Brest has proved to be spectacular location providing optimal conditions for the seven day event. We crowned our new GWA Wingfoil European Champions for both disciplines.
Words: Gemma Hamaini
Images: Christian Guzman
Women’s Surf-Freestyle Discipline
We saw some amazing action from our female athletes in this discipline in Brest, including the first ever back-flip landed by a female at a GWA competition by Orane Ceris.
The final Surf-Freestyle results for the women are:
1st – Orane Ceris (FRA)
2nd – Flora Artzner (FRA)
3rd – Sonia Le Bouteiller (FRA)
4th – Charlotte Baruzzi (ITA)
Women’s FreeFly-Slalom Discipline
We completed 13 FreeFly-Slalom eliminations for the women, allowing 3 discards in total. Flora Artzner has proved to be unstoppable this week, winning 12 of the eliminations. Orane Ceris has been close behind her the whole way, proving her capabilities in this discipline as well as in the Surf-Freestyle.
The final FreeFly-Slalom results for the women are:
1st – Flora Artzner (FRA)
2nd – Orane Ceris (FRA)
3rd – Charlotte Baruzzi (ITA)
4th – Sonia Le Bouteille (FRA)
Men’s Surf-Freestyle Discipline
This week we saw Bastien Escofet claim his first-ever Surf-Freestyle title, with Alan Fedit pushing close behind him after his last event win in Leucate. We have seen incredible progress during every event this year, with the Surf-Freestyle discipline evolving at a rapid rate.
Men’s surf-freestyle final results:
1st Bastien Escofet (FRA)
2nd Alan Fedit (GER)
3rd Camille Bouyer (FRA)
4th Francesco Cappuzzo (ITA)
Men’s FreeFly-Slalom Discipline
We completed five full eliminations for the men this week in Brest, with one discard. Bastien Escofet had a successful week winning three of the five eliminations, Titouan Galea winning one, and Alan Fedit winning another.
The final results for the FreeFly-Slalom discipline for the men are:
1st – Bastien Escofet (FRA)
2nd – Francesco Cappuzzo (ITA)
3rd – Camille Bouyer (FRA)
4th – Benjamin May (GER)
Brest has offered up optimal conditions for this week of competition. We would like to thank all of the riders, organisers, sponsors and spectators for an incredible event.
Find out more about the GWA Wingfoil European Championship Brest here.
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Heats are flying by and we’re entering the final stages of the day. The women’s round 1 and 2 are done and, men’s round 4 just started.
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Jul 29
Tour Manager @tomhartmann44 sums up the Fuerteventura playground and top athletes to watch over the next few days!
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Jul 29
The day is running smoothly here in Fuerteventura as we moved through the first 3 rounds of the men and the first of the women. The riders are keeping the level high with consistent execution in strong winds.
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Jul 29
Not a warm-up anymore, this is comp mode! @nathan_tarifa
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Jul 29
The third tour stop of the season, the mid-point of the year just kicked off with the men’s division on the water.
Anything can still happen, and the rankings are wide open but
looking back, in Leucate, reigning world champions @chris.mcdddd and @niasuardiaz dominated the season opener. Then came Tarifa, where consistent podium threat @mar_e279 finally broke through for the win, alongside 14-year-old @freeliving8, who upset the standings with a bold performance.
Now all eyes are on Fuerteventura, can the leaders hold on?
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Jul 29
Athletes from all over the globe are ready for competition here in Fuerteventura, this stop is about to be wild. Are you watching? Tune in live: www.wingfoilworldtour.com/live
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Jul 29
Third Surf-Freestyle stop to see title races intensify after upsets in Tarifa with FreeFly-Slalom to play out in perfect arena of Fuerte
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