This year on November 14^ththe beautiful island of Sal, Cabo Verde will greet the world's most impressive professional windsurfers as they prepare to battle it out for their final 2010 rankings. Regarded by many of the world's top pros as thebest wavesailing location on the planet, they will undoubtedly find it hard to contain their excitement as they're given the opportunity to hit those perfect lips at Ponta Preta! However, add in the element of competition, those precious world cup points, wildcard entries, the ?30,000 prize pot, and of course the rocks, and the nerves will soon kick in.

Only one World Champion will be crowned, and with the rankings wide open, it's bound to be an exciting showdown between the most talented competitors from across the globe. With the fleet narrowed down to just the top thirty-two, the level will be sky high, and with a few wild cards, including former PWA wave world champion, Jason Polakow (JP, NeilPryde) thrown into the mix, it'll make for the most impressive wave sailing we've seen this year! And don't forget, you'll be able to watch it all in real-time on PWA Live TV.

High profile resident, and two time PWA wave world champion, Josh Angulo (Angulo, Gun) has played an instrumental part in making this incomparable wave final happen along with the event's main sponsor the Cape Verdian Investment Agency. Despite Angulo announcing his retirement from official PWA wave competition last year, he'll be returning to the scene to bust out some of his notoriously high one-handed aerials in front of his home crowds in an attempt to stamp his authority on the PWA's finest.

Angulo commented: "We're firing on all cylinders at the prospect of closing the 2010 season in Cabo Verde. Historically the biggest finals ever were in Hawaii, and now Cabo Verde has jumped into the driver's seat with the billing of 'best windsurf spot in the world'. The mixture of wavesailing's legends clashing their epoxy swords with the PWA warriors of today should make for one of the heaviest showdowns of all time. The early winter period of November brings with it fresh 'alizes' breezes as well as pulsing Atlantic swells which combine for a lethal cocktail of 'Ponta Preta on the rocks'. I personally look forward to a one-off wave competition appearance and will have to buckle down to try and hold my top spot in the lineup, but most of all I look forward to once again welcoming the world, alongside CapeVerde Investimentos and Camara Do Sal, to the friendly islands of Cabo Verde."

Wind & Waves

We asked the double world title holder, and two time Cabo Verde champion, Josh Angulo for his thoughts on the conditions at this time of year.

Josh commented: "November is typically the time of year when the trade winds return and the winter swells start rolling in. Everybody thinks it only works in Feb/March, but actually many of our best sessions are in November and we pray this year turns out the same. I'm confident that between the 15th and 23rd we'll get a bombing swell with wind and once again Ponta Preta will show why it is the world's showcase event. This year beyond the windsurfing, the event has expanded into Santa Maria where we will have some awesome cultural events. The Cabo Verde event is basically becoming a must attend watersports festival with the coolest vibe possible. There will also be live web-streaming which can be seen at www.caboverdeworldcup.comamongst other websites."