GWA Wingfoil World Cup Fuerteventura 2024
19 – 24 July 2024

Disciplines: FreeFly-Slalom, Surf-Freestyle

Fuerteventura World Cup Competition Closed: Exhibition and Prize Giving.

Day Five, 24 July 2024 (GMT +1)

13.50 With the competition complete, today is the last day of the event. Here’s the schedule!: 1-Super fun Synchronized Trick exhibition, teams of two against other teams, each team doing same trick in unison; 2-PRIZE GIVING 16:30 at La Carla, for FreeFly-Slalom and Surf-Freestyle!

Day Four, 23 July 2024 (GMT+1)

17.30 Near perfect heat for MACDONALD who wins the event and provisionally the Surf-Freestyle World Championship. Our thoughts are with Malo GUENOLE and hoping he’s heeling already. GERARD second, CORR third and GUENOLE fourth.

17.27 One trick left and less than a point between GERARD and MACDONALD with all 9s!!

17.18 We wish Malo GUENOLE was here, he’d be in a SICK final GERARD with a Frontside 1050 9.2 and MACDONALD just went to the moon with same FS10 and 9.83!!!

17.15 GERARD asks the question with 9.2 FFFS360 and MACDONALD answers with the same move higher at 9.53

17.09 Men’s FINALS up next but first, heeling thoughts being sent to Malo GUENOLE who has been taken to the hospital with an injury, reportedly with dislocated shoulder, torn ligaments and potential broken arm. So three-riders are in the stare: GERARD, CORR, MACDONALD.

17.02 SUARDIAZ launches into a big lead with an unhanded backlog spin 7.83 and WINS! With DE ARCE 2nd and 3rd LIPPITSCH.  Provisionally SUARDIAZ is Fuerteventura World Cup winner AND Surf-Freestyle World Champion!

16.58 Now DE ARCE leads LIPPITSCH but SUARDIAZ has more jumps 

16.55 W FINALS is going off! LIPPITSCH with a massive backflip she’s been hiding all comp leads while DE ARCE and CERIS are within a point and Tour Leader SUARDIAZ has been crashing out despite an 8 point backflip.

16.40 Well, they topped that last heat, less than a point between the top three and MACDONALD and CORR make it into the finals with GERARD and GUENOLE. MacDonald has a 9.73 in the last attempt, YEW! So two French, a Spanish and an American FINALS.

16.18 M SEMI 2 in progress, how can we top the drama that’s been in these heats?? And Women’s FINALS after M SEMI 2.

16.14 Waiting to hear about GUENOLE who is into the FINALS but injured, good vibes headed his way from all. Now the SEMI 1 results…WHAT??!! Triple Backflip Combo for a 9.97 GERARD into the finals with Guenole. What a heat. ACHERER was within 4-tenths of a point while GUENOLE was receiving medical attention.

16.08 GERARD in a solid lead with more than 27 points but with GUENOLE off the water, ACHERER is catching up with one point of Guenole.

16.05 GUENOLE being brought in by jetski after falling on a jump. Looks like out for this heat but still in qualifying position for finals.

16.04 M SEMI 1 is out of control GUENOLE and GERARD are in a league of their own with 8s and 9s!

15.49 W SEMIS 2 SUARDIAZ wins with an impressive three 8+ point scores and LIPPITSCH is second and into the finals with super clean 360s and one innovation to make it by 1 point.

15.35 SUARDIAZ still in her winning mode with a skying 8.27 Backflip, landed to perfection while crashes are keeping the other riders from catching up.

15.29 W SEMIS 2, last riders to qualify for FINALS!

15.26 One tenth of a point separated first and second in SEMI 1 and CERIS just edged out DE ARCE, but both are going to the finals. DUPE’ and LAURANT were giving it everything but several crashes crushed their finals hopes. LAURANT sending massive stretched out front flips but crashing and landed one Innovation trick as well.

