The first stop on the Canary Island bout of competition saw the world's elite freestylers take to the crystal clear waters of Lanzarote for a four day freestyle clash.

The magnificent town of Costa Teguise played host for the competition and delivered exceptional conditions. Four days of wind blowing around 15-20 knots, combined with small waves ensured the thirty one man freestyle fleet were tested to the limits of their talent, and they had to perform their largest aerial maneuvers to make it through the heats.

The opening day of competition kicked off to a flying start, seeing eighteen heats of the single elimination completed. As expected, Belgian freestyle icon Steven Van Broeckhoven (F2 / Gaastra), Bonaire superstar Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra) and Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic) quickly disposed of their opponents guaranteeing their positions in the semi-finals.

The big upset of the day arrived in heat 19, when Anthony Ruenes (Tabou / Simmer) and the style master Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra) went head to head. Tonky sailed an exceptional heat landing his moves with faultless precision, however Ruenes was on fire and caught the judge's attention with his colossal one handed shaka and his no-handed funnel. Ruenes stole the win with a 2-1 decision from the judges.

Light winds placed the sailors on hold throughout the majority of the second day, until a final flurry of wind allowed three heats to be completed and some last minute drama to unfold.

Davy Scheffers (Tabou / Gaastra) sailed the heat of his life landing clean burners and culos, leading to an early exit from Thode. Meanwhile, Van Broeckhoven was going about landing his perfect power moves in the challenging conditions, taking down Phil Soltysiak (Starboard / Dakine).

Ruenes continued his path of destruction destroying Tonky's brother Taty, with his carefully polished maneuvers.

The single elimination continued into the third day, picking up the action at heat 23, the sailors were shuffled into their respective finals. Scheffers buckled under the pressure of Van Broeckhoven. Simultaneously Jose Estredo (Fanatic / North) granted his pass into the winners final defeating Ruenes with his powerful ponchs and super high shakas.

The final saw Estredo and Van Broeckhoven enter the water to battle it out for first place. Estredo was on fine form throughout the heat, taking advantage of the stronger winds and the small waves. He opened with a future and quickly flew through a succession of extreme moves including a fully planning push loop and an air chachoo. Van Broeckhoven crashed his initial move and spent the remainder of the heat playing catch up. Despite the Steven's best efforts Estredo was back in his element capitalizing on the ramps and big air maneuvers. After a tense wait while the judges calculated the score sheets, Estredo was awarded first place in front of a large crowd on the beach.