The 2012 PWA KIA Cold Hawaii World Cup Day Four - (All Times UTC+2)
Judging Criteria: 2 waves and no jump to count. Watch the event LIVE on our dedicated LIVE Page by CLICKING HERE  14:37 That concludes the action for today. Tomorrow there will be a standup paddle board contest, the time shall be confirmed later today. The current forecast means that we should see a super session held on Saturday as well, so whilst the competition is finished the action most definitely isn't. 13:50 Result of the Double Elimination - 1st Traversa 2nd Koster 3rd Fernandez. 13:39 Official result will be released in a couple of minutes. 13:37 Traversa scores another wave. Koster picking up what is likely to be his last wave, he links a few frontside turns together to finish the heat but he looks underpowered. 13:34 Traversa with a another wave as he links a couple of backside turns with a smooth frontside. Koster still working his way back upwind.  13:30 Traversa with a backside air and a nice couple of frontside smacks. Good wave from the Frenchmen. Koster gybes to head out the back again. 13:28 Traversa finds another wave, but goes down on his frontside. 13:27 Traversa just with a backside hit, but that's it. 13:25 Koster nails a backside 360and then a front and backside hacks again. Great response from Koster. Koster scores 8 and 8.5s for that wave. 13:23 Both sailors are just hunting for waves. 13:21 Traversa picks up a nice wave, and links a coupld of sick backside smacks with a nice frontside turn.  13:19 Koster takes his first wave, but it closes out on him and he's lacking power. Traversa working his way back upwind. 13:15 Traversa picks up his first wave. Opens with a frontside, really nice backside floater and a frontside turn to finish. Koster tacks to find a different wave. 13:12 The Men's Super Final is now sailing - Traversa vs Koster. 13:10 The Men's Super Final is now in countdown sequence. 2 minutes until the start. 13:06 The sailors are just grabbing there bigger boards and then the countdown will begin.  13:01 We are going to try and run the super final. 5 minutes until the red flag. 25 minute heat with 2 waves and no jump to count. 12:58 Koster's back on the beach, Traversa is still out, both of them have been planing a couple of times, but it looks a little up and down. 12:50 Both Traversa and Koster are on the water now. Both sailors have caught a wave each. 12:45 The winds improving all the time now. And Koster is planing off the beach now. We are going to try and run the super final as a 25 minute heat. The official warm up is taking place now. 12:30 The wind hasn't picked up as yet so the super final remains on standby. next announcement 1pm first possible start 1:15pm. 12:00 The conditions aren't improving, so we're going to go back to longer announcements. Next call at 12:30 first possible start 12:45. 11:45 The wind isn't good enough at the moment, so Traversa and Koster will remain on standby for another 15 minutes. 11:30 It's  not enough at the moment. Sailors remain on standby for the next 15 minutes, as there is an approaching squall.  11:21 Koster is also back on dry land.cLooks like it needs to pick up a bit first. 11:15 Traversa is back on the beach now after catching a couple of waves, Koster\s still out but he's a long way down wind now. 11:07 Traversa makes backside 360 and Koster makes a couple of turns before busting out a willy skipper diablo 540. It still looks extremely light though. 11:03 Both sailors are on the water now making there way out to the waves. It looks super light though. 10:59 Koster is also on his way to the water now too.  10:57 Traversa is now in hit wetsuit and heading down the beach to his equipment to check the conditions. We'll let you know how he gets on in a few minutes time. 10:40 The riders are getting suited up, to check out the conditions, so we have the possibility that we may start competing again at 11am. Stay tuned! 10:30 The wind hasn't picked up at the moment, so there will be another announcement in thirty minutes. First possible start 10:45. 10:00 There's still a couple of foot of swell around this morning, and a lighter, more side shore, wind. It's not strong enough at the moment, so next announcement at 10:30, first possible start 10:45. Welcome to the fourth day of the KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup. Yesterday saw an unbelievable day of action, which spanned 12 hours. Thomas Traversa won his first ever single elimination, but Philip Köster stole the show as he fought his way back from fourth place in the single, to finish in joint first. More importantly his come back saw him successfully defend his PWA Wave World Championship, as he was crowned the new world champion.