15.10 NOW Women’s first SEMIS 1 super hard core with Guadeloupe’s DUPE’ And LAURENT, then CERIS and DE ARCE!

15.08 Last R5 H4 was sick! VUILLERMET was second with well executed Frontside 1050 but MACDONALD’s stunning 9.8, with an 8.17 and massive 7.43 Front Flip made an easy trip into the Semifinals. MACDONALD is one of only 2 out of the 8 semifinalists who is NOT French!

14.56 Holy MACDONALD 9.8 Frontside 1080! But close heat!

14.49 We haven’t seen any of the crazy innovation we saw yesterday but that’s about to change ins H4!!! ESCOFET, BERGER, VUILLERMET, MACDONALD!

14.43 R5 H3 was exciting not for CORR’s solid 22.50 heat win and T. ACHERER also going to SEMIS but Tour contender CAPPUZZO only getting one scored jump, the last, with a well executed Ridiculo 720.

14.24 What a jam session in H2!!! Highest scoring heat combining all riders, all in low 20s as GERARD moves through with a final Back Mobe 360 to add to his sick 9.27 and big story FEDIT going through to SEMIS upsetting a battle with SOSA. Fedit with two 7-point range scores and a perfect 8 Backlog Spin Frontside 360.

14.12 GERARD Has highest score of day it looks so far with a super clean 9.27 Frontside 1080, committed and high!

13.58 M R5 H1 Now things are getting hot and scores are soaring with the jumps! GUENOLE (2022 World Freestyle Champ) 4 points clear of CUYALA in second so this two are our first Semifinalists.

13.38 Three of the riders have excellent scores in the 8s.

13.45 CUYALA comes out super strong with 8.13 Toeside Frontside 900.

13.40 M R5 H1 is on!! This is the quarterfinals and top two from each heat head to the SEMIS. Pressure is on, too!

13.05 Not a crazy high scoring heat but super even with top two going into R5 with a shot at SEMIS. 1-SOSA, 2-ZORZI, 3-BASTIANELLI, 4-PALLIER.

12.45 ESCOFET moved closer to Alek ACHERER with a 7.4 Frontside 720 but ended up second to ACHERER and both move into the R5.

12.27 Alek ACHERER now in H3 and is the first to drop an excellent score today of 8.5 Backlog Spin Frontside 360!

12.23 ACHERER moves through M R4 H1 while the teenager BERGER crushes H2 with scores in the 8-point range. Onto H3.

11.37 Here’s todays schedule: M R4-5 (Heats 15-22), W SEMIS (Heats 17-18), M SEMIS (Heats 23-24), W FINAL, M FINAL.

11.34 What a morning for Finals Day! Fingers crossed we will be crowing event winners and two riders (SUARDIAZ, MACDONALD) have the potential of clinching the world title. Men’s R4 H1 on now with a building breeze: HARBACEK, TIELES, GASPERINI, ACHERER. It’s hard to match tomorrow’s top scores but riders are hungry to qualify for the semis!

Day Three, 22 July 2024 (GMT +1)

19.16 Final heat of the day and SUARDIAZ and CERIS were feeding off each others innovation heading to Semis, and Suardiaz had two high 8’s scores in Innovation. 

18.42 LAURENT dominates H3 with 14.30 heat score and is in the Semis with MAILLARD. Last heat of day in progress.

18.35 Guadeloupe rider DUPE Frontside 360 pushing the veterans leading heat.

18.17 W R3 H3 up now. 13yo LAURENT super strong finish leading H2 and into Semis with MAILLARD. Huge move by the Enoah Laurent who had Innovation tricks in this and earlier heats.

18.14 WOW! 1st Women’s semifinalists decided. DE ARCE in, and LIPPITSCH squeaks by VAN DER BLINDEN, .01 point ahead!!

18.05 Top 2 from each R3 Women’s goes into SEMIS.

17.55 Final Men’s heat of the day. Higher and better execution, That’s MACDONALD’s secret to winning H8 with highest heat score of day, 27.40 eclipsing GERARD and checking to see if his 9.5 back mobe 360 is highest trick score. Women’s next R3 H1 VAN DER LINDEN, BEHRENS, LIPPITSCH, DE ARCE.

