HIGHLIGHTS – DAY 4 – SLALOM X – FUERTEVENTURA ⚡️
Apocalyptic conditions on Day 4 left the World’s best racing at their absolute limits. The 2026 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam is proving to be a true war of attrition with no pause to catch your breath from the relentless howling winds. Yesterday marked possibly the most hardcore conditions of the event thus far as more 50 knot gusts were registered, while the rise in swell overnight caused further havoc on the racecourse. With a variety of courses being utilised, including the infamous ‘Downwind of Death’, there were several huge wipeouts, and just making it to the end of the course was an achievement in itself.
It’s hard to put into words just how difficult the conditions were, but when you have professionals who would probably make 100 gybes out of 100 in normal conditions fighting for dear life just to stay on their boards, it should give you some context about just how extreme the conditions were.
A huge congratulations to Justine Lemeteyer for winning her maiden Slalom-X World Title, taking her tally up to 3 PWA World Titles at just 23 years of age.
Today the Men’s Slalom-X Event and World Champion will be crowned so get tuned in for all the action from 12:00 at pwaworldtour.com
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🏆 38. Fuerteventura World Cup
🗓️ Freestyle: 17th – 21st July // Slalom-X: 22nd – 26th July
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Event Page: @worldcupfuerteventura
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