The 2011 PWA Bonaire World Cup: Day 1 (All Times UTC -4)
17:45 Elimination 1 Female results 1st Offringa, 2nd Treboux, 3rd De Brend, 4th Aukes 17:45 Elimination 1 Mens results 1st Thode, 2nd Taty Frans, 3rd Van Broeckhoven, 4th Estredo This concludes the day's competition. Be sure to tune back in tomorrow for more radical freestyle action from 9:00am onwards (skippers meeting / first live ticker update @ 8:30am). 17:10 Heat end, top four results to follow... 17:09 Thode is onfire in this heat pulling every move out the bag a spock culo, Taty makes a double e-slider on the inside. 17:08 Thode floats around a burner 900 17:07 Thode sticks a huge Kabikutchi! 17:07 Thode manages to force his way through a Kabikutchi, Taty replies with a big Kono. Thode flies into the inside with a flaka shaka. 17:01 Next up the mens winners final Thode vs Taty Frans 17:00 Treboux opens with a one handed spock, and a full power grubby. Offringa replies with a double flaka and a wet Kono. Treboux goes down with a clue first spock, whilst Offringa crashes a Puneta and a shaka, it's going to be a close one. Both the girls pull flaka variations a double for Treboux and Diabo for Offringa. Treboux has upped the game with a half funnel and a fully planning Puneta. Offringa drops a bob whilst Treboux manages a Shove-it Spock. Both girls have worked really hard in this heat. 16:52 Next up the womens winners final - Treboux vs Offringa 16:51 The sailors have taken it to another level both trying to outdo each other huge shaka flakas, double jumping flaka's and air bob's, highlight of the heat came with a pair of synchronised culo's. The heat looks super tight. 16:42 Mens losers final Van Broeckhoven vs Estredo 16:41 Aukes crashes a spock she looks to be confused and heading into the shore, De Brend is racking up the moves. Aukes is back up and bags a one handed Spock 540. Both girls look really powered up and are both working their way around Flakas and Grubby's it is going to be a close one to call. 16:38 Thode and Taty Frans advance into the males winners final 16:32 The female losers final next up De Brend and Aukes 16:31 The wind has dropped slightly they are pumping their way onto the plane, Thode pulls a big Kono and an air bob, Van Broeckhoven manages to pop out the water with zero speed into a Culo. The sailors are barely planning now. Taty Frans manages to squeeze in a ponch Estredo replies with a Burner. Thode manages to float around an air flaka. The sailors are making the most out of these difficult conditions. Estredo has bagged a Culo on each tack. Estredo went down on a no handed flaka. Kiri spins around a burner 900. It's a tough heat to call all the sailors have massive moves. Thode and Van Broeckhoven close the heat with a set of Skopu's and a Kabicutchi's. 16:24 Advancing into the female winners final is Treboux and Offringa 16:23 Next semi final Van Broeckhoven vs Thode & Taty Frans vs Estredo 16:22 The girls have really upped their game. Offinga is pulling out all the stops with a flaka cana brava and a super clean e-slider. Treboux looks to be in control of her heat. 16:14 Estredo and Taty Frans advance 17:06 Massive opening moves from both sailors a Kono from Thode and a Future Diablo for Taty. Both sailors bag an air funnel each. Taty spins his way through a double one handed spock and Thode pulls his famous air bob. 16:12 Womens semi finals next Treboux vs De Brend & Aukes vs Offringa 16:11 Tonky opens the heat with a Culo then sticks a ponch on the inside. Eber and pulls a perfect Culo on the outside in reply Estredo landshis own but larger on the way out. It’s a double off spocks, flaka’s e-sliders and Punetas. Estredo nails a huge Shaka and bounces all the way around into a Flaka. Heat ends. 16:05 Tonky Frans vs Taty Frans & Eber vs Estredo 16:04 Aukes and Offringa advance from the female fleet 16:03 Van Broeckhoven and Thode advance 16:02 Really big moves in this heat, the competition has stepped up a notch. Thode opens the heat with a massive Culo followed by an air bob. Van Der Eyken lands a tidy shaka on the inside. Solysiak manages to stick a low shove-it spock. Van Broeckhoven has brought his a-game flying through every move, huge Kono's and Culo's. Heat ends. 15:52 Next up will be the male elimination 1 semi finals. Heat 21 Soltysiak vs Van Broeckhoven & Van Der Eyken vs Thode. 