Aruba's got new members to the IRONMAN Club

Welcome to the Ironman Club Carlo Mansur, Randy Gomez , Faissal Burroso and

 Marc Ingwersen congrats guys! 

The World Half Marathon Championship 2014 route was measured for the first time

The World Half Marathon route was measured for the first time. This first measurement was made on the bike of the technical director of the WHM2014, Lars Nissen, and the Danish Athletic Federation measurer, Peer Jensen and Ole Sprøgel. Measuring the WHM-course through the streets of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. The measurement starts at the large square in front of Christiansborg Castle which is also the start and finish of the WHM2014.

Fast, flat and Scenic

The course is flat and completely free of traffic. Located in the centre of Copenhagen, the surface is asphalt and the width varies from 3 to 20 meters. The course leads the runners through the inner Copenhagen with a digression to uptown Frederiksberg.

Starting in front of the Danish Parliament at Christiansborg Castle, the runners will pass famous sites, scenic areas, canals and parks.

Going uptown to Frederiksberg, the athletes enter the steepest part of the course with a top altitude of 14 meters. Indeed a flat course. As they pass the Frederiksberg Town Hall they turn left onto the beautiful Frederiksberg Avenue lined with flags alongside the entire 900 meters avenue leading the athletes back to the heart of Copenhagen. Soon after, the runners enter the final 2 kilometres where they will first pass the Tivoli Gardens and Copenhagen Town Square before passing the Danish National Museum only to enter the finishing area right in front of Christiansborg Castle.

“The course is good; flat and fast and passes a lot of the attractions of the city. It is an iconic course. There is no doubt in my mind that the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships is going to be a success. The combination of this magnificent European capital and the good work by the Danish organisers will turn the event into a great success,” says David Bedford, IAAF technical representative on his first site visit to Denmark.

The route is subject to change.

72 nationalities including Aruba will participate in the IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen Saturday 29 March 2014

If all runners are going to be cheered along by flag-waving spectators on the 29 March
2014 in the streets of Copenhagen, as many as 72 different flags will be needed as 72 different
nationalities have signed up to participate in the World Half Marathon Championships.

"It's amazing to have so many different nationalities taking part in the race. The great interest
among foreign runners place our event in the very top of the international league”, says the Director of the Danish Athletic Federation, Jakob Larsen.

The country, outside of Denmark, participating with the absolute largest number of  runners is Sweden.
The Swedes make up about a third of the foreign participants. Norwegian
runners represent about one-fifth, while British and German runners each represent
about a tenth of the international runners. The race consists of runners from all over the
world. Among the 72 overseas participating countries are United States, Australia, Brazil, Iraq,
Mexico, Barbados,The Dominican Republic & Aruba

 "We are looking forward to welcoming so many nationalities in Copenhagen and give them an
unforgettable experience with running through our charming capital," says Sport Event Director,
Lars Vallentin from Wonderful Copenhagen.

Quick facts about the IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships 2014
Date: 29 March 2014
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Organisers: The Danish Athletic Federation, Sport Event Denmark, Wonderful Copenhagen and the
municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg are supporting the event.

Aruban swimmer Jordy Groters commits to Missouri Tigers

The Missouri Tigers men’s breaststroke group is not only that programs best stroke group, it’s becoming one of the best-known men’s breaststroking groups in the country.

That trend looks to continue with the commitment today of Jordy Groters to the Missouri Tigers.

“Mizzou is an amazing place!” Groters said of his future school. “I love the facility and campus. I was very interested in them because of their phenomenal breaststroke success, 4 breaststrokers at NCAA’s alone is amazing. But what really got me was the team atmosphere. I loved the guys on the team and the coaches were awesome.They are very serious and yet at the same time they are very relaxed and it really shows. It was the perfect atmosphere I wanted to be in. I’m really looking forward to joining the amazing breaststroke program they have, and also adding to their sprint freestyle program.”

Groters, who lives in Florida, benefited from that state having such an early state meet. At this year’s 1A Championship, his stock skyrocketed when he won 1A state titles in both the 50 free and 100 breaststroke.

Groters, who swims for University High School, swam a 54.76 in the 100 yard breaststroke and a 20.69 in the 50 yard freestyle (he was as fast as 20.46 in prelims). He also split a 44.3 in the 100 yard free on an anchor for his team’s 3rd-place 400 free relay. His best 200 breaststroke is a 2:04.7 from a mid-season meet in October of 2012, but expect him to be closer to the two-minute mark if he takes a good crack at it the rest of this season.