17.47 MACDONALD is already dominating with 25 points with three attempts left. Frontside 1080

17.38 H7 taken by young VUILLERMET with a high heat score 23.5. H8 now with PALLIER, ROBINSON, MACDONALD…maybe some innovation here?

17.33 R3 H7 Veteran MARTINS trying to catch young VUILLERMET who’s dropping powerful scores in then 7’s with Back Mobe.

17.22 CAPPUZZO wins H5, one more men’s heat left in Men’s then Women’s next.

17.16 CAPPUZZO setting a high standard with 8.07 Ridiculo!

17.11 M R3 H5 up now. One moves to R5 other to R4 other out. BASTIANELLI, CAPPUZZO, ESCOFET.

17.07 CORR edges ACHERER by 1/10th of a point in a super high scoring heat!

17.06 Another high scoring heat ACHERER and CORR trading perfect Blind Backside Cork 720 Spins. But ACHERER comes so close with a 9.07 Combo!

16.54 M R3 H4 was a battle between two teenagers and GERARD just shut it down with flying Frontside 1080 and eclipsed top heat score of day with 26.41!! H5 next.

16.44 BERGER just lands a sick and HUGE Frontside 1080 right in front of the judges for an 8.43 to take lead from GERARD!

16.32 FEDIT H3 with 7’s as scores now H4 is coming up TIELES, BERGER, GERARD. Gerard was throwing down sick tricks at massive height this morning but his competitors are HOT too, can’t wait!

16.10 GUENOLE lays it down with a HUGE Heat Score with skying mobes and spins, 26.13! Next M R3 H3 HARBACEK, MAY, FEDIT.

16.04 M R3 H2 GUENOLE dropping huge scores with a 9.07 for a soaring Frontside 1080.

15.51 M R3 H1 was pretty rad and CUYALA powerful 23.40 heat total moves onto R5 while GASPERINI, NONNOT head to R4. So stoked to see showdown in R3H2 with GUENOLE who stay out the FreeFly-Slalom, and with him in heat ACHERER riding strong and LOCH who already has big moves on the table.

15.39 CUYALA with top score so far 8.0 for Toeside Frontside 900. Winner goes to R5, 2nd and 3rd go to R4 elimination.

15.35 NONNOT Back Mobe 7.2 starts out super strong for R3 as we expected!!

15.31 Men’s R3 H1 action coming up!! Expect “a lot of handle passes” according to MACDONALD. R3 H1: GASPERINI, NONNOT, CUYALA.

15.28 M R2 H2 top 2 riders go through. BASTIANELLI and PALLIER edge out windsurf legend ESTREDO to move into R3.

15.07 TIELES and LOCH go through to H3.

15.06 Only 2 riders move on from R2 Men’s into R3.

14.59 LOCH in R2H1 leading with 7-point range backflip combo and back mobe.

14.52 BEHRENS wins R2 H3 and now we are into Men’s R2, an elimination for R3. M R2 H1 ZORZI, LOCH, MAKANA, TIELES.

14.38 W R2 H2 BARUZZI, VAN DER LINDEN awaiting scores, H3 MAYER, BEHRENS, MARCHETTI coming up. Behrens says she’ll keep trying Frontflips! Moving to Men’s R2 after.

14.05 W/M R1 finished and a 30-min break. CU Soon!

13.58 SUARDIAZ is inspired by DE ARCE’s front flip and sends massive backflips to win H8 over RIO. Suardiaz gets one of today’s Innovations and high score of day, 9.50 for a Tack Backflip!!

13.39 We’re Back! The women have been sending it! VAN DER LINDEN wins her H4 even though she doesn’t land  the backflip. Then BELLOEUVRE wins her H5 with a Frontside 360 even though BEHRENS goes for the Frontflip and gets a 4.50 Innovation!

