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JENNA SPEED CAMPEÃ MUNDIAL

No ano passado, ela conquistou o recorde mundial de velocidade feminina em Lüderitz, e agora também conquistou o título mundial!

Jenna Gibson provou mais uma vez que é a mulher mais rápida do mundo!{No ano passado, ela perdeu por pouco a vitória no Campeonato Mundial, mas voltou mais forte, quebrando o recorde mundial de velocidade feminina várias vezes em Lüderitz e conquistando a vitória no Campeonato Mundial de Velocidade de 2025 em nossas novas pranchas FALCON_SPEED D/LAB.

O recém-coroado campeão mundial no evento:

Jenna: "Depois de um bom primeiro dia de competição, o vento offshore de que precisamos para a vela de velocidade desapareceu completamente.

Durante a semana, ainda tivemos muitas oportunidades de entrar na água em lagos próximos, fizemos algumas regatas de foil e também um pouco de slalom de vento médio em freesailing. Fizemos um churrasco com todos os velejadores e nos ocupamos bem, de modo que o tempo passou bem rápido.

O Tramontana voltou nos dois últimos dias da competição. Isso nos permitiu terminar o evento com 3 regatas de nadadeiras. Havia muitos bancos de areia rasos. Apesar de estarmos usando nadadeiras de apenas 21 cm, muitas pessoas tiveram acidentes, inclusive eu no dia anterior à competição, então foi um verdadeiro teste de coragem tentar velejar na água mais plana. O vento estava um pouco forte, então o momento da corrida realmente fez uma grande diferença em suas velocidades. Adotei a tática de: mais corridas = mais chance de uma boa rajada. No final, valeu a pena e estou muito feliz por ter vencido esse Campeonato Mundial.

Meu kit escolhido para a semana foi o 5.0 e 5.8 Warp_Fin, usando o Falcon Speed D/LAB 56 emparelhado com uma nadadeira F-Hot de 21 cm. O que me atendeu em todas as condições, de 25 a 40 nós'

Fazendo um nome maior para si mesmo no cenário da velocidade: Simon Pettifer.

Simon: Tive uma experiência incrível no Campeonato Mundial de Velocidade. Vim querendo ficar entre os 10 primeiros e, depois de dois dias de corrida, estava na 3ª posição, então fiquei muito feliz. Infelizmente, depois de mais duas corridas, devido à contagem regressiva, não consegui ficar entre os 10 primeiros. Mas vou ficar com o 11º lugar. Havia alguns grandes nomes aqui, então vou aprender com isso e, na próxima vez, ficarei entre os 10 primeiros, com certeza.

O equipamento tem sido incrível: o 6.8 é uma fera e é super rápido em um percurso quadrado. O 5.8, mais uma vez, é uma besta de uma vela com muita potência controlável sempre que você precisar.

Em suma, foi um ótimo evento, tivemos vento, águas calmas....alguns bancos de areia, haha, mas nos divertimos muito e criamos ótimas lembranças.

Lisa Wermeister (6th overall):
My favorite event of the year is definitely the aloha classic! It’s my favorite because it’s the wave I know the best, the one where I’ve spent the most time. I really love wave riding, and the conditions in Ho’okipa are just legendary for that. Since I’ve spent so much time there, I feel more and more comfortable on starboard tack. And of course, Hawaii is an absolutely beautiful island, so going there is always a pleasure.

The highlight of my year has been the strong progress I’ve made. I’ve learned a lot, and I can really feel the difference in my sailing, in my confidence, and in the way I handle competitions. I started following specific training methods and began a proper physical preparation with a coach, which helped me take things to another level.

I also got my first podiums in Hawaii, which was a huge moment for me. Overall, this year feels like the start of a new chapter, and it makes me excited to see what 2026 will bring!

My biggest learning point this year has been managing my stress, especially during my heats. I’ve really improved in the way I handle those moments, from choosing the right waves to making better decisions overall. It’s made a big difference, and I’m really happy about the progress I’ve made!

Maria Behrens (7th overall):
I’ve always said that the Aloha Classic on Maui is my favorite event—the conditions are nearly perfect, the weather is warm, and coming from Germany I can’t get enough of those paradise vibes. But this year I have to admit that Gran Canaria became a second favorite. After my knee surgery, I was finally able to really push my jumps again, and with every training session I grew more confident in those aggressive conditions. I improved a lot this summer mentally and physically and that’s what stayed in my mind and makes that event so special.

My biggest highlight was definitely riding those massive waves in Chile and Maui. The Baltic Sea rarely gets big, so dropping into over-mast-high waves like in Matanzas or Ho’okipa is still nerve-racking for me. Once you get used to it, it starts to feel more normal—but in that very first session in those huge conditions, my heart was racing. That feeling is pure adrenaline and the best of all!

