The 2012 PWA Sylt World Cup - Day One (All Times
You can see a list of the equipment the slalom sailors have registered HERE. Wave Judging Criteria: 13 minute heats, 1 jump and 2 waves Watch the event LIVE on our dedicated LIVE Page by CLICKING HERE  19:33 That concludes the action for today. The skippers meeting for the wave and freestyle fleets is 9am tomorrow morning with the first start at 09:30, whilst the skippers meeting will take place at 10am and the first start is at 10:30. 19:31 Results Heat 6b and 8b - Albeau and Denel advance. 19:30 Albeau lands a backloop.  19:27 Denel with a good wave and a nice backside smack.  19:22 Forward from Albeau. Metcalf-Perez with a decent wave. Denel lands a forward. Denel with a couple of good backside turns. Albeau goes down on his wave. Metcalf-Perez lands a wet backie.  Results Heat 4b and 5b - Taty Frans and Mevissen advance. 19:17 Heat 6b and 8b is now sailing - Albeau vs Hanses & Denel vs Metcalf-Perez 19:15 End of the heat.  19:12 Backloop from Mevissen. Van der Eyken makes a backloop. Rutkowski goes down in the white water. Van der Eyken lands a better backie.  19:07 Backside air from Van der Eyken. Taty with a nice frontside turn.  Results Heat 3 - Kleingarn and Naalisvaara advance. 19:02 Heat 4b and 5b is now sailing - Taty Frans vs Van der Eyken & Mevissen vs Rutkowski 19:00 Kleingarn with a crazy pete and a nice backside smack. 18:57 Kleingarn stomps a forward. Naalisvaara goes down on his wave in the white water. Asmussen and Weber have not been scored due to the fact that they had no streamers or sail numbers.  18:52 Weber lands a forward. Backside hit from Kleingarn and a stalled forward. Naalisvaara just crashes a backie.  Results Heat 1b and 2b - Angulo and Chambers advance. 18:47 Heat 3 is now sailing - Kleingarn vs Asmussen & Naalisvaara vs Weber 18:45 Angulo lands a better backloop than his first attempt. Chambers links a front and backside turn.Spadea with a small wave. Angulo with the best wave of his heat. 18:42 Small wave from Chambers. Back and frontside from Clancy. Chambers stomps a forward, bit of a wet landing.  18:37 Clancy lands a forward. Spadea makes a forward too, but stacks a backloop. Chambers crashes his backloop. Angulo lands a backie. 18:32 Heat 1b and 2b are now sailing -  Clancy vs Angulo & Chambers vs Spadea  18:30 Red flag is now up for Heat 1b and 2b - Clancy vs Angulo & Chambers vs Spadea 18:23 Results of the men's single elimination at the PWA Sylt World Cup: 1st Jose 'Gollito' Estredo 2nd Kiri Thode 3rd Steven Van Broeckhoven 4th Tonky Frans 18:10 Results will be coming up shortly. The start of the men's wave single elimination is at 18:30. 18:09 Van Broeckhoven with a nice regular kono and a stalled forward, whilst Tonky lands a wet funnel. Air funnel from Van Broeckhoven, massive air flaka from Van Broeckhoven, sick, and a one handed air funnel. 18:05 Burner from Van Broeckhoven and lands a pushloop, so does Tonky. Switch kono from Van Broeckhoven. Tonky lands a burner. Ponch 360 from Van Broeckhoven, and Tonky stomps a backloop.  18:02 Men's Losers' Final is now sailing - Van Broeckhoven vs Tonky Frans. 17:59 Gollito from forward and Thode lands a forward and a flaka 360. Nice backloop from Gollito and a huge shaka. Clean burner from Thode. Huge burner 900 from Gollito. Thode makes a ponch, so does Gollito. Air funnel 900 by Thode, nice and smooth. Double clew-first spock from Gollito and Thode flames his backloop. Gollito lands a switch chachoo right on the inside. Wet kono from Kiri. Clew-first double spock from Thode. 17:55 Nice shaka by Gollito. Shaka 360 from Thode now that he knows his heat is sailing now. 17:52 Men's Winners' Final is now sailing - Thode vs Gollito Estredo. 17:48 The AP flag is now down for the winners' final. 17:46 The men's wave single elimination will begin at 18:30. 17:45 Results 23b - Gollito Estredo advances to face Thode in the Winners' Final. 17:41 Results Heat 23a - Kiri Thode advances into the Winners' Final. 