Liveticker GWA Wingfoil World Tour Cape Verde 2023

Rider List: Women

Elena Moreno (ESP)
Flora Artzner (FRA)
Bowien van der Linden (NED)

Liveticker Day Six – 22 March 2023 (GMT-1)

Winners of the “best air” SuperSession:

Titouan Galea (FRA)
Bowien van der Linden (NED)

12.00 The riders have been briefed and with the main competition it’s time to relax, have fun and let the athletes go wild with an “expression” SuperSession.

Liveticker Day Five – 21 March 2023 (GMT-1)
Heat duration 17 minutes / 3 minute transition

16.00 Women’s final. Nia Swardiaz V Moona Whyte. Whyte wins

15.45 Men’s mini-final. Zane Schweitzer V Hugo Marin. Schweitzer wins.

15.30 Women’s mini-final. Bowien vd Linden V Elena Moreno. Bowien vd Linden wins.

15.00 Men’s semi-final 2. Zane Schweitzer V Benoit Carpentier.

14.38 Men’s semi-final 1. Hugo Marin V Wesley Brito. Brito wins and goes to final.

14.15 Women’s semi-final 2. Nia Suardiaz V Elena Moreno. Suardiaz goes to the final.

13.55 Women’s semi-final 1. Moona Whyte V Bowien van der Linden. Whyte goes to the final.

13.20 Women’s Quarter Final 4. Sofia Marchetti (ITA) V Nia Suardiaz (ESP) Suardiaz advances.

12.50 Women’s QF3 Flora Artzner (FRA) V Elena Moreno (ESP). Moreno wins.

12.30 Women’s Quarter Final 2. Moona Whyte (USA) V Manuela Jungo (SUI) Whyte wins.

12.10 Women’s Quarter Final Heat 1. Bowien van der Linden V Julia Castro. Van der Linden advances.

10.45 We are running the women’s seeding rounds.

10.30 Benoît Carpentier V Julien Bouyer. Carpentier goes through with 12.30 heat score.

10.03 QF2 Hendrick Lopes V Wesley Brito. Brito advances.

09.45 Quarter Final 1. Noe Cuyala V Hugo Marin. Marin advances.

09.38 We are going into sequence for the men’s Quarter Finals.

Clement Roseyro, due to run in Quarter Final Heat 3, is out of the competition with an ankle injury, suffered when he crashed on the rocks in yesterday’s closing heats.

Liveticker Day Four – 20 March 2023 (GMT-1)

16.40 Round 2 Heat 3 Hendrick Lopes (SUI) V Pablo Padilla (ESP).

16.20 Round 2 Heat 2 Hugo Marin V Mizo Fernando Novaes. Marin advances.

16.00 Round 2 Heat 1. Axel Gerard (FRA) V Noe Cuyala (FRA). Cuyala wins.

15.48 Round 1 Heat 16. Julien Bouyer (FRA) V Chucho Nonnot (FRA). Bouyer wins with highest wave and heat score.

15.35 R1 H2 rerun. 10 minutes. Axel Gerard V Nuo Angulo. Gerard wins.

15.06 Round 1 Heat 14 Leon Shiel (GBR) V Benoit Carpentier (FRA) Carpentier wins.

14.45 Round 1 Heat 13 Chris MacDonald (USA) V Tom Aubert (FRA). MacDonald wins.

14.25 Round 1 Heat 12 Clement Roseyro (FRA) V Arthur Thebault (FRA). Roseryro wins with biggest heat score so far.

14.05 Round 1 Heat 11. Titouan Galea (FRA) V Fabian Muhmenthaler (SUI). Galea wins.

13.52 Women wingfoilers were released for the day to focus on the heats for the 31 men.

13.40 Round 1 Heat 10. Gregorio Pugliese (ITA) V Francesco Cappuzzo (ITA). Pugliese wins.

13.20 Round 1 Heat 9. Zane Schweitzer (USA) V Yaris Dellomo (ITA). Schweitzer wins.

13.00 Round 1 Heat 8. Wesley Brito (CPV) V Giulio Gasperini (ITA) Brito takes the win.

12.40 Round 1 Heat 7. Camille Bouyer (FRA) V Max Robinson (CAN). Bouyer takes the win.

12.22 Round 1 Heat 6 Luca Gasperini (ITA) V Pablo Padilla (ITA). Padilla wins.

11.45 Round 1 Heat 5. Hendrick Lopes (SUI) V Lilian Juppet (FRA). Lopes goes through.

11.30 Round 1 Heat 4. Vinnicius Martins (BRA) V Hugo Marin (FRA). Martins wins.

11.08 Round 1 Heat 3. Mizo Fernando Novaes (BRA) V Freddy Brito (CPV). Novaes advances.

10.42 Round 1 Heat 2. Axel Gerard (FRA) V Noa Angulo (CPV). Gerard wins.

10.12 Men’s Round 1 Heat 1. Noe Cuyala (FRA) V Yuri Johannes (BRA). Cuyala wins.

(First heat of the brand new discipline will be 30 minutes, reducing to 20 minutes for the succeeding rounds.) In this pure surfing event, riders are scored for their ability to surf the wave. They can do air tricks which will also be scored. But they must not use the power of the wing, only the energy of the wave.

09.45 The seeding rounds are complete. We are just about to begin the first heats of the event.

Liveticker Day Three – 19 March 2023 (GMT-1)

Wingfoilers were called for a 9am skippers’ meeting ahead of a seeding round to determine the starting order for the opening rounds of the competition. The seeding round is to be staged from 10.00 to 12.00 local time. After that, the plan is to continue with the kite-surf action. Head over to the GKA Kite World Tour Live event page: www.gkakiteworldtour.com/live/

Elimination procedure and scoring explained

On the single 32, 16 or 8 ladder, there will be a Seeding Round in Round 1 to determine the seeding position for the main event. (Round 2 onwards).

In order to safeguard the spots of the ranked competitors, in singles 32, there will be two groups of pre-seeded competitors as follows: from 1st to 16th and from 17th to 32nd.

Every competitor from the designated group will be competing against each other, they will be seeded in Round 2 according to the score obtained during the Seeding Round (Round 1).

In singles 16 and 8 there will only be one single group for the whole round.

Click here to learn more about the elimination procedure.

Liveticker Day Two – 18 March 2023 (GMT-1)

Race director Juan Antonio released the wingfoilers for the the day at that 9am skippers’ meeting. The focus remains on kite-surf discipline as the conditions look great for today. The hope is to complete the men’s final, if conditions allow. If you want to see some kite-surf action from Ponta Preta head over to the GKA Kite World Tour Live event page: www.gkakiteworldtour.com/live/

Liveticker Day One – 17 March 2023 (GMT-1)

All riders are registered, but the event status is on hold. Priority has been given to the GKA Kite-Surf World Cup. Many riders are competing in both wingfoil and kite-surf. If you want to see some Kite-Surf action in Ponta Preta head over to the GKA Kite World Tour Live event page: www.gkakiteworldtour.com/live/