The 2012 PWA KIA Cold Hawaii World Cup Day Three - (All Times UTC+2)
Judging Criteria: 2 waves 1 jump to count. 15 minute Heats.
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19:34 There is now just the Super Final to sail at the PWA KIA Cold Hawaii World Cup with Traversa and Koster sailing a rematch. The skippers meeting will be held at 10am tomorrow morning with the first possible start at 10:30. We hope you enjoyed the action today and a massive congratulations to Philip Koster once more for the defense of his World Championship.
19:32 Philip Koster is crowned the 2012 PWA Wave Tour World Champion.
19:18 That's it for the day due to the deteriorating light meaning it is impossible for the judges to see what is going on.
19:17 Results Heat 50 - Koster wins
19:16 Sick reverse from Koster. Traversa with a better wave than his previous one.
19:14 Traversa with a small wave, doesn't amount to much. Backside 360 into a nice frontside smack by Koster. Traversa with a nice frontside floater but goes down at the end.
19:10 Traversa nice backside slash and then down on his frontside turn. Koster with a couple of massive backside slashes. Traversa goes down again after a couple of turns.
19:05 Koster now has a new board.
19:04 Traversa crashes his double, Koster stomps his forward. Amazing planing double forward from Koster, best of the competition. Koster has broken his board and has no spare board on the beach.
19:01 Men's Winners' Final is now sailing - Traversa vs Koster
18:56 5 minutes until the men's Winners' Final - Traversa vs Koster.
18:54 Results Heat 50 - Koster advances
18:51 AP flag is up for the moment, whilst the scores are tabulated.
18:48 Fernandez with a really good wave, several turns a frontside aerial, but just crashes on his last turn. Koster out the back of the wave with a frontside 360. Koster lands a massive backside 360 on a huge section. Fernandez makes a backside air, and a taka on his final wave.
18:43 Backside air from Fernandez but not too much else. Koster stomps a great double to respond to Fernandez's. Koster down on his wave 360. Fernandez links a couple of turns but then falls.
18:38 Big double forward from Fernandez to open. Koster with a decent opening wave. Massive backside slash from Koster and a taka to finish.
18:33 Heat 50 is now sailing - Fernandez vs Koster - If Koster wins this heat then he claims the world title, massive heat coming up.
18:27 Heat 50 coming up in just over 5 minutes.
18:24 Results Heat 49 - Koster advances.
18:23 Campello links a few turns together. Koster lands another double forward. Bolt upright double forward from Campello. Koster throws a taka but can't make his reverse. Campello goes for a massive top turn, but over does it on his final wave.
18:18 Campello with a better double forward, very clean! And a good wave, just goes down at the end of a reverse. Koster stomps a double forward out the back. Campello and Koster both on wave, Campello's turns look slightly more radical and powerful.
18:13 Campello waterstarts away from a double forward. Koster with a good opening wave several good turns a taka in the white water.
18:08 Heat 49 is now sailing - Campello vs Koster.
18:03 Heat 49 will begin in 5 minutes.
18:00 Results Heat 48 - Koster advances.
17:58 Koster tries another wave 360 but he doesn't make it, but now makes a big one. One footed backie from Seadi, his final wave doesn't come to much. Koster with a couple of big backside hacks.
17:53 Kauli lands a backie. Koster with his best wave including a smooth taka. Kauli crashes his frontside.
17:48 Kauli with a decent wave to open. Koster doesn't land his wave 360 back in the wave, lands a great double forward. Kauli nice front and backside combo.
17:43 Heat 48 is now sailing - Koster vs Seadi
17:28 There is now a break for one heat.
17:25 Results Heat 47 - Seadi advances.
17:24 Big backside aerial from Kauli as he rips on another wave. One handed, one footed backloop from Kauli, landed perfectly. Mussolini nails a taka with a couple of other turns. Seadi down on a wave 360.
17:19 One handed, one footed backloop crash from Mussolini and big frontside smack. Kauli absolutely rips his wave.
17:14 Tweaked pushloop from Seadi and big backie from Mussolini and forces a taka. Kauli crashes a one footed backie. Mussolini scores another wave. One footed backie from Seadi.
17:09 Heat 47 is now sailing - Seadi vs Mussolini.
17:02 Next heat coming up in 5 minutes.
16:58 Results Heat 46b - Mussolini advances.
16:50 Big one footed backloop from Mussolini. Bruch crashes a one handed backloop and then lands a one footed backloop. One handed, one footed backloop from Mussolini.
