Gran Canaria World Cup 2025

Pro Men:

Having won the event last year, Marino Gil Gherardi was chomping at the bit to show the world what he could do in the absolutely nuclear conditions that were on offer for the Men’s single and double eliminations.

With winds gusting from 40-50 knots, all the sailors were on their smallest sails and the action was non-stop and nail biting due to the intense conditions, every minor mistake could result in injury and / or lost and broken gear. Marino absolutely charged through the single elimination, winning all of his heats until the final, beating both eventual event winner, Philip Koster, and 2nd place finisher, Marcilio Browne on the way, consistently posting heat score totals above 30 points. In the Final of the single elimination, the action was some of the craziest ever seen in Pozo.

Marino and Marcilio started the final with a massive push loop forward off the same wave, Philip Koster also scored close to 10 points for a push forward.

For the battle of the 2nd jump, it came down to the double forwards and both Marcilio and Philip were able to score close to 10 points with their stalled doubles early on and then concentrate on wave riding. Marino racked up some solid wave scores to get himself into contention for the win with a wave-ride total of 12.12 points but it was clear he was searching for that trademark stalled double forward to put himself in the lead. The ramp came to him right at the very end of the heat and, true to form, he soared up in to what would have been the highest of all the stalled doubles in the final but right as he was coming down from the jump, a mega gust hit him and forced him to miss the landing, resulting in the judges scoring it as a crash. 

Still, 3rd place in one of the all-time finals was a rewarding result for Marino and his performance in that final solidifies Marino as one of the greatest Pozo sailors of all time. 

In the double elimination, Marino started extremely strong, defeating an on-fire Marc Pare with a very solid performance and then came up against Marcilio Browne. This time, Marino scored a perfect 10 for his push loop forward and beat Marcilio in the waves but could not find the ramp for his signature stalled double, while Marcilio was able to find one and that ended up being the difference once again so Marino had to settle for 3rd place.