5:58 Thanks for tuning into day 3 of coverage from Aruba, the skippers meeting will take place at 9:30 tomorrow morning with a first possible start at 10am! 5:57 Heat 29 &30 have been cancelled, and with that the sailors have been released. 5:55 The wind has really dropped off here in Aruba. 5:53 Rowe lands a shaka a funnel and a switch kono 5:52 The light is fading in Aruba but the wind is still suitable, the judges will try to run as many heats as possible ensuring that we have enough time to complete the double elimination in the final day of freestyle competition. 5:51 Rowe looks to be ahead of Pronk in his heat. 5:50 Parternina Teran looks slightly ahead in this heat with a switch chachoo and a grubby diablo. 5:42 Heats 29 & 30 have gone into sequence. 5:25 The sailors are heading back to the shore in order to grab their larger sails. 5:23 Heats 29 & 30 have been cancelled due to light winds 5:14 The wind has really dropped off in Aruba the sailors are waiting for a big gust. 5:13 Advancing through heat 28 Frans Choco & Zan 5:12 Heat 29 & 30 Parternina Teran vs De Windt & Rowe vs Pronk 5:02 Advancing from the first heats De Zeeuw & Vrieswijk 5:00 Heat 28 will now sail Frans Choco vs Verploeg & Zan vs Westera 4:59 We will commence straight into the double elimination heat 1 and 2 Mouro Lemos vs De Zeeuw & Finies vs Vrieswijk 4:54 Women's results 1st Offringa, 2nd Treboux, 3rd De Brend, 4th Kessler 4:53 Men's results 1st Van Broeckhoven, 2nd Estredo, 3rd Thode, 4th Tonky Frans 4:23 Heats will continue into the double elimination after the results have been announced on stage. 4:22 Thode lands a double funnel, and a ponch. Tonky lands a big loop. A big shaka flaka from Tonky, followed by a double flaka from Thode. A clean burner for Thode and a kono. Tonky sticks a slow bonka. 4:20 Now sailing men's losers final Thode vs Tonky Frans 4:10 Freites De Brend pulls a spock and a spock 540. Kessler lands a flaka and a clew first spock. The wind looks quite light so the sailors are pumping onto the plane. 4:00 Next up women's losers final Freites De Brend vs Kessler 3:59 Van Broeckhoven lands a funnel, Estredo lands o/h air funnel into funnel. Van Broeckhoven pulls a burner, Estredo lands a half kono, followed by a shove-it spock. Van Broeckhoven lands a burner in front of the judges. Estredo pulls his own. Van Broeckhoven nails a shove-it spock. Estredo lands a spock culo, Van Broeckhoven tries his own but drops it. A wet kono for Van Broeckhoven followed by a burner 900. Estredo lands a skopu. A huge shove-it spock from Estredo, a culo from Van Broeckhoven. Estredo drops his culo in front of the judges. Van Broeckhoven lands a kono. Estredo trips the rail crashing hard in switch. Van Broeckhoven lands a massive kono on the outside. a o/h burner from Estredo. 3:49 Apologies for the lose of PWA TV the internet connection has just failed here in Aruba, we will be back shortly. 3:46 Next up men's winners final Van Broeckhoven vs Estredo 3:45 Offringa lands a puneta, Treboux drops a spock 540. Offringa lands a flaka, Treboux crashes a switch kono. Offringa lands a funnel. Treboux lands a grubby diablo in front of the judges. Offringa sticks a half kono. Both Offringa and Treboux crash hard. Offringa goes for a shaka but dosen’t quite make it. Treboux lands a funnel, she tries her shove-it spock but drops it. 3:44 Advancing into the men's winners final Van Broeckhoven and Estredo 3:34 Next up women's winner final Treboux vs Offringa 3:31 Estredo lands a no handed funnel into funnel, Estredo lands a funnel, Van Broeckhoven lands a funnel. Thode lands a shaka flaka. A kono from Van Broeckhoven. A double switch chachoo from Estredo. A culo from Tonky. So many moves in this heat Thode lands a triple flaka. Tonky drops a funnel in front of the judges. A huge kono from Van Broeckhoven and Thode. 