16:45 Mussolini nails another taka. Forward loop from Bruch, down on a wave 360. Bruch lands a backloop.
16:40 High backloop from Mussolini. Bruch rips on his opening wave. Bruch goes for a double forward but lands on his head after the first rotation. Mussolini with a really good wave including a smooth taka. Smooth wave riding from Bruch.
16:35 Heat 46b is now sailing - Mussolini vs Bruch
Results Heat 46a - Seadi advances.
16:33 Tweaked pushloop from Seadi again. Voget with a front and backside combo.
16:28 Tweaked pushloop from Seadi. Backside air from Seadi and a couple of frontside turns. Voget with a couple of waves but not looking as radical.
16:23 Seadi with a good opening wave. Big tweaked pushloop from Voget but wet landing. Huge backside smack from Seadi who is ripping.
16:18 Heat 46a is now sailing - Voget vs Seadi.
Results Heat 45 - Mussolini and Bruch advance.
16:16 Swifty with a good wave. Bruch milks a wave all the way to the inside. Nice frontside hit by Mussolini and a taka another one. Stalled forward from Bruch.
16:11 Mussolini crashes a goiter. Bruch nails a sick wave 360 and links a few more turns together. Bruch comes in to change down, the winds picking up.
16:06 Swift opens with a big backie. Mussolini with a sick taka and Jamaer with a tweaked pushloop. Bruch vertical backside. Swift nice laid down backside smack.
Heat 44 results - Voget and Seadi
16:01 Heat 45 is now sailing - Mussolini vs Swift & Bruch vs Jamaer
15:59 Voget good backside smack. Seadi with a really good wave. Williams with a nice backside hit. One footed backloop from Seadi.
15:54 Tweaked pushloop from Seadi. Nice backside air from Voget. Volwater with his best wave so far. Williams with a powerful backside hack.
15:49 Seadi picks up a good wave. Backloop from Seadi too. Williams with a small wave. One handed backloop from Voget.
Results Heat 43 - Swift and Jamaer advance.
15:44 Heat 44 is now sailing - Voget vs Williams & Seadi vs Volwater
15:42 Double loop crash from Clancy, really nice couple of backside hacks from Clancy. Big tweaked pushloop from Jamaer. Swift with a big backside smack.
15:37 Swift with a frontside turn and nice backside. Jamaer and Clancy both pick out small waves.
15:32 Swift waterstarts away from a double. Skye sticks a backie and waterstarts away from a double. Tweaked pushloop from Jamaer. Forward from Clancy. One handed backloop from Skye but overrotates.
Results Heat 42 - Williams and Volwater advance.
15:27 Heat 43 is now sailing - Swift vs Skye & Clancy vs Jamaer
15:25 Williams picks out a good sized wave and links several super fluid turns. Volwater with a one handed backloop. Hancock with the best wave of his heat.
15:20 Nice backside from Browne. Volwater sticks a backloop and a good backside hit. Browne with a couple more nice backside turns.
15:15 Hancock opens with a good wave. Backloop from Williams. Pushloop from Hancock. Browne with a taka and a double forward. Williams scores a small wave.
Results Heat 41 - Clancy and Jamaer advance.
15:10 Heat 42 is being resailed now - Browne vs Williams & Volwater vs Williams
15:08 Heat 42 will also be resailed after a delay with the flag sequence. Gobisch backside smack.
15:03 Gobisch with a frontside hit. Tabletop pushloop from Jamaer landed perfectly. Backside air from Denel.
14:58 Pushloop from Jamaer and almost pulls a goiter. Backloop from Gobisch.
14:53 Heat 41 is now being resailed - Clancy vs Gobisch & Denel vs Jamaer.
14:52 The resail of heat 41 is coming up next. The power cut caused a mistake in the flag timings.
14:51 Backside air from Browne. Browne scores his best wave of the heat and ends it with a taka. Perfect pushloop from Brawzinho. Volwater crashes a double loop.
14:46 Pushloop from Hancock. Browne down on a backside 360. Williams with a nice backside hit. Volwater with his best wave so far.
14:41 Volwater with a backloop. Live scoring will be back shortly.
14:36 Heat 42 is now sailing - Browne vs Williams & Volwater vs Hancock.
Apologies for the delay we lost power for a few minutes.
14:29 Denel on a small wave and after a few turns he makes a slow taka. Backside 360 from Jamaer.
