19:02 That concludes day three from Bonaire. Thanks for tuning in. The skipper meeting will kick off at 8:00 tomorrow morning with a first possible start at 8:30. See you then! 19:00 Advancing through heat 36 Mas and Vrieswijk 18:56 Advancing through heat 35 Chambers and Popretinskiy 18:53 Advancing through heat 30 and 31 Mas and Vrieswijk 18:51 Popretinskiy lands a fully planning switch chachoo a ponch and a double spock. Offringa sails around a double flaka, and a loop. Chambers sticks a flaka on the inside and a shaka. Really close heat to call, Chambers lands a ponch. A switch flaka from Balatien. 18:43 Heat 35 Balentien vs Chambers & Popretinskiy vs Offringa 18:41 Zeper floats around a perfect shaka and a Burner, De Souza sticks a Shaka of his own, The standard is really high in this heat it is going to be really hard to call. 18:33 Now sailing  heat 34 De Souza Pedro vs meir & Zeper vs Zan 18:34 Finies advances 18:29 The wind has really improved over the competition area but the light is fading on the course. 18:25 Advancing from heat 30 & 31 Mas and Vrieswijk 18:20 Heat 33 Finies vs Sint Jago 18:18 Mas opens the heat with a shaka, followed by a double flaka, Vrieswijk lands a double flaka of his own and an e-slider. Max sticks a flaka and a shove-it. Wegerer lands a shaka but drops a flaka. Mas lands a clean bob. Heat Ends. 18:14 Chambers and Offringa advance from heat 28 & 29 18:12 Meir and Zan advance from heat 26 & 27 18:11 Heat 30 Mas vs Wegerer & 31 Vrieswijk vs Max 18:10 Offringa lands a double flaka followed by an e-slider, but drops a shaka. Jonge pulls flaka Diablo. Chambers opens with a double spock, Finies sticks a Grubby. Fines lands a shaka 360, Chambers fights back with a shaka of his own followed by a switch chachoo. Finies works his way around a culo as Chambers slides around a fully planing e-slider. 18:00 Heat 28 Chambers vs Finies & 29 Offringa vs Jonge 17:59 Meir sticks a double switch chachoo, and a triple flaka. A wet forward from Cicilia. Zan lands an e-slider diablo, Stauffacher lands a clean o/h flaka and a shaka. The sailors are really going for it as we enter the double elimination. Stauffacher crashes a grubby on the inside. Heat ends. 17:50 Heat 26 & 27 Meir vs Cicilia & Zan vs Stauffacher 17:46 The double elimination ladder is now online. 17:37 The mens double elimination will begin now the wind has picked up and we still have good light to judge. Stay tuned, elimination ladders avalible shortly. 17:35 Men's Results: 1st Van Broeckhoven, 2nd Thode, 3rd Taty Frans, 4th Estredo. 17:35 Women's Results: 1st Offringa, 2nd Treboux, 3rd De Brend, 4th Aukes 17:14 Results to follow, stay tuned. 17:13 The sailors will now attend an awards ceremony where the results will be announced. 17:12 Taty opens the heat with his trade mark culo, Estredo opts for a double o/h funnel. Estredo pulls a shaka flaka but taty responds with a perfect o/h future. Estredo claims a culo, Taty lands an air funnel into funnel. Estredo lands a burner 900 on the outside and a burner on the inside, followed by a culo on the outside. Taty lands a culo diablo, and a huge floaty kono. Estredo replies with his own kono, and a future on the competition edge.  Both sailors end with huge moves a shaka shove-it for Estredo and a spock culo for Taty. 17:02 Next up the men's losers final Estredo vs Taty Frans 17:01 Aukes lands a switch vulcan, De Brend crashes an e-slider. Aukes slides around a really smooth e-slider. The ladies are struggling to plane in the light winds. De Brend works her away around a flaka, Aukes tries to respond but goes down. De Brend lands a spock 540. De Brend crashes on the inside, but makes up for with a fast grubby. Heat ends. 16:54 The women's losers final De Brend vs Aukes 16:53 Both sailors open with perfect culo’s. A double spock for Thode, Van Broeckhoven lands a spock culo. Thode sticks an air funnel, followed by a double flaka. Van Broeckhoven crashes a chachoo. Thode takes advantage with a shaka 360 and a chachoo Diablo. Van Broeckhoven replies with a double funnel. The wind looks light on the arena, both sailors pump into ponch’s. A double switch chachoo for Thode followed by a huge air bob. The crowd love it. Van Broeckhoven sticks double flaka on the inside. Van Broeckhoven tries a flaka ponch and Thode tires a flaka shaka. Thode finishes the heat with a really high burner. 