2011 Tenerife World Cup - Event Preview
Event Preview: Gear up for some insane aerial acrobatics and slick wave riding as the world's most extreme sailors head to the stunning island of Tenerife for round two on the men and women's wave tour.
Reports, Happenings, Events
Event Preview: Gear up for some insane aerial acrobatics and slick wave riding as the world's most extreme sailors head to the stunning island of Tenerife for round two on the men and women's wave tour.
Event Summary: Philip Koster and Daida Ruano Moreno storm into first place at the 2011 Pozo World Cup earning an early advantage on the 2011 world tour.
Day 5: Radical wave riding, extreme jumps and colossal crashes ensured the emotions were running high as nuclear winds powered the sailors through the double elimination.
Day six: The Koster kid and high flying Daida Moreno reign supreme over Pozo's tempestuous waters.
Day four: Pozo's wind machine storms into action allowing Philip Koster and Daida Ruano Moreno to soar into first place in the single elimination.
Day three: The women's fleet were un-leashed onto Pozo's rough waters, seeing them fight through the first three heats of the single elimination.
Day two: Pozo presents its gentle side, lighter winds and smaller waves ensured the sailors spent the day soaking up the blazing sun and relaxing to the tunes on the beach.
Day one: Forty knots of wind and pumping swell provide the PWA's elite with a wild welcome for the opening day of competition in Pozo.
Event Summary: Costa Teguise reinforces its name as a freestyle mecca, allowing extreme action from the world's finest freestylers and Gollito Estredo to secure his first win the 2011 world tour.
Event Preview: The anticipated wait for the opening event on the men and women's wave calendar is over, as the world's most radical sailors descend on the island of Gran Canaria for six days of intense competition.
Day 4: The astounding island of Lanzarote delivers remarkable conditions for the final day of competition allowing Estredo to stamp down his authority on the shores of Costa Teguise
Day 3: Four times world champion Gollito Estredo returns to form and storms his way to first place in the single elimination.
Day 2: A day of contrast in Lanzarote, marginal conditions kept the sailors on hold throughout the day until a sudden burst of breeze stirred up a frenzy to finish.
Day 1: The world's greatest freestyle sailors descend on to the golden sands of Costa Teguise in Lanzarote, however fluctuating conditions led to a gentle start to competition.
Event Summary: Aruba delivers eight days of outstanding action seeing Steven Van Broeckhoven, Sarah-Quita Offringa and Bjorn Dunkerbeck claim the event crowns.
Event Preview: The first stop on the treacherous Canary island bout of competition heads to the island of Lanzarote for a four day freestyle extravaganza.
Day 8: The tables turn in Aruba seeing Bjorn Dunkerbeck and Sarah-Quita Offringa burst into first place and claim the event crowns.
Day 7: The tension mounts on competitions penultimate day in dazzling Aruba as the scores draw tantalizingly tight at the top.
Day 6: Antoine Albeau and Karin Jaggi play their consistent card's to secure their positions at the top in Aruba's testing trade winds.
Day 5: Antoine Albeau and Karin Jaggi storm into first place after an epic opening day of slalom at the Aruba High Winds Grand Slam!
Day 4: Dutch freestyle maestro, Steven Van Broeckhoven and Caribbean Queen, Sarah-Quita Offringa blow the competition out of the water to secure their places at the top of the freestyle rankings in Aruba.
Day 3: The Aruba Hi Winds erupts into action seeing Steven Van Broeckhoven and Sarah-Quita Offringa emerge victorious in the single elimination.
Day 2: Scorching sun, torrential rain, raging thunder and bolts of lightning continue to play havoc with the Caribbean trade winds haunting the second day of competition in Aruba.
Day one: A tropical thunderstorm puts a pause on the Caribbean trade winds leaving the sailors waiting anxiously on standby in Aruba's blazing sun.
Event Preview: Gear up for some explosive action as the world's finest freestyle and slalom sailors assemble in Aruba for the second leg of Caribbean competition.
Event Summary: The picture perfect island of Bonaire delivered incredible conditions for the freestyle world cup, seeing Kiri Thode and Sarah-Quita Offringa triumphant after two eliminations.