17:40 There will now be a break for one heat.  17:39 Tonky makes an e-slider. One handed burner from Gollito. Switch chachoo from Tonky and a perfect crazy pete.  17:36 Forward from Tonky and an air flaka. Gollito crashes a big backie follows it up with a burner, whilst Tonky nails a shaka, so does Gollito. Gollito with a ponch. Taty lands a burner. Shaka from Gollito on the other side and a culo.  17:32 Heat 23b is now sailing - Tonky Frans vs Gollito Estredo 17:29 Forward from Thode. Big switch kono from Van Broeckhoven but goes down on his pushloop. It's now raining and the wind has picked up a lot making it a nightmare for both sailors to land anything now. Thode busts his way through a burner. Shaka from Thode. 17:25 Van Broeckhoven opens with a shaka 360 and a flaka 360. Thode with a shaka.  Results Heat 22 - Tonky Frans and Estredo 17:22 Heat 23a is now sailing - Thode vs Van Broeckhoven 17:19 Taty with a forward. Flaka from Ruenes and a forward. Taty goes for a big culo but can't make it. Kono from Tonky on the inside. No handed flaka from Gollito just before the end of the heat. 17:16 Double air flaka from Tonky. Big air flaka from Gollito and another one. Ruenes with a big shaka. Ponch on the outside from Gollito and just loses a one handed burner. One handed air funnel by Ruenes, Gollito lands his. Sick backloop from Tonky. Taty goes down again. Results Heat 21 - Thode and Van Broeckhoven. 17:12 Heat 22 is now sailing - Tonky Frans vs Taty Frans & Ruenes vs Estredo 17:09 Flaka by Soltysiak. Thode just drops a kabikuchi. Van Broeckhoven stacks a pushloop. Big culo from Thode. Scheffers with a funnel and big air flaka crash. Thode makes a backloop on the way in. Van Broeckhoven lands a e-slider just before the buzzer. 17:06 Burner from Van Broeckhoven and a big shaka. Thode with a burner 900. Switch kono from Soltysiak.  Results Heat 20 - Ruenes and Estredo advance. 17:02 Heat 21 is now sailing - Scheffers vs Thode & Soltysiak vs Van Broeckhoven 4 from 7 moves on each tack to count, still 7 minute heats from Heat 21 onwards. 16:59 Nice shaka from Gollito. One handed funnel by Ruenes and shaka from Van der Eyken. One handed air funnel from Gollito. Burner on the outside from Van der Eyken. Ruenes stomps a burner too. Big culo from Gollito bit he's completed his moves on starboard tack and a nice flonch on port. Good switch kono from Rowe. Shuv it spock from Ruenes.  16:55 Ruenes with a massive shaka. One handed funnel from Rowe and a flaka. Ruenes with a flaka 360.  Results Heat 19 - Tonky Frans and Taty Frans advance 16:52 Heat 20 is now sailing - Van der Eyken vs Bosson & Rowe vs Estredo Results Heat 18 - Soltysiak and Van Broeckhoven advance. 16:49 Fast flaka from Eber. Taty wanted a spock culo but settles for just a spock. Smooth funnel from Tonky. Mas goes down on his backloop. Big ponch from Tonky. Eber makes a backloop. 16:46 Shaka from Tonky and nice burner. Eber crashes his flaka. Massive shaka from Tonky. Nice backloop from Taty but loses it on the landing. Tonky tries forcing a triple puneta but goes down.  Results Heat 18 -  & Van Broeckhoven through after 2:1 decision. 16:42 Heat 19 is now sailing - Mas vs Tonky Frans & Eber vs Taty Frans. 16:39 Soltysiak with half a kono. Van Broeckhoven with a clean switch kono. Planing e-slider from Metcalf-Perez. Soltysiak stomps a culo and a shaka. Saragoza lands a Pasko. 16:35 Van Broeckhoven lands a shaka and a ponch. Forward by Soltysiak. Metcalt-Perez with a nice backloop.  Results Heat 17 - Scheffers and Thode advance. 16:32 Heat 18 is now sailing - Soltysiak vs Saragoza & Metcalf-Perez vs Van Broeckhoven 16:29 Double flaka from Thode and a sick, huge, one handed air bob and now a kabikuchi, Kiri is killing it. Switch kono from Schmit. Flonch from Popretinskiy really nice. Schmit lands a forward. Scheffers down on a funnel. Nice floaty shaka from Schmit. Kono from Scheffers on the inside.  16:25 Thode opens with a nice burner. Shaka for Popretinksiy. Ponch on the outside from Schmit. Thode lands a ponch too. Scheffers sticks a shaka.  Results Heat 16 - Rowe and Estredo advance. 16:22 Heat 17 is now sailing - Schmit vs Scheffers & Popretinskiy vs Thode 16:19 Estredo stomps a pushloop. Wet backloop from Gollito and double spock. Fast flaka from Rowe. Gollito ends with a shuvit spock. Results Heat 15 - Van Der Eyken and Ruenes advance. 