15:51 Offringa opens with an e-slider on the outside and a flaka on the inside. Van Gent sticks a fast spock 540. Aukes glides around a clew first Puneta in reply Kessler claims a flaka on the inside. Offinga puts in a stylish spock 540. Offringa looks to be in control of this heat. Heat ends 15:44 Advancing heat 20 Treboux and De Brend 15:41 Heat 30 Aukes vs Kessler & Van Gent vs Offringa 15:40 De Brend works her way around a flaka opening the heat followed by a clew first puneta from Anayama. Treboux looks to be really dialled into the conditions flying through a spock 540 and fully planning Grubby Diablo. De Brend claims a one handed spock on the inside, she looks to have the advange over Anayama. 15:32 First up Simal vs Treboux & Anayama vs De Brend 15:36 Advancing from the mens heat 20 Eber and Estredo 15:32 We will be moving into the ladies elimination for the next two heats. 15:31 Estredo opens the heat with a huge air funnel, and then straight into a no handed air flaka diablo, he looks like he really want this heat. Schmit sticks a funnel, in reply Eber flys through a Shaka and a Burner on the outside. Meir is struggling to keep up with Estredo. Heat ends. 15:25 Advancing through heat 19 Tonky Frans and Taty Frans 15:24 20a Eber vs Schmit & 20b Meir vs Estredo 15:23 Tonky opens the heat with a big Culo, Saragoza struggles his way around a Shaka. Offinga nails an e-slider and a Ponch whilst Taty sticks an air funnel on the outside. The wind looks like its dropping off slightly, the sailors have to pump their way onto the plane. Saragoza manages to squeeze in an e-slider as the buzzer goes. 15:17 Heat 18 results Van Der Eyken and Thode 15:12 Heat 19a Saragoza vs Tonky Frans & 19b Offringa vs Taty Frans 15:11 Rowe opens with a flaka and then flies through a double Puneta and a one handed bob. Thode  forces a double flaka and an air bob. Van der Eyken and Scheffers land double Punetas on the inside. The bigger moves are really coming out now, Rowe lands a Flaka Cana Brava. Van der Eyken claims a low Kono, Scheffers looks to be under powered. A clean Shaka from Van der Eyken followed by a one handed Switch Flaka. Thode finishes the heat with a Ponch.   15:03 Heat 18 is now sailing... 14:57 Advancing from heat 17a Soltysiak and 17b Van Broeckhoven 14:55 Advancing from heat 16 Meir and Estredo 14:52 Heat 18a Van der Eyken vs Scheffers & 18b Rowe vs Thode 14:51 Chambers slides though a tidy e-slider opening the heat, Soltysiak and Finies both crash Kono’s. Van Broeckhoven sticks a shove-it spock on the inside followed by a switch flaka from Soltysiak. Chambers puts in a one handed flaka into a switch chachoo both on the way in. A huge ponch into flaka from Van Broeckhoven he is pulling all the big moves. Chambers crashes a Culo on the way out, but manages to hold a switch one handed flaka on the way in. Finies puts in a spock as the heat finishes. 14:45 Advancing through heat 15 Eber and Schmit 14:44 Heat 17a Finies vs Soltysiak and 17b Chambers vs Van Broeckhoven 14:40 Estredo opens the heat with an air funnel and an air Bob. C Frans replies with a Shaka. Meir lands himself a flaka on the inside whilst De Souza flys through a huge Kono. Meir nails a perfect Culo. Estredo manages to save a no handed Flaka. Heat Ends. 14:39 The heats have been extended by 1 minute to 7 minutes. 14:33 Heat 16a De Souza vs Pedro Meir and 16b Estredo vs C Frans 14:32 Schmit and Eber both pull perfect Culo’s on the inside. Popretinskiypumps himself into a Shaka. Akgazciyan lands a super clean Shove-it Spock. Tilo is putting in a great performance landing loads of moves. Heat Ends. 14:28 Advancing from heat 14 Offringa and Taty Frans 14:24 Heat 15a Popretinskiy vs Eber and Akgazciyan vs Schmit. 14:23 Taty Frans flys his way through a Kono then goes switch straight into an e-slider. Parternina Teran crashes an e-slider on the inside. Offringa looks really confident in these conditions sticking a nice Switch Chachoo. Balentien pumps his way into a one handed Flaka. It looks close between Offringa and Parternina Teran. Heat ends 14:17 Advancing from heat 13 Saragoza and Tonky Frans 14:15 Heat 14a Offringa vs Parternina Teran and 14b Taty Frans vs Balentien 14:14 The heat starts with a massive Culo from T Frans followed by a big forward, Saragoza crashes a double Spock. Zeper slides around an e-slider. A Shaka Flaka from T Frans. Saragoza looks to be struggling in this heat whilst Zeper is playing it safe notching up the moves. Heat Ends. 14:10 Advancing from heat 12 Rowe and Thode. 