Only top eight men and top sixteen women left standing after a long stop-start day eventually delivers
The forecast didn’t necessarily look amazing for Day 6 of the 2025 Playa Surf CBbC Hotel Tenerife El Médano Windsurf Grand Slam, but a few locals remained hopeful yesterday evening and in the end their positivity was correct. However, the beginning of the day proved to be a relatively frustrating affair as variable winds led to numerous cancellations. On the plus side, today saw the best waves of the contest thus far as El Cabezo gave a glimpse of what it’s capable of delivering and now the conclusion of the Men’s and Women’s Single Eliminations is within sight with just the top eight men and top sixteen women remaining.
Philip Köster (Severne / Severne Sails) looked in fine form as the five-time world champion firstly set the highest score of the day thus far in the Round of 32 before going on to better his score in the Round of 16 as he set the highest score of the day – 19.75 points. The German was at his impeccable best in the air landing trademark double forwards, while he made wave riding look effortless as he danced from one move or turn straight into the next. After today’s performance, Köster has set the bar, and is who everyone else has to beat.
Thursday should hopefully see both the Men’s and Women’s Single Eliminations completed as the forecast for tomorrow has improved with slightly bigger waves and similar winds as today expected. The wave fleets will meet again at 9:30am (GMT+1) for their skippers’ meeting with a first possible start at 10am. The Slalom X fleet will be given an announcement again at 12pm with a first possible start at 13:00.
