Tenerife PWA World Cup
Ricardo Campello sets Siam Park alight to be crowned champion of the Dunkerbeck Challenge.
The 2015 Tenerife PWA World Cup was signed off in spectacular fashion on the final evening of the event as ten of the best sailors in the world headed to Siam Park for the Dunkerbeck Challenge.
Siam Park boasts the largest artificial wave in the world - reaching almost 10 foot on its maximum setting - which provided the wave sailing elite with the perfect stunt ramp to launch into their most radical stunts right in front of a packed out crowd - bringing windsurfing to a new scene and reaching a new crowd in the process.
The original lineup saw Valter Scotto (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails / AL360), Markus Rydberg (Simmer), Camille Juban (Quatro / Avanti), Aleix Sanllehy (Tabou / GA Sails), Jules Denel (JP / NeilPryde), Graham Ezzy (Tabou / Ezzy), Adam Lewis (Fanatic / North), Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic / North), Antoine Martin (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) and last year’s champion Ricardo Campello (Patrik / Point-7 / MFC) battling it out for a place in the final.
Only the top five sailors would earn a place in the final and those five places were claimed by Graham Ezzy, Adam Lewis, Alessio Stillrich, Antoine Martin and Ricardo Campello. They were then given three attempts to land their most radical manoeuvres as they tried to land themselves the title.
In the end it was Ricardo Campello who stole the limelight - just as he did last year - as he once again rose to the occasion of entertaining a big crowd. Campello landed two massive opening stunts, but on his final run Campello broke the scale as he landed a huge, perfectly executed double pushloop to earn 15s across the board and leave the result in no doubt.
Britain’s Adam Lewis (Fanatic / North) earned himself second place after landing a superb pushloop - whilst narrowly avoiding landing on the camera man - to earn perfect 10s, whilst he secured his place on the podium with a clean ponch.
The heralded podium was completed by Antoine Martin who was going as crazy as ever. The Frenchman’s best stunt came on his first run in the final as he rotated through a super stylish pushloop with a head throw to earn 9.5-10.5s from the judges.