The IFCA Wave European Championships are on and running in Cold Hawaii, Denmark. This year it’s the IFCA, who runs an international wave event in Denmark. A few big names have signed in for the competition: Philip Köster, Marc Pare, Leon Jamaer, Antoine Martin, Lina Erpenstein, Julian Salmonn, Amado Vrieswijk, Marino Gil Gherardi, Francesco Cappuzzo. They are battling with Denmark’s best wave riders like Kenneth Danielson, Madjs Bjoorna or Mikkel Asmussen.
Marc Pare from Catalonia, Spain won the men’s single elimination and Lina Erpenstein from Germany is on top of the women’s fleet after the single. The competition was held in Hanstholm, Cold Hawaii. It’s a mobile competition. The conditions looked big with proper rolling towards the shore. Marc Pare impressed with radical wave riding and big jumps.
Results single elimination:
Ladies:
1.Lina Erpenstein
2.Mar de Arce Sanchez
3.Uli Hölzl
4.Caroline Fouveau
Men:
1.Marc Pare Rico
2.Julian Salmonn
3.Antoine Martin
4.Philip Köster
Cold Hawaii Games 2019 – Video by FYM Productions about the men single elimination in Hanstholm
Hi,
Does anybody know what weight is attached to this title and this organisation ? Seems fairly legitimate and important to me but havent noticed many high profile wave events organised by IFCA, how does it work?
Hi Mart, the IFCA is an organization founded in 1985: They held a few wave events in the past (their first one in 1988 in Klitmoller). The IFCA always followed the production board rule to keep it affordable. Their main focus is on racing disciplines. The fleets in the wave discipline are smaller compared to PWA events. But we heard rumors that they plan further wave events in the future.