Red Bull Expression Session
In the afternoon onshore swell, APP athletes took to the water for a chance to win 500 euros for Men & Women as part of Red Bull’s “Big Move” Expression Session to start the competition in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Women’s Top 3 Red Bull Expression Session: (1) Izzi Gomez (USA) ; (2) Iballa Moreno (SPA) ; (3) Nicole Pacell (BRA). Photo by: Rodrigo Jimenez / APP World Tour
Arriving at the podium, in a ceremony hosted by Bjorn Dunkerbeck, a multiple windsurfing world title legend and the APP’s great host here in the Canaries, the Top 3 were awarded medals and a check for 500 euros to the first place winner courtesy of Red Bull. The judges awarded Frenchman Benoit Carpentier a third place win. Hawaiian Zane Schweitzer placed 2nd and coming out on top was the bold, young player from French Polynesia, Poenaiki Raioha. Photo by: Rodrigo Jimenez / APP World Tour