The Alaïa Open Winter Cup, the final stage of the Edelweiss Surf Tour (a Swiss tour combining river, stationary, and wave-pool surfing), will take place on November 5 and 6. For this second edition of the competition, more than 80 surfers will compete in the only wave pool in continental Europe. The athletes will compete for CHF $4,000 in prize money and the title of Swiss Wave Pool Champion. The weekend promises a quality show in the water and out, with two massive parties lighting up Alaïa Bay.
As I mentioned above, the competition will accommodate the final stage of the Edelweiss Surf Tour, a national surfing tour in collaboration with Swiss Surfing. After proving their talent on standing waves in Lucerne (Oana) and Zurich (Urbnsurf), as well as river waves on the river Aare in Thun, it’s now time for athletes to showcase their talents in the Alaïa Bay wave pool.
It’s gonna be burrrrly…
The new Swiss wave pool champions will be announced at the end of the competition, and the Edelweiss Surf Tour champions will be crowned for the first time. For this final competition, announced as the coldest of the tour, 80 Swiss and international participants will be competing in four categories: open women and men and junior girls and boys.
Among the competitors are the Switzerland natives Durbi Castillo and Alena Gubler. After three contests, they are in first place in the men and women’s categories and have a good chance of winning the tour. There will also be a healthy contingent of Basque and German surfers representing.