3:27 Treboux and Offringa advance into the women's winners final 3:22 Men's heat 23 Van Broeckhoven vs Thode & Frans Tonky vs Estredo 3:21 Advancing from heat 22 Frans Tonky & Estredo 3:20 De Brend lands a spock, Treboux lands a puneta. Kessler lands a grubby. Offringa lands a c/f spock, a funnel and a double flaka. Treboux lands a half kono. Offringa lands a flaka. De Brend sticks a spock 540. Treboux slides around a fast grubby. An e-slider from Offringa. The wind has dropped slightly. 3:15 Womens heat 23 Treboux vs Freites De Brend & Kessler vs Offringa 3:09 Estredo opens with an air funnel into funnel,Van Der Eyken pulls a double puneta.Taty lands a shaka flaka. Estredo and Thode pull synchronised burners. Tonky tried a bonka. Estredo lands a shaka flaka. Taty pulls a culo in front of the judges tower. Van Der Eyken lands a skopu, Estredo lands a burner into puneta. Tonky lands a future. Estredo drops a huge shove-it spock. Tonky lands a burner in front of the judges. Estredo sticks a big toad in the final seconds. 3:02 Advancing through mens heat 21 Van Broeckhoven & Thode 2:59 Heat 22a Frans Tonky vs Frans Taty &22b Van Der Eyken vs Estredo 2:58 Thode lands a shaka flaka, Mas lands a funnel clock. Van Broeckhoven lands a shove-it spock and a burner. Saragoza sticks a shaka flaka. Thode sticks a triple spock.  Saragoza pulls a o/h ponch. Thode pulls a spock culo. The wind has dropped for the minute. Van Broeckhoven lands a big kono. Thode nails a clew first flaka. Thode sticks a burner in virtually no wind. 2:54 Advancing through women's heat 22 Kessler and Offringa. 2:46 Men's heat 21a Saragoza vs Van Broeckhoven & 21b Mas vs Thode 2:45 Aukes goes down on a c/f spock. Kessler lands a clew first spock and a flaka. Aukes lands a spock. Offringa pulls an e-slider. Kessler lands a loop. Aukes crashes her grubby, Offringa lands a spock 540. Kessler drops a flaka. 2:41 Advancing from the women's heat 21 Treboux and Freites De Brend. 2:38 The heats have been changed to the best 4 moves out of 7 moves. 2:35 Women's heat 22a Aukes vs Kessler & 22b Westera vs Offringa 2:34 Anayama sticks a Vulcan and a spock. Treboux opens with a clew first spock 540 and a switch stanch kono. Van Gent lands a spock of her own. Freites De Brend lands a flaka. Treboux lands a clean shove-it spock followed by a switch Vulcan. Van Gent goes down on a switch Vulcan, whilst Freites De Brend lands a spock 540. 2:26 Van Der Eyken and Estredo advance from heat 20 2:22 Next up women's heat 21a Anayama vs Treboux & 21b Van Gent vs Freites De Brend 2:19 Akgazciyan landed a switch chachoo, followed by a shaka. Van Der Eyken drops his opening move, but lands a culo.Meir lands a shaka flaka, Estredo nails a shaka flaka, and a burner into puneta. Akgazciyan sticks a double e-slider. Meir pulls a culo. Estredo pulls a shove-it double spock. Van Der Eyken lands a half kono. Clew first flaka diablo for Akgazciyan, he is having a great heat. Van Der Eyken pulls a burner but he looks to be struggling in the conditions. 2:10 Advancing through heat 19 Frans Tonky & Frans Taty 2:09 Heat 20a Akgazciyan vs Van Der Eyken & 20b Meir vs Estredo 2:08 Tonky pulls a funnel diablo, Ruenes land a burner. Offringa lands a burner and Taty sticks his own one handed. Ruenes land a shove-it spock. Offrgina lands as haka. Taty pulls a double spock. Ruenes lands a no handed funnel. The wind has really picked up here. Offringa lands bolt upright on a ponch, Taty lands a culo spock. Tonky pulls a future in the back of the arena. Taty and Tonky both pull kono's. 2:01 Advancing from heat 18 Mas and Thode 1:58 Heat 19a Ruenes vs Frans Tonky & 19b Offringa vs Frans Taty 1:57 Thode lands an air funnel into funnel, De Souza just drops a toad. Schmit pulls a shaka; Thode nails a o/h burner. A shove-it spock from Mas, Thode lands his own. De Souza lands a huge switch kono. Schmit has dropped a few critical moves. 