14:24 Nice backloop from Denel and a one handed backloop. Super tweaked pushloop from Jamaer. Clancy with a backside hit. Denel tries forcing a taka but doesn't stick it. Gobisch sticks a backloop.
Results Heat 40 - Swift and Skye advance.
14:19 Heat 41 is now sailing - Clancy vs Gobisch S & Denel va Jamaer
14:17 Horrocks with a big powerful turn, but then the wave fizzles out on him. Pushloop crash from Swift. Nice backside from Danielsen.
14:12 Horrocks picks up his best wave of the heat. One handed backloop from Skye but very wet at the end. Danielsen pulls a big one handed backie. Horrocks waterstarts away from a double forward. Forward off the lip from Swift, but drops it on landing.
14:07 Danielsen tries a taka but can't quite make it. Danielsen lands a backloop. Table top forward from Skye and a nice wave. Super nice backloop from Skye. Swift with a good back and powerful frontside smack.
Results Heat 39 - Volwater and Hancock advance.
14:02 Heat 40 is now sailing - Swift vs Horrocks & Skye vs Danielsen.
14:00 Nice backside into frontside from Sanchez on a decent section. Proffitt with a super clean Proffitt, Hancock responds with a high backloop.
13:55 Volwater with a clean backloop. Hancock scores a strong wave with 3 backside hits and a taka to end it.
13:50 Hancock opens with a small backloop. Volwater with a bigger backie. Good front and backside combo from Proffitt. Hancock with another backloop. Sanchez picks up a small wave.
13:45 Heat 39 is now sailing - Sanchez vs Volwater & Proffitt vs Hancock
Results Heat 38 - Browne and Williams advance.
13:43 Gobisch with a small wave, Lewis looks underpowered but tries a double forward, only making 1 and half rotations.
13:38 Nice backside from Browne throwing plenty of spray. Lewis with a powerful front and backside combo. Williams really nice backloop. Gobisch finds a good sized wave out the back. Lewis sticks a backloop. Williams busts a bigger backloop.
13:33 Strong wave from Williams and a nice backloop from Gobisch. Kobisch with a couple of turns. Browne lands a backloop. Williams really stylish backside hits.
Results Heat 37 - Gobisch S and Jamaer advance
13:28 Heat 38 is now sailing - Browne vs Lewis & Williams vs Gobisch L
13:26 Kobisch over rotates his forward. Kleingarn crashes a pushloop attempt. Kobisch with a nice top and bottom turn. Couple of nice backside smacks from Kleingarn.
13:21 Rydberg nice backside. Kleingarn lands a crazy pete. Rydberg with a small wave.
13:16 Jamaer opens with a tweaked backloop and a one handed backie. Rydberg with a forward. Gobisch with a couple of backside smacks. Kleingarn picks up a decent wave. Rydberg crashes a backloop. Jamaer with a stylish backside slash and a small frontside smack.
13:11 Heat 37 is now sailing - Rydberg vs Gobisch S & Jamaer vs Kleingarn.
13:08 AP flag is now down for Heat 37
13:03 Results Heat 36 - Horrocks and Danielsen advance.
12:55 AP flag is up, there will be a very short break for the moment.
12:54 Big backside smack from Horrocks. Danielsen pulls a taka and then a few backside hacks. Forward from Pijoan on the outside. Bjornaa down on a backside 360, whilst Pijoan crashes a taka.
12:49 Bjornaa with a slashy backside hit and a backside air. Horrocks throws some spray with his backside smacks.
12:44 Horrocks opens with the biggest backloop of the contest so far. Big stalled forward from Danielsen. Pijoan with a nice backside turn. Horrocks good frontside hit.
12:39 Heat 36 is now sailing - Pijoan vs Horrocks & Bjornaa vs Danielsen
Results Heat 35 - Volwater and Hancock advance.
12:37 Nice wave from Hancock. One handed backloop from Volwater. Petersen nails a backloop. Nice backside smack from hancock.
12:32 Volwater with a backside smack. Petersen down on a backloop.
12:27 Hancock with a pushloop and finds a good sized wave and links several decent turns together. Volwater with a couple of backside hacks. Petersen with a couple of turns.
Results Heat 34 - Lewis and Gobisch L advance.
12:22 Heat 35 is now sailing - Kornum vs Volwater & Petersen vs Hancock.
12:20 Nice backloop from Ojeda on the inside. Gobisch with a nice section. Lewis with a few good frontside hit. Baldyga over rotates his backie.