16:42 Next up the men's winner final Van Broeckhoven vs Thode. We have 16-18 knots blowing across the course. 16:42 Treboux land a clean grubby, both girls pump really hard a flaka from Treboux and grubby Diablo for Offringa.  Both girls land clean spocks. Treboux crashes an e-slider, Offringa claims a flaka and tries to push a double. Offringa heads fast downwind and lands a switch chachoo. Treboux crashes a Puneta, and Offringa makes half a bob. Treboux claims a tidy e-slider and a Puneta. 16:37 Van Broeckhoven and Thode advance into the mens final, Kiri wins with a 2-1 decision. 16:33 The winner's final will be sailed next Treboux vs Offringa 16:32 Taty opens with a really fast culo, Van Broeckhoven lands an air funnel followed by a future. Taty lands a double flaka but is quickly upstaged by a triple flaka from Van Broeckhoven. Taty drops a chachoo out the back. Estredo lands a flaka and a burner. Thode floats around a shaka flaka, followed by Estredo’s own. The sailors really mean business in this heat. Thode sticks a kabikutchi out the back. Thode lands a clean kono and a o/h burner. Taty lands an e-slider diablo. Thode and Van Broeckhoven lost ground outside of the area. 16:24 Now sailing heat 23 16:16 The AP flag is down. Men's semi-final 23b Van Broeckhoven vs Taty Frans & 23b Estredo vs Thode will be resailed. 16:05 The wind has been fluctuating throughout the day, the judges are waiting for it to build in order to run the single elimination 2 finals 15:41 The AP flag is still flying and the sailors are on standby. 15:37 The men's heat 23 will be resailed due to a wind shift in the heat pushing the sailors outside of the course. 15:36 Treboux and Offringa make it through to the winners final 15:35 The AP flag is up prior to the finals as the wind has backed off. 15:34 Taty opens with a perfect culo, Van Broeckhoven only makes a chachoo. Thode and Estredo go for double moves. Taty claims a perfect one handed chachoo and a ponch in front of the judges. Thode and Estredo are following each other trying to match their moves. Thode and Estredo both land shaka flakas. They are really pumping hard to remain on the plane. Thode pumps into a ponch whilst Estredo pulls a switch flaka. 15:25 Men's semi-final 23b Van Broeckhoven vs Taty Frans & 23b Estredo vs Thode 15:24 Offringa lands an e-slider and a grubby Diablo, Aukes lands a spock on the outside. De Brend lands a clean flaka. Offringa and Treboux pull synchronised grubbys. Aukes lands a clean grubby close to the judges. Treboux drops an e-slider on the inside. Offringa is really clocking up the moves in this heat, Aukes is struggling to keep up. Heat ends. 15:20 Estredo and Thode advance from the men's heat 22 15:15 Next up the women's semi-finals, heat 23a De Brend vs Treboux & 22b Aukes vs Offringa 15:14 Thode opens with an air funnel, C Frans lands a clean kono, and a ponch infront of the judges. Estredo lands a burner 900 out the back, and Scheffers sticks a culo. It is a really close heat the sailors are pulling out all the big moves. Scheffers crashes clew first back to sail. Thode lands a clean future directly in front of the judges. Estredo crashes a no handed flaka and a burner he is really downwind in this heat. Scheffers crashes a funnel clock. Heat ends. 15:06 Advancing from the women's heat 22 Aukes & Offringa 15:05 Men's heat 22a Scheffers vs Estredo & 22b C Frans vs Thode 15:04 Offringa opens the heat with an e-slider followed by a Grubby and a o/h Puneta. Offringa crashes a bob. Van Gent lands a spock but she is struggling in this heat against the power of Offringa. Aukes flies around a clew first Puneta and a Spock. Kessler is struggling to get planing. Aukes takes advantage of a big gust and lands a flaka. Kessler lands a one handed spock. 