The 2012 PWA Surf World Cup: Day 4 (All times GMT+1)
21:50 That's it for tonight, make sure to tune in from 09:30 tomorrow morning for the final day. 21:35 Congratulations to Van Broeckhoven who wins the EFPT town in. Second for Gollito and third Thode. 21:32 Just waiting for the release of the results. 21:28 Van Broeckhoven with triple air flaka diablo but goes down ducking the sail.  21:26 Gollito with a super super sick funnel burner. Crazy good. 21:24 Thode with a double air flaka 180. 21:22 Saragoza tries a flaka into a painful face plant. 21:20 Akgazciyan goes for a burner 360 but can't stick it. 21:17 Van Der Eyken with a perfect burner. 21:15 Matissek with a nice double flaka as well. 21:13 Mas with a double flaka.  21:11 Van Ochten with a nice burner. 21:08 Taty Frans with a double flaka diablo. 20:59 Van Broeckhoven is currently in the lead with 38 points, Gollito second with 33. 20:57 Van Broeckhoven triple air flaka diablo, the standard tonight is ridiculous. 20:55 Thode with double air flaka pirouette.  20:53 Gollito with a ricidulously big burner flaka diablo. 20:50 Akgazciyan with a super sick clean culo 360. 20:47 Matissek with a really fast flaka in the first rotation but can't make the second. 20:45 Taty Frans with a flaka but goes down on the second rotation. 20:42 Saragoza with a massive double air flaka and a 180. Awesome move. 20:40 Mas goes with a culo, radical rotation but he can't land it. 20:38 Van Der Eyken with a really sick double flaka. 20:35 Van Ochten opens up the action with a burner attempt, very wet landing. 20:29 Final moments of preparation before the final begins. 20:10 Just 20 minutes until the EFPT tow in final. Keep up with all the action right here. 17:02 The wind is too fickle, so the decision has been made to end the day now. The skippers meeting will be at 9am tomorrow with the first possible start at 9:30. Tune back in at 8:30pm for the final of the EFPT tow in event. 17:01 Muller tries a lollypop combo but can't quite pull it off. Heat 30 cancelled again. 16:59 Offringa falls on a grubby, but sticks an e-slider. Beholz with a shaka. Muller falls, Wedele lands a flaka. Offringa crashes a ponch. Beholz nails a switch chacho. Muller having a good heat here, now landing a clew first flaka. 16:57 Flaka by Offringa immediately as the heat starts. Beholz with e-slider and Muller lands a funnel and double flaka. Beholz goes for another e-slider. Muller with a sweet OH shaka in the light conditions. 16:55 Heat 30 is now sailing - Beholz vs Muller & Offringa vs Wedele. 16:45 Sailors will remain on standby but the wind has gone super light for the moment. 16:37 Heat 30 has had to be cancelled, sailors were off the plane a lot. 16:34Beholz starts with an e-slider and double flaka. Offringa nails a grubby quickly followed by a flaka. Beholz jumps a kono and shaka. Offrings with a kono of his own whilst Muller sticks a tripple flaka. 16:31 Results from heat 29 - Kraschitzer and Metcalf-Perez advance. 16:30 Heat 30 is now sailing - Beholz vs Muller & Offringa vs Wedele. 16:27 Shuv it spock crashes from both Sims and Metcalf-Perez. Spin loop landed by Kraschitzer. Metcalf-Perez e-slider and willy skipper. Sims goes for another shuv it spock but doesn't make it.  16:24 Kraschitzer e-slider 540, Sims goes for a culo but doesn't quite make it. Metcalf-Perez double flaka. Kraschitzer crashes a flaka right in front of the judges. Metcalf-Perez flames a burner. Everyone's stopped planing 16:19 Sims with a shaka and a wet spock 540, Kraschitzer e-slider 180. Metcalf-Perez wet air funnel, but makes a nice kono. Sims and Metcalf-Perez both crash shakas. 16:17 Heat 29 sailing now - Sims vs Kraschitzer & Metcalf-Perez & Forstenlechner. 16:00 Wind has picked up. We're going to adjust the heat length to 10 minutes with heat 29 starting from 16:15. 15:45 The wind hasn't re-emerged as yet. Sailors will remain on standby, next update at 16:00, first start 16:15. 15:30 The wind hasn't returned yet, next announcement at 15:45, first start 16:00. 15:06 Sailors are heading back to the beach, there will be another announcement for heat 29 at 15:30 with first possible start at 15:45. The wind is just to light right now, so we're going to see if it fills in. 15:01 Heat 29 is cancelled again. The wind is too inconsistent. 