Current Judging Criteria: 2 waves, no jumps. 17 minute heats. Watch the event LIVE on our dedicated LIVE Page by CLICKING HERE  19:58 The wind looks like it will be best in the morning tomorrow so the skippers meeting has been called for 8am with the action commencing from 08:20. Heat 19 featuring Swift vs Traversa and Skye vs Seadi will be the first to be sailed. 19:56 Results Heat 18 - Mussolini and Campello advance. 19:55 Mussolini down on a wave 360. Campello with a taka to finish, and that concludes the final heat of the day. 19:53 Mussolini racks up another taka. Frontside air from Sanchez. Campello links another few turns together. 19:48 Sanchez is a little too late onto his wave and has to let it go. Campello links a couple turns, another good wave for him. Mussolini pulls a taka. Nice slidey taka from Proffitt. Sanchez on a little wave but links several good turns together for his best wave so far.  19:43 Mussolini puts together a strong first wave. Proffitt milks a wave all the way to the inside and Campello nails a couple of nice turns. Mussolini throws some spray. Campello goes fully vertical and smacks the lip.  19:38 Heat 18 is now sailing - Sanchez vs Mussolini & Proffitt vs Campello Results Heat 17 - Bruch and Fernandez advance. 19:36 Williams picks out a good wave, really nice backside hit and slide through a taka. Slick frontside smack from Bruch before the wave disappears on him, but he manages a few more turns on the reform. Browne with another taka.  19:30 Bruch ripping on his wave with several silky smooth turns. Williams with a decent couple of turns. Browne with a couple of turns and he links in a nice taka too. Fernandez rips his wave to pieces.  19:24 Fernandez with a few turns. Browne tries to force a taka but can't make it. Frontside air from Fernandez.  19:19 Heat 17 is now sailing - Browne vs Bruch & Williams vs Fernandez Results Heat 16 - Denel and Koster advance. 19:17 End of the heat nothing much else happened by the end.  19:15 Baldyga nails a frontside air. Denel with one of hit best waves of the heat. Koster makes a taka. Close between Lewis and Denel.  19:10 Koster and Lewis nail a couple of good frontside smacks, throwing plenty of spray. Baldyga with a couple of turns. Lewis throws a bucket load of spray on his wave, really good powerful frontside smacks. Denel down on his wave. Koster nails a goiter out of nothing...amazing!  19:05 Lewis with a really nice powerful wave. Denel also opens with a strong wave. Big frontside hit from Denel right on the lip but he loses it. Brilliant from Koster as he nails a slick taka and several powerful smacks.  19:01 Results Heat 15 - Voget and Clancy advance. 19:00 Heat 16 is now sailing - Denel vs Lewis & Koster vs Baldyga 18:58 Good frontside hit from Voget. Clancy with a small wave but makes a nice first turn on it. Another good frontside hit by Voget.  18:55 Clancy rides a wave to the inside but nothing particularly special. Voget nails a frontside air.  18:51 Ojeda finds a nice wave and links 3 top and bottom turns. Really nice backside 360 from Stillrich. Ojeda fins another good wave. Voget tried to pull a wave 360 but can't land it.  18:46 Ojeda and Voget pick up a couple of small waves to open the heat. The wind is very light. Clancy scored a decent wave in the light conditions.  18:41 Heat 15 is now sailing - Voget vs Stillrich & Ojeda vs Clancy 18:38 The AP flag is down for Heat 15. 18:30 The wind has picked up slightly and we are going to try and sail Heat 15. Two waves will count with a heat duration of 17 minutes. 18:05 The wind is still light so the sailors remain on standby for the time being. 17:49 The wind looks as though it's improved a little, if the conditions stay the same then the next heats may be sailed without the jump. 17:30 The wind remains light at the moment, so sailors remain on standby.  17:23 The sailors are still in standby mode as the wind has dropped back a bit for the time being. 17:08 The AP flag is up for the moment. The resail of Heat 15 will be the next heat to be sailed. 17:03 The sailors are struggling to get planing so the heat has been cancelled.  