12:15 Backloop from Gobisch. Ojeda on another small wave. Gobisch does slightly better on his wave. Baldyga crashes a backie.
12:11 Results Heat 32 - Martin and Gobisch S advance.
12:10 Lewis down on a backloop. Baldyga with a backside smack. Lewis lands a nice backloop. Ojeda with a wet backloop. Ojeda on a small wave links a couple of turns.
12:05 Heat 34 is now sailing - Baldyga vs Lewis & Ojeda vs Gobisch L.
12:03 Rydberg links a few turns together. Martin goes for a double and waterstarts away from it. Rydberg with a couple of front and backside hits on a small wave.
11:58 Ten Hoeve with a good wave and Martin makes a nice backside smack. Rydberg lands a backloop. Ten Hoeve crashes a backie.
11:53 Ten Hoeve with a good wave to open the heat. Gobisch with a forward. Martin with a couple of hits and a forward.
11:48 Heat 32 is now sailing - Martin vs Rydberg & Ten Hoeve vs Gobisch S
Results Heat 31b and 33b - Danielsen and Kleingarn advance.
11:46 Kleingarn with a couple of backside slashes. Danielsen with a good wave. Catapult from Friis.
11:41 Clean crazy pete from Kleingarn.
11:36 Forward from Kleingarn nice backside slash but then loses it on the exit. Danielsen with a good wave. Wet crazy pete from Kleingarn.
11:31 Heat 31b and 33b is now sailing - Danielsen vs Asmussen & Friis vs Kleingarn.
Results Heat 28 - Kornum and Volwater advance.
11:29 Volwater sticks backloop. Forward from Krzycki, better than his other one. Kornum with a good wave. Volwater with a few backside hits.
11:24 Volwater with a forward. Krzycki with a forward as well. Backside into front from Kornum.
11:19 Volwater opens with a better wave than Munk. Kornum crashes his wave. Krzycki tries forcing a taka but can't land it. Forward from Kornum.
11:14 Heat 28 is now sailing - Kornum vs Krzycki & Volwater vs Munk
Results Heat 27b and 29b - Gobisch and Hancock advance.
11:12 Hancock tries riding but the wave disappears on him. Gobisch goes frontside.
11:07 Stillrich down after his backside turn. Hancock lands a pushloop. Stillrich frontside. Nice frontside hit from Naalisvaara.
11:02 Hancock with a small wave. Gobisch links a couple of turns. Naalisvaara witha backloop. Hancock lands a pushloop.
10:57 Heat 27b and 29b is now sailing - Stillrich vs Gobisch L & Hancock vs Naalisvaara.
Results Heat 26b - Baldyga and Lewis advance.
10:55 Lewis with a couple of backside hits. Merlak with a front and backside combo. Knudsen crashes a backie.
10:50 Lewis with another backloop. Knudsen riding but he's outside the area. Baldyga with a backloop.
10:45 Lewis lands a backloop. Knudsen with a forward. Lewis with a couple of front and backside hits. Backside hit from Baldyga.
10:40 Heat 1 is now sailing - Baldyga vs Merlak & Lewis vs Knudsen
10:37 Heat 1 of the double elimination is now in countdown sequence.
10:18 Results of the Single Elimination - 1st Traversa 2nd Fernandez 3rd Campello 4th Koster
10:11 The official results will be released shortly.
10:09 There will now be a break until 10:35, then the double elimination will begin you can see the ladder HERE.
10:07 Campello makes another taka on his wave. Good frontside hit from Koster and drops out the back of the wave with his wave 360. Campello with some nice slashy turns. Koster with a frontside hit then the wave closes out on him.
10:02 Campello crashes his wave. Koster with a couple of turns. Nice backside from Campello and a frontside hit before throwing a taka.
09:57 Campello opens with a perfect double forward. Campello lands another double forward and Koster nails a bolt upright forward.
09:52 Men's Losers' Final is now sailing - Campello vs Koster.
09:50 A few backside smacks from Fernandez and then nails a massive backside wave 360. Forward off the lip from Fernandez. Traversa makes a couple of turns then goes down.
09:47 One handed backie from Traversa, really clean. Fernandez tries forcing a taka, but goes down. Traversa down too on his wave and crashes a bigger one handed backloop. Traversa currently leads.
09:45 Fernandez down on a backside 360. Traversa rips on his wave. Fernandez with a couple of backside hits but not as fluid as Traversa's last wave.
09:40 Fernandez opens with a double forward and really nice backside hit, strong wave from Fernandez. Traversa with a huge backside hit and a frontside smack too. Fernandez nails a better double forward.