Given that when recruiting season opened this year, he had much more modest, mid-major type best times of 21.4 and 56.9 in those two events, that state meet was especially significant for him.

Groters, as he mentioned, will join an extremely deep breaststroke group that sent four to last year’s NCAA Championships, and three of them were underclassmen. As a freshman, it’s unlikely that he’ll be able to wrench away medley relay breaststroke spots from Sam Tierney and Igor Kozloskij (both who will be seniors when Groters is a freshman), but he has a very good shot at making an immediate relay impact in the 200 and 400 free relays.

Groters does his club training with the Davie Nadadores in south Florida.

Photo by: Jordy Groters   Story Courtesy :SwimSwam.com

Aruba wins TK5 Cup in Curaçao under guidance of coach Clifford Rasmijn of Brazil Taekwondo Stichting.

Curacao: Last friday the Tk5 Championships took place at International University of Curacao.

The Gymnasium was packed with fans routing for team Curacao who faced Puerto Rico and Aruba.

The Aruban  athletes who formed the Aruba team were: Jonathan Baez of Noord Taekwondo Center, Cleff Dede of San Nicolas Taekwondo Center and Rasheed Lowe, Justin Arrindell & Hakeem Lowe of Brazil Taekwondo Stichting. 

Aruba fought its first match against Puerto Rico and came out victorious. Next Aruba faced Curacao in the finals. In the first round the score was 20-11 for Aruba. In the second round of 5 minutes everything changed for team Aruba. Justin Arrindell with his long legs started to raise the score for Aruba. Aruba finished the round with a score of 47-17 defeating the Curacao TK5 team for the second consecutive year. 

Congratulations to all the athletes. This team will now continue to prepare to participate in the TK5 that will take place in February 2014 in Suriname. Aruba must also choose another athlete to replace Hakeem Lowe who will turn 12 in the month of November.

Marine Corps Marathon 2013: Lars Stolk finishes in 3:27:41

Washington: On Sunday 27th of October 2013 a group of Marine and Army Veterans parachuted from a fixed wing aircraft carrying American flags while the American National Anthem was being sung to start the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon.

The Marine Corps Marathon nicknamed "The Marathon of Monuments" offered climbs & declines as well as flat surface throughout the 26.2 miles. Representing Aruba and the Dutch Marine Corps was Lars Stolk. Lars finished the marathon in 3:27:41 coming 1250th place of the 23.513 participants. We would say that is a pretty good come back from his recent shoulder injury.

Lars commented:"Been there done that....3:27:41..Tried to get under 3:25 but too bad... It was a tough hilly marathon...My knee and my shoulder both hurt right know, but I made it!

With just one training the last three months...being in a stress period cause of the cancer of mom, my bike accident, I am so happy with my time!!! Thank you Aruba and Holland for your support again!!!! In 2 months I am bringing the medal home to Mom!!!!"

Duck Blabber wishes Lars the best of luck with his training and future races.

Jordy Groters, Patrick Groters & Daniella van den Berg shined at the Suns High School Swimming and Diving Invitational in Florida

Jordy Groters may have been a little jet lagged but showed no signs of letting up Saturday at the Suns High School Swimming and Diving Invitational at Nova Southeastern Aquatic Complex.

Groters, 16, a senior at University School, returned from Peru Thursday night after competing in the five-day South America Youth Games where he won a silver medal and two bronze medals in the 50, 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events for Aruba.

Groters shook off fatigue to win two individual events including the 100-yard butterfly in a lifetime-best. He was also a member of two winning relays to lead the defending champion Suns team to the boys’ and combined team titles.

“This morning when I woke up I was feeling a little ill, I was very tired from the meet and before that I had junior world championships,” Groters said. “In warm-up I felt really bad but I knew I had the weekend to rest so I just gave it my all today.

“I still wanted to try and get good times in as well,” Groters said. “I did not expect to go a best time in my butterfly at all. I was very happy about that, it is the highlight of my meet. I am very pumped and happy to be swimming fast again.”

Groters won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:55.19, nearly nine seconds ahead of Matheus Borgas of Sagemont (2:04.67) and younger brother Patrick Groters, an eighth grader at University School (2:09.27). The two brothers competed side-by side.