16:58 Tweaked pushloop from Stillrich. Clancy picks up a wave but it doesn't develop into much. Ojeda lands a clean backie and a forward. Voget tries to force his way round a backloop but doesn't make it.  16:53 Nice backside from Stillrich. Clancy links a few turns together. Nice backie from Stillrich. Ojeda with a frontside smack. Small backside air from Voget. Stillrich nice backside turn and a couple of frontside hacks. Clancy gets nailed as the wave closes out on him.  16:48 Heat 15 is now sailing - Voget vs Stillrich & Ojeda vs Clancy Results Heat 14 - Skye and Seadi advance. 16:46 Skye with a couple of decent frontside smacks. Seadi with a flaka but the wave doesn't really ramp up for him.  16:41 Volwater links together a few turns on a smallish wave. The sailors are waiting around trying to pick out the best waves, so not much action in the last few minutes. 16:36 Seadi with a backloop. Skye puts together a strong wave. Kornum great frontside smack and a forward. One footed backie from Seadi and a nice fluid wave ride.  Results Heat 13 - Swift and Traversa advance. 16:31 Heat 14 is now sailing - Skye vs Volwater & Seadi vs Kornum 16:29 Perfect backie from Hancock. Petersen lands a backie too. Nice frontside smack from Traversa. Swifty finds a peach of a wave and links a couple of turns. Traversa with a nice backie. Traversa down on a taka. Small aerial from Swift on the last wave of the heat.  16:24 Hancock goes down after a nice backside turn. Petersen with a wave 360 but falls out the back of the wave. Backloop from Traversa.  16:19 One handed backloop from Hancock. Forward from Petersen. Traversa down on his wave. One anded backloop crash from Petersen. Traversa throws some spray with his top turn. Big hit from Hancock. Perfect pushloop from Swift. Petersen with a couple of very nice turns.  Results Heat 12 - Proffitt and Campello advance. 16:14 Heat 13 is now sailing - Swift vs Hancock & Traversa vs Petersen. 16:12 Campello with a better wave. Forward from Horrocks. Campello lands a small backie. Nice frontside hit from Proffitt.  16:07 Backside air from Proffitt and a frontside hit. Clean backloop from Pijoan.  Campello crashes his backloop. Horrocks picks up a small wave. Taka from Proffitt.  16:02 Campello opens with a stalled forward. Proffitt with a little frontside air and a couple of good turns and a backloop. Pijoan picks up a better first wave than Campello's. Backside air from Pijoan. Horrocks with a backloop. Nice backside from Campello.  15:57 Heat 12 is now sailing - Horrocks vs Proffitt & Campello vs Pijoan Results Heat 11 - Sanchez and Mussolini advance. 15:55 Backside 360 from Mussolini. Nice top turn from Sanchez. Bjornaa hunts out a nice big wave and delivers a powerful frontside hit and sticks a backloop.  15:50 Arched backloop from Mussolini.Bjornaa with a good frontside hit. Danielsen with a good frontside hack.  15:45 Backloop from Danielsen. One footed backloop from Mussolini. Bjornaa with a forward loop. Danielsen with a small wave. Big one handed backie from Bjornaa. Mussolini nice backside hit.  Results Heat 10 - Williams and Fernandez advance. 15:40 Heat 11 is now sailing - Danielsen vs Sanchez & Mussolini vs Bjornaa 15:38 Fernandez nice front and backside combo. Martin nails a wave 360. Williams goes for a pitching lip but doesn't sail away. Fernandez with a big frontside hit and a super snappy front turn.  15:33 Williams picks out a good wave. and unleashes several good turns. Fernandez ripping in this heat now with a backside 360 and a couple of turns. Martin nails a taka. Backside 360 from Ten Hoeve, Williams responds with several good turns on a wave of his own but just crashes his one handed backie.  15:28 Williams opens with a good first wave. Nice backside smack from Martin. Ten Hoeve also with a strong wave. Fernandez nails the first double forward of the contest, which receives a loud cheer from the beach. Backloop from Williams.  15:23 Heat 10 is now sailing - Williams vs Ten Hoeve & Fernandez vs Martin Results Heat 9 - Browne and Bruch advance. 15:21 Jamaer with a good backloop. Forward from Friis. Bruch having a strong heat with another good wave. Browne pumps onto wave but only one turn. 15:16 Backside air from Bruch and links several more turns together. Bruch sticks a backlop. Whilst Jamaer links a few nice turns and a backloop. Friis with a forward. Bruch with a few really snappy turns. Bolt upright one handed backloop from Bruch.  15:11 Browne with a backside hack and a taka. Forward loop from Bruch. Browne with a nice backloop. Jamaer with a decent wave and Friis finds a good wave for a couple of hits. Bruch picks up the best wave of the heat. Results Heat 8 - Baldyga advances. 