1:50 Advancing through heat 17 Saragoza and Van Broeckhoven 1:47 Heat 18a Schmit vs Mas & De Souza Pedro vs Thode 1:46 Saragoza opens with a o/h ponch, Scheffers tries a shaka. Van Broeckhoven sticks a funnel into funnel, followed by a shaka flaka. Eber pulls out of a kono. A huge burner from Van Broeckhoven. Scheffers pulls a big culo. Scheffers manages to pull a ponch in front of the judges. The moves have really picked up in this heat. Eber pulls a ponch of his own. Scheffers manages a shaka in front of the judges. Eber sticks a kono and a culo. Van Broeckhoven pulls an air bob, Eber has been really putting the pressure on Van Broeckhoven. Scheffers sticks a spock culo in the closing seconds. 1:37 Advancing from heat 16 Meir & Estredo 1:36 Heat 17 Saragoza vs Scheffers & 17b Eber vs Van Broeckhoven 1.35 Meir drops a funnel, Mouro Lemos pulls a shaka. Meir makes it up with a shaka. Estredo opens with a shaka, and really high switch kono. Wegerer sticks ponch. Estredo lands a double jumping switch chachoo. Wegerer is really going for it to take down the world champion. Estredo catapults twice, but lands a triple flaka. Meir sticks an air funnel. Estredo lands switch konos on both sides. 1:25 Advancing from heat 15 Akgazciyan & Van Der Eyken 1:22 Heat 16a Meir vs Mouro Lemos & 16b Estredo vs Wegerer 1:21 Akgazciyan lands a switch Vulcan followed by an air funnel. Van Der Eyken lands a o/h funnel, and a funnel. He manages to stick a culo with a big gust. Da Silva drops a shaka in front of the judges. Van Der Eyken is really performing well in this heat. 1:15 Advancing from heat 14 Offringa & Frans Taty 1:12 Advancing from heat 13 Ruenes & Frans Tonky 1:11 Heat 15a Akgazciyan vs Finies & Van Der Eyken vs Da Silva 1:10 Offringa pulls a burner, Zan pumps into a grubby diablo. Choco pulls a culo and a ponch. Taty slides around a double flaka and a chachoo. Zan drops a shove-it spock. Offringa and Tonky both go down hard trying to launch off the tiny wave in the competition area. Taty sticks a culo and an enormous kono. Choco lands a spock 540.1:05 Advancing from heat 13 Rueners and Frans Tonky 1:00 Heat 14 Offringa vs Zan & Frans Taty vs Frans Choco 12:59 Ruenes flies around a shaka. Parternina Teran sticks a switch chachoo and a funnel. Frans Tonky drops a regular kono followed by a burner. Wederfoort lands a flaka, Tonky lands a big culo and a shaka. Parternina Teran goes down hard in a culo attempt. Tonky sticks his regular chachoo. Ruenes slides around a o/h funnel. 12:53 De Souza Pedro and Thode advance from heat 12 12:46 Heat 13 Ruenes vs Parternina Teran & Frans Tonky vs Wederfoort 12:45 Rowe lands a spock 540 and a flaka. De Souza Pedro lands a double flaka. Thode pulls a funnel followed by a shaka flaka. Thode lands culo in front of the judges. The sailors are pumping really hard. Thode pulls a huge kono, De Souza lands a spock 540 and a shaka. Rowe lands a funnel, but drops a burner. De Souza Pedro lands a half kono. 12:41 Advancing from heat 11 Schmit & Mas 12:33 12a Rowe vs De Souza Pedro & 12b Thode vs Jonge 12:30 Schmit and Mas open with funnels, Soltysiak sticks a switch chachoo. Popretinskiy sneaks round a double flaka, Schmit goes down hard. Soltysiak lands an e-slider whilst Mas pulls a regular kono. Popretinskiy slides around a spock, Schmit lands his own. Soltysiak claims a o/h funnel in front of the judges. Popretinskiy goes down. Soltysiak lands a o/h bob, he is performing really well in this heat. 12:22 Heat 11a Popretinskiy vs Schmit & Soltysiak vs Mas 12:21 Chambers lands a switch chachoo, Eber matches him. Van Broeckhoven lands an air funnel into funnel followed by a double flaka. Chambers sticks a flaka. Finies lands a shaka. Van Broeckhoven lands a clean shove-it spock 540. Finies pulls a shaka Van Broeckhoven floats around one of his own, followed by a burner. Eber drops a bob and Chambers drops a switch flaka. Chambers lands a wet kono by the judges. 