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| 16|08|2004 | day 5 - aug 15, 2004
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|  | | | Girls at Pozo | |
Campello Comes Back To Take Victory In The 3rd Single Elimination & Daida Moreno Dominates The Ladies Fleet.
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|  | | | Campello goes off | |
The day started with a small swell and 20 knots of wind so competition director Klaus Michel made the call for the start of the wave discipline. With big gaps in the sets the heats were set at ten minutes long to give the sailors maximum chance of catching a good wave. Within the first ten minutes Kauli Seadi (AHD/Naish Sails) was eliminated by Leo Ray (Naish/Naish Sails) from France, who found bigger and better waves to ride. Next to fall was Robby Swift (JP/Neil Pryde) who went down to fellow Brit Ben Proffitt (JP/Neil Pryde). The next heat saw no big surprises as the jumping machine, Peter Volwater (Arrows) and local guru Dario Ojeda (Neil Pryde) advanced. That was as far as we got though as the waves dropped off with the arrival of high tide.
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|  | | | Iballa one hand | |
By Midday the decision was made to go into the third single elimination of Freestyle. i might have taken victory. As it was it was Moreno’s final two jumps that edged her ahead to take another freestyle win.
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|  | | | Daida wins | |
The men’s final saw the power and muscle of Swift up against the sliding style of Campello. Straight from the green flag Campello looked in control. Swift busted out all kinds of crazy tricks but it was Campello with his smooth style that impressed the judges the most. Each of the 5 judges gave Campello a perfect unbeatable 10/10 score. Campello won and in doing so he has almost certainly secured his freestyle world title for 2004. Things can still change depending on how the next few days pan out. It isn’t over until the fat lady sings or in this case it isn’t over until the 18th August!
The forecast for tomorrow is looking like we might be in for some waves, so it could be a full on aerial display as the world’s best wave stars take to the water. Racing starts on Thursday so there is still lots going on here in sunny and windy Gran Canaria.
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Autor: pwa, Pix: Carter | |
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| | | | day 1 - aug 11, 2004 |
| | | day 2 - aug 12, 2004 |
| | | day 3 - aug 13, 2004 |
| | | day 4 - aug 14, 2004 |
| | | day 5 - aug 15, 2004 |
| | | day 6 - aug 16, 2004 |
| | | day 7 - aug 17, 2004 |
| | | day 8 - aug 18, 2004 |
| | | day 9 - aug 19, 2004 |
| | | day 10 - aug 20, 2004 |
| | | day 11 - aug 21, 2004 |
| | | day 12 - aug 22, 2004 |
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