Big upset The Spanish athlete, ranked second overall, joins Karolina Winkowska (POL) in the semi-finals. Former world champion, Winkowska, returning to the tour at the age of 33 after giving birth, caused one of the upsets of the day when she just outpointed Mikaili Sol (USA). “This year I’m competing here with the best little…
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Faultless performances leave us all wanting more here in Cauipe
Brazilian dominance early on After eagerly waiting to enter the water yesterday, the likes of Guilherme Costa (BRA) and Carlos Mario (BRA) both hit home runs opening their accounts strongly in Round 3. The Brazilian boys displayed style with ease, giving the home crowd plenty of cheers from the lagoon side barracers. Local home knowledge…
Final Day at the Maui Strong Aloha Classic
Day 5: Marcilio Browne claims back-to-back wave world titles after an intense final day results in heartbreak for Ricardo Campello On the last day of the holding period for the 2023 Maui Strong Aloha Classic Grand Final, the race for the Men’s Wave world title all boiled down the final heats, while the remaining two…
Event Preview: World Titles on the Line
Women’s Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) enters the final wave event of the year with the world title race lead. The Aruban is also the defending event champion having won here last time in 2019 and she will be looking to repeat that performance as she looks to capture her third…
GWA Wingfoil World Cup Gran Canaria
The leaders of the GWA Wingfoil World Tour are set to battle at back-to-back events to be staged on neighbouring Canary Islands, Spain, for the first time. The athletes topping the rankings after three world tour stops will be seeking to keep their title hopes alive in the men’s and women’s FreeFly-Slalom and Surf-Freestyle disciplines…
Kite tour heads to Brazil for title decider
Back on track Four-times Freestyle world champion, Mario, who will be competing at his home spot on Cauipe Lagoon, tops the world rankings after three rounds and is hungry for another title. At the last stop in Dunkerque, France, he finished equal first after the conditions meant the final could not be completed. Coccoluto also…
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This year, the GWA Wingfoil World Tour introduced the newest addition to its line-up—the wave discipline. Three stops were scheduled on the calendar. With two down already—Ponta Preta, Cape Verde, in spring and Saquarema, Brazil, in summertime—the final stop in Dakhla, Morocco, comes shortly in early autumn. Next week, at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup…
Dakhla event raises stakes in title face-off
The race for world titles shifted up a gear after the fourth stop at the GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla, Morocco, where victories for Pedro Matos and Moona Whyte narrowed the gaps among the leading contenders. The Brazilian Matos’ first world cup win of his career in Dakhla keeps him third in the rankings, behind…
Early duel in Dakhla may define title race
The leaders in the race for the world title in the Kite-Surf discipline are set to clash in an early round of the GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla, in Morocco, which could severely dent the loser’s hopes of lifting the crown. Top seeds Airton Cozzolino (ITA) and Matchu Lopes (ESP) are destined to battle in…
Race for world titles hots up in Germany
The winners at the Defender GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Sylt, in Germany, were crowned after two big days of action on the North Sea in the first strapless freestyle contest of the year at the mid-point of the season. France’s Capucine Delannoy, reigning world champion in the Kite-Surf discipline on the Qatar Airways GKA Kite…