Che il tempo quest’anno non si sia ancora messo a posto?! Sembrerebbe proprio così… persino noi siamo in difficoltà a “centrare” i giorni giusti per la mission “toccata e fuga” in Marocco perchè le previsioni continuano a non garantire più di due giorni di vento sicuro di seguito. Tornando al PWA Pozo World Cup… non ricordo, almeno in anni recenti, una tappa così avara di vento e onde nel regno dei 60 ruggenti, tanto che il Gran Canaria Wind & Waves Festival 2013 si chiude senza un risultato ufficiale, salvo la Super Session dell’ultimo giorno, altamente spettacolare che ha però lasciato un po’ di amaro in bocca per per quello che poteva essere e non è stato. I due locals Philip Koester e Daida Ruano Moreno hanno impressionato (e naturalmente vinto la Super Session…) con una serie di salti doppi, salti one hand e persino no handed culminati con un back loop in pratica senza mani del campione wave in carica!
Chiudo lasciandovi… all’event summary ufficiale!
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Event Summary: Super session Sunday saves the day, to a certain degree
The 25th anniversary of the PWA Pozo World Cup didn’t quite play out as everyone was anticipating after the wind and wave Gods deserted the shores of Pozo for almost the entirety of the week, meaning that - incredibly - no official results were obtained, with neither the men’s or the women’s competitions even beginning. Seventeen-year-old Moritz Mauch (Starboard / North) deserves a special mention as the youngster claimed the Junior’s title. Despite the lack of wind and waves the PWA Gran Canaria Wind&Waves Festival was still a fantastic event with plenty of action off the water throughout the days and well into the evenings. The final day of the event did see the return of the wind, combined with a selection of sporadic waves, which enabled both a men’s and women’s super session to be held and the action was nothing short of exceptional.
Super Session - Men’s Final
After the top two sailors from the four qualifying heats had been decided the final boiled down to fifteen minutes of jumping madness, in which the top two jumps would count for each sailor. Qualifying for the final from heat one were Ricardo Campello (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) and Eleazar Alonso (Tabou / Gaastra), whilst heat two and three saw Philip Koester (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins), Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North), Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC) and Jules Denel (JP / NeilPryde) all successfully advance into the final. The remaining qualifying heat saw Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North) and his fellow teammate Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic / North) secure the top two places.
In the end the reigning PWA Wave World Champion - Philip Koester - proved exactly why he is number one in the world. The nineteen year old started off the final in emphatic fashion as he exploded into one of his trademark, bolt upright double forwards, before later adding a quite exquisite - yet ridiculous - no-handed backloop to seal his place at the top of the fleet. Meanwhile, it was almost impossible to separate Fernandez, Campello and Browne such was the closeness of their performances. Eventually Fernandez and Campello completed the podium positions in second and third place respectively, with Browne being forced to settle for fourth place. The only real separating point between them was the cleanness of their landings on their double forwards. The reigning PWA Freestyle World Champion - Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo - also showed his jumping prowess with monumental shakas and a perfectly executed air chachoo, whilst the youthful talent of Stillrich showed his potential again with fully planing tweaked pushloops.
Super Session - Women’s Final
Daida Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne) proved why she has so often dominated Pozo through the years with an accomplished display in the super session final. The multiple times world champion showed off her repertoire of moves, which ranged from brilliant tabletop forwards to one-handed backloops. Iballa Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne) didn’t finished far behind but this time around the reigning PWA Wave World Champion had to settle for second place. Iballa opened the heat with a clew-first backloop before going on to land a clean forward, but it wasn’t enough to see of her sister. The remaining spot for the podium saw a hard fought battle between Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne) and Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg), but eventually the Swiss gem managed to claim third with a clean backloop being the decisive factor.

Results Men’s Super Session
1st Philip Koester (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North)
3rd Ricardo Campello (JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
4th Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC)

Results Women’s Super Session
1st Daida Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne)
2nd Iballa Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne)
3rd Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne)
4th Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg)

Where’s Next on the PWA World Tour?From the 20th to the 26th July the male freestyle fleet will be returning to battle, whilst the female contortionists will be making their debut for 2013 on the beautiful shores of Fuerteventura. Make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com to follow all of the phenomenal action live.