GWA : fleet size and entry to 2023 World Tour

Due to the highly over-subscribed GWA Wingfoil World Tour events for the last two years, participant numbers for each event are capped for the 2023 season. From now on, riders can qualify to participate in the different events of the GWA World Tour in five different ways, and among them the qualification via the QS tour which took place in 2022. Find out how and who qualified below!

Lidiane Sanders / Photo: @romantsovaphoto

2023 SURF-FREESTYLE 32 RIDER FLEET

In 2022 the Surf-Freestyle world tour fleet for each event was 48 riders. In 2023 it is reduced to 32 riders.

Riders 1 – 20: Pre-seeded competitors
Riders 21 – 26: Qualifying Series wildcards
Riders 27 – 29: Video application winners
Riders 30: GWA wildcard
Riders 31 – 32: Local / organiser wildcard

2023 SURF-SLALOM 48 RIDER FLEET

In 2022 the Surf-Slalom world tour fleet for each event was 80 riders. In 2023 it is reduced to 48 riders.

Riders 1 – 35: Pre-seeded competitors
Riders 36– 41: Qualifying Series wildcards
Riders 42 – 45: Video application winners
Riders 46: GWA wildcard
Riders 47 – 48: Local / organiser wildcard

QUALIFIERS FROM THE 2022 GWA WINGFOIL WORLD TOUR QUALIFYING SERIES

SURF-FREESTYLE QUALIFIERS – MEN

1. Lilian Juppet (FRA)
2. Chucho Nonnot (FRA)
3. Jeremiah Macdonald (NZ)
4. Oscar Leclair (FRA)
5. Sergio Perera (ESP)

Alan Fedit (FRA) actually finished second overall on the QS, but is in the top 20 ranked riders on the world tour, so is already pre-qualified. Sergio Perera therefore took the fifth qualifying position on the QS.

SURF-FREESTYLE QUALIFIERS – WOMEN

1. Julia Castro (ESP)
2. Lenna Thyssen (GER)
3. Pamela Pimentel (BRA)
4. Sonia Boutillier (FRA)
5. Carla Herrera (ESP)

Roberta Sullini (BRA), Nia Suardiaz (ESP), Lidiane Sanders (BRA), Orane Ceris (FRA) and Roccio Reigert (BRA) are already pre-qualified for the full world tour.

SURF-SLALOM QUALIFIERS – MEN

1. Sergio Perera (ESP)
2. Wong Yu Him (HK)
3. Matteo Guazzoni (ITA)
4. Kauli Seadi (BRA)
5. Yannik Holste (GER)

Alan Fedit (FRA), Nicolo Spanu (ITA), Oscar Leclair (FRA), Jeremiah MacDonald (NZ) and Chucho Nonnot were the top five finishers at the end of the 2022 QS season, but all have already pre-qualified as top 20 ranked riders on the world tour from last season.

SURF-SLALOM QUALIFIERS – WOMEN

1. Annmieke Kruijt (GER)
2. Nuria Goma (ESP)
3. Sonia Boutillier (FRA)
4. Monica Wohlgemuth (GER)
5. Lena Thyssen (GER)

Nia Suardiaz (ESP), Timma Flanagan (USA) and Lena Thyssen (GER) finished within the top rankings of the QS, but are already pre-qualified for the World Tour after the 2022 season.

GWA WINGFOIL WORLD TOUR 2022 RANKINGS

And to give an overview of the pre-seeded competitors, here are the rankings of the first 35 in Surf-Slalom and the first 20 Surf-Freestyle:

SURF-FREESTYLE – MEN

1. Malo Guénolé
2. Gollito Estredo
3. Camille Bouyer
4. Titouan Galea
5. Christopher Jr. MacDonald
6. Balz Müller
7. Xavier Corr
8. Maxime Chabloz
9. Francesco Cappuzzo
10. Stefan Spiessberger
11. Axel Gerard
12. Noé Cuyala
13. Gregorio Pugliese
14. Jeremy Burlande
15. Clément Hamon
16. Tom Auber
17. Hugo Marin
18. Bastien Escofet
19. Hendrick Lopes
20. Alan Fédit

SURF-FREESTYLE – WOMEN

1. Paula Novotna
2. Nia Suardiaz
3. Flora Artzner
4. Orane Ceris
5. Kylie Belloeuvre
6. Bowien Van Der Linden
7. Manuela Jungo
8. Maaike Hauvermann
9. Fiona Wylde
10. Roberta Sullini
11. Lidiane Viana Sanders
12. Rocio Reigert
13. Christina Koenig
14. Isabel Trivino
15. Margherita Barro
16. Eva Wyss
17. Tessa Beumer
18. Sofia Marchetti
19. Maddalena Spanu
20. Timma Flanagan

SURF-SLALOM – MEN

1. Titouan Galea
2. Francesco Cappuzzo
3. Camille Bouyer
4. Mathis Ghio
5. Alessandro Tomasi
6. Bastien Escofet
7. Nicolo Spanu
8. Alan Fedit
9. Riccardo Zorzi
10. Gregorio Pugliese
11. Maxime Chabloz
12. Julien Bouyer
13. Hugo Marin
14. Balz Müller
15. Axel Gerard
16. Oscar Leclair
17. Linus Pünder
18. Tom Auber
19. Xavier Corr
20. Max Robinson
21. Christopher Jr. Macdonald
22. Lilian Juppet
23. Clément Hamon
24. Luca Franchi
25. Jeremy Burlando
26. Giulio Gasperini
27. Malo Guénolé
28. Chucho Nonnot
29. Noe Cuyala
30. Vinnicius Martins
31. Clement Roseyro
32. Jeremiah Mcdonald
33. Clément Colmas
34. Noe Cantaloube
35. Charles Brodel

SURF-SLALOM – WOMEN

1. Flora Artzner
2. Nia Suardiaz
3. Paula Novotna
4. Orane Ceris
5. Kylie Belloeuvre
6. Maddalena Spanu
7. Timma Flanagan
8. Fiona Wylde
9. Maaike Hauvermann
10. Rocio Reigert
11. Manuela Jungo
12. Tessa Beumer
13. Audrey Marie-Agnès
14. Lidiane Sanders
15. Cindy Robert
16. Nicole MacDonald
17. Roberta Sullini
18. Liana Oliveira
19. Sofia Marchetti
20. Charlotte Baruzzi

Congratulations to all the qualifiers! Go to the events calendar to prepare for your 2023 season on the GWA Wingfoil World Tour, with new events dedicated to Waves and Big-Air! Keep an eye on the individual event pages on the GWA website to submit a video application. Event listings for the 2023 Qualifying Series will be posted soon.

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