14:53 Next up women's heat 22a Kessler vs Aukes & 22b Van Gent vs Offringa 14:48 The wind is sufficient for the final heats of the single elimination to be completed, stay tuned! 14:45 The sailors are waiting patiently by the water’s edge for the wind to return. 14:17 As we wait for the wind, Ben Proffit is putting questions to the PWA's best, check it out on the live stream! 13:46 The sailors remain on standy as we wait for the wind to fill in. 13:14 The AP flag is up and the sailors are back on standby. 13:06 The ladies heat has been cancelled due to insufficient winds 13:04 Advancing from men's heat 21 Van Broeckhoven & Taty Frans 13:01 Women's heat 22a Kessler vs Aukes & 22b Van Gent vs Offringa 13:00 Van Broeckhoven and Taty open the heat with a set of Culo’s. Tonky replies with a one handed funnel and a ponch. Van Der Eyken sticks a Culo of his own. It’s a battle between the brothers and the two Belgians. Taty and Steven pull huge burners in front of the judges. Taty floats around a shaka flaka Tonky drops a kono. The brothers are really going for it. The sailors are going for extra style points going for each move one handed. 12:57 Advancing from women's eat 21 Freites De Brend & Treboux 12:50 Next up men's heat 21a Van Der Eyken vs Van Broeckhoven & 21b Tonky Frans vs Taty Frans 12:49 A flaka for De Brendt to open the heat, the girls look nicely powered up. Treboux flies around a clew first spock followed one of De Brendts own. Treboux crashes a one handed e-slider. Simal hasn’t made an appearance in this heat. Anayame slides around a Spock 540. 12:39 Women's heat 21a Anayama vs Freites De Brend & 21b Simal vs Treboux. 12:38 The AP flag has been dropped, the clouds haved cleared and we have winds blowing 16-18 knots across the course. Next up women's heat 21. 12:12 The sailors remain on standby due to light winds. 11:40 The competition is still on standby. 11:01 Advancing through men's heat 20 C Frans and Thode. 11:00 The AP flag has gone up, and the clouds are back. Competition is currently on hold. 10:56 The ladies heat has been cancelled. 10:49 Next up the women's heat 21a Anayama vs Freites De Brend & 21b Simal vs Treboux. 10:48 Thode opens with his trade mark culo, and a double spock. Akgaziyan pumps into a switch chachoo, but drops a clew first flaka. Kiri looks really relaxed he fails a grubby but manages too spin into a double flaka.  Eber sticks a spock 540 in front of the judges.  Choco put in a flaka 360, into an e-slider Diablo. Eber drops a culo out the back, not much between the two of them. 10:40 The wind has picked up and the clouds have cleared. 10:37 The AP flag is down heat 22 will be re-run. 10:32 Caesar Finies entertains the crowds with his trade mark sail throwing whilst we wait. 10:22 Competition has been placed on hold due to light winds. 10:21 The judges are discussing the conditions, the wind has really backed off and the sky is full of clouds. 10:17 Advancing from heat 19 Scheffers & Estredo 10:16 Kiri pumps 50 meters into a Culo landing bolt upright. Akgazciyan slides slowly around a switch chachoo. Heat has been cancelled due to light winds. 10:15 Advancing from heat 19 Scheffers vs Estredo 10:12 Heat 20a Eber vs C Frans & 20b Akgazciyan vs Thode 10:11 The two Venezuelans go head to head, Parternina starts with a swtich chachoo diablo, but the master Estredo sticks a perfect culo followed by a burner. Scheffers claims a culo as Schmit manages to stay up on a slow no handed flaka diablo. The moves are really spread out in this heat. 10:10 Advancing through heat 18 Taty Frans & Tonky Frans 10:02 Advancing through heat 17 Van Der Eyken & Van Broeckhoven 10:01 Advancing through heat 16 Akgazciyan & Thode 10:01 Heat 19a Schmit vs Scheffers & 19b Parternina Teran Vs Estredo 09:59 Soltysiak slides around a slow on handed bob, Tonky upstages him with a perfect culo. The sailors are struggling to plane in this heat.  