“The last time I swam against him was when I was 9 years old,” Groters said with a laugh. “And he beat me in the 50 back in Aruba. I wasn’t going to let him beat me this time.”

Groters won the 100-yard butterfly in a best time 51.98, bettering his previous time of 53.15. It is the fastest time in the county this season.

The Suns won the 200-yard medley relay (1:41.03) with Marco Hosfeld, Jordy Groters, Daniel Pereira and Mathew Lyn and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:29.75) with Lyn, Nicolas Oberndorfer, Patrick Groters and Jordy Groters.

“Everybody has improved and gotten better from last year,” Groters said. “With these times I am pretty sure we can medal at states in the relays and individually. It’s a great team and I love that I am a part of it.”

Groters, a 2016 Olympic hopeful for Aruba, said he would like to be the first swimmer from his country to qualify. No swimmer has earned a spot other than a wild card. “It would be a big honor,” he said. “I am close to the “B” cuts and in three years I think I can do it.”

Groters is being recruited by Louisville, South Carolina, Utah and Florida State.

Sagemont’s Daniella van der Berg, also coming off the South American Youth Games for Aruba where she took a bronze in the 800-meter freestyle, won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:58.16. Sagemont teammate Nilza Costa won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.03.

Jourde Klaber wins Bronze medal in Orlando.

Jourdé Klabér of Brazil Taekwondo Stichting wins Bronze medal in Orlando at the  "Daedo-Truescore 3rd International Open"

Last Saturday in Orlando took place the  "Daedo-Truescore 3rd International Open" and Jourdé Klabér of Brazil Taekwondo Stichting who participated in the Daedo- Truescore 3rd International Open in Orlando fought for his Bronze medal. The week before at the Panamerican Cadet Open in Mexico Jourdé Klabér won a Bronze medal and at the Pan American Open Jourdé Klabér won a Silver medal. It looks like Jourdé Klabér is stuck between Silver and Bronze aU result that might be good for many, but for his coached Albert Klaber & Clifford Rasmijn there is room for improvement.Clifford Rasmijn already started with harder trainings to bring the Gold medal for Aruba.Jourde Klaber was winning 8-7 against Rodrigo Alejandro Escobar Hernandes of Guatemala came to lose the Quarter Final 11-8, Rodrigo Alejandro Escobar Hernandez defeated CT Jean of USA.

The next international championship on the program in the Panama Open and the participation to the championship is being evaluated, seeing that this is going to be the last championship of stature for this year.

ODESUR: Day 4 of competition for Aruba

SWIMMING: Mikel Schreuders came in 10th place in the 200m Freestyle qualifiers.

                       Jordy Groters came in 2nd place in the 50m Breaststroke qualifiers. In the finals Jordy                                  Groters came in 2nd place earning him a silver medal.

CYCLING:    Cherley van der Linden came in 1st place in the TIME TRIALS.
                      Oriana Thielman came in 9th place in the TIME TRIALS.
                      Eugene Dirskz came in 5th place in the TIME TRIALS.
                      Jonathan Croes came in 7th place in the TIME TRIALS.

ODESUR: Day 3 of competition for Aruba

SWIMMING: Jordy Groters came in 7th place in 200m Individual Medley qualifiers and qualifies to the                              finals. In the finals Jordy Groters came in 4th place.
                       Mikel Schreuders came in 10th place in the 200m Individual Medley qualifiers.
                       Daniella van den Berg came in 5th place in the 200m Freestyle qualifiers and qualified to the                          finals. In the finals Daniella van den Berg came in 4th place.

TRIATHLON: Chester Hill came in 7th place.

TAEKWONDO: Myrdiano Ruiz was defeated by Chils in 55kg category.

CYCLING: Oriana Thielman finished 11th in the MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE.
                   Cherley van der Linden finished 12th in the MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE.
                   Eugene Dirskz finished 12th in the MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE.
                   Aschwin Dabian did not finish the MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE.

Chester Hill Triathlon video coverage.

ODESUR: Day 2 of competition for Aruba

SWIMMING: Jordy Groters finished 2nd in 100m Breaststroke qualifiers to qualify to the finals and                                    managed to win a Bronze medal in the 100m Breaststroke finals.
                       Mikel Schreuders finished 8th in 100m Breaststroke qualifiers to qualify to the finals and                                managed to finish in 6th place.
                       Joseph Winterdal finished 17th in 50m Freestyle qualifiers.
                       Daniella van den Berg 9th in 100m Freestyle.