12:17 Advancing from heat 9 Saragoza vs Scheffers 12:11 Heat 10a Chambers vs Eber & 10b Van Broeckhoven vs Finies 12:11 Saragoza opens the heat with a huge culo-spock, followed by a double flaka. Lenz lands a kono and a switch kono. Scheffers sticks a huge kono in front of the judges followed by a burner meters away from the judges. Martina lands a wet kono, but drops a funnel. Scheffers lands a shaka. 12:08 Advancing from heat 3b Mas and 4b Jonge 12:07 Advancing from heat 7 Finies and Da Silva 12:04 PWA TV is now streaming live! 11:59 Heat 9a Saragoza vs Lenz & 9b Scheffers vs Martina 11:58 Mas pulls a double flaka, and a puneta. Westera lands a flaka diablo. Mas looks to be in control of this heat. De Windt lands a wet switch half kono. Jonge sticks a o/h e-slider. The wind is dropping slightly. De Windt pumps into a funnel. 11:52 PWA TV is still suffering from technical issues, the team are working to solve the problem, hopefully live action coming soon. 11:47 Heats 3b and 4b will be resailed now. 11:46 Finies drops a culo, Van Der Erenbeem sticks a culo. Da Silva pulls a culo in the closing seconds of the heat. 11:44 Advancing through 3a Schmit, 5b Wederfoort, 6b Choco Frans and 8b Wegerer. 11:42 Heat 3b and 4b will be re-sailed shortly due to a problem with streamers 11:35 Heat 7a Finies vs Van Der Erenbeem & 7b Da Silva vs Kole 11:34 Frans sticks a perfect culo, and a switch chachoo. Max pulls a spock but outside the area, he pulls it back with a flaka. Cicilia lands a clean flaka, and a flaka o/h. Wegerer pulls and e-slider but drops a burner. Max floats around a flaka. Choco sticks a shaka. 11:23 Next up 6b Frans Choco vs Max & 8b Cicilia vs Wegerer 11:22 A flaka from De Windt, and Jonge. Pronk drops and e-slider. Jonge pulls a smooth shaka and De Windt lands a switch chachoo. A culo from Wederfoort. De Windt lands a spock 540. 11:18 Heat 3b will have to be resailed. 11:12 Heat 4b Jonge vs De Windt & Wederfoort vs Pronk 11:11 Schmit lands a Vulcan, Verploeg lands a spock 540. The sailors are working really hard to stay on the plane and catch the bigger gusts. Mas and Schmit pull big air flakas. Schmit pulls a clean culo in the testing conditions. Westera pulls a grubby directly in front of the judges. Westera lands a clean bob. 11:06 Advancing from heat 1b Martina and 1b Finies 11:00 Heat 3a Schmit vs Verploeg & 3b Mas vs Westera 10:48 There is a small technical issue with the live streaming, we hope to have the problem resolved shortly, stay tuned. 10:45 The AP flag is down and the sailors have gone into sequence! 10:35 The AP flag is flying and the judges are waiting for the conditions to be suitable to run the first heat. 1b De Zeeuw vs Martina & 2b Vrieswijk vs Finies 10:30 The heats have been extended to nine minutes with the best 3 moves out of 6 counting in either direction. 10:15 The sailors remain on standby for a further 15 minutes. Next announcement at 10:30, competition will then move onto the AP flag in order to run the heats at a moments notice. 10:00 The wind still remains insufficient for competition, the next announcement will be at 10:15 with a first possible start at 10:45am, stay tuned. 9:42 The sailors have been placed on 30 minute rolling standby for the time being, next announcement at 10 first possible start at 10:30. The wind looks promising for an action packed day. 9:33 The skies have cleared and the wind is building, the PWA crew are putting the finishing touches to the freestyle arena, we are waiting for confirmation from head judge Duncan Coombs to give competition the go ahead. 9:00 Good Morning from day 3 of coverage from the 2011 Aruba Hi Winds PWA Grand Slam. Currently we have dark clouds but they are burning away quickly. The skippers meeting will take place at 9:30am with a first start at 10am, stay tuned!