13.07 DE ARCE looks to have landed the first Frontflip in women’s competition! We will confirm but for sure she gets the high score 6.67 with “INNO1” Innovation!

12.45 MARTINS wins H4 in men’s by just .07 point with a Frontside 720, his favorite, with 6.13. Women’s H1 next (2-rider heats): REPSCHLAEGER, LIPPITSCH. Lippitsch coming off a 4th in yesterdays hot FreeFly-Slalom.

12.23 ACHERER into R3 with a hard-to-beat heat total of 21.90, hit all his tricks! H4 for men then R1 H1 for women afterwards.

12.16 In M R1 H3 ACHERER lands a sick Blind Backside Cork with 720 Spin for a 7.77, the highest score so far! And a 7.70 to take a commanding lead 21.90 for best 3 of 7 tricks.

12.10 HARBACEK wins H2 with a Frontflip Frontside 360 and 7.07 for that move and is into R3! Onto H3.

11.40 M R1 H2 up next, GASPIRINI wins H1. R1 winners go straight to R3 and 2nd y 3rd to R2. In Heat 2 we have: MAKANA, ESTREDO, HARBACEK.

11.20 Three-rider heats, first up Men’s Round 1: PARDO, GASPERINI, TIELES.

10.58 New day. New discipline! We start Surf-Freestyle any minute with the Round 1 heats. We will see explosive innovative moves today as the breeze is building. Let’s Go!

Day Two, 21 July 2024 (GMT+1)

17.04 CAPUZZO Provisional winner of GWA Wingfoil FreeFly-Slalom here in Fuerte!

16.53 M FINAL 1 it ain’t over! Provisional result: 1-RATTOTTI, 2-ESCOFET, 3-LECLAIR, 4-CAPPUZZO. Rattotti and Cappuzzo on 1 win. Let’s go!

16.47 Men’s FINALS now! CAPUZZO has one Bullet, like Suardiaz had so first-to-two wins Final, he just has to win one. In finals with the Italian: RATTOTTI, LECLAIR, ESCOFET.

16.45 SUARDIAZ Provisional winner of GWA Wingfoil FreeFly-Slalom here in Fuerte!!

16.32 Women’s FINALS NOW! If Suardiaz wins , she is first to two points and wins the event. If others win we can go to maximum four races. Watch LIVE here on this page!

16.20 Radical eliminations going on ahead of the Final Heat!!! Women’s provisional FINAL lineup is (Final is first to two wins, #1 Rank has one bonus win already): SUARDIAZ, BELLOEUVRE, CERIS, VAN DER LINDEN.

16.17 We’re back and the Men’s Final Elimination is rolling so Women’s SEMI Final up now, Waiting for Men’s SEMIs

14.48 We have a FINAL Elimination for M/W FreeFly-Slalom! Provisional results (with one discard): W Final Elimination w/ranking, 1-SUARDIAZ, 2-BELLOEUVRE, 3-CERIS, 4-VAN DER LINDEN, 5-LIPPITSCH, 6-MARCHETTI; M Final Elimination w/ranking, 1-CAPPUZZO, 2-LECLAIR, 3-ESCOFET, 4-ZORZI, 5-ESTREDO PEREZ, 6-TOMASI, 7-RATTOTTI, 8-GERARD. There was a three-way tie for 7th and young Axel GERARD lost the tiebreaker and his spot in Final Elimination to end up 9th.

14.18 Top 8 overall ranking in Men’s is THE story for the Men’s E4 Small Final starting now. 

13.56 Things are moving fast here as the beach is flooded with a high tide and 35-knot gusts! M E4 SEMI 1 is rolling and Women are into their second heat of E4. In the women’s there are 3 places up for grabs possibly all five behind SUARDIAZ (six go into the Final Elimination heats after E4).

13.17 M E4 R1 H1 underway. Lookout for some major place changes as LE CLAIR’s 2nd in E3 moves him into striking distance of the FINALS but others are on the bubble too and need the E4 discard.