CYCLING:    Cherley van der Linden finished 6th in the Road Race event.
                      Oriana Thielman got a flat tire which slowed her down leaving her to finish in 14th place.
                      Eugene Dirskz finished 13th in the Road Race event.
                      Jonathan Croes finished 17th in the Road Race event.

SAILING:      Mack van den Eerenbeemt finished 2nd in his race #3 & 3rd in his race #4 puting him in 3rd                         place in the overall points system up until now.

TAEKWONDO: Jada Meija wins a Bronze medal.

ODESUR: Day 1 of competition for Aruba

SWIMMING:       Daniella van den Berg earned a Bronze medal in 800m Freestyle. 
                             Jordy Groters finished 8th in 100m Freestyle Finals.
                             Jospeh Winterdal finished 12th in 100m Butterfly stroke qualifiers. 

CYCLING BMX: Zaithyel Soekander crashes in the first round and was unable to continue his race.                                          Aschwin Dabian came in 2nd place. 

BOXING:             Guillermo Kelkboom lost to technical knockdown in 3rd round against Uruguay 

SAILING:             Mack van den Eerenbeemt finished 5th in his Race #1 and he finished 3rd in his race #2

BMX video coverage.

 

BOXING video coverage.

CAC Bodybuilding Championship 2013: 4 Aruban bodybuilders qualified to the next round.

Yesterday the Aruban team competed and managed to qualify for the next round. the following team Aruba members qualified.

Light heavyweight Luis Araque 

Junior Lorenzo Leeuwe 

Physique Chris Garcia

Bikini Sharon Puy

After the competition the athletes had a well deserved cheat meal.

Today is the preliminarie contest

Aruban Bodybuilders ready to compete in Dominican Republic.

The Aruban Bodybuilders are ready to represent Aruba to the best of their ability. Yesterday after their arrival they went straight to carb loading to be at their best.

This morning they are excited and waiting to compete Duck Blabber wishes them the best of luck!

The South American Youth Games Inaugurated.

In a ceremony held in the Plaza de Armas, the South American Youth Games was inaugurated yesterday, competition will be held at various venues in Lima and will serve for the preparation of figures with a view to the 2016 Rio Olympics and Tokyo 2020.

This competition, which will take place until 29 September, 14 countries participate in athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, fencing, gymnastics, judo, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, rowing, tae kwon do, tennis, table tennis, triathlon, sailing and beach volleyball.

Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays

Aruban Bodybuilding team to represent Aruba at 41st IFBB Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships.

A team of  10 will be representing Aruba at the 41st IFBB Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships and General Assembly to be held in the Dominican Republic.

The event begins today and runs until September 23. The competition is the highest in the region and treasured because it gives winners their only opportunity to become IFBB professionals.
The Aruban team consists of Luis Araque, Guiver Scholten, Wesly Simon, Lorenzo Leeuwe, Lee-John Figaroa, Mishkal Faro, Glenn Dubero, Cristian Garcia, Sharon Puy

Duck Blabber wishes all of them the best of luck.

the athletes arrived safely and excited.

Photos By: Lee-John Figaroa

Boston Red Sox v.s Baltimore Orioles

Boston Red Sox v.s Baltimore Orioles

Had the Red Sox won Tuesday night at Fenway Park, rather than lost to the Orioles, 3-2, and had the Indians lost, the Sox would have acknowledged making the playoffs but wouldn't have gone crazy.

The Red Sox, whose magic number to clinch the American League East is now 3, ended a three-game winning streak. It was a shocking loss with Koji Uehara allowing the Orioles the go-ahead run in the ninth inning of a 2-2 game. His streak of retiring 37 consecutive batters came to an end, as did his 30.1 inning scoreless streak, when he allowed a Danny Valencia leadoff triple over Shane Victorino's head and off the tip of his glove. Matt Wieters hit a sacrifice fly to right to score pinch runner Alexi Casilla.

One of the most impressive aspects of the game for the Red Sox was Craig Breslow getting out of a second-and-third, nobody-out jam in the eighth. Brandon Workman, who pitched an effective seventh, allowed a single to Nate McLouth and a double to Manny Machado. Enter Breslow. He retired Chris Davis, who earlier had hit his Orioles record-setting 51st home run, on a ground ball to short. The runner at third held. Breslow got the dangerous Adam Jones on another grounder to short, then retired Nick Markakis on a fly ball to center.

