Watch some of the highlights from the freestyle single elimination at the PWA World Cup in Sylt in Germany. There was no doubt Amado Vrieswijk was the best rider out there posting the highest heat scores and nailing a clean Double Air Culo, too. The conditions were rough and wild with a lot of white water and strong onshore wind. Steven van Broeckhoven, Adrien Bosson and Dieter van der Eyken were the other riders, who made it into the top 4, too.
Result single elimination:
1.Amado Vrieswijk
2.Steven van Broeckhoven
3.Adrien Bosson
4.Dieter van der Eyken
5.Balz Müller, Gollito Estredo, Jacopo Testa, Sam Esteve
PWA Windsurf World Cup 2019 – Freestyle Single Elimination Highlights Men
Weird judging system. NB20 wins 2 out of 3 events and gets second overall, 4/2/6th becomes world champion. Why is it different to the wave judging system?
Amado must be frustrated…
Hi Dave, you are right. The winner in Freestyle and Wave gets the same points. It’s 10.000. The second in wave gets 8500. The 13th in Freestyle gets almost the similar points with 8650. The gap in between the different places is way less in Freestyle. I am not sure, what’s better. It looks like more riders have the chance to win in the wave discipline with the bigger point gaps. But at the moment Philip Köster is in leading position, who didn’t win an event in 2019. Judging or point systems are discussed and decided by riders. The PWA… Read more »
Hi chris. Thanks for the explanation. Definitely the wave system. That way, Koster in first place without winning an event just means he was by far the most consistent, if winning puts you way ahead.
I didnt know that it was the riders decision to have it that way, so i understand it even less. :).
Dominating two out of three events should get you the title, especially when there is no event to discard. (Personal opinion)
Thanks for your feedback Dave! The racing disciplines have a similar system as the freestylers have. There’s just a difference in points depending on the amount of eliminations. When using the wave points in freestyle for instance, the first places weigh more. Another question is if 4 events should already have a discard. In waves they don’t have anymore a discard for men. what makes the whole title race more exciting in my opinion. For 2019 the point system was like it was and Yentel was the most consistent! He as well was on top in all the European events… Read more »
Dont get me wrong, i have the highest respect for yentel! He has all the skill a world champ needs (he obviously is one ) , but in terms of consistency in this special case i slightly disagree. But however, great last competition! I wouldnt be able to do a spock out there! Hopefully there will be more events next year. So much fun to watch!
As an additional info Dave: the riders can suggest to change rules and from what we’ve heard there are discussions going on to work on a change in the PWA freestyle point system for 2020. Sylt is often the event, wehre new rules are discussed, if it#s not windy every single day 🙂
Chris
Chris, was any update leaked if there is a change in the upcoming season?
Cheers
Hi Dave, we’ve got news for you. The PWA is going to the exponential system in freestyle next year in 2020, same as they already have in waves. Points could be like 10.000 for the 1st, 8500 for the 2nd, 7650 for the 3rd, 6885 for the 4th, 6300 for the 5th, 5930…
Cheers, Chris
Interesting, thanks. I hope for amado, next year its not the other way round. 🙂