16:15 Culo from Estredo. Kalk with a shaka. Burner from Kalk and an air flaka. Muller with a shaka. Burner landed by Gollito. Rowe crashes his culo.  16:12 Heat 16 is now sailing - Kalk vs Rowe & Estredo vs Muller 16:09 E-slider by Bosson. Air flaka into 360 from Ruenes. Big kono from Van Der Eyken. Weber crashes his backloop. Van Der Eyken sticks a shaka. Ruenes with wet a shuvit spock and a big shaka. Boson with a puneta 900 16:05 Van Der Eyken over rotates his backie. Spock 540 from Weber. Bosson lands a ponch. Weber stomps a forward. Ruenes with a nice shaka.  Results Heat 14 - Eber and Taty Frans advance. 16:02 Heat 15 is now sailing - Van Der Eyken vs Weber & Ruenes vs Bosson 15:59 E-slider from Taty. One handed burner 900 from Eber on the inside. Taty lands a culo. Spadea with a shaka. Planing e-slider by Eber and a forward loop. Taty crashes his kono on the landing. Smooth puneta from Eber. Jendrusch sticks a flaka.  15:55 Air flaka from Taty Frans. Jendrusch down on his shaka.  Results Heat 13 - Mas and Tonky Frans advance. 15:52 Heat 14 is now sailing - Eber vs Spadea & Taty Frans vs Jendrusch.  15:49 Clew first spock from Mas and Beholz lands a switch kono followed by a shaka. Clew first puneta by Tonky. Really smooth burner from Vrieswijk but over rotates his backloop.  15:45 Tonky Frans opens with a backloop. Beholz down on a double flaka. Nice forward from Vrieswijk on both tacks. Nice air flaka from Tonky. Vrieswijk with a kono.  Results Heat 12 - Metcalf-Perez and Van Broeckhoven advance. 15:42 Heat 13 is now sailing - Mas vs Beholz & Tonky Frans vs Vrieswijk.  15:39 Massive culo from Van Broeckhoven. Wet burner from Metcalf-Perez. Planing regular kono from Van Broeckhoven. Forward by Pluss. Van Broeckhoven stacks a pushloop. Backloop from Metcalf-Perez. Sick air funnel 900 by Van Broeckhoven.  15:35 Van Broeckhoven opens with a shaka and a future. Metcalf-Perez with a flaka. Pluss with a low switch kono.   Results Heat 11 - Soltysiak and Saragoza advance. 15:32 Heat 12 is now sailing - Chambers vs Metcalf-Perez & Van Broeckhoven vs Pluss.  15:29 Flaka by Soltysiak. Gavriel has only just arrived in the sailing area. Funnel by Van Ochten. Gavriel lands a shaka. Soltysiak makes a skopu.  Wave sailors will have another announcement at 5pm, as they may still sail after the freestyle.  15:25 Air flaka from Van Ochten. Soltysiak with a shaka. Forward by Saragoza on the way in and a switch kono. Van Ochten goes for a big shaka but settles for a shuvit. Smooth, fast funnel by Soltysiak.  Results Heat 10 - Popretinskiy and Thode advance 15:22 Heat 11 is now sailing - Soltysiak vs Gavriel & Saragoza vs Van Ochten.  15:19 Thode with a big burner. Popretinskiy with a ponch on starboard tack now. Thode with a backloop on the way in and a burner 900. Thode now has all of his moves on port after throwing a ponch with 3 minutes to spare. De Zeeuws with a shaka.  15:15 Shaka from Thode and an airflaka. Popretinskiy with a nice ponch. Shaka from Testa. Thode down on a one handed air funnel.  Results Heat 9 - Schmit and Scheffers advance. 15:12 Heat 10 is now sailing - Popretinskiy vs Testa & Thode vs De Zeeuw.  15:09 Forward from Scheffers and Matissek. Shuvit by Scheffers followed by a puneta. Schmit sticks a funnel. Nice ponch from Scheffers. Kono by Matissek and a forward.  15:05 Shaka from Matissek. Kono off the wave from Schmit. Matissek with a nice switch kono and another shaka. 15:02 Heat 9 is now sailing - Schmit vs Mottus & Scheffers vs Matissek. Result Heat b - Muller advances.  14:59 Switch chachoo from Muller on the inside. Rahbeck Oegelund lands a wet e-slider.  14:55 One handed shuvit from Muller and down on a shaka. Rahbeck Oegelund down on an e-slider. Results Heat 7 - Weber and Bosson advance. 14:52 Heat 8b is now sailing - Rahbeck Oegelund vs Muller  14:49 Shaka by Weber. Fabrizi stomps a culo. Bockler with a low funnel. Smooth e-slider from Weber. Bosson with a fast funnel.  14:45 Shaka from Bockler, Skopu crash from Fabrizi. Forward from Bosson.  Results Heat 1b and 2b - Matissek and De Zeeuw advance. Weber with a puneta.  14:42 Heat 7 is now sailing - Fabrizi vs Weber & Bosson vs Bockler. 