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!
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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
Nine GWA QS events ran in 2022 on four continents with six events in Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Hong Kong and South Africa. 190 men and 27 women competed in Surf Slalom events, while 84 men and 19 women competed across the Surf-Freestyle events. Congrats to these riders who successfully made it through the Qualifying Series and will now be able to compete at each event on the 2023 GWA Wingfoil World Tour!
SURF-FREESTYLE QUALIFIERS – MEN
Lilian Juppet (FRA)
Chucho Nonnot (FRA)
Jeremiah Macdonald (NZ)
Oscar Leclair (FRA)
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
Julia Castro (ESP)
Lenna Thyssen (GER)
Pamela Pimentel (BRA)
Sonia Boutillier (FRA)
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
Sergio Perera (ESP)
Wong Yu Him (HK)
Matteo Guazzoni (ITA)
Kauli Seadi (BRA)
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
Annmieke Kruijt (GER)
Nuria Goma (ESP)
Sonia Boutillier (FRA)
Monica Wohlgemuth (GER)
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:
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