By the end of the event there are some familiar names at the top ; Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins), who completes another event double, just as she did in 2024, reigning Slalom X world champion, Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) and former two-time Freestyle world champion, Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde).

Slalom X

Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) eventually ran away with the women’s Slalom X as she successfully defended her world title from last year to claim her seventh racing title. Offringa started the event a little slower than we are used to seeing, but then went on an incredible run which saw the Aruban win eight out of the last nine eliminations to leave the result in no doubt. Offringa’s dominance in the latter stages of the event meant she had the title wrapped up with three races to spare.

Justine Lemeteyer (PARTIK / PATRIK Sails) claimed a late bullet to ensure she went one place better than last year as she finishes 2025 as the Slalom X vice-world champion after pipping Femke van der Veen (Starboard / Severne Sails) to second place by just 0.7 of a point.

van der Veen should still be delighted with her week’s work - which saw her lead after the opening day having claimed back-to-back bullets in Eliminations 2 and 3. The 25-year-old completes the overall podium for the first time in her career - improving two places from last year (5th-3rd).

The top five is completed by Jenna Gibson (Duotone Windsurfing), who endured a real rollercoaster of a ride over the last five days - fourth - and Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (Starboard / NeilPryde).

Men’s

The race for the event title in the men’s division remained unbelievably close after the opening three days with just 3.3 points separating first to fourth. However, Pierre Mortefon (FMX Racing) then clicked into top gear as he claimed back-to-back bullets on the penultimate day to put himself on the verge of victory, while a bullet in the first on the final day guaranteed him the top spot on the podium and he will now lead the tour heading into Tenerife. Despite off the water issues, Mortefon was still able to demonstrate his best form, which saw him only finish outside the top three in two out of the twelve eliminations completed.

Matteo Iachino (Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins) was Mr Consistent in Fuerteventura with just one finish out of the top four in twelve races. The Italian won the last elimination of the event to sign off in style and he’ll head into Tenerife prominently placed to challenge for the world title - second here.

Maciek Rutkowski (JP / NeilPryde) will feel a mixture of emotions after completing the podium in Fuerte. The Pole led the event after Day 3, but then fell out of the top three for the first time in the entire event by the end of Day 4 as his event title challenge seemingly whittled out. Rutkowski does still complete the podium here with Jordy Vonk (Duotone Windsurfing), who we will talk about in a moment, being forced to retire.

Vonk had been enjoying the best event of his life on the World Tour as the flying Dutchman won consecutive bullets for the first time in his career in Eliminations 5 and 6 to force his name into the event title conversation as on the close of Day 3, Vonk was just one point off the lead. Those back-to-back bullets seemed to instil a new sense of confidence in Vonk, who started the next elimination with a solid second place, but then disaster struck in the last race of the day on Day 4 as the 32-year-old suffered a nasty catapult on the opening reach in the Winners’ Final of Elimination 9, which led to him briefly being knocked unconscious, while also injuring his shoulder which sadly forced an early retirement from the event. Despite having to retire, Vonk still finishes fourth here, but will face a race against time to be fit for Tenerife, which starts on August 1st.

Taty Frans (Point-7 / Z Fins) raced incredibly consistently over the five days of competition as the Bonairean secures fifth place to start the season. Frans only missed out on two Winners’ Finals in twelve races with his best result coming in Elimination 6 when he finished second. Frans also boosted into some of the biggest jumps on the racecourse - sometimes choosing to jump even when the sausage wasn’t deployed as he enjoyed the event to the maximum.

After a slow start, which saw two quarterfinal exits in the opening three eliminations, Bruno Martini (I-99 / S2Maui / Z Fins) did brilliantly to recover into sixth place. The Italian is consistently one of the fastest in a straight-line and he managed to find his form - earning a bullet in Elimination 7 before then qualifying for each remaining Winners’ Final.

The top ten is completed by Amado Vrieswijk (Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins), Nico Prien (JP / NeilPryde), Jimmy Thieme (PATRIK / PATRIK Sails) and Ingmar Daldorf (Tabou / GA Sails).

Freestyle

Women’s

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) started Fuerteventura with 25 world titles, but at the end of the ten days she walks away with 27 world titles next to her name after managing to come out on top of an extremely tough battle against Maaike Huvermann (Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) as the Aruban managed to retain her Freestyle world crown for the 16th consecutive time - although this may have been the most difficult defence yet with the world title battle going down to a Super Final. However, as she so often does, Offringa managed to raise h game when it mattered most to claim an emotional victory.

Second place will feel bitter sweet for Huvermann having come so close to wrestling the Freestyle world title from Offringa’s grasp. The 27-year-old clearly had a game plan in place and almost executed it to perfection - consistently landing a collection of power moves and combos to almost dethrone the Queen, but she will have to wait another year for another crack at the cherry. Huvermann finishes 2025 as the vice-world champion.

With Oda Brødholt (Starboard / Severne Sails) absent from proceedings that meant that there was a spot on the podium waiting to be snapped up and Lisa Kloster (MB Boards / Sailloft Hamburg) duly obliged to secure her place on the overall podium for the first time in her career. Kloster has added some power moves to her repertoire over the last year to deservedly complete the top three.