Day 5: Kiri Thode and Sarah-Quita Offringa stamp down their authority on Lac Bay and claim their crowns as King and Queen of Bonaire!
Day 3: Steven Van Broeckhoven finally breaks Kiri Thode's stronghold on his home waters, while Offringa continues to dominate.
Day 4: Tension mounts on the penultimate day as light winds and soaring temperatures halt proceedings here at the PWA freestyle world cup in beautiful Lac Bay.
Day 2: Sarah-Quita Offringa and Kiri Thode seal the deal in the second day of competition from Sorobon beach, Bonaire
Day 1: Bonaire is blessed with outstanding conditions for the opening day of competition seeing Kiri Thode and Sarah-Quita Offringa fly their way into first place.
Event Preview: The cool calm coast of the Caribbean is set to light up as the cream of the PWA's male and female contortionists head over to Bonaire for a five day freestyle frenzy.
UMIPICTURES brings us an outstanding presentation of born and bred Maui son Graham Ezzy unleashing his skills at Ho'okipa and Peahi this winter.
In cooperation with 'Direct Images' and 'Lion Production', Jules Denel brings us a no nonsense, action packed guide to his home town of Wissant.
Event Summary: Costa Brava delivers outstanding slalom conditions seeing Albeau claim his first victory of the year.
Day 6: Albeau cleans up in Costa Brava claiming his first event of the year whilst last minute wind puts a critical spin on the event standings.
Day 5: The tension mounts but calm conditions continue to plague Costa Brava.
Day 4: Frustrating fluctuating conditions slow down the pace in Costa Brava.
Day 3: Menacing Dunkerbeck returns to form and bags two elimination victories on a blustery third day in Catalunya.
Day 2: Catalunya delivers ballistic conditions as Albeau makes it four victories in a row.
Day 1: A clean sweep from Albeau sees him win back to back eliminations in the hammering Tramontana wind on competition's opening day.
Event Preview: Kicking off the first of the European slalom fixtures, the men's racing fraternity take to the waters of Spain's stunning Bay of Roses, where the 58 strong fleet will bid to stake their claim on the crucial world cup ranking points and ?40
In cooperation with Davy Scheffers and Remko de Zeeuw, DS Promotions presents you the trailer of CTD!
We welcome Poland's Jakub Kosmowski back after battling with injury for the past two years.
Greta Benvenuti talks about life for the girls on the world tour...
Are you the face of PWA TV?
Canada's freestyle guru Phil Soltysaik, announces the launch of his all new website.
Event Summary: Bjorn Dunkerbeck sails to an emphatic victory on Korea's notoriously challenging East Sea proving ground, while Valerie Arrighetti defies injury to triumph in the face of adversity and vanquish her rivals en route to a symbolic event win.
Day 6: Dunkerbeck edges past Albeau to lead the men's event standings by a fraction of a point. Meanwhile, Arrighetti further extends her event lead with more near flawless sailing on competition's penultimate day in Korea.
Day 5: Albeau and Arrighetti remain defiant, further extending their event leads on a gusty fifth day of competition at Korea's Jinha beach.
Day 4: With a teasing thermal wind never quite blowing in sufficient measure to resume racing, we caught up with Josh Angulo to find out the secret behind some of his finest racing to date, Angulo boards, his move to Boston and more...
Day 3: Following the drama of competition's second day, the wind took a break on day three in Korea, allowing us to catch up with Bjorn Dunkerbeck, and quiz him about his new signature series range of sun glasses.
Day 2: Albeau and Arrighetti storm to an early event lead following an action packed second day of competition in Korea.
Day 1: A leisurely start to competition's opening day sees four heats completed in typically testing South Korean conditions...
Event Preview: The PWA's slalom fleets return to the far east for the second stop on the Asian leg of the world tour, at South Korea's Jinha beach.
Australia's slalom maestro, Sean O'Brien hits us up with two brand spanking new videos, hot off the press from his latest training session in Dahab, Egypt, last week.
PWA wavesailor John Skye unleashes his latest video edit onto the internet for the masses...
Loft Sails joins twitter
Winter Trip August 6-20
Event Summary: European freestyle enjoys a spell in the lime light after Belgium's Steven Van Broeckhoven secures his first ever world cup victory on the waters of Lake Neusiedler.
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