Three events in five weeks - the Canary Islands Tour is the highlight of the PWA season and plays a key role in deciding who gets to hold up a world championship trophy at the end of the year. This year, the Canary Islands were finally once again packed with windsurfing action like in the best of times: Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Tenerife - three full scores, all disciplines represented and almost always windy!
It started with an epic weekend in Pozo, even hardened locals couldn't remember when it had been so windy. When even Philip Köster reaches for the 3.4, you know it's blowing! The windy conditions continued on Fuerteventura, with spectacular races in the Slalom X followed by an extremely exciting freestyle elimination for men and women. On Tenerife, on the other hand, the wind demanded a lot of patience, but in the end there were still results in Slalom X and Waveriding.
Even though the season is far from over, three World Championship titles have already been awarded on the Canary Islands: Sarah-Quita Offringa took overall victory in freestyle and slalom X on Fuerteventura - both disciplines only have this one event on the calendar for women. Pierre Mortefon won both Slalom X classifications on Fuerteventura and Tenerife, thus also defending his World Championship title.
We have rummaged through the photo databases of the Canary Islands World Cups and show you the best pictures from five weeks of pure windsurfing action in the gallery above!
Tobias Frauen
Editor
