Press Launch from CityWave:
CHELAN, WA – After three consecutive wins by the Europeans, Group USA lastly acquired its arms on the trophy. At Lakeside Surf’s iconic citywave, Group USA claimed its first-ever Continental Surf Cup title, closing out the weekend 27.75 to 23.25 over a Group Europe squad that got here in chasing a fourth win.
It wasn’t for lack of European expertise. Germany’s Lennard Weinhold delivered perhaps the efficiency of his profession, posting a blistering 19.33 within the Males’s Last to assert his fourth particular person title in a row – a real feat of consistency on one of many world’s most efficiency pushed citywaves. However particular person fireworks weren’t sufficient this time. Group USA’s depth throughout each spherical – Browsing Classics, Normal Heats, and Greatest Trick – added as much as the distinction.
The Greatest Trick session informed its personal story. Group USA’s worldwide wildcard, Panama’s Jose “Cacaro” Lopez, landed the best rating of the lads’s area at 9.23 to take the Males’s Greatest Trick title in his Continental Surf Cup debut, with teammates Money Eygabroad and Ben Benson rounding out three of the highest 4 spots. On the ladies’s aspect, Money Hoover was merely untouchable – she took each the Ladies’s Open particular person title and the Ladies’s Greatest Trick crown, extending her run as probably the most dominant riders this occasion has ever seen.
The Males’s Last was the tightest of the weekend: Weinhold’s 19.33 held off Eygabroad’s 18.80 by simply over half some extent, with Maximilian Lex (18.68) and Lopez (18.40) finishing the rostrum. Within the Group Finals, Weinhold and Lex superior collectively for Europe, whereas Eygabroad and Lopez carried the flag for the People – a preview of precisely how tight the general scoreline would find yourself.
Lakeside Surf drew capability crowds throughout each days, and the environment on the banks matched the drama within the water – each warmth, each trick, each level mattered proper all the way down to the ultimate horn. For Chelan, internet hosting the Continental Surf Cup has grow to be greater than a contest weekend; it’s a dependable draw for guests, media, and surf followers from around the globe, and this yr’s workforce end result will solely add to that pull heading into 2027.
The Continental Surf Cup is collectively hosted by Lakeside Surf and citywave® on Lakeside Surf’s 16-meter-wide venue engineered by Rainer and Susi Klimaschewski.