14:07 Advancing from heat 11 Van Der Eyken and Scheffers 14:06 Heat 13a Saragoza vs Zeper and 13b T Frans vs Vrieswijk 14:04 Stauffacher crashes a Switch Chachoo, Rowe opens with a switch Flaka. Thode is looking really confident in this heat on his home ground. Stauffacher flys through a fully planning Flaka. Mouro Lemnos sticks a Switch Chachoo on the outside, Rowe crashes a Culo on the inside. Kiri is in control in this heat whilst Stauffacher crashes a funnel. Rowe finishes the heat with a clean double Flaka and a Bob. Heat ends. 13:56 Heat 12 Rowe vs Mouro Lemnos and Thode vs Stauffacher 13:55 Van der Eyken opens with a really powerful Switch Chachoo and followed by a Kono from Scheffers. Loads of moves in this heat, Van der Eyken nails a huge Kono, Scheffers claims a double e-slider on the inside followed by a Ponch on the outside. Van der Eyken comes into the inside with loads of speed straight into an Air funnel 360. Heat ends. 13:54 Advancing from heat 10 Chambers and Van Broeckhoven 13:48 Heat 11a Van der Eyken vs Da Silva and 11b Scheffers vs Mas 13:48 Advancing from heat 9 Soltysiak and  Finies. 13:47 Broeckhoven opens the heat with a big Culo. Zan put in a nice Puneta. Chambers does a clean Shaka on the way in followed by a fully planning flaka, into an e-slider. Wegerer sticks a really nice Burner. Broeckhoven has been putting in perfect moves throughout the heat. Chambers and Zan match each other with a pair of Punetas. 13:39 Heat 10 Chambers vs Zan and Broeckhoven vs Wegerer 13:38 A really whippy toad from Finies, Soltysiak puts in a wet Kono a fully planning Grubby and a big Culo. Ruenes nails the biggest Culo of the competitions so far. 13:33 Advancing from the previous heats Vrieswijk, Balentien and C Frans 13:21 Heat 9 is now sailing... 13:30 Heat 9 Ruenes vs E Finies and Soltysiak vs C Finies 13:29 A forward loop and really nice full Kono from Frans, De Windt lands a really clean double flaka. Frans puts in a fully planning Puneta, followed by a funnel from De Windt. Frans puts in his second Puneta but this time on the inside. Heat ends. 13:20 Heats 8 De Windt vs C Frans 13:13 Advancing from the previous heats, Mas and Stauffacher. 13:12 Heats 5 and 6 Wenderfort vs Vrieswijk and Cicilia vs Balentien 13:11 The wind looks quite light the sailors are just doing one move each run. Mas is looking really controlled. Sint Jago lands a planning e-slider, a grubby and a switch chachoo from Stauffacher. Sint Jago lands a shaka on the inside. Heat ends. 13:08 Advancing from heats 1 and 2 Finies and Wegerer. 13:02 Heats 3 and 4 are now sailing. 12:56 The best four moves will count in either direction and the heats are 6 minutes long, the sailors are changing their streamers, the heat will re-start shortly. 12:54 Heats 3 and 4 have been recalled as the sailors have the incorrect streamers. 12:52 Heats 3 and 4 have hit the water: Mas vs Sint Jago and MAx vs Stauffecher. 12:50 The sailors are working hard pumping onto the plane, Finies lands a smooth one handed bob, Remko puts in a nice Shaka. Finies lands a clean shaka and sneaks his way around an extra 360 degrees, followed by an Culo. Remko and Finies both put in Punetas. Heat ends. 12:43 Heat 1 is now sailing! The sailors are using sails between 5.0m-5.3m. 12:40 Heat 1: De Zeeuw vs Finies. The conditions are looking perfect for freestyle, the wind is blowing between 15-18 knots. 12:30 Due to a slight delay competition is now scheduled to start at 12:40 12:25 We are now streaming live PWA TV! 12:10 The skippers meeting is currently taking place. Heats will commence at 12:30pm. 12:00 The single elimination ladder is now available online 11.30 The freestylers are all registered and getting ready for the first single elimination of the event. Right now we have clear blue skies, and winds blowing around 15-20 knots cross shore (from the right). There is small chop on the outside of the arena, but it flattens out on the inside. Competition is scheduled to begin at 12.30pm. The live streaming is set to start at 12:25. Stay tuned! 09:00 Good morning and welcome to day one of coverage of the 2011 Bonaire PWA World Cup. The PWA crew and sailors have settled into Sorobon beach and are gearing up for the first day of competition. Registration is scheduled from 09.00-11.00 local time (UTC -4), with the first freestyle elimination pencilled in for 12.00. Tune back at 11:00 for the next update.