09:35 Men's Winners' Final is now sailing - Fernandez vs Traversa
09:33 The Red flag is now up for the Men's Winners' Final
09:25 Men's Winners Final is going to be restarted due to a complication with the flags. AP is up for the moment.
09:08 Results Heat 23b - Traversa knocks out Koster and advances into the winners' final.
09:06 There will now be a break for the duration of the one heat before the winners' final, followed by the losers' final.
09:05 Traversa so so close to a wave 360 just loses it right at the very end. Koster with a small wave but he can't do much with it.
09:00 Tweaked clew first aerial from Koster. Koster with another small wave. Fully end over end double forward from Traversa. Big bail out from Koster mid forward.
08:55 Big dry double forward from Koster. Traversa with a great wave, several really nice hits. Koster goes down on his wave after a front and backside turn. One handed backie from Traversa. Koster almost lands a clew first switch stance 360.
08:50 Heat 23b is now sailing - Traversa vs Koster
Results Heat 23a - Fernandez advances.
08:48 Fernandez crashes his backside turn. Fernandez makes an even better double forward. Campello with a backside air and a couple of nice turns. big backside hit and backside 360 from Fernandez. Campello with a Forward.
08:43 Campello crashes hard in a pushloop. Great double forward from Fernandez. Campello down on his double forward on the landing.
08:38 Campello waterstarts away from a double forward. Fernandez with a couple of nice turns. Nice backside from Campello.
Results Heat 22 - Traversa and Koster advance.
08:33 Heat 23a is now sailing - Fernandez vs Campello
08:31 Traversa goes down hard. Seadi lands a pushloop. Nice backloop from Koster. Voget crashes his backloop and Seadi crashes one too. Traversa with another great wave and he's well ahead at the moment. Voget with a really nice backloop. Koster tries a clew first frontside 360.
08:26 Voget has had a lot of waves outside the area. Seadi with a good wave, but he was outside the area. Koster with a great wave.
08:21 Fully planing forward from Koster. Seadi with a small wave. Traversa with a great wave which includes a taka. Double forward from Koster but crashes a massive backside air.
Results Heat 21 - Fernandez and Campello advance.
08:16 Heat 22 is now sailing - Traversa vs Seadi & Voget vs Koster.
Heat 23 will be sailed as two, two man heats.
08:14 Mussolini with a backloop. Bruch makes a wave 360 but slips off the back of the wave. Nice backside from Fernandez. Nice backside from Campello.
08:09 Double forward from Campello. Fully planing forward of the lip from Fernandez. Bruch with his best wave out of the heat. Fernandez busts out a frontside air.
08:04 Mussolini down on his wave. Tweaked pushloop from Campello on the way in and waterstarts away from a double forward. Mussolini crashes a backloop and lands a starboard tack backloop. Forward from Bruch. Campello with a couple of front and backside smacks.
07:59 Heat 21 is now sailing - Bruch vs Fernandez & Mussolini vs Campello.
Results Heat 20 - Voget and Koster advance.
07:57 Koster crashes a backloop and Denel. Clancy with a good wave, couple of slashy turns. Koster down on a backside 360. Koster stomps a double forward.
07:52 Voget down on a backloop. Clancy with a nice backside turn. Denel lands a forward.
07:47 Backloop from Voget. Koster with a tweaked backside air but then goes down. Clancy lands a backie.
Heat 19 Results - Traversa and Seadi advance
07:42 Heat 20 is now sailing - Voget vs Clancy & Denel vs Koster
07:40 Traversa goes for another wave 360 but doesn't make it. Seadi rides wave and links a few turns together. Skye links a few turns together just before the end of the heat but it disappears on him.
07:35 Nice backloop from Traversa. Seadi riding a wave but it's outside the area. Skye with a backside air.
07:30 Kauli opens up with a strong wave including a radical backside air. Swift with a push tabletop and a waterstarted double forward. Seadi with a big backloop on the way in.
07:25 Heat 19 is now sailing - Swift vs Traversa & Skye vs Seadi.
07:23 Heat 19 is now in countdown sequence. Looks like the guys are on 4.7s to 5.0m.
07:00 The sailors are now preparing their equipment for the day of competition ahead. There will be 2 jumps and 1 wave to count. Heat 19 will be starting at 07:20 local time.
Good morning, it's windy in Klitmoller this morning and the skippers meeting will be taking place in a couple of minutes time. Stay tuned