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Double Podiums and World Titles in Brazil
1st and 2nd podium finishes for Nia Suardiaz, Mar de Arce, and Aleks & Tom Acherer in Brazil! Plus, Gold, Silver and Bronze in the World Rankings across both disciplines!
Austrian twins Tomas and Aleksander Acherer made a stunning debut on the world stage with a remarkable one-two finish during the dramatic season final of the GWA Surf-Freestlye discipline in Jeri/Brazil with Tom in 3rd!
Nia Suardiaz finished 1st in Surf-Freestyle and Freefly-Slalom likewise and also collected her 4th GWA world title for 2024: Nia is World Champion in Surf-Freestlye, FreeFly-Slalom, Youth and Big Air!
Mar de Arce finished 2nd in Surf-Freestyle and Freefly-Slalom making her 2nd and 3rd for the year in those two disciplines!
Congratulations everyone, also all credits to the rest of our team Charlie Loch in 5th, Rocco Sotomayor, Leo Suardiaz and Benjamin May in 13th an Zoe Schoenwetter in 7th.
GWA SURF-FREESTYLE BRAZIL - MEN
Seventeen-year-old Tomas Acherer delivered a show-stopping performance, scoring a perfect 10 for a “world-first” Double Backflip in the semi-final.
Tomas was on another plane. He casually threw down a couple of massive Innovation moves for 9.80 and 9.30 early in the piece - definitely the twins had the most innovations from all in this event
We are watching Tom and Aleks the last three years and recently promoted the two in the international team - so stoked and way to go!
Results Men Jeri Event:
1 Tom Acherer (AT)
2 Aleks Acherer (AT)
3 Axl Gerard (FRA)
5 Charlie Loch (UK)
»It’s my first win, so I’m super stoked that all the hard work paid off. What makes it even better is having my brother on the podium next to me. It’s crazy! We’ve proven we can do it, and I hope the wins keep coming.«
GWA SURF-FREESTYLE BRAZIL - WOMEN
In the women’s Surf-Freestyle, Spain’s Nia Suardiaz claimed another victory, holding off strong competition from her teammate Mar de Arce. Nia’s win completed a perfect season with four victories from four stops, earning her consecutive world title!
Mar de Arce was totally ripping as well showing some solid Front- and Backloops during her heats and took 2nd place at the Jeri event. Mar also proudly secures the title of Surf-Freestyle Vice World Champion 2024!
Results Women Jeri Event:
1 Nia Suardiaz (ESP)
2 Mar de Arce (ESP)
3 Bowien van der Linden (NED)
»It was such an exciting event! Mar landed a perfect Frontflip and although she didn’t pull it off in the final, I was nervous. Winning all four stops this season is incredible for me. I’ll definitely be training hard for next year as I can see other girls are catching up!«
GWA FREEFLY-SLALOM BRAZIL - WOMEN
Our wing ladies, Nia Suardiaz and Mar de Arce, also dominated the FreeFly-Slalom podiums at the GWA World Cup in Jericoacoara, Brazil, finishing 1st and 2nd there and 1st and 3rd for the year. Incredible work!
Results Women Jeri Event:
1 Nia Suardiaz (ESP)
2 Mar de Arce (ESP
3 Kylie Belloeuvre (FRA)
GWA SURF-FREESTYLE 2024 - FINAL RESULTS
Women:
1 Nia Suardiaz (ESP)
2 Mar de Arce (ESP)
3 Kylie Belloeuvre (FRA)
Men:
1 Chris McDonalds (USA)
2 Axl Gerard (FRA)
3 Tomas Acherer (AT)
Well done Nia, Mar and Tomas!
GWA FREEFLY-SLALOM - FINAL RESULTS
Women:
1 Nia Suardiaz (ESP)
2 Kylie Belloeuvre (FRA)
3 Mar de Arce (ESP)
Congratulatios Nia & Mar!
6x 2024 WORLD TITLES FOR NIA SUARDIAZ
GWA Youth World Champion Surf-Freestyle
GWA Youth World Champion FreeFly-Slalom
GWA World Champion Surf-Freestyle
GWA World Champion FreeFly-Slalom
GWA World Vice World Champion Wave
GWA World Champion Big Air
Congratulations, Nia, on another incredible year of success!
3x 2024 PODIUMS FOR MAR DE ARCE
GWA Big Air Vice World Champion
GWA Surf-Freestyle Vice World Champion
3rd GWA FreeFly-Slalom
Congratulations, Mar - what an outstanding performance!
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