13.14 SUARDIAZ sent a massive air after finishing E3 FINAL and with that we have our first FreeFly-Slalom finalists! Even though we will be starting the Fourth and Final Elimination Round shortly for W/M, SUARDIAZ (W) and CAPPUZZO (M) have won E1-3, and will be top ranked in the overall event final, each receiving one Bullet or 1st place for the finals. The rest of the positions, particularly the men on the 7th-9th overall bubble (top 8 get into FINALS Round) and women on the 5th-7th bubble (top 6 get into FINALS Round) are the stories to watch in E4 final elimination!

12.45 Awaiting confirmed results for M E3 FINAL

12.39 M R3 FINAL has started! W R3 FINAL results: 1-SUARDIAZ, 2-BELLOEUVRE, 3-CERIS, 4-VAN DER LINDEN, 5-LIPPITSCH, 6- MARCHETTI, 7-LE BOUTEILLER, 8-DE ARCE.

12.35 SUARDIAZ wins her third qualifying finals! BELLOEUVRE in second so we have our top 2! After Elimination Round 4, riders can discard their worst Elimination Round finish, so things look good for SUARDIAZ to get into the top rank FINALS position and that powerful free Bullet, one win already in the Final!

12.30 Women’s E3 FINAL coming up!! W E3 Small Final results: 1-LAURENT, 2-DUPE’, 3-MAILLARD, 4-RIO, 5-BARUZZI, 6-REPSCHLAEGER.

12.22 M R3 Small Final under way! Women’s Small Final awaiting scores.

12.10 We have a Women’s E3 FINALS! Here they are and no surprises with top two ranked Women from E 1&2 in the mix. BELLOEUVRE, SUARDIAZ, CERIS, DE ARCE, LE BOUTEILLER, MARCHETTI, VAN DER LINDEN, LIPPITSCH.

12.08 Men’s E3 SEMIS started with top 4 from each of the two semis going to final! 

12.05 E3 R1 of the Women’s is super critical since there are fewer riders the top 4 from each heat go to the E3 finals! Men have more eliminations with Semi Final heats. M E3 SEMI 2, GERARD, ESTREDO PEREZ, FEDIT, TOMASI, SOSA, MAY, CUYALA.

11.54 All righty! As Women’s E3 first heat is in sequence, the Men’s two SEMIS brackets are set and SEMI 1 is filled with the top ranked riders so there can be some real upsets as only the top 4 of each Semi Final gets through to the E3 Final: SEMI 1, MANOWIECKI, CAPPUZZO, RASTTOTTI, ZORZI, ESCOFET, LE CLAIR, ZORZI, VUILLERMET.

11.50 Next Up E3 R1 H1 of the Women’s FreeFly-Slalom!

11.48 Already on E3 R1 H4 already, scores still being updated below. Watch the LIVE on this page to get the latest!

11.42 M Elimination Round 3 H1 here’s the top 4 headed to the E3 SEMIS, 1-MANOWIECKI, 2-RATTOTTI, 3-ESCOFET, 4-ZORZI.

11.20 First Heat of the day about to start, but we are LIVE so look below to watch the action. The top two ranked riders after the 4 Elimination Rounds go straight to the top two spots in the 4x rider FINALS Heat where the first to win two heats wins the event.. AND the top ranked rider gets an extra bonus point, sooooooo if they win the first heat of the FINALS, they win the event! To learn more about the FreeFly-Slalom format here in Fuerteventura, check out our Judge Ignacio explaining it on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9pwJ2oIGXP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

11.17 We expect to run Elimination Rounds 3 and 4 today then move into the Final elimination round. With 4 Elimination Rounds, riders get to discard their worst Round finish. Everyone has a bad race/series so here’s chance to keep your best finishes.

11.00 Game ON! Elimination Round 3 starting now. M E3 R1 H1 ESCOFET, MANOWIECKI, RATTOTTI, ZORZI, LOCH, GONZALEZ, NONNOT. Men’s leader is Capuzzo but Escofet close and we’re not 1/2 way through! Women’s E2 next!

