From November 18 until November 23 the men’s and women’s slalom fleet were competing at the 2014 PWA Airwaves Noumea Dream Cup in Noumea, New Caledonia. It was a return to Noumea on the world tour after an absence of 20 years. The event saw 4 days with great wind conditions from 10 to 30+ knots and an exciting Slalom final. Delphine Cousin won the event and secured her next PWA Slalom title. In the men’s category 35 year-old Ben van der Steen won his first PWA Slalom in his career! Cyril Moussilmani and Antoine had a tight battle for the PWA Slalom overall title, but in the end Antoine Albeau won his next Slalom title.
The top 3 of the event on the podium: 1. Ben van der Steen, 2. Antoine Albeau, 3. Cyril Moussilmani
1st Delphine Cousin, 2nd Lena Erdil, 3rd Sarah-Quita Offringa
THE DAILY TELEGRAM
18.11.2014 – Day 1:
Registration, no wind
19.11.2014 – Day 2:
No wind
20.11.2014 – Day 3
Competition started, great wind conditions from 10 to 25 knots, most of the men were on the medium board and 7,8 , some on 7,0 like Taty Frans and some on 8,6m, the ladies were going smaller with 6,3 or 7,0. 3 Men’s and 4 Women’s elimination got finished.
21.11.2014 – Day 4
3 Men’s and 4 Women’s elimination got finished. It was even a bit windier than on the third day. 7,0 – 8,0 m and small to medium board for the men and 5,6 -6.3 m with the small board for the ladies.
22.11.2014 – Day 5
2 Men’s and 4 Women’s elimination got finished. It was a bit lighter wind with 8 – 20 knots at the beginning of the day, but then picked up during the day up to 20 – 30 knots. Day 5 saw also one heat of a kids race with none of the participating kids older than 16 years.
23.11.2014 – Day 6
2 ladies rounds, which brought a third discard and one men’s elimination got finished. Delphine Cousin had no more pressure anymore, with the world title already in her pocket. She won the event too, with a 2nd and a 1st in the last two eliminations.
In the men’s title fight there was the plan to run two more eliminations. Due to the fact, that the wind arrived quite late, just one elimination got done. Event leader Ben van der Steen won the last eliminations and Antoine Albeau made it in 2nd and secured his 2014 PWA Slalom title. Cyril Moussilmani again made it into the winners final, finished the last elimination in 5th and is 2014 Vice PWA Slalom Champion.
Final Result Men (after 9 eliminations with 2 discards):
1. Ben van der Steen (14.1 points)
2. Antoine Albeau (17.1 points)
3. Cyril Moussilmani (23.7 points)
4. Julien Quentel
5. Pascal Toselli
6. Cedric Bordes
7. Taty Frans
8. Pierre Mortefon
9. Matteo Iachino
10. Antoine Questel
11. Arnon Dagan
12. Micah Buzianis
13. Björn Dunkerbeck
14. Andrea Rosati
15. Alexandre Cousin
16. Maciek Rutkowski
17. Tristan Algret
18. Josh Angulo
19. Fred Moring
20. Jimmy Diaz
21. Sebastian Kördel
22. Sebastien Poullet
23. Laurent Cali
24. Alexandre Rouys
25. Sean O’Brien
26. Matthieu Blavette
27. Akihiko Yamada
28. Charles Perret
29. Axel Jourdain
30. Laurence Carey
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35. Robert Teriitehau
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- men’s full ranking here
Final Result ladies (after 14 eliminations with 3 discards):
1. Delphine Cousin (12.9 points)
2. Lena Erdil (22.1 points)
3. Sarah-Quita Offringa (27.8 points)
4. Maria Andres
5. Valerie Ghibaudo
6. Mio Anayama
7. Ayako Suzuki
8. Oceane Lescadieu
9. Stephane Bouquillard
10. Sarah Hauser
11. Marine Marmey
12. Mathielda Lelong
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I just HAVE to congratulate the PWA crew this year, for us windsurfing geeks (and I’m sure there’s quite a few of us) it’s a dream come true! Up to 10 years ago the only way to have an idea of PWA competition was to wait 2 months for one of the mags to come out. THIS is a great way to spend an evening, and the archive makes it possible for us in Europe to catch up. All that’s left is some sponsoring to include some hot destinations. Great job!