The PWA World Cup on Sylt saw a lot of stunning action during the event period (28th of September – 7th of October 2012). The wind never stopped and gave the race crew a lot of work. On the final day a Slalom elimination was scheduled, but could not be started due to a too rough North Sea. The boats were not able to make it through the heavy shore break and the slalom sailors got released early. In the end only two rounds of Slalom got finished. The freestyle sailors had already finished a double elimination and got released, too.
Alex Mussolini – Pic: PWA/John Carter
WAVE FINAL
The PWA decided to run the final heats of the double elimination. In 25 to 30 knots cross onshore wind with heavy 2-3 meter messy waves it looked, as if the Spaniard Alex Mussolini is unstoppable. He defeated Ricardo Campello, who had a hard time to find suitable ramps for jumps and waves for rides. After realizing to be on the podium, the first thing Alex Mussolini did was hugging his pregnant wife. His teammates Thomas Traversa and Cedric Bordes and one of his sponsors Robert Sand were on the beach to give the necessary support!
Alex continued to sail strong and sent Victor Fernandez back to the beach. Victor started his heat “ok”, but got problems with his injured ankle from the Night Session.
In the final heat a fully warmed up Alex met Philip Köster. Well powered on a 92 liter big waveboard and a 5,0 m sail, Philip made the conditions look so easy. He nailed a nice double Forward, a Backloop on port tack and a stalled Forward on starboard tack. Additionally he showed several waverides and he even tried Clew first Aerials in these heavy, white water rollers. Several hundred kilogramms of water, even tons sucked the sand from the ground and crashed next to the beach, where thousands of spectators were lined up to cheer for their new windsurfing super star Philip Köster. It´s a new era in windsurfing with a new darling of the public. Had Naish and Dunkerbeck seen better days at Sylt?
Alex for sure could have been an opponent on a par with Philip with his super stylish style. But not this day as he injured his leg during a landing in the final. Philip won the heat and for the very first time the event on Sylt. When he returned back to the beach hundreds of frenetic fans welcomed their hero and it took a while for Philip to return to the riders area. The Köstermania was full on!
LADIES FINAL
Not many people kept on watching the ladies final in between Daida and Iballa Moreno. Daida first won against Swiss Laure Treboux, who was able to defeat Karin Jaggi for the second time. In the run against her twin sister, Daida started excellent and all looked like we could see a super final, but in the last minute Iballa nailed a perfect Backloop and won the event. It was her third victory in a row in this season and she crowned herself as the new wave worldchampion. But biggest respect to Daida for being a strong opponent, after being diagnosed with cancer just one year ago. Laure Treboux finished the event in third, but Karin Jaggi managed to make it on the podium in 3rd overall!
VIDEO FROM THE FINAL DAY
PICTURES FROM THE FINAL DAY
SYLT & OVERALL RESULTS
Results of the 2012 PWA Sylt World Cup: Men’s Slalom
1st Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde)
2nd Ross Williams (Tabou / Gaastra)
3rd Ludovic Jossin (Patrik / Loft)
4th Josh Angulo (Angulo / Point-7)
5th Micah Buzianis (JP / MauiSails)
Full results here
Results of the 2012 PWA Sylt World Cup – Men’s Freestyle
1st Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North)
2nd Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra)
3rd Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra)
4th Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Different)
5th Youp Schmit (JP / NeilPryde)
full results here
Results of the 2012 PWA Sylt World Cup – Men’s Wave
1st Philip Köster (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Alex Mussolini (Tabou / Gaastra)
3rd Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North)
4th Ricardo Campello (JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
5th Ross Williams (Tabou / Gaastra)
full results here
Results of the 2012 PWA Sylt World Cup – Women’s Wave
1st Iballa Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne)
2nd Daida Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne)
3rd Laure Treboux (Fanatic / North)
4th Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne)
5th Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg)
full results here
The Official 2012 PWA World Rankings – Men’s Slalom
1st Antoine Albeau (RRD / NeilPryde)
2nd Bjorn Dunkerbeck (Starboard / Severne / Mystic / Dunkerbeck Eyewear / Chris Benz)
3rd Micah Buzianis (JP / MauiSails)
4th Julien Quentel (RRD / NeilPryde)
5th Ben Van Der Steen (Starboard / Loft / Mystic / Different)
6th Josh Angulo (Angulo / Point-7)
7th Ross Williams (Tabou / Gaastra)
8th Peter Volwater (Fanatic / Avanti)
9th Cyril Moussilmani (Starboard / Severne / Mystic)
10th Ludovic Jossin (Patrik / Loft)
full results here
The Official 2012 PWA World Rankings – Men’s Freestyle
1st Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North)
2nd Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra)
3rd Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Different)
4th Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra)
6th Bjorn Saragoza (Starboard / Hot Sails Maui)
7th Anthony Ruenes (Tabou / Gaastra)
8th Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne)
9th Youp Schmit (JP / NeilPryde)
10th Philip Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks)
full results here
The Official 2012 PWA World Rankings – Men’s Wave
1st Philip Köster (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North)
3rd Alex Mussolini (Tabou / Gaastra)
4th Ricardo Campello (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) 7th
5th Dany Bruch (Starboard / Severne / AL360)
5th Thomas Traversa (Tabou / Gaastra)
7th Kauli Seadi (JP / NeilPryde)
8th Dario Ojeda (Tabou / Gaastra / MFC)
9th Ross Williams (Tabou / Gaastra)
10th Klaas Voget (Fanatic / Simmer / MFC)
full results here
The Official 2012 PWA World Rankings – Women’s Wave
1st Iballa Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne)
2nd Daida Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne)
3rd Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne)
4th Laure Treboux (Fanatic / North)
5th Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg)
full results here
The Official 2012 PWA World Rankings – Women’s Slalom
1st Valerie Arrighetti (Tabou / Gaastra)
2nd Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne)
3rd Lena Erdil (Patrik / Loft / AL360)
4th Delphine Cousin (JP / NeilPryde)
5th Cagla Kubat (Starboard / Loft)
full results here
The Official 2012 PWA World Rankings – Women’s Freestyle
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins / Chris Benz)
2nd Laure Treboux (Fanatic / North)
3rd Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / AL360 / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Yolanda Freites de Brendt (Fanatic / North)
5th Eva Chiochetti
5th Svetlana Martynova
full results here
PWA Youth Champions
1st Maciek Rutkowski (Patrik / Loft) – Slalom
1st Youp Schmit (JP / NeilPryde) – Freestyle
1st Philip Köster (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
Constructors Championship – Board Brands
1st Starboard
2nd Tabou
3rd Fanatic
Constructors Championship – Sail Brands
1st NeilPryde
2nd Gaastra
3rd North
full constructors results here
