event

Celebrating our Female GWA Champions 2024

1st and 2nd Podiums for Nia Suardiaz and Mar De Arce on Fuerte and for the Year

Unstoppable 2023 World Champion Nia Suardiaz reigns supreme after the GWA World Cup on Fuerte: She finished 1st in Surf-Freestyle and Freeride-Slalom and also has secured the 2024 World Champion Titles in Surf-Freestyle and Big Air!

Challenging Nia in 2nd place right after her is Mar De Arce! Mar already got the Vice World Champ Big Air title on Gran Canaria and after finishing 2nd in Surf-Freestyle on Fuerte, she is also ranked 2nd for the year in this discipline!

Well done to both!

Nia Suardiaz - World Champion Surf-Freestyle & Big Air and Mar De Arce - Vice World Champion & Big Air 2024!

Fuerte FreeFly-Slalom - Women

There was no real passing lane for anyone attempting to overtake tour leader Nia Suardiaz in Sunday’s FreeFly-Slalom final in Fuerteventura.

Once more Nia was unstoppable. After securing the top ranks in the four elimination rounds, she advanced straight to her final heat, receiving a bonus “bullet,” one free win in the first-to-two-wins finals.

Nia won the first heat of the finals, adding to the bullet she earned after the elimination rounds, securing her second FreeFly-Slalom win of the season.

Results:

1 Nia Suardiaz (ESP)
2 Kylie Belloeuvre (FRA)
3 Bowien van der Linden (NED)
4 Orane Ceris (FRA)

138-GWA Surf Freestyle Nia Suardiaz-fue_TomBrendt

»I crashed my first trick, one that I usually land every single time, not a good start. But then I got the tack backflip, so I was really stoked and on top again. All the women have raised their game since the last Surf-Freestyle event in Tarifa - all the girls have been training so hard, and Mar is ripping with her front flips. It’s so amazing to see them performing. The level went so much higher, especially in the final heats. «
— Nia Suardiaz

GWA Fuerte Surf-Freestyle - Women

Nia Suardiaz tops the Surf-Freestyle rankings one more time. With one stop remaining, she secures the 2024 Surf-Freestyle World Champion title, marking remarkable back-to-back victories by winning this event. Just a fortnight ago, she also claimed the Big Air crown, making her a triple World Champion!

Nia was challenged byr team mate Mar De Arce showing off with a “first-ever” front flip triggering innovative jumps in almost every heat. She kept the streak alive with a huge front flip in the finals and finsihed in in 2nd place for the event and the year!

Women
1 Nia Suardiaz (ESP)
2 Mar De Arce (ESP)
3 Viola Lippitsch (AUT)
4 Orane Ceris (FRA)

Big shoutout to the rest of the team for their fantastic performance!

In the male division, we had three of our rising talents in the top game, which is an incredible result! Seventeen-year-old Tom Acherer finished 5th, his twin brother Aleks landed in 13th, and 17-year-old Charlie Loch from the UK ended 9th. Remember their names; we will definitely hear more from them in the future!

Also, great job to Maria Behrens, Benjamin May, Rocco Sotomayor, Benjamin May and Gollito Estredo. Our team spirit was great– thanks, everyone for helping everyone out as well!