Daida Moreno maintains her crown and the Spanish victory in the female division after defeating her sister Iballa twice, while the German flag canary, Philip Köster, remained unbeatable

A lot of wind in Pozo Izquierdo for the last day of competition of the Windsurf World of Gran Canaria, around the 37 knots, which has made it possible to complete in one day the double elimination, both of the male and female division.

Daida Ruano, after overcoming his sister Iballa, during the end of the double elimination and, again, in the absolute final by dominating in Pozo Izquierdo, on which Iballa has only managed to defeat Daida twice.

When only three minutes were to finish the sleeve, Daida stood ahead with a difference of 0.98 points thanks to a clean backloop, closing the sleeve with an elegant Oh backloop. During the double elimination, Daida again defeated the first in the world, the arubense Sarah-Quita Offringa.

In the male division, the canary Philip Köster remains unbeatable after sweeping into the simple and double eliminations, far beyond the other competitors.

2022-07-17: Köster wins the Windsurf World's Wave Disposal in Well Left

The German-flag grancan rider, Philip Köster, leads the male division, after imposing on the Andalusian windsurfer, Victor Fernández, during the simple expulsions. The third post of the podium is maintained by the Brazilian Ricardo Campello, after eliminating French Thomas Traversa

The most expected end of the male division of the Windsurf World Cup has not been disappointed, with the stands of Pozo Izquierdo full of spectators who have been attentive to the local rider, Philip Köster and the Andaluz, Victor Fernández, who faced at the end of the simple eliminations, a very equal sleeve, but in which the original windsurfer of Vargas has finally been imposed.

Although during his first jump (a double forward of 7.12 points), Köster already imposed himself after landing in style, while Fernandez failed to complete it so clean, which cost him enough points. Köster then achieved another double forward in front of the bunker, with which he raised the bar to 8.75 points (of 10).

During the rest of the day, it has been possible to advance with the double elimination, in which some local Riders such as Omar Sánchez or the Spanish José Romero have already been able to be classified. This Sunday it is planned to advance with the male qualifiers as much as possible, although it will depend on the conditions to be able to celebrate a second final

However, it seemed not enough, so it changes the candle and goes for the third and best jump of the sleeve, a double forward with 9.38 points of 6.9 meters high, making Köster the rider that flies the highest of the competition, according to the Red Bull's The Surfers app, so he also leads the simultaneous competition: Red Bull Rockets. After securing these three jumps, Köster has focused on the surfers, getting up to 6 points in its best wave.

Subsequently, it was the Brazilian windsurfer, Ricardo Campello, who was made with the Grancanarian beach and with the third place in the podium, after fighting the French Thomas Traversa.

2022-07-16: Spain and Germany play the world's windsurfing scepter in Gran Canaria

Well Izquierdo is waiting for the great final to be held between the canary Philip Köster, which is within the German team... and the Andalusian Victor Fernández, after overcoming both the sleeves held in the final quarters and the semi-finals... the grancanary Liam Dunkerbeck leads the sub20 category.

During the final quarters, the canary Philip Köster as a component of Germany, dominated all its sleeves, although it did not have that easy in the final rooms against the Catalan, Marc Paré.

The other act that has surprised has been that of the Andalusian, Víctor Fernandez, who defeated the Brazilian Ricardo Campello in the last wave of the last minute of the heat, thanks to a well-achieved front that gave him the points he needed at the last moment, giving him the pass to the final against Köster.

Fernández, who has already triumphed six times in Pozo Izquierdo, also imposed himself on the grancanary, Liam Dunkerbeck (Gran Canaria), in quarter finals.

The youngest in the category have been the first to go out in the water to fight the podium of the sub20 class. Of those under 20 years of age, Liam Dunkerbeck has not only ragged in all sleeves, but has shown himself to be up to the most veteran. In fact, the competition served him to heat up before facing the best in the world, even reaching quarter finals.

In addition to Dunkerbeck, another grancan, Alexia Kiefer, dominates the female sub20 class, while her brother, Carlos Kiefer, is third among the under-17... in sub17 female, it is the Tineer Maria Morales who heads the podium. Among the younger, the Tarifeño rider, Javier Escribano, won a third place in sub15, a category currently led by the German Peter Gobisch.