The top five is completed by Živa Batis (Flikka / GUNSAILS) - 4th - after the Slovenian fought back from the first round of the double into the top four after producing a consistent display in Fuerte’s challenging choppy waters, while Elena Dominick (Severne / Severne Sails) sailed through the pain barrier to secure fifth.

Men’s

Yentel Caers (JP / NeilPryde) remains unbeaten to start to the 2025 season after successfully defending his Single Elimination crown to earn his second victory in Fuerte, having previously won here in 2023. The Belgian sailed with his usual powerful, clinical style, while also landing the only double air culo of the event to lead the World Tour heading into Sylt in September as he chases a third world title. Even a cut, which required five stitches, couldn’t stop Caers from prevailing.

Jacopo Testa (WeOne / GUNSAILS / AL360) managed to gain two places from the Single Elimination as the stylish Italian first defeated Takumi Moriya (Severne / Severne Sails) in the battle for the podium before going on to also defeat teammate Steven Van Broeckhoven (WeOne / GUNSAILS) to claim second place, which his best result to date in Fuerte.

Van Broeckhoven may have dropped one place from the single, but will still be delighted with his weeks work after claiming his first podium finish since Sylt in 2023 and the former world champion (2011) continues to be able to perform as the very top of the sport despite now being 39-years-old.

Moriya may just miss out on a maiden podium on the World Tour after suffering a narrow defeat to Testa, but it surely won’t be too long before we see his face on the podium. The 18-year-old has been a name on everyone’s lips for a couple of seasons already and he’s already starting to fulfil that potential and he should take great confidence away from Fuerte after producing a superb display.

Lennart Neubauer (Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins) staged the biggest fight back of the Double Elimination as he won five consecutive heats to rise from ninth to fifth, but even for the reigning world champion, going any further than that proved a step too far this time round. Neubauer still linked together the highest scoring heat of the entire event - 42.5 points against Adrien Bosson (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins) in Heat 30b - but couldn’t quite replicate that performance against Testa as he bows out in fifth. And with only one other event this year, it looks decidedly tough for the 21-year-old to be able to retain his world title.

Dieter van der Eyken (Severne / Severne Sails) produced the second best come back of the Double Elimination with the 2015 Freestyle world champion fighting his way back into sixth place here. The Belgian often excels in Fuerte’s tricky conditions with the Belgian using all of his technical knowhow to his advantage.

Bodhi Kempen (Severne / Severne Sails) earns his best result to date on the World Tour as the 21-year-old Dutchman walks away with joint seventh place alongside current vice-world champion - Adrien Bosson. Kempen produced his best display when it mattered most as he racked up 36.8 points against Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Tabou / GA Sails) to move into the top seven.

The top ten is completed by 9-time world champion Estredo, Germany’s Niclas Nebelung (Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins), France’s Antony Ruenes (Tabou / GA Sails) and the Swiss waterman, Balz Müller (Severne / Severne Sails).

Result 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Slalom X

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2^nd Justine Lemeteyer (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
3rd Femke van der Veen (NED | Starboard / Severne Sails)
4th Jenna Gibson (GBR | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Bobbi-Lynn De Jong (NB | Starboard / NeilPryde)

Result 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Slalom X

1st Pierre Mortefon (FRA | FMX Racing)
2^nd Matteo Iachino (ITA | Starboard / Severne Sails / Z Fins)
3rd Maciek Rutkowski (POL | JP / NeilPryde)
4th Jordy Vonk (NED | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th Taty Frans (NB | Point-7 / Z Fins)
6th Bruno Martini (ITA | I-99 / S2Maui / Z Fins)
7th Amado Vrieswijk (NB | Future Fly / Point-7 / Z Fins)
8th Nico Prien (GER | JP / NeilPryde)
9th Jimmy Thieme (FRA | PATRIK / PATRIK Sails)
10th Ingmar Daldorf (NED | Tabou / GA Sails)

Result 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Women’s Freestyle

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
2^nd Maaike Huvermann (NED | Severne / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Lisa Kloster (GER | MB-Boards / Sailloft Hamburg)
4th Živa Batis (SLO | Flikka / GUNSAILS)
5th Elena Dominick (GER | Severne / Severne Sails)

Result 2025 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam - Men’s Freestyle

1st Yentel Caers (BEL | JP / NeilPryde)
2^nd Jacopo Testa (ITA | WeOne / GUNSAILS / AL360)
3rd Steven Van Broeckhoven (BEL | WeOne | GUNSAILS)
4th Takumi Moriya (JPN | Severne / Severne Sails)
5th Lennart Neubauer (GRE | Starboard / Severne Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
6th Dieter van der Eyken (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
7th Adrien Bosson (FRA | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
7th Bodhi Kempen (NED | Severne / Severne Sails)
9th Niclas Nebelung (GER | Duotone Windsurfing / Maui Ultra Fins)
9th Antony Ruenes (FRA | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (VEN | Tabou / GA Sails)
9th Balz Müller (SUI | Severne / Severne Sails)