The final industry rankings are based on the best three results for each
brand across all disciplines, including both men and women. Each rider may only
include their best results for each discipline.
With a total of four gold medals, the North Sails team harvested most overall
world titles. Two of those titles were won in the brand new Slalom 42 discipline
and the other two in waves and freestyle. Neil Pryde, Gaastra and Naish Sails
all score one world championship; Neil Pryde conquers the freestyle world title,
Gaastra the Super X title and Naish Sails the overall wave title.
In the board manufacturers’ rankings F2 comes out on top with three world
titles; two in Slalom 42 and one in Super X. Mistral is a close second with two
world titles; one in waves and one in freestyle. JP Australia, Tabou and Quatro
all bring in one world title; JP Australia scores another freestyle
victory, Tabou is top brand in Super X and Quatro secures the 2005 wave crown.
Although Fanatic has to make do without a world title, the board brand does take
third place based on points.
Below are the top 6 manufacturers’ ranking lists for the 2005 season:
Sail Brand Ranking
1 North Sails 2.75
2 Neil Pryde
6.7
3 Gaastra 8.7
4 Naish Sails 9.2
5 MauiSails 12.5
6 Severne
17
Board Brand Ranking
1 F2 2.75
2 Mistral 3.4
3
Fanatic 7.5
4 JP 7.7
5 Tabou` 17.7
6 Quatro 30.2
Source: PWA Windsurfing