2022-07-15: Spanish Riders dominate the classification of Pozo Izquierdo

Gold for Perelló and Cardona in 420 female... silver in Nacra 15 for the brothers García de la Casa... bronze of Nacho Baltasar in male iQFoil (Photo Sailing Energy)

From the first hour of the morning, the looks have been put on the canary Philip Köster, five times world champion, competing for Germany. And the wind has favored him in the contested sleeves, in which he demonstrated an incredible domain, performing maneuver after maneuver, highlighting the judges an almost perfect double forward, leaving on iron from a tweaked push. In his first sleeve, Köster was placed with a double forward valued at 7.88 points and a 6-point backloop. in the last manga against the Belgian, Dieter Van der Eyken, got the best-rated jump so far with 8.50 points, another double forward 4 meters high.

Another of the favorites with many chances of success is the Andalusian Víctor Fernández... the three-time champion of the world dragged in his manga against the French, Julien Flecchet, achieving a valuable jump with 7.95 points and its best wave surfed with 5 points, making him one of the main rivals of Köster in the male category.

The canary Liam Dunkerbeck, only 18 years old, in which he has managed to overcome French, Antoine Martin, for about ten times in the last two minutes, risking himself with a double forward, although he has also been wearing a good front, according to the judges.

At present, 18 sleeves of the 25 planned have been held, in which the Philip Köster grancanary (competing for Germany) and Marc Paré, who will face in their next round... the French, Thomas Traversa, has also been classified and will fight the final rooms against the Brazilian, Marcilio (Brawzinho) Browne.

2022-07-13: Ruano Duel in El Pozo... Illa beats her sister Daida and gets the gold

The Moreno Twins have played the final of the Great Canaria Windsurf World Cup, a show in which Iballa Ruano manages to defeat her sister, Daida, the Queen of Pozo, for the second time at home, after rushing both in the semi-finals against the first in the world, the arubense Sarah- Quita Offringa, and the third in the general ranking, the Polish Justyna Sniady

The Moreno Twins have once again shown that they are the queens of windsurfing, although this time it has been Iballa who has reigned at home, temporarily taking the title from her sister, Daida... for the ten-time world champion, defeating her sister in Pozo has been a dream come true, as it has only happened twice, for now.

This Tuesday also took place male qualifiers, in which they continue to lead Canarian Riders such as Liam Dunkerbeck or Omar Sánchez. According to the judges, the Canaries know their site and that's what we see when we see them sailing in Pozo Izquierdo, said Willy Rocha, the competition's wave judge.

Among the local windsurfers, Omar Sánchez is claiming the advantage of playing at home, exceeding English, Lucas Meldrum. Meanwhile, the son of the legend of windsurfing, Björn Dunkerbeck, is imposed in the classifications to French Julien Flechet, promising both a lot of action this week.

2022-07-12: The Canary Riders dominate in Pozo Izquierdo

Alexia Kiefer won in sub20

The Canarian Riders are made with Pozo Izquierdo, which has dawned by blowing up to 25 knots of wind, allowing to celebrate the first round of the finals of the female sub20 category, being the great protagonist of the day the Grancanaria Alexia Kiefer (competing for Germany) who is placed first after performing maneuvers that have not been able to do its competitors, as an incredible back loop (jump with rotation backwards). For Alexia, the champion of the junior world in 2019, it was a "quite complicated end, because the waves were small and did not help much," but she said that she was "very happy" and, above all, "ready and motivated to compete with the adults," a confrontation that the spectators have been able to taste from the stands, since the classifications of the absolute female category have been celebrated, showing the young Canaries like Kiefer (Octave of the world) or the young Tineerfeña María Morales (9th of the general ranking) to be up to the "Moreno Twins."

And this Monday, the women have taken over the Grancan beach, but it has been the canarian quarry that has stood out along with the favorite local rivers, Iballa and Daida Ruano, who have remained unbeatable in the disputed sleeves. During the final quarter, Kiefer will face the favorite Iballa Ruano (second in the world), Polish Justyna Sniady (third in the general ranking) and French Marine Hunter (seventh).

It has also been seen again to compete with the Tierfeña María Morales (which was crowned in sub17 this Sunday), qualifying to compete in quarter finals with Daida Ruano, Queen of Pozo, who will face number 1 in the world, the arubense Sarah- Quita Offringa and the 12-year-old Belgian girl Sol Degrieck, who won the fourth in the world, the German Lina Erpenstein, with an impressive leap. Morales kept the lead and dominated much of the heat.

