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| [day 03] - 19.07.03
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| History has just been made in Fuerteventura in the most exiting display of freestyle the world has ever seen with 4m weather nuclear conditions. Today saw the completion of two full rounds for both men and women with the most radical action coming in the second round (see below), where of the top sixteen, half of them are from South America, all but one of them are under twenty-one and one of them scored perfect tens for his unbelievable performance.
Round one completed.
During the first rounds this morning, Taty Frans (AHD / Naish) eliminated his older brother Tonky (AHD / Naish) whilst Robby Swift (JP / Neil Pryde) narrowly beat Diony Guadagnino (Neil Pryde) to go on and meet each other in the semi finals.
Even Swifty’s trade mark move; a shove-it into a spock, a shaka and at least ten other radical moves weren’t enough to beat Taty’s diablos and contorted switch stance, clew first extreme freestyling.
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|  | | | Ricardo Shaka | |
Colin Sifferlen (Starboard) was on fire after knocking top seed Ricardo Campello (JP / Neil Pryde) out yesterday, and beating Remko De Weerd (Fanatic / Gaastra) and Jonas Ceballos (Fanatic / Gaastra) today. But Swifty went on to beat Colin in the losers final to finish third overall at the end of the first round.
Venezuela’s sixteen year old Douglas Diaz (Fanatic / North) was leading the other side of the draw beating Kauli Seadi (AHD / Naish), the new teenage sensation Kevin Mevissen (JP / Neil Pryde) from Holland and then Colin to fight his way to the finals to meet Taty.
Throughout these four man heats, every sailor would time the start of their heat with a big move right under the judges tower, so literally within seconds of the green flag going up, four sailors would explode into a mad display of spock variations before scattering around the competition area with their furious routines.
The final between Taty and Douglas was typical of virtually every heat here; too many moves to list and many of them so complicated they left the crowd bewildered! But it was Douglas Diaz (Fanatic / Naish) who stole the show winning his first major competition round and putting him in serious contention for the world title.
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Women’s Round One.
The second elimination of the women’s fleet started dramatically this morning with Austria’s Claudia Vogt (Fanatic / Arrows) dislocating her shoulder in a terrible wipe out.
Today it was Daida Moreno’s turn (Mistral / North) to revenge her sister, but only after she sailed four heats in a row; that’s basically an hour of non-stop competition sailing, which takes infinitely more energy than free sailing. During her battles she only just beat young Sylvia Orozco, from Tarifa, who stunned the judges with an awesome one-handed spock, and yesterdays third placed Tanja Emig.
Alongside her charge was yet another Gran Canarian Nayra Alonso, who’d beaten Angela Peral (JP / Neil Pryde) and Germany’s Anne-Katherin Stevens, also charging through this vicious work out of heats maxed out on 4m sails.
Daida met Karin Jaggi (F2 / Arrows) in the first finals and won, but on their rematch, Karin stole the show with full speed one handed spocks winning the first round.
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| Women’s Round Two.
In the second round Iballa (Mistral / North) struggled to find her form whilst Tanja stepped up a gear with a threatening display that could see her potentially winning a title. Tanja went all the way to the semis where only Karin could stop her, whilst Daida put an end to Nayra’s attack with a back loop! The only back loop of the day showing the crowds why she competes against the men in waves.
But in the finals Karin was on fire again, with more speed going into her moves she came out planing from a spock which clinched the deal beating Daida despite a gallant and radical display from her.
Men’s Round Two.
The crowds were in awe as the Brazil nuts Ricardo Campello (JP / Neil Pryde) and Kauli Seadi (AHD / Naish) met in the quarter finals with a display that stood out as the highest scoring heat of the event so far. Kauli started with a goiter off the shore break which Ricardo copied within seconds. They matched each other with non-stop spocks and flakas until Ricardo landed a huge ponch, Kauli replied with a crazy pete, then Ricardo fought back with a planing air flaka. The battle was insane with Ricardo eventually advancing to the semi finals only to be taken down for the second time here by the explosive Colin Sifferlen (Starboard).
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| Immediately after the crowds had been left dazed by the Brazilian’s heat, Britain’s Robby Swift (JP / Neil Pryde) upped the pace big time. For the first time in freestyle history, Swifty scored perfect tens in the three categories; Style, Variety and Quality, and a perfect thirty for overall impression. His display of massive shove-it variations and a planing goita put a very heavy-handed end to Konan Lang’s (Naish) brilliance so far.
Swifty’s form today was clearly the strongest, but during the finals it was very close between him and the casual style of Colin, until with only five seconds to go, Swifty landed the highest shaka of the event and sealed a deserved radical victory, putting him in the lead overall after two rounds.
With every heat here in Sotavento we see the standard getting better in both fleets. The forecast for tomorrow is for more ballistic winds. Will we see Ricardo come back to form? Will Colin handle the pressures so close to the top? Can Swifty maintain his strength? Will we see Sylvia or Tanja, who are both landing perfect one handed spocks make it to the women’s finals? Check it out online tomorrow!
