At the JP Aloha Classic, conditions are continuing to cooperate allowing for five out of six days to be run so far. We have seen both the AWT Pro and PWA Single Elimination completed and the decision was to dedicate Tuesday to the continuation of the Amateur, Women and Masters fleets with the PWA and Youth riders released. The forecast is looking fantastic with wind and bigger waves later in the week which will be the perfect setting for the Double Elimination of the PWA as Levi tries to hold onto his title and others try to steal it from him … More
Steven Van Broeckhoven is the new 2013 European Freestyle Pro Tour (EFPT) champion.
The Belgian windsurfer takes the third EFPT title of his career, leaving Van der Eyken and Adrian Beholz in second and third places, respectively.
“I am really happy to be up here again. In 2009 … More
The sixth day of the JP Aloha Classic saw the AWT resume after the PWA fleet were released at 10am, due to the wave quality not living up to yesterday’s high standards and with an epic forecast for the remainder of the week the decision was made to delay the start of the double elimination.
With plenty of downtime we caught up with Kauli Seadi (JP / Hot Sails Maui / MFC) – who finished second in the single elimination in his first event of the year – and also had a quick chat with Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC):
PWA: This was your first PWA event of the year, how did you find it competing again? … More
At the JP Aloha Classic, the biggest names in windsurfing came head to head at Ho’okipa today for the Single Elimination of the in what has been dubbed the ‘Clash of the Titans’ with the top PWA and AWT riders pitted against each other in the mast high surf. As the NW swell continued to build through the morning so did the action.
Those watching live from Europe might have been surprised by some of the upsets. A number of the Hawaiian based riders with unfamiliar names who had won qualification to the PWA (via the AWT) sailed well and even dominated in some cases … More