15:06 Heat 9 is now sailing - Browne vs Friis & Bruch vs Jamaer. 15:04 Kleingarn is a bit trapped down wind. Baldyga with a nice bottom turn into a couple of top turns.  14:59 Baldyga with a small wave.  Results Heat 7 - Stillrich and Clancy advance. 14:54 Kleingarn crashes a crazy pete. Baldyga crashes a backloop but then lands one. Baldyga with a nice backside smack and a couple of frontside turns too and a one handed backloop.  14:49 Heat 8b is now sailing - Baldyga vs Kleingarn 14:47 Stillrich picks up a wave and rides it to the inside. Rydberg crashes a forward.  14:44 Stillrich manages a couple of good turns. Gobisch picks a long wave but couldn't do much with it. Clancy manages to pick a slightly better was as the wind picks up a touch. 14:40 Gobisch with a frontside and backside turn. Backloop from Stillrich.  14:37 Results Heat 5b & 6b - Petersen and Kornum advance. 14:36 Nice forward from Clancy and a nice backloop.  14:32 Heat 7 is now sailing - Stillrich vs Rydberg & Gobisch S vs Clancy 14:30 Kornum stomps another forward. Petersen picks up a small wave.  14:27 Petersen lands a crazy pete. Kornum with a backside air and a couple of good frontside turns. Best wave of the heat. Kornum now lands a stalled forward.  14:23 Wessel Svensson with a clean backloop. Kornum with a strong wave linking several nice turns.  Results Heat 3 - Sanchez and Bjornaa advance. 14:19 Asmussen links a few turns to start the heat but crashes a backloop. Kornum with a nice frontside turn and a forward.  14:15 Heat 5b and 6b is now sailing - Petersen vs Wessel Svensson & Kornum vs Asmussen 14:13 Shuvit on the wave from Sanchez, who is sailing a strong heat.  14:10 Backloop from Munk. Sanchez links a few turns on a small wave. Planing forward by Krzycki.  14:06 Bjornaa with a forward loop. Clean forward from Munk. Sanchez crashes a backside air. Kyzycki with a small wave. One handed backloop from Sanchez.  14:02 Sanchez with a nice backloop and picks a decent wave. Results Heat 2b and 4b - Martin and Pijoan advance. 13:58 Heat 3 is now sailing - Sanchez vs Krzycki & Bjornaa vs Munk 13:56 Gobisch makes the most of a small wave and a backloop just before the buzzer. Results Heat 1 - Friis and Jamaer advance. 13:53 Clean forward from Naalisvaara. Martin with a couple of frontside smacks and really stylish backside. Gobisch sticks a backloop. Pijoan with a great backloop.  13:49 Martin with a good wave, nice frontside smack. Gobisch L crashes a high backloop. Frontside air from Naalisvaara after finding a nice peachy section and a very wet waterstarted backloop. Gobisch manages to link several turns, but Martin replies with a wave of his own. 13:45 Naalisvaara crashes a backloop to open the heat and a small wave. Pijoan with a nice backside hit and one frontside turn. Good clean forward from Gobisch L. Pijoan stomps a forward too. And on the otherside of the heat Martin lands a forward.  13:41 Heat 2b and 4b is now sailing - Gobisch L vs Martin & Naalisvaara vs Pijoan 13:39 Jamaer nails a good wave. Forward from Merlak on the outside.  13:36 Jamaer with a shaka, but falls out the back of the wave. Knudsen nice backside smack.  13:32 Jamaer with a decent backside and frontside smacks. Merlak down on a backloop. Friis with a couple of turns on the wave. Knudsen scored his best wave of the heat so far, with a few nice turns.  13:28 Forward loop by Knudsen. Jamaer with a nice backside smack and one frontside turn. Small wave from Merlak. 13:24 Heat 1 is now sailing - Friis vs Merlak & Jamaer vs Knudsen. 13:15 The first heat of the event will see Friis versus Merlak and Jamaer versus Knudsen. Just 5 minutes until the red flag. 13:05 Heat 1 will be starting at 13:20. Waves and wind look good at the moment. 12:30 We will be starting with 15 minute heats, with a 2 minute transition. There will be one jump and 2 waves to count. 12:10 The sailors have been out testing the conditions throughout the morning. The wind has been a little bit up and down, but most of the guys have been out on 5.3 or 5.8s paired with their bigger boards. Skippers meeting coming up in 20 minutes. Hello and welcome to the opening morning of the 2012 PWA KIA Cold Hawaii World Cup. The sailors will be registering between 10 and 11am local time, with the skippers' meeting being held at 12:30pm. If the conditions allow then the competition shall begin from 1pm.