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Tag 3 - zweiter Wettkampftag
> Douglas Diaz aus Venezuela gewinnt den ersten Wettkampf der Männer
> Der Brite Robby Swift siegt im zweiten Wettkampf des Tages und übernimmt die Führung in der Gesamtwertung
> Karin Jaggi führt ungeschlagen die Wertung der Frauen an
Bei strahlendem Sonnenschein und starkem Passatwind wurden heute auf Fuerteventura vier komplette Wertungen abgeschlossen.
Am Vormittag stand der Abschluss der gestern gestarteten Läufe auf dem Programm. Zunächst waren die Frauen an der Reihe. Daida Moreno (E-64) konnte sich für die gestrige Niederlage gegen ihre Schwester revanchieren und bis ins Finale gegen Karin Jaggi (Z-14) vorrücken. Dort musste ein Stechen die Entscheidung bringen, bei welchem letztendlich die Schweizerin die Nase vorne hatte. Dritte wurde Iballa Moreno (E-63) vor der Spanierin Nayra Alonso (GC-4).
Bei den Männern gewann der Venezuelaner Douglas Diaz (V-34) das Finale gegen Taty Frans (NB-9) aus Bonair. Der Engländer Robby Swift (K-89) siegte im Kampf um Platz drei gegen den Neukaledonier Colin Sifferlen (NC-4).
Nach einer kurzen Pause wurde am frühen Nachmittag der Startschuss für die zweite Wettfahrt gegeben. Der Wind frischte zwischenzeitlich sehr stark auf und die Surfer mussten auf Segel unter 4,5 Quadratmetern zurückgreifen.
Runde für Runde reduzierte sich das Feld, bis sich Robby Swift (K-89) in einem actiongeladenen Finale gegen den Neukaledonier Colin Sifferlen (NC-4) durchsetzte und damit die Führung in der Gesamtwertung übernahm.
In diesem Heat zauberte der Engländer Manöver mit Höchstschwierigkeit aufs Wasser: Einen sicher gestandenen 'Shaka' und den 'Shove it into Spock 540°' sieht man bei den Profis selbst im Training selten. Im rein brasilianischen Duell um Platz drei konnte Ricardo Campello (BRA-111) seinen Landsmann Konan Lang (BRA-3) in Schach halten.
Bei dem zweiten Wettkampf der Frauen holte sich Karin Jaggi erneut den Sieg gegen Daida Moreno und übernahm so ungefährdet die Führung in der Gesamtwertung.
Der heutige Wettkampftag war ein schlechter Tag für die deutschen Fahrer. Einzig Andy Pusch schaffte den Sprung in die zweite Runde, alle anderen Starter scheiterten in ihrem ersten Lauf.
Besonders unzufrieden war der Kieler Klaas Voget, der sein Ausscheiden gegen Alexis Zabala auf die Unaufmerksamkeit der Judges schiebt: 'In meinem Heat bin ich perfekt gefahren, habe viele schwierige Moves gezeigt und fast alles gestanden. Ich war richtig stoked auf dem Wasser. Dann kam der Schock mit einer 2:1 Entscheidung gegen mich. Einer der Judges hatte nur wenige Moves von mir notiert und komischerweise meine Variationsnote von 7 auf 4 reduziert. Und das obwohl ich fast doppelt so viele Moves auf dem Zettel hatte, wie mein Gegner.'
Morgen ist starker Wind mit Böen bis 95 km/h vorhergesagt und die Wettkämpfe der Frauen und Männer gehen in die dritte Runde.
Erster Wettkampf der Männer (Dingle Elimination)
1. Douglas Diaz (V-34)
2. Taty Frans (NB-9)
3. Robby Swift (K-89)
4. Colin Sifferlen (NC-4)
Erster Wettkampf der Damen (Double Elimination)
1. Karin Jaggi (Z-14)
2. Daida Moreno (E-64)
3. Iballa Moreno (E-63)
4. Nayra Alonso (GC-4)
Zweiter Wettkampf der Männer (Single Elimination)
1. Robby Swift (K-86)
2. Colin Sifferlen (NC-4)
3. Ricardo Campello (BRA-111)
4. Konan Lang (BRA-3)
Zweiter Wettkampf der Frauen (Single Elimination)
1. Karin Jaggi (Z-14)
2. Daida Moreno (E-64)
3. Tanja Emig (AUT-0)
4. Nayra Alonso (GC-4)
Gesamtwertung der Männer nach zwei Wettfahrten
1. Robby Swift (K-86)
2. Colin Sifferlen (NC-4)
3. Taty Frans (NB-9)
4. Douglas Dias (V-34)
Gesamtwertung der Frauen nach zwei Wettfahrten
1. Karin Jaggi (Z-14)
2. Daida Moreno (E-64)
3. Nayra Alonso (GC-4)
4. Tanja Emig (AUT-0)
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Autor: E: pwa, Pix: Williams - D: Media Service | |
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