Andrea Zust (SUI) land back-to-back Hydrofoil titles, Hugo Wigglesworth (NZL) grabs his first | GKA Hydrofoil Big Air World Cup – Abu Dhabi (UAE)
The women’s final was Annie Branton’s first and her inexperience showed when the young Briton made a slow start. The 16-year-old was timed out for her first two tricks and failed to score. But she found her groove and finished strongly. A last gasp trick lifted her to third place ahead of the Czech Republic’s Katerina Salandova. Christelle Divry was another debutant on the tour. But the 37-year-old Frenchwoman is also a snow kite champion and her competition nous shone through. She retained her composure to claw back a deficit and it carried her to second overall. Defending world champion Andrew Zust faltered on her first trick. But she never looked back after that, landed every trick and kept her scoreboard mounting. It gave her the win in Abu Dhabi.
The men´s final was a mouthwatering prospect. Leonardo Casati and Borja Vellon appeared evenly matched. But Casati throws down several big scores in mid-heat and appeared set to come out on top. By contrast, Vellon crashed successive tricks and looked out of contention. The escape artist Vellon pulls it out with his last trick, and squeezed into third place. The big guns, Finn Flügel and Hugo Wigglesworth, each knew where the threat lay. Flügel opened big with complex and smooth tricks. Wigglesworth lit it up with a massive Backroll Rodeo that the judges loved for 9.07 from 10. He piled on the pressure with his innovative new move.
Flügel ups the ante, changing kites to go for an unhooked handlepass. Eventually it works, but fails to score well enough to stem the tide and the German teenager has to settle for second place after Wigglesworth nailed several big tricks at the death.
| GKA Hydrofoil Big Air World Cup Abu Dhabi 2025 – Men | GKA Hydrofoil Big Air World Cup Abu Dhabi 2025 – Women |
| 1| Hugo Wigglesworth (NZL) | 1| Andrea Zust (SUI) |
| 2| Finn Flügel (GER) | 2| Christelle Divry (FRA) |
| 3| Borja Vellon (ESP) | 3| Annie Branton (GBR) |
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