The 2013 GP Joule PWA Sylt World Cup: Day 7 (All Times GMT+2)
You can see a list of the equipment the slalom sailors have registered here.
Judging Criteria - Men's Freestyle - Heat Duration - 7 minutes - Best 4 moves from 7 - 3 minute transition.
Men's Freestyle dedicated to Andre Paskowski
Men's Trial Wave Heats:
Heat 1: Stillrich vs Justin Denel vs Friis vs Weiss
Heat 2: Kleingarn vs Albeau vs Metcalf-Perez vs Prien
Heat 3: Pijoan vs Rydberg vs Weber vs Guadagnino
18:03 With southwesterly winds being predicted in the morning, offering the potential for some waves, the skippers' meeting for the wave sailors will be held at 7am with a first possible start of 7:30am.
17:38 The skippers' meeting for the slalom sailors will be at 10am tomorrow morning with a first possible start of 10:30am. The skippers' meeting for the wave sailors will be decided at 6pm.
17:18 Results Men's Winners' Final: 1st Antoine Albeau 2nd Alberto Menegatti 3rd Ross Williams 4th Antoine Questel 5th Cyril Moussilmani 6th Bernd Flessner 7th Steve Allen 8th Damien Le Guen
17:17 Albeau overtakes Menegatti at the final mark, Williams still third.
17:16 Menegatti has opened up his lead followed by Albeau, Williams and Allen into the top four now at the third.
17:15 Menegatti still ahead of Albeau, Williams and Moussilmani very close for third and fourth. Questel and Allen in fifth and sixth.
17:13 Men's Winners' Final is now sailing - Menegatti followed by Albeau across the start line. At the first Menegatti, Albeau, Moussilmani and Williams.
17:10 Toselli in the lead ahead of Mortefon, Buzianis and Quentel at the third.
17:08 Losers' Final is now being resailed - Kornum off to the best start. Mortefon leads at the first mark, but Toselli moves into the lead. Quentel also by passes several sailors.
17:03 Losers' Final is now sailing - General Recall - Cousin goes over early and is disqualified.
16:58 Losers' Final now in countdown sequence.
16:55 Results Heat 14 -1st Menegatti 2nd Questel 3rd Moussilmani C 4th Flessner
16:53 Results Heat 13 - 1st Albeau 2nd Williams 3rd Allen 4th Le Guen
16:52 Menegatti in control ahead of Questel, Moussilmani C, van der Steen and Quentel battling for the final qualifying place.
16:50 Heat 14 is now sailing - Flessner with a good start. Menegatti leads ahead of Questel, Moussilmani C, Mortefon and Quentel.
16:46 Albeau, Le Guen, Williams goes past Allen with Cousin in fifth now at the third gybe.
16:45 Results Heat 12 - 1st Menegatti 2nd Questel 3rd Toselli 4th Mortefon
16:43 Heat 13 is now sailing - Cousin with the best start. Albeau in the lead at the first.
16:40 Menegatti looking comfortable in the lead then Questel, Mortefon and Diaz
16:38 Heat 12 is now being resailed - Menegatti off to a perfect start. At the first it's Menegatti, Questel, Diaz and Mortefon.
16:37 Results Heat 11 - 1st van der Steen 2nd Flessner 3rd Moussilmani C 4th Quentel.
16:33 Heat 12 is now sailing - General Recall - Westera and Larsen go over early.
16:31 Results Heat 10 - 1st Buzianis 2nd Kornum 3rd Cousin 4th Kordel.
van der Steen still leads followed by Flessner, Moussilmani C, Quentel. Dunkerbeck currently fifth.
16:29 Heat 11 is now sailing - Flessner with the best start. At the first it's van der Steen, Flessner, Moussilmani C and Dunkerbeck currently in the top four.
16:28 Results Heat 9 - 1st Albeau 2nd Allen 3rd Williams 4th Le Guen
16:27 Buzianis still in the lead ahead of Kornum, Kordel and Cousin. Malina currently in fifth place.
16:25 Sailors already eliminated in this race are now released for the day.
16:24 Heat 10 is now sailing - Buzianis with a good start. Only 5 people in this heat. Buzianis in the lead.
16:22 Albeau, Williams, and close between Allen, Costa Hoevel and Jossin.
16:20 Heat 9 is now sailing - Jossin with a good start. At the first buoy Albeau leads ahead of Allen, Jossin and Williams.
16:19 Bouman goes down at the final mark.
16:17 Menegatti still in the lead Mortefon second with Bouman and Kiani third and fourth respectively. Kiani goes down at the mark though, so Yilmazer is now into fourth.
16:15 Heat 8 is now being resailed - Kiani with a great start. At the first it's Menegatti in the lead followed by Kiani, Mortefon and Bouman. Diaz currently in sixth behind Yilmazer.
16:12 Results Heat 7 - 1st Larsen 2nd Toselli 3rd Questel 4th Westera
15 year old Ethan Westera qualifies for the quarterfinals.
16:10 Heat 8 is now sailing - General Recall - Iachino goes over early and is disqualified.
16:09 Results Heat 5 - 1st van der Steen 2nd Moussilmani B 3rd Moussilmani C 4th Algret
Results Heat 6 - 1st Reuscher 2nd Quentel 3rd Dunkerbeck 4th Flessner
16:06 Heat 7 is now sailing - Westera with the best start. Jakobsen, Toselli and Questel.
16:03 Reuscher still in the lead at the third, Dunkerbeck almost goes down on his gybe but does well to recover it and is still in the qualifying places - 3rd - Quentel in second and then Bordes.
