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Pwa Gran Canaria, women double elimination


Day 3: Daida Moreno makes winning return to competitive scene as women take centre stage

After the men had taken centre stage for the opening two days of the 2025 Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup, today was the day for the best female wave sailors in the world to showcase their skills on the global stage. With there still being plenty of wind and waves on offer the Women’s Single Elimination was completed by the early afternoon and there were several standout performances along the way, however a familiar figure, Daida Moreno (Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins), returned with a bang to claim victory in the Single Elimination.

Daida Moreno may not have competed for two years, but you’d have been hard pushed to tell as she showed very few signs of rustiness in the Single Elimination. Daida steadily built momentum on her way to the final, and as she has done so many times throughout her career, she saved her best performance until last as she posted her highest scoring heat in the final – 23.58 points. Where the other women seemed to struggle with the wind picking up in the final, Daida seemed to thrive as she landed a huge stalled forward, a stylish one-handed backloop and also pulled off a radical goiter to deservedly take the current event lead.

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) started the final on a 3.7m, but after one run immediately came in to change down to 3.3m, but even then the reigning world champion said she was massively overpowered as the wind had picked up that much. After a somewhat slow start, Offringa did start to move through the gears, but she couldn’t quite find what she needed to deny Daida in the final, so she has to settle for second place for the time being. Offringa will have one more bite at the cherry in the Double Elimination to see if she can overhaul the Queen of Pozo.

Sol Degrieck (Severne / Severne Sails) produced the performance of the day in the semifinals as the 15-year-old posted the highest score of the Single Elimination – 24.5 points. The young Belgian has been impressing the judges for a couple of years already with her aggressive, no fear approach, but today she raised that bar again as she landed a frontside aerial and a taka to earn 7.5s for her two waves. In the air, Degrieck landed a stylish pushloop and a forward loop, while she also played around with the tweaked variety and even pulled the trigger on a double forward in a breakout performance. Unfortunately, with the wind once again going nuclear, she couldn’t quite replicate that performance in the final, but she still earned the last spot on the podium – for now at least – which is the first time she has broken into the top three in Pozo and in the right conditions it genuinely looks like she could give anyone a run for their money.

Current Ranking Gran Canaria Gloria Windsurf World Cup – Women’s Wave Single Elimination

1st Daida Moreno (ESP | Bruch Boards / Bruch Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU | Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Sol Degrieck (BEL | Severne / Severne Sails)
4th Alexia Kiefer Quintana (GER | Duotone Windsurfing)
5th/6th Justyna Sniady (POL | Flikka / North Sails / Maui Ultra Fins)
5th/6th Maria Morales (ESP | Goya Windsurfing)

Ciao a tutti, sono Fabio Calò (ITA-720), ho iniziato a fare windsurf all’età di 13 anni e da quel momento è diventata la mia più grande passione, poi la mia vita e il mio lavoro. Campione Italiano Wave nel 2013 e 2015. Vivo a Torbole sul Garda e respiro l’aria del windsurf 365 giorni all’anno.