14:40 Results Heat 5b and 6b - Vrieswijk and Jendrusch advance. 14:39 Ponch from Kater. De Zeeuw with a slightly wet puneta.  Slalom sailors are released for the day.  14:35 Shaka from Dezeeuw. Flaka from Kater. Switch kono from Dezeeuw and a super fast flaka.  14:32 Heat 1b and 2b are now sailing - Matissek vs Hasholt & De Zeeuw vs Kater 14:29 Culo from Jendrusch. Mevissen down on his funnel. Jendrusch having a good heat and now makes a puneta 900.  14:25 Jendrusch with a forward. Flaka from Mevissen and a shaka and a nice flaka.  Results Heat 3b and 4b - Van Ochten and Pluss advance. 14:22 Heat 5b and 6b are now sailing - Vrieswijk vs Thies & Jendrusch vs Mevissen. Resail of 1b vs 2b will be sailed after this heat.  14:19 Shaka from Van Ochten. Small switch kono from Boef followed by a forward. Flaka into upwind 360 from Pluss. Funnel from Van Ochten. E-slider from Pluss. Campello stomps a backloop. Huge crashed OH tabletop from Pluss. 14:15 Burner from Pluss. Nice shaka from Campello. Van Ochten with a flaka and an e-slider. 14:12 Heat 3b and 4b is now sailing - Van Ochten vs Campello & Boef vs Pluss. Heat 1b and 2b will be re-sailed due to the wind only picking up with 4 and half minutes to go. 14:09 E-slider from De Zeeuw. Forward from Kater and a funnel. Planing flaka from De Zeeuw. Shaka from Hasholt.  14:05 The wind is just starting to pick up again, the sailors are planing now. 14:02 Heat 1b and 2b is now sailing - Matissek vs Hasholt & De Zeeuw vs Kater. 14:00 The red flag is now up for Heat 1b and 2b - Matissek vs Hasholt & De Zeeuw vs Kater. 13:55 There will be a meeting for the slalom sailors at 2pm. 13:45 The wind has picked up again, so we'll be trying to sail Heat 1 again at 2pm. 13:30 No change in the conditions, so next call at 13:45 first possible start 2pm.  13:15 The wind hasn't improved so we're back to announcements. Next announcement at 13:30, first possible start 13:45. 13:05 Sailors remain on standby for the time being.  13:00 AP flag is up for Heat 1b and 2b - Matissek vs Hasholt & De Zeeuw vs Kater. The sailors aren't consistently able to plane. 12:45 We're going to be starting at 1pm. The resail of Heat 1 is up first. 12:30 Next call at 12:45 first possible start 1pm. 12:15 No improvement in the conditions. Next announcement at 12:30 first possible start 12:45. 12:00 It's now sunny in Sylt, a complete change in the conditions, but the wind hasn't returned fully yet. Next call 12:15 first possible start 12:30. 11:45 We are waiting for the wind to re-establish itself, so next announcement at 12pm, first possible start 12:15. 11:40 Sailors remain on standby for the moment, the passing squall has meant the wind has dropped, but that should just be a temporary drop. 11:25 Hasholt forces his way round a flaka. Heat abandoned due to issues with visibilty in the judging tower and the wind deteriorating. 11:23 Flaka from Hasholt. Kater down on a spock.  11:19 Heat 1b and 2b are now sailing - Matissek vs Hasholt & De Zeeuw vs Kater. 11:16 Heat 1b and 2b are now in countdown sequence - Matissek vs Hasholt & De Zeeuw vs Kater. 11:07 It's wet, wild and windy in Sylt right now! Action coming up very shortly. 11:00 The wind looks good so the men's freestyle will be starting at 11:15, 7 minute heats, best 3 moves from 6. Stay tuned. 10:45 Conditions aren't quite there yet, but the forecast has the wind building throughout the day from now. Next call in fifteen minutes, first possible start 11:15. 10:30 The freestylers are going out to warm up now, next official call at 10:45, first possible start 11am. 10:15 The wind isn't quite strong enough yet, next announcement in 15 minutes first possible start 10:30. 10:00 The conditions are improving here in Sylt, so next call for the freestyle at 10:15, first possible start 10:30. 09:00 The next call for the freestyle fleet will be at 10am, with the first possible start at 10:30, whilst the next call for the slalom will be 1:30pm with the first possible start at 2pm. Finally the next call for the wave fleet will be 2pm with the first possible start at 2:30pm. Welcome to the first day of competition at the 2012 PWA Sylt World Cup. The skippers meeting for the freestyle and wave will be held at 9am.