16:01 Heat 6 is now sailing - Reuscher crosses the line in first place and he leads ahead of Dunkerbeck, Quente, Flessner and Bordes.
15:59 van der Steen moves into the lead but the top four remains the same.
15:58 Moussilmani B in the lead ahead of van der Steen, Moussilmani C and Algret.
15:56 Heat 5 is now sailing - Algret with a good start. Algret, Moussilmani C and van der Steen at the first mark.
15:52 Heat 5 is now in countdown sequence.
Micah Buzianis saying that it's very hard to start right now with not much depth perception with the light and the swell and gusty winds making it difficult.
15:48 Heat 4 is now being resailed - General Recall - Everyone but Malina is over early in that one, so we'll be into heat five now.
15:43 Heat 4 is now sailing - General Recall - Rutkowski is disqualified after false starting.
15:41 Buzianis still in the lead at the third then Kordel, Kornum and Cousin all qualifying at the moment.
15:39 Heat 3 is now being resailed - Kordel makes the best start. At the first it's Buzianis, Kordel, Kornum and Cousin.
Sailors on 8.6s or 9.5s at the moment with winds of 8-11 knots.
15:35 Heat 3 is now being resailed - General Recall - Justesen goes over early this time.
15:32 Results Heat 2 - 1st Williams 2nd Albeau 3rd Moussilmani S 4th Jossin
15:30 Heat 3 is now sailing - General Recall - Bijl crosses the line early
15:29 Williams in the lead followed by, Albeau,
15:28 Results Heat 1 - 1st Allen 2nd Le Guen 3rd Langer 4th Costa Hoevel
15:25 Heat 2 is now sailing - Lang with a good start.
15:23 Allen leads ahead of Le Guen, O'Brien and Costa Hoevel. Frans now out of the top four.
15:22 Frans was leading but he was sailing the wrong course, he might struggle to make the mark now.
15:21 Heat 1 is now sailing - Frans nails his start. Frans with a good lead at the first followed by Allen, Le Guen.
15:17 Heat 1 is now in countdown sequence.
15:10 Latest wind readings of 8-14 knots.
15:05 Latest wind readings of 7-12 knots. 10 minutes until the red flag.
14:45 Current wind readings of 14-22 knots so elimination 5 of the men's slalom will start at 3:15pm.
14:07 Freestyle fleet are now released for the day. Congratulations to Kiri Thode for his victory in the double elimination!
14:00 Results Men's Double Elimination - Dedicate to Andre Paskowski:
1st Kiri Thode 2nd Steven van Broeckhoven 3rd Tonky Frans 4th Jose 'Gollito' Estredo
13:45 Next announcement at 2:45pm with a first possible start of 3:15pm.
13:38 Results coming up shortly.
13:37 Thode with an air flaka 360. van Broeckhoven stomps a burner. Wet regular kono from Thode. Sick one-handed shaka from van Broeckhoven. Switch chachoo diablo landed by Thode. Really clean culo from van Broeckhoven. Burner by Thode. van Broeckhoven goes down of a switch chachoo. Thode with a sick OH air bob to end the heat.
13:33 Thode opens with a culo in almost no wind and a ponch. van Broeckhoven makes an air flaka. Wet culo from van Broeckhoven. Double spock from Thode and a one-handed shaka. Culo from Thode and van Broeckhoven flames an e-slider. Thode also lands an e-slider.
13:30 Heat 52 is now sailing - van Broeckhoven vs Thode
13:27 Heat 52 is now in countdown sequence - van Broeckhoven vs Thode
13:20 Results Heat 51 - Thode defeats van Broeckhoven to force a super final
13:17 Big burner from van Broeckhoven and from Thode on the other tack. OH double spock from Thode. Culo from Thode and a ponch from van Broeckhoven. Thode with a ridiculous backloop before attempting a flaka shaka, but just settles for a flaka. van Broeckhoven sails away from a wet culo. Thode sick OH air bob, which was his final move on starboard with 2 minutes to go. van Broeckhoven responds with a good air bob of his own. Thode with a super clean clew-first backloop, which completes his score sheet. van Broeckhoven crashes a culo. Thode lands a shaka but it won't count.
13:13 Air funnel from van Broeckhoven to open followed by a pasko crash. Thode crashes a spock then lands an air flaka. van Broeckhoven with a nice shaka. Thode stomps an air funnel and a ponch. van Broeckhoven busts a culo. Big kono from Thode. Fully planing air flaka by van Broeckhoven. Thode spins through a burner. van Broeckhoven regular kono. Thode with a shaka 360.
13:10 Winners' Final is now sailing - van Broeckhoven vs Thode
13:03 van Broeckhoven is on his 5.4 and Thode on 5.2 in the light winds.
13:00 Results Heat 50 - Thode advances to face Van Broeckhoven
12:58 Next call for slalom 2pm, first possible start 2:30pm. Next call for wave at 4pm.
12:57 Thode stomps a ponch, but then flames a culo. Tonky down on a ponch. E-slider for Thode, Frans goes for a regular rig duck but the sail drops in the water. Double funnel from Thode. Tonky lands a ponch, but Thode responds with a stylish OH shaka - called outside the area though. Both sailors land good regular konos. Tonky fighting back with a double spock. Thode's last shaka is also outside.
12:53 Flonch crash from Tonky. Thode opens with a culo and a OH double spock followed by shaka 360. Tonky also lands a shaka 360. Thode slides through a flaka 360. Both of them land nice burners. OH funnel by Thode and a forward for Tonky
12:50 Heat 50 is now sailing - Tonky Frans vs Thode
12:46 Heat 50 is now in countdown sequence - Tonky Frans vs Thode
12:43 Results Heat 49