09.21 Good morning from Fuerteventura! Of course it’s already ripping out and we expect to have two more elimination rounds in the Freely-Slalom then the high-pressure FINALS elimination round! Let’s go!

Day One, 20 July 2024 (GMT+1)

18.50 That’s a wrap for day one of competition! After Elimination Rounds 1&2 tour leaders SUARDIAZ in Women and CAPPUZZO in Men are leading but with close points behind particularly in the Men. Rankings for Men after E2: 1-CAPPUZZO, 2-ESCOFET, 3-RATTOTTI. Official Scores below!

17.52 ESTREDO PEREZ wins Elimination 2 to challenge E1 winner CAPPUZZO! Competition is complete today! Here’s some housekeeping: After Elimination Rounds 1&2, Rankings in Women, 1-SUARDIAZ (1.4), 2-BELLOEUVRE (11), 3-DE ARCE (12).

17.50 Another crazy close finish this time in the M R2 FINAL!!! It’s too close to call, standby it’s between three riders, ESTREDO PEREZ, CAPPUZZO AND ESCOFET!

17.47 Disqualified from M R2 Final LE CLAIRE, TOMASI.

17.45 Averaging 30 knots now, wind is UP! M R2 FINAL General Recall, so some rider(s) will be disqualified from the final like happened in the W R2 FINAL!

17.42 M R2 FINAL start now! Let’s see if Freefly-Slalom tour leader CAPPUZZO can win the second Elimination Round of the day!

17.39 SUAREDIAZ wins W R2 FINAL and Elimination R2 so she has won both elimination rounds with larger and larger leads.

17.34 Average 24.6 knots of breeze top gust 33 knots! W R2 FINAL General recall. Two riders over early so BELLOEUVRE and DE ARCE are disqualified in the FINAL. In this heat: BELLOEUVRE, SUARDIAZ, DE ARCE, CERIS, LAURENT, MARCHETTI, VAN DER LINDEN, MAILLARD. This is the second Elimination Round of the day

17.30 M R2 MINI FINAL, 1-MAY, 2-ZORZI, 3-RATTOTTI. Next up W R2 FINAL then M R2 FINAL.

17.27 M R2 MINI FINAL under way with MAY leading. SOSA passes LE CLAIR right at finishes and wins M R2 SEMI 1 by centimeters!

17.15 LE CLAIR leading SEMI 1, ESCOFET crashes… Photo finish with LE CLAIR and SOSA…standby! 

16.58 UPDATE: M R2 SEMI H1 is being re-run because of some course issues.  W R2 Small Finals and Finals coming up after M R2 SEMIS. Let’s see if some riders start to take big leads in their qualifications heading into the 3rd and likely final Elimination round of the day!

16.51 Finishing up M R2 SEMIS. This is the 36th Fuerteventura World Cup!  As a watersports event is one of the oldest and the great women and men champions in Windsurfing then Kiteboarding made their names at this super windy and legendary spot in the Atlantic. Like Tom Hartman, event director, said to the Wingfoilers this morning, “Now it’s your turn!”

16.36 R2 M SEMI 1 in progress.

16.24 R2 W H1 DE ARCE is leading early but BELLOEUVRE passes and wins H1, SUARDIAZ 2nd!

16.10 General Recall for R2 M H3. Let’s see who is disqualified. Check out the LIVE on this page, ask your questions in the CHAT and JO will be happy to answer, and the LIVE Rankings here as well. 

16.05 R2 M H2 1-LE CLAIR, 2-ESCOFET, 3-SOSA. This is the second elimination of hopefully 3 today. So about 2 more hours of Freefly-Slalom left for today. R2 H3 and 4 coming up then W R2 H1-2 after that.

16.05 LE CLAIR LEADING M R2 H2

16.00 RATTOTTI overtakes 1/2 way through heat and wins R2 H1 by a healthy margin. Last race he switched from 3.0 wing to a 3.5…seems to be working for him!!!

