PWA Worldcup Wave und Slalom Pozo Izquierdo 2023

Daida Moreno continues to dominate Pozo after securing victory in the single elimination

Day two of the 2023 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing Grand Slam saw the best female wave sailors in the world take centre stage for the first time this week as the Women’s Single Elimination began in 25-35 knots of wind and chest high waves. Throughout the single there were several impressive performances as the girls went all out in the quest for success. In the end though there was simply no stopping Daida Moreno (Bruch Boards / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) as she continues her love affair with Pozo Izquierdo. After the completion of the Women’s Single Elimination, the first round of the Men’s Double Elimination was also completed to bring a close to another hugely successful day in Gran Canaria.

Women's Top 4 Single Elimination - Sarah-Quita Offringa, Daida Moreno, Iballa Moreno & Justyna Sniady (left to right)

Wave

Women’s

Single Elimination

Daida Moreno boasts a phenomenal record at her home event with the 18-time world champion having won all but once here since 1998, which converts as an incredible 95.8% win rate and Daida is now in pole position to extend that record to 24 victories from a possible 25 (96%) - as no result was gained in 2013 - after producing another stellar performance today to claim another clinical victory. Daida was pushed all the way by Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) in the final, but asserted late on as she linked her best wave of the heat with her final effort, whilst she was as lethal as ever in the air with a variety of stylish backloops, stalled and tabletop forwards. Daida now has one hand on this year’s event title and it’s hard to see anyone wrestling that away from her given her level of domination here.

Daida Moreno flying high

Sarah-Quita Offringa laid down a valiant effort in the final as she went toe-to-toe with Daida for much of Heat 17 - however, ultimately she just fell short. Offringa looked sharp throughout and showed off an excellent range of jumping consisting of planing forwards, backloops and tweaked pushloops. The reigning world champion will now have to wait for the Double Elimination for a second bite at the cherry.

Sarah-Quita Offringa tweaks a pushloop

Iballa Moreno (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) completes the podium after the completion of the Single Elimination as she came out on top in the battle for bronze ahead of - Justyna Sniady (NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins). Iballa also claims the award for the highest scoring jump of the day for a pretty much planing backloop - which earned her 7.62 points.

Iballa Moreno

Red Bull Rockets

Lina Erpenstein (Severne / Severne Sails) currently holds the lead in the Women’s Red Bull Rockets Award after the German landed a huge 5.6m stalled forward, whilst Daida Moreno occupies second with 4.5m, followed by Iballa Moreno, who completes the top 3 with a jump height of 3.8m.

Lina Erpenstein

Erpenstein was unlucky to bump into an inform Iballa Moreno in the quarterfinals, so she finishes joint 5th in the Single Elimination, but the 26-year-old set the highest scoring heat of the day in her opening heat against - Alexia Kiefer Quintana (Fanatic / Duotone) - as she set a grand total of 18.76 points. Kiefer Quintana herself was unlucky as her heat total of 15.5 points would have been good enough to progress from many of the second round heats.

Elsewhere, Isabel Trivino Delgado (Severne / Severne Sails), Maria Navarro Morales (Goya Windsurfing) and Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) all share joint 5th with Erpenstein.

Men’s

Double Elimination

Josep Pons (CS Custom Boards / Point-7 / Black Project Fins) and Takuma Sugi (Tabou / GA Sails / Black Project Fins) both set the joint highest heat score in the first round of the Men’s Double Elimination with a total of 19.12 points as they dispatched of Ryu Noguchi (Starboard / Severne Sails) and Laurin Schmuth (Goya Windsurfing) respectively.

Takuma Sugi hits it

Buzzer Beater

Elsewhere, Dieter Van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails) needed every second of his heat against Alex Grand-Guillot (Starboard / Loftsails) to navigate his way into the second round as he landed an almost planing pushloop in the dying seconds of the heat to progress by just half of a point.

Arthur Arutkin (Fanatic / Duotone / Black Project Fins) set the third highest heat score in the first round - 18.37 points - as he dispatched of fellow countryman - Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) in Heat 32b. The other sailors to progress through the first round of the double include; Jose Romero (Mistral / Challenger Sails), Moritz Mauch, Hayata Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails), Federico Morisio (Starboard / Severne Sails), Morgan Noireaux (JP / NeilPryde / Black Project Fins), Adam Warchol (Quatro / Goya Windsurfing), Takara Ishii (RRD / RRD Sails), Mike Friedl (Goya Windsurfing), Miguel Chapuis (JP / NeilPryde) and Omar Sanchez (Tabou / GA Sails).

Omar Sanchez

Having won the recent Fiji Surf World Cup at Cloudbreak, Baptiste Cloarec (RRD / RRD Sails) was brought crashing back down to earth as he was dealt a first round exit at the hands of Henri Kolberg (Naish / Naish Sails).

The forecast for tomorrow is very similar to today, so there promises to be more action to come on Sunday. The wave fleet will meet again at 9:30am for their skippers’ meeting with a first possible start at 10am (GMT+1) - if conditions are suitable. Meanwhile, for the first time this week the Slalom fleet will meet at 11am for their skippers’ meeting, so we may see some flat stick racing tomorrow afternoon with the action commencing from 12pm onwards.

Forecast for Monday and Tuesday

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Result 2023 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup - Women’s Wave Single Elimination

1st Daida Moreno (ESP | Bruch Boards / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)

3rd Iballa Moreno (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)

4th Justyna Sniady (POL | NorthSails / Maui Ultra Fins)

5th Isabel Trivino Delgado (ESP | Severne / Severne Sails)

5th Maria Navarro Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

5th Lina Erpenstein (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)

5th Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)

Result 2023 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup - Men’s Wave Single Elimination

1st Marcilio Browne (BRA | Goya Windsurfing)

2nd Marino Gil (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

3rd Ricardo Campello (VEN / BRA | Naish / Naish Sails)

4th Marc Paré (ESP | Fanatic / Duotone)

5th Antoine Martin (FRA | Starboard / NorthSails)

5th Jules Denel (FRA | JP / NeilPryde)

5th Leon Jamaer (GER | Flikka / GUNSAILS)

5th Victor Fernandez (ESP | Fanatic / Duotone)