14:58 Sims goes down on a shuv it spock but claims a kono. Metcalf-Perez ducks the sail but then loses power. Kraschitzer spock 540. Metcalf-Perez with a sick bob. e-slider landed by Sims and another shaka.  14:55 Sims with a shaka. Funnel by Metcalf-Perez. Everyone lands a flaka. 14:53  Heat 29 sailing for the third time now - Sims vs Kraschitzer & Metcalf-Perez & Forstenlechner. 14:45 Heat 29 will be resailed when the wind picks up again. 14:43 Sims pumps his way into a nice grubby. Heat 29 is cancelled for the second time. 14:40 Sims falls on an e-slider. Sailors are finding it difficult to plane. 14:38 Heat 29 now sailing - Sims vs Kraschitzer & Metcalf-Perez & Forstenlechner. 14:35 Result Heat 28- Popretinskiy advances. 14:34 Funnel landed by Poprentiskiy followed up with another flaka diablo and a willy skipper 540, e-slider from De Zeeuw and a puneta. Poprentinskiy goes down in the final minute of the heat. 14:32 Nice culo by Poprentinskiy, De Zeeuw replies with a funnel. Both sailors shaka right at the same time, Poprentinskiy's was maybe a little better though.  14:31 Flaka diablo Poprentinskiy wet ending though. Wind has dropped down a little gain. 14:29 De Zeeuw will flaka diablo, Poprentinskiy sticks a ponch but flames a culo and an air funnel. 14:26 Heat 28b in now sailing - Poprentinskiy vs De Zeeuw. 14:24 AP flag is down for heat 28b now. 14:18 Heat 28b involving Popretinskiy and De Zeeuw will be resailed then heat 29. 14:12 Have had to cancel heat 29. It will be resailed when the wind improves. 14:11 Metcalf-Perez goes for a shaka but settles for shuv it and double flaka. Sims with a flaka after crashing a shaka. Metcalf-Perez e-slider. The wind looks lighter in this heat. 14:07 Heat 29 now sailing - Sims vs Kraschitzer & Metcalf-Perez & Forstenlechner. 14:02 Spicher with a nice ponch but goes down on a burner.  13:59 Advancing from heat 27 is Gavriel and Kalk. 13:57 Da Silva with a nice burner, Poprentinckiy funnel, De Zeeuw air funnel. 13:56 Heat 28 is sailing now - Spicher vs Da Silva & Popretinskiy vs De Zeeuw. 13:53 Spock 540 by Kalk, Gavriel lands an e-slider. End of heat. 13:50 Funnel from Kalk, Gavriel flames a grubby but then makes one on his next attempt. Alvarez with a flaka and spock.  13:49 Results Heat 26 - Matissek and Chambers advance. 13:48 Puneta 900 crash from kalk, Gavriel drops a shaka. 13:46 Kalk goes down on a grubby, Alvarez with half an easy and crashes a grubby. 13:45 Heat 27 now sailing - Gavriel vs Pluss & Kalk vs Alvarez. 13:40 E-slider from Fabrizi and a sick shaka, shuv it vulcan crash from Bubble but sticks a culo. Fabrizi wet kono. 13:39 Shaka flaka by matissek followed up with a grubby.. Fabrizi nails a culo and a shaka but it's wet finsih. Chambers spock. 13:36 Matissek opens with a flaka and a forward plus an e-slider, Chambers jumps a flaka and spock, Rahbeck Oegelund nice funnel and shaka. Fabrizi has a shaka, double flaka. Matissek air flaka. 13:34 Start of the double elimination Heat 26 now sailing - Matissek vs Rahbeck Oegelund & Chambers vs Fabrizi. 13:15 OK we're going to try and run the first heats of the day. Heat 26 will be 8 minutes with 3 out of 6 moves counting. First possible start is 13:30. 13:00 The winds continuing to tease. We'll update you again at 13:15. 12:45 Some strong gusts coming through to allow some planing action but they are few and far between at the moment. Next update in 15 minutes. First possible start 13:15 12:30 The events getting busier and the wind is getting closer to what we need. 12:45 next announcement. First possible start for heat 26 13:00. 12:15 Not enough here yet, we'll remain on 15 minute updates though. The wind is much less offshore than yesterday which is making it look windier than it is. 12:00 Getting closer so we're going to come back with an update in 15 minutes, first possible start 12:45. 11:30 The wind has begun to pick up, the flags are at least flying now. Still a way off competable levels but it's a step in the right direction. 12:00 next update, first possible start 12:30. 10:30 Not much change in the conditions for the time being. Much quieter around the event site compared with the last couple of days. Back in an hour with the next announcement. 09:30 It's a beautiful start to the day again in Austria, but light winds so we'll have another update at 10:30. First possible start at 11:00.