who complete the top 16 at this stage.
Adam Lewis
With a solid forecast to come the next 10 days promise to be action packed with a variety of the worldâs best windsurfing. Make sure you donât miss any of the amazing action by tuning into www.pwaworldtour.com between 27th September to 6th October - here youâll be able to watch everything as it happens via the PWA live stream.
Forecast for the first 6 days
To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Germany â including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page.
Schedule Day 1 | (All Times GMT+2)
Registration: 11:30-13:30
âDie Nordsee bleibt immer eine spezielle Sacheâ, sagt Philip Köster (25).
Normal surft der viermalige Weltmeister im warmen Wasser. Doch fĂŒr den Weltcup auf Sylt packt er gerne den 5,3â mm dicken Neopren-Anzug ein.
Denn vor Westerland will Köster ab Freitag die Basis fĂŒr seinen 5.â Titel legen. âDas wĂ€re der Wahnsinn. Aber erstmal geht es darum, hier gut abzuschneiden.â
Die Entscheidung fĂ€llt beim Saisonfinale auf Hawaii (27.10 â 9.11.). Köster liegt aktuell auf Rang drei im Wellenreiten â hinter dem Brasilianer Ricardo Campello und dem Australier Jaeger Stone. Köster: âIch bin nicht der Gejagte, sondern der JĂ€ger...â
Bei der EM in Klitmöller/DĂ€nemark wurde er gerade FĂŒnfter. âWir hatten wirklich nicht viel Wind. Insofern war es nur ein kleiner Test. Aber ich habe mich an die Bedingungen gewöhnt. Der Wind fĂŒhlt sich bei KĂ€lte anders als, viel hĂ€rter im Segel. Jetzt freue ich mich auf Sylt, die Wellen hier haben mehr Kraft.â
TatsĂ€chlich ist die Wettervorhersage gĂŒnstig. âAllerdings soll auch sehr viel Regen kommenâ, sagt Köster. âAber das gehört auf Sylt natĂŒrlich dazu. Ohne wĂ€re es ja langweilig...â
Um nichts dem Zufall zu ĂŒberlassen, hat er zwölf Bretter und 20 Segel in unterschiedlichen GröĂen dabei. Als Material-Caddy hilft Jugendfreund Jorge, mit dem er auf Gran Canaria tĂ€glich auf dem Wasser ist. Zu UnterstĂŒtzung ist Papa Rolf mit dem Wohnmobil angereist. Und schlieĂlich ist auch noch Freundin Manca Notar (23) vor Ort. âEs ist schön, sie dabei zu habenâ, schwĂ€rmt der Sonnyboy. Der Windsurf-Profi und die Stand-Up-Paddlerin aus Slowenien sind seit vier Jahren ein Paar.
Quelle: https://www.bild.de/sport/mehrâŠmQFAAYU__ICRts6wCzCVg_128
Ist Campello Brasilianer?
GrĂŒĂe
teenie
Das weiss niemand mehr, der startet ja neuerdings fĂŒr 2 Nationen gleichzeitig. Bei der PWA ist das offenbar möglich...
Das weiss niemand mehr, der startet ja neuerdings fĂŒr 2 Nationen gleichzeitig. Bei der PWA ist das offenbar möglich...
wie Dunkerbeck, der konnte sich auch nicht entscheiden E oder SUI
Das weiss niemand mehr, der startet ja neuerdings fĂŒr 2 Nationen gleichzeitig. Bei der PWA ist das offenbar möglich...
wie Dunkerbeck, der konnte sich auch nicht entscheiden E oder SUI
Der hatte aber nicht gleichzeitig 2 LĂ€nder in der Einschreibung eines Events und hatte definitiv seinen Wohnsitz da, 10 Jahre Andorra, dann Schweiz, jetzt wieder Spanien wie vorher auch.
In der Entry-List steht er aber als Venezuelaner V-111 gelistet.
Wo habt ihr das denn her, dass er mit 2. NationalitĂ€t gelistet ist? Er ist ja in Rio de Janeiro geboren, fĂ€hrt aber seit Jahren fĂŒr Venezuela.
Im Ranking des letzten Wave-Worldcups, war hier auch angeschnittenes Thema.
Im Wave Men (28) / Women (12) immerhin je ein Viertel der Fahrer aus Germany!
Mein Tip Wave Men:
1. Marc Pare
2. Ricardo Campello
3. Philip Köster
Mein Tip Wave Women:
1. Lina Erpenstein
2. Justyna Sniady
3. Iballa Moreno
Ich sehe es genau andersrum...
Das war der Einschreibetag:
With the opening day of the 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sylt PWA World Cup belonging purely to registration, day one in Sylt was relatively calm with the competitors preparing their equipment for the next 9 days of competition, which continues to look windy on the latest forecast models.
Balz MĂŒller entertains the crowd
A total of 104 competitors have registered for this yearâs edition with 29 freestylers, 31 foil sailors, 12 womenâs wave sailors and 32 menâs wave sailors (4 of which will come through the trials) signing up. The official opening ceremony was then held shortly before 4pm to conclude a relaxed opening day.
Sailors Signup
A quick look at the Freestyle Single Elimination shows a daunting first round heat for world title hopeful Youp Schmit (I-99 / Avanti), who has been pitted against former Freestyle World Champion - Kiri Thode (Severne / Severne Sails), while his world title rivals have been handed much easier draws on paper with Yentel Caers (I-99 / Point-7) up against Antoine Martin (JP / NeilPryde, Steven van Broeckhoven (Starboard / GUNSAILS) takes on Ezri Heijmans, while Amado Vrieswijk (JP / Severne) receives a bye into the next round.
Youp Schmit
With a promising looking forecast for the weekend the Wave and Freestyle fleets will meet at 8:30am (GMT+2) for their first skippersâ meeting of the week with a first possible start at 9am. Meanwhile, the skippersâ meeting for the Foil fleet will be held at 10:30am with a first possible start at 12pm. The forecast for tomorrow currently predicts 20-28 knots winds from the southwest, so Saturday should see the start of either the Wave of the Freestyle Single Eliminations.
Forecast for the next few days
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Echt kein Slalom auf Sylt? Ist mir total entgangen...
Highwind Onshore Slalom bei 3m Welle mit Drohne gefilmt, das hÀtte sogar ich gerne gesehen...
GrĂŒĂe
teenie
Echt kein Slalom auf Sylt? Ist mir total entgangen...
Highwind Onshore Slalom bei 3m Welle mit Drohne gefilmt, das hÀtte sogar ich gerne gesehen...
GrĂŒĂe
teenie
Livestream geht nicht...
Livestream geht nicht...
Jepp. Echt Ă€tzend, dass die das nie vernĂŒnftig in den Griff bekommen...
PS twofingers
Ben Proffitt hat mir geschrieben, dass das GepÀck der Film-/Technikcrew nicht angekommen sei. Es sind wohl wieder dieselben, von denen die geilen Videos aus Hvide Sande stammen. Ich bin gespannt und hoffe auf Dronen-Videos auch von Freestyle und Wave..!
Zu den letzten Heats heute gab es dann auch endlich nen Livestream, scheint also angekommen zu sein.
Das war Tag 2:
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