I would say I had my biggest learning moments on the Canaries and on Maui. Before the event in Pozo, I made huge progress with my backloops and landed so many over the summer. I also trained push loops with Josep Pons, which really motivated me to keep pushing. After the Aloha Classic, I stayed on Maui for another month, and it turned out to be the best possible training for starboard-tack wave riding. I feel like sometimes you learn more when you’re not feeling the pressure of competing.

Jovens talentos em ascensão!

Também gostaríamos de fazer uma menção especial a Isabelle Westerveld, de apenas 12 anos de idade, que participou do primeiro dia do evento depois de quebrar seu recorde pessoal várias vezes. Com algumas orientações do organizador do evento, Principe Baldini,{Ela está cada vez mais confiante na pista de velocidade e mostra claramente sinais de um futuro brilhante pela frente!

Sacha Fortune (Youth European Champion Fin Slalom):
As a fin lover, the best event for me this year has been the PWA Slalom X in Fuerteventura. I really like strong winds and hard chop conditions, and Fuerteventura always delivers these kinds of conditions. These conditions fit perfectly with the 5.8 Warp_Fin and the 99 Falcon_Fin, which is my favorite combo. It was my favorite event so far!

On top of that, I was happy to make my first two winners’ finals. It was my goal for the PWA events: making at least one winners’ final per event and aiming for the top 16 at each stop I could do.

My highlight this year has been my Youth Foil Slalom World Title at the IFCA Worlds in Turkey. I was really happy to become youth world champion for the second time, but this time on the foil, showing that I can be competitive in both disciplines: foil and fin. I was a bit sad that we couldn’t race on the fin due to the lack of wind, as I wanted to win both and felt ready, especially after winning the Youth Fin European Title three weeks earlier.

My biggest learning point this year happened during the European Youth Championships in Fin and Foil. For this event, I really wanted to win both disciplines. On the last day, I was leading both categories, and we had one last foil race to go. I qualified for the winners’ final while my closest opponent didn’t. During the final I was third, and I don’t know why, but I told myself I had to move into second. I went for the inside gybe and I fell. I finished 8th in that final, and with the discard I dropped to second by 0.3… I lost the title on this stupid mistake, while finishing 7th or better in that race would have guaranteed the title, something I didn’t know.

So my biggest learning point is to race with my brain when it matters most, especially on the last days of a competition.

Kasper Friis Nielsen (PWA Youth World Champion Foil Slalom):
Throughout the season I had a lot of different events, but I think my favorite was the IFCA Worlds in Turkey. There I managed to take second place in U21 foil. Throughout the whole week Sasha and I were battling for first place, which was super fun!

I feel like I had a lot of highlights this season, but the main one was becoming the overall U21 PWA World Champion.

My biggest learning point was probably that nothing comes easy. I learned that during my competition in Klitmøller, where I didn’t have much preparation time and I definitely felt it during the event.

Adrien Bosson (10th overall):
My favorite event of the year was Sylt, even though it was a really long event and we were on standby for the first eight days. On the Friday, basically one week later, I really enjoyed it. The conditions were super good. Unfortunately, I couldn’t really make it through the ladder, but that’s competition.

The highlight of the year, or the moment I enjoyed the most, was during the winter. I went twice to Cabo Verde and surfed with Liam and Victor in perfect waves, which was super sick.

On the competition side, I’d say that Friday was pretty sick. I had a good battle against Jacopo. I lost by 0.3 points against him to reach the final. I was pretty pissed, but it was a fun battle. I had a good heat, so I was pretty stoked about that.

My biggest learning point?
In Sylt, on the day we ran freestyle, I came to the beach later than most of the other guys. The wind was offshore, and I ended up being the first one out testing the conditions, so I basically pushed the contest to start. I sailed well, and it was the first time I’d ever done that, pushing for the contest to happen. And then I lost in my first round, so I won’t do that again, haha.

Niclas Nebelung (12th overall):
Boot Düsseldorf was definitely my favorite event this year! It was my home event and I made the podium. I am already looking forward to next year’s Boot Düsseldorf. We will compete there again end of January.

My highlight was that we surfed some pretty big waves (at least for a freestyler ;)) on Gran Canaria this summer. Still a lot to learn when it comes to waveriding but jumping is going pretty well. Besides that we had some really fun trips to Cold Hawaii (Hanstholm).

What was your biggest learning point?
Don’t always look at your spray when waveriding! I will not make for a good photo. Besides that get a swimming case for your GoPro. Two GoPros lost in two seasons :(. Oouch!