Tonky works around an e-slider. Mouro Lemos drops a Grubby as Taty sticks a one handed double flaka. Tonky pulls a Burner out the back; Soltysiak’s response is a perfect one handed switch flaka.  It’s looking windier on the outside of the area as Soltysiak and Taty Frans make clean Culos. Heat Ends. 9:52 Heat 18a Tonky Frans vs Soltysiak & 18b Mouro Lemos vs Taty Frans 9:51 Saragoza and Van Der Eyken appear to be evenly matched, pulling burners and culo’s one after the other. Van Der Eyken drops a Puneta but sticks a fully planning one handed spock. Saragoza claims a switch kono but gets very wet. The wind is really light and the sailors are really pumping to stay on the plane. Van Broeckhoven sticks a clean Culo on the starting buzzer, followed by an air funnel out the back. Ruenes is struggling to plane but there is not stopping Van Broeckhoven as he glides around a stylish shove-it spock and a burner. Ruenes drops a switch chachoo he really dosen’t look happy. Van Broeckhoven has dominated this heat. 9:42 Heat 17a Saragoza vs Van Der Eyken & 17b Ruenes vs Van Broeckhoven 9:41 Thode slides around a double spock opening the heat, followed by a shaka flaka. De Souza Pedro is struggling to plane. The shallow water and lighter winds don’t seem to be having an effect on Thode as he effortlessly pulls an air funnel into funnel and an air flaka into double flaka. Meir digs the nose of his board into the sand attempting a Culo in ankle deep water, but pulls it off in his second attempt. Akgazciyan sticks a switch flaka out the back of the arena, but goes down hard on a funnel clock. Heat ends. 9:39 Advancing from heat 15 Eber & C Frans 9:33 Heat 16a Meir vs Akgazciyan & 16b Thode vs De Souza Pedro 9:32 An e-slider from C Frans and an e-slider from Zeper. Eber opens with a flaka cana brava but drops a one handed bob. The sailors are working the slidey manoeuvre's as the water is so shallow this morning. Zeper floats around a shaka but C Frana sticks a perfect culo shortly after. 9:24 Advancing from heat 14 Parternina & Estredo 9:22 Heat 15a Eber vs Zan & 15b C Frans vs Zeper 9:21 Parternina and Balentien drop their first moves. Parternina goes down hard hitting the bottom. Chambers drops a switch chachoo. Estredo opens with a huge no handed flaka into double flaka, followed by a clean culo in front of the judges and another out the back. The tide is really low this morning and the sailors are hitting the bottom a lot. Estredo is pulling way ahead in this heat. Heat ends. 9:15 Advancing heat 13 Schmit & Scheffers 9:13 Heat 14a Chambers vs Parternina Teran & 14b Estredo vs Balentien. 9:12 The heats are 7 minutes long with 3 moves counting on either side. 9:11 Popretinskiy opens the day with a smooth regular chachoo, Sheffers goesfor a double puneta and a double switch chachoo. Popretinskiy is fighting hard but it looks like Scheffers has the advantage. Schmit pulls a clean one handed bob and an e-slider. Schmit manages to control a no handed flaka . Offringa is outside of the arena, but pulls it back with a switch chachoo Diablo and a one handed funnel, but drops a ponch out the back. 9:00 The wind is blowing 14-18 knots and the sailors are raring to go using sails around 5.3m. Heat 13a Schmit vs Offringa & 13b Scheffers vs Popretinskiy. 8:39 The sailors have been briefed for the day, competition will commence at 9:00 from heat 13a in the men's elimination 2. get ready for more action coming soon! 8:30 Good Morning and welcome to the third day of coverage from the 2011 Bonaire Freestyle World Cup. This morning we are greeted with winds slightly reduced compared to the previous days blowing between 12-14 knots. The sailors are being briefed at 8:30 am with a first possible start to competition at 9:00am, Stay tuned!