The Red Sox got on the board first when Dustin Pedroia hit a leadoff home run in the first inning. It was his 99th career homer, snapping a 176 at-bat homerless drought.

Ryan Dempster didn't factor in the win, but he pitched well over six innings, allowing two runs, four walks, and striking out five. It was his second quality start since the All-Star break. Dempster now has a 2.19 ERA against the Orioles in six career starts.

Stephen Drew stole two bases, his first career multi-steal game. The last Red Sox shortstop to swipe two bases was Julio Lugo Sept. 30, 2007.

The Red Sox went 3 for 3 in steal attempts and have stolen 35 straight, the longest streak since Toronto stole 38 straight in 1993. The Red Sox lead the majors with an 86.2 stolen base percentage.

Aruba's Youth South American Games 2013 delegation

Last Saturday COA (Aruba Olympic Committee)  presented the Youth South American Games 2013 Lima,Peru delegation. The Games will take place September 20th to the 29th. The opening Ceremony will be on the 20th. A total of 20 Aruban athletes from 9 different disciplines (Boxing, Cycling, BMX, Judo, Swimming, Weightlifting, Taekwondo, Sailing & Triathlon) will represent Aruba Good Luck to all athletes. Aruba Ariba!

The athletes representing Aruba are as following:

BOXING: Guillermo Kelkboom

CYCLING: Eugene Dirksz, Jonathan Croes, Cherley van der Linden, Oriana Thielman

BMX: Zaithyel Soekander & Aschwin Dabian

JUDO: Emmazira Kelly, Aigil Brete & Isaac Croes

SWIMMING: Mikel Schreuders, Jordy Groters, Daniella van den Berg & Joseph Winterdal

WEIGHTLIFTING: Zymion Loopstok

TAEKWONDO: Jada Meija, Angelo Rodriquez &  Myrdiano Ruiz

SAILING: Mack van den Eerenbeemt

TRIATHLON: Chester Hill 

CONCACAF D License Course for Coaching in Aruba

CONCACAF organized its first series of "D License Course for Coaching" in the Caribbean in Aruba. Yesterday the closing ceremony took place and the certificates were presened to the 27 participating football coaches who passed the exam successfully. They represented 10 different countries. Congratulations to Arubaanse Voetbal Bond, to Hugo Salcedo and Jonathan Martinez, as well as Keih Look-Loy and Andres Portobella of CONCACAF, and Etienne Silie the instructor of the course.

Xander Bogaerts plays his part in Red Sox victory against the New York Yankees

BOSTON —The Red Sox have played 25 games since Xander Bogaerts was promoted from Triple A Pawtucket Aug. 19. Sunday night’s 9-2 victory over the Yankees was only the ninth he has started. While it may seem unusual for a team to promote a 20-year-old prospect to have a role off the bench, it served two purposes. The addition of Bogaerts to the roster immediately made the Red Sox a better team and it furthers his development in preparation for a bigger role next season. 

“It has been a great experience for me,” Bogaerts said. “The opportunity to be around this team means a lot to me. I’m learning things every day.”

Derek Jeter took a momentary pause Sunday night after asking a reporter how old Xander Bogaerts is. "Twenty-years old?" Jeter, 39, said with a smile. "I don't remember when I was 20-years old. I thought he played well. He's swinging the bat pretty good, he's playing great defense. Is he mainly a shortstop?" Another great question. Jeter and Bogaerts are both listed at 6-foot-3, and Bogaerts has faced questions already about just what his long-term position is: shortstop, or is he too tall? The Red Sox fully believe in Bogaerts at shortstop, although that doesn't mean down the road he couldn't switch positions. The rookie looked great at third base again on Sunday, starting for Will Middlebrooks, who has the flu. "There's questions because he's tall?" Jeter said. "Well, if he was short, they'd say there's questions because he's short. There's always questions. But he's been pretty impressive from what I saw. I didn't see him a lot." Jeter heard those height questions himself. "Sometimes," he recalled. "You know, they'd say because we were a little bit taller — and then there was a wave of guys who came up who were pretty tall. He seems like he has a bright future." Jeter's sample size of Bogaerts has indeed been small, but the Yankees captain was a witness to the shot. Jeter was on the field when Bogaerts hit his first major-league home run on Sept. 7, a 443-foot bomb over the left-center field bullpen at Yankee Stadium. It registered as the second-longest homer in the Bronx this season, according to ESPN — falling short of Francisco Cervelli's leading homer by one foot. "First home run, which is something you always remember, to hit over at Yankee Stadium," Jeter said, "I'm sure it's kind of special for him."

