The wind gods blessed the racers in Costa Brava with some awesome conditions on both day one and day three of competition, allowing two of the PWA's longest standing legends to take control of their respective fleets at the event, and move into pole position in the overall rankings.

Fifty-nine men competed in a full round of high-octane slalom on the first day, which saw Bjorn Dunkerbeck (Starboard, Severne, Mystic) take the early lead. A second elimination was also started, but the wind dropped off in the early evening causing the racing to be cancelled for another day. The women's fleet saw twenty-one fast and furious females competing in the biggest fleet the PWA has seen for over a year. And, in a similar fashion to the men, the women managed to complete one full round on the first day which saw Valerie Arrighetti nee Ghibadou (Tabou, Loft, Mystic) take first line honours and the event lead.

Day two was the first without wind, meaning the world's best had to wait until day three to resume the second elimination. The third day saw big swells and gusty winds which enabled the men to race through the early round heats, but just as the finals were about to start, the wind dropped yet again. However, the women managed to squeeze in a full round of racing which saw Karin Jaggi (Patrik, Severne) claiming victory.

The remaining three days of competition were frustratingly spent on hold with the wind refusing to blow consistently enough for any world cup competition to take place.

Men

Day one saw the mighty Dunkerbeck dominate the fleet on his Severne Reflex 8.6 and Starboard iSonic 111. He flew off the start line in every race, and won his early round heats with a convincing margin. By the time the winner's final came round, he was full of confidence and was without doubt one of the fastest racers on the water. His speed helped him to achieve an early lead with the 2009 world champion, Antoine Albeau (JP, NeilPryde) trailing in his wake. At mark three, following a not so perfect gybe, it looked like Albeau might overtake Dunkerbeck, but he put the pedal to the metal and raced off ahead to take the bullet.

With the conclusion of race 2 unable to take place, and both Albeau and Dunkerbeck having qualified for the winner's final, they were awarded equal points for that race. This meant Dunkerbeck's first race win put him on the top of the podium, for the first time since Sylt 2008, with Albeau having to settle for second.

Flying Frenchman Cyril Moussilmani scraped through his early heats in race one, but managed to put in an excellent performance in the winner's final to finish just behind Dunkerbeck and Albeau. He then qualified for the final of race 2, which earned him the final spot on the podium for the event.