Ethan Westera is the 2017 IFCA World Slalom Champion!!! ….and he’s only 19 years old!!!
Awesome result for the young fella from Aruba!!
And YES I know it’s not the PWA and not all the Big guns were there… BUT to Win any event is hard and there were still a lot of BIG NAMES trying to get their name on the trophy… Cyril Mousimani, Jordy Vonk, Maciek Rutkowski, Andrea Rosati to Name a few!!
So that is a HUGE result for him and i’m sure it will give him a lot of confidence going into future events. To be fair he is no stranger to winning. Just check his Youth title below!! He’s a winner… so watch this space!
Also keep a look out for the NEW Young Guns coming through: Basile Jacquin who finished 6th!!! …and Nicolas Goyard just out of the youths in 8th!! impressive results!
From Social Media Ethan said:
‘Ethan Westera ARU-4 feeling stoked.
I always had one dream and that was to be young and be able to compete on the top of my sport.
I can finally say that I’m getting there. What a event, still need to process what just happened. After PWA Costa Brava to this results is crazy. I’m just so happy with always not giving up and just keep pushing until the end. I have so many people to thank, which I will be doing in this message!
First of all, Thanks to everyone that made this event happen! We had one of the nicest (extremest) conditions to sail in, which made it so exciting! Thanks Paal 17 Texel IFCA Slalom-Worlds-Texel!!!!
Second of all, Thanks to my Father, Mother, Opa Caddy and my Aunt (Irene) for always being there for me and giving me the chance to do all this!! Love you guys.
Third of all, Thanks to Jordy Vonk, Ben Van Der Steen, Gonzalo Costa Hoevel ARG3, TWS Pro Slalom Training and many more people that I can’t remember now for all the trainings and sailing together! Always helping me to get better and just have a amazing time together! You are all LEGENDS!!
As last, Thanks to all my sponsors! I know I don’t have many, but I hope that will change soon… ahhaha Gaastra Windsurfing Tabou Windsurfing F-hot World of windsurf Aruba Watersports Center Club di Movimiento Al Training Performance Center
Thanks everyone for the kind messages!’
ARUBA TIN ADEN!!!!
Extra Info/results on Westera…
Windsurfer: Slalom and Freestyle.
Trying to become the best i can be:)
follow me on instagram: http://instagram.com/ethanwest4
-IFCA world champion under 15 slalom 2011
-IFCA world champion under 15 freestyle and vice world champion under 17 2011
-IFCA world championship youth (under 20) 4th slalom. (15 years old), IFCA world championship Men 9th place overall.
-PWA Turkey slalom 2014, 30th place overall and 3rd in youth.
– PWA overall ranking 2014 slalom, 42nd overall and 3rd in youth. (16 years old)
-PWA Fuerteventura slalom 2015 19th overall and 1st in youth.
-IFCA youth worlds slalom 2015 in Italy, vice world champion.
-PWA Turkey slalom 2015, 25th overall and 1st youth.