Team BMX Aruba with successful training's camp in USA

As part of the training plan for the preparation towards the South American Youth Games 2013 which will take place this month in Lima Peru, Team BMX Aruba members Zaithyel Soekander & Aschwin Dabian traveled to USA to participate in a 9 day training's camp. 
 

As part of the training's camp they participated in the Derby City Nationals 2013 which took place in Louisville, Kentucky on during the days 23rd to 25th of August. The championship consisted of 3 day competition so in total they competed in 6 races, seeing that both athletes raced in Expert 16 & Open Class category. 

For 3 days the athletes dedicated themselves to nothing but the races. Naturaly it was also a great opportunity for them to measure forces against their North American opponents. For Zaithyel who is member of the american team GHP, it was at the same time a good opportunity to represent his team accumulate points for team GHP. 

The results were as following:
Zaithyel qualified for all his 6 races and made it to the finals in all of them, y conquered 3 gold titles, 2 bronze titles & a 4th place position. 
Ashwin also qualified for all his 6 races of which he made it to the finals in 4 of them. He conquered a silver title, a bronze title & two 4th position results.

The following Monday they departed towards Cape Coral, Florida to continue the training's camp. They went through technical,physical & mental preparation in the hands of their coach Mr. Pedro Estaba. In the weekend of 6th to 8th of September they participated in the Florida State USA Championship 2013. Both of them raced 2 races total in Expert 16 category. This Championship was also very successful for both athletes. Both athletes qualified to the finals in their races.

The results were as following:
Zaithyel conquered 2 gold titles & Aschwin conquered 2 silver titles.

On September 17th both athletes will make their way to Lima, Peru to represent Aruba in the BMX discipline. The expectations are very high for both BMX athletes seeing their results up until now.

Below  video coverage of the training camp.

PWA Netherlands World Cup: Aruban Windsurfer Sarah-Quita Offringa claims her 6th PWA Freestyle World Championship in a row

The return of the PWA to the Netherlands for the first time in fifteen years proved to be a huge success as Brouwersdam produced a superb blend of conditions for the elite of the freestyle world. Anything from storm force winds combined with heavy rain, to glorious evening light with 20 knots and perfect flat water greeted the competitors over the course of the week. Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins) proved once again that she is in a world of her own as she emphatically claimed her sixth PWA Freestyle world championship in a row. In the meantime Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra) ended the reigning world champions - Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North) - unbeaten record, as the Venezuelan tasted defeat for the first time since 2012 - but more importantly Thode claimed the event victory - his first since 2011 - to blow the title race wide open.

Sarah-Quita Offringa showed exactly why she is considered the Queen of freestyle once again as she stormed to a sixth PWA Freestyle world championship in a row. Offringa showed that she has the skills to worry many of her male counterparts, as she rotated through text-book funnels, explosive konos and superb one-handed spocks. Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins) produced an excellent performance in the double elimination as she landed stylish one-handed funnels, perfect flakas and clew-first punetas, however it wasn’t enough to defeat the true Queen of freestyle Sarah-Quita Offringa.

Overall Men's Results @ DAM7 PWA Netherlands World Cup:

1st Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra)

2nd Steven van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde) 

3rd Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra)

4th Jose 'Gollito' Estredo (Fanatic / North)

5th Youp Schmit (JP / NeilPryde)

6th Davy Scheffers (Tabou / Gaastra)

7th Adrien Bosson (Fanatic / North / Maui Ultra Fins)

7th Anthony Ruenes (Tabou / Gaastra)

9th Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne)

9th Philip Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks)

9th Max Rowe (Fanatic / North)

9th Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)

Overall Women's Results @ DAM7 PWA Netherlands World Cup:

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins)

2nd Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins)

3rd Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North)

4th Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde)

5th Oda Johanne Brodholt (Maui Ultra Fins)

Results EFPT Tow-in Final

1st Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North)

2nd Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra)

3rd Max Matissek (Fanatic / North)

Sarah-Quita Offringa having some fun.