15.55 We’re back! R2 M H1 is ON!

15.40 ALL results are provisional until ratified by event officials at the end of the day.

15.39 Results E1 M: 1-CAPPUZZO, 2-ESCOFET, 3-RATTOTTI, 4-TOMASI, 5-ZORZI, 6-GERARD, 7-SOSA, 8-MANOWIECKI.

15.37 Results E1 W: 1-SUARDIAZ, 2-BELLOEUVRE, 3-DE ARCE, 4-LIPPITSCH, 5-MARCHETTI, 6-RIO, 7-DUPE’, 8-LE BOUTEILLER.

15.35 All righty!! Elimination R1 W/M complete! 15 min break then Elimination Round 2, same format all over again!

15.12 W R1 Small Final on now! W R1 FINAL coming up. Men’s going into Small Final and FINALS after that. Moving right along. Once W/M finish their Small Finals and FINALS for R1, they will start another NEW round again. The goal is to complete 3 full rounds for W/M today, RAPID FIRE!

15.00 CAPPUZZO wins M R1 SEMI H2.

14.58 CAPPUZZO leads this heat with RATTOTTI making the start!

14.55 RATTOTTI is in race sequence but came in to get a new wing, popped his old one! Jetski taking him out and he’s trying to qualify for the first of many winners rounds in this E1 series.

14.46 General Recall for M R1 SEMI 1. General recall means they re-start the race, and whoever was over the line early in that first try is disqualified from that heat.

14.45 SUARDIAZ wins W R1 H2. M R1 SEMI 1, top 4 of each SEMI heats goes to a winners round, bottom 4 to mini final.

14.39 W R1 H2 re-start in sequence. Wind picking up to 30-knot range. Need slightly bigger foil for the pump stretch since riders can’t use their wing for that leg. Check out LIVE! DE ARCE wins start!

14.35 M Semi 1 and 2 up next after W R1 H1-2. Second Women’s heat re-starting with a “General Recall” since several riders crossed the line too early in H2.

14.30 Men finished with R1, 8 riders of R1 27 riders qualify for R2 elimination, then bottom 8 to Mini Final and top 8 to Final Round. This makes ONE full elimination round and we are aiming to complete 2 or more of these complete rounds today. Women is the same just fewer riders and fewer eliminations for each round.

14.28 Womens E1 H1 start! BELLOEUVRE, VAN DER LINDEN, DE ARCE, BARUZZI, DUPE’, MAILLARD, RIO. 

14.17 Ripping through these heats! Already into M E1 H3, long foil masts and 570 sq/cm front foils, little, and fast. Standby for updated qualifying heat positions.

14.05 Check out the LIVE Slalom action, below on this site!

14.05 Countdown to first heat M E1 H1 ZORZI, GERARD, ESTREDO-PEREZ, MAY, HUMEIDO, TIELES, GONZALEZ. Riders are using small foils in the 500 sq/cm size range and 4m wings for super fast hammering between marks! This is the second Freefly-Slalom event of the season, no one can win the 2024 world title in this event.

13.50 WE are into Freefly-Slalom today and tomorrow!!! First start will be Men’s Elimination Heats 1-4, then E1 Women’s heats 1-2. First start at 14:00!!

11.05 Good morning from Fuerteventura and the first day of official competition! First skippers meeting will be at 13:00 in the Carpa big event tent in the sandy, windswept hills of Playa de Sotavento.  There the race officials will announce the discipline for the next two days, Freefly-Slalom or Surf-Freestyle. The first possible start will be 14:00. Let’s go!

Day Zero, 19 July 2024 (GMT+1)

15.21 Hola from breezy Fuerteventura!!! This venue is really living up to its name as 35 knots, blue-green water and bright sun was the scene for all the Slalom and Freestyle riders training this week.

No decision yet on disciplines starting competition tomorrow!

There are two disciplines, crazy wind AND some riders are focused on just one discipline, and possibly two world titles on the line! Standby when we go LIVE this week!