Marie Schlittenbauer (GER) as Surf-Freestyle World Champion at GWA Wingfoil World Cup in Gran Canaria
Quelle: WORLD OF FREESPORTS (Glomex)
The GWA Wingfoil World Cup Gran Canaria, the final stop of the 2025 Surf-Freestyle season, officially kicked off at Playa El Burrero. The competitions will take place from August 5th to 8th. After Danish Benjamin Castenskiold clinched the men's Surf-Freestyle World Championship title yesterday, the third day featured the women's semifinals and finals. There, German Marie Schlittenbauer secured the World Championship title in the Surf-Freestyle discipline. Germany’s Marie Schlittenbauer stormed to victory in the women’s surf-freestyle final, securing her first World Championship title in her debut season. She topped her semi-final ahead of Switzerland’s Zara Maillard, while Spain’s Mar de Arce impressed with a decisive Front Flip to win the other heat. In the title showdown, Schlittenbauer set the pace from the start and never looked back, holding off challenges from De Arce, Austria’s Viola Lippitsch, and Maillard. Despite a few late crashes, her lead remained unassailable. De Arce claimed silver, Lippitsch earned bronze, and Maillard finished fourth.