Among the younger (class sub20), the podium posts are maintained by Isabel Triviño (Tarifa) and the local rider, Julia Pasquale, who have focused on taking out forwards (jump, but with rotation forward).

In addition to the female qualifiers, young people have also been able to compete in the sub17 category, as well as the first round of the absolute male class (up to the fourth manga), in which they have also highlighted the canaries according to the judges... the sub17 youth category has been led by the Danish Tobias Bjornaa, followed by the German Anton Richter and the canary Carlos Kiefer, who competes in Germany as well as his sister, Alexia Kiefer.

2022-07-10: The junior open the Windsurfing World of Well Left

The canaria María Morales is crowned in the sub17 category, getting the best score of the series with the best forward landed, while the German Peter Gobisch does in sub15, also highlighting the rirer tarifeño Javier Escribano with maneuvers well scored by the judges

The youngest have been the first to go out in the water and start the World Windsurf of Pozo Izquierdo, filling the steps of the Grancanarian beach to see the ends of sub17 women and sub15, in which the juniors have been marked with some maneuvers such as forward loops or well-valued surfers by the judges.

Among the Riders under the age of 17, the Tierfeña María Morales Navarro, managed to show dominion in all the sleeves, followed by the Belgian Sol Degrieck and the local rider of Pozo Izquierdo Annagiulia Piccaglia... Morales got a 4-point wave of support and later landed the best forward in the series valued at 6.67 points, giving him absolute control.

Finally, the classifications of the male sub17 and female sub20 classes have also been held, promising to have much action among the three Spanish Alexia Kiefer (Gran Canaria, but competes for Germany), Isabel Trivino (Tarifa) and Julia Pasquale (Gran Canaria).

In the end of male sub17 we will see Carlos Kiefer (Germany), Tobias Bjornaa (Denmark), Grigoris Stathopoulos (Greece) and Anton Richter (Germany).

2022-07-09: 120 Riders from 15 countries waiting for waves and wind in Well Left

The Grancan municipality has welcomed the more than 120 Riders in a ceremony threatened with musical events and multiple simultaneous events that reflect the illusion set in the return of the world, for which the beginning will be expected to improve the conditions

After two years without one of the world's best-known windsurfing, it seems that Pozo Izquierdo has wanted to make the more than 120 riders in 15 countries wait a little longer to compete. Even so, the attendees have enjoyed an opening ceremony with a threat of musical performances and many reencounters between windsurfers who are living with emotion to return to the wind mecca.

For Iballa Ruano, it is impossible to lose the widespread illusion that all the Riders who have come to the island from more than 15 different countries feel, and "it is that we can see in the environment the desire they all had to return to Pozo Izquierdo, we are very happy to have the world again here at home, there are many expectations and the level is very high, so it will be an exciting week," said the 10 times world champion. The Ruano sisters are the favorites of the female category, although Daida is the queen of Pozo, so Iballa will not only face Sarah- Quita Offringa for the first place, but her sister will probably be her main rival.

2022-07-08: Canarian luxury date in sight... the Gran Canaria Kite & Wing Foil Festival

The fourth edition of the traditional Gran Canaria Air Battle Festival returns to the beach of Vargas from July 21 to 24, bringing together some of the forged Riders in the Canary Islands that have already been placed among the world elite of the kiteboarding and that will compete for the Official Spanish Championship of Kiteboarding in the Big Air and Olas classes, as well as for the Open Canary Championship of Kiteboarding and Wing Foil... in the image Jeremy Burando

The largest festival of kitesurf and wing fire in Canarias returns this year with more strength than ever before to the Grancan beach of Vargas from July 21 to 24, thanks to the institutional sponsorship of the areas of Sport and Tourism of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, as well as the private hand of Ahembo, as well as the collaboration of the City Council of Agüimes and the Federation of Canaria de Vela... organized by the Club Deportivo Canakite Experiences.

Among the favorites is Lorenzo Casati, who is currently the third in the world, as well as the Spanish champion, while his brother Leonardo is one of the most precious diamonds in the canarian quarry.

Also to take into account the grancanary Ricardo Estuñán, current champion of Spain in Olas... in addition to competitors of the elite of the kitesurf, there are Riders of all ages, from 14 years or less, to a very special sportsman who has just reached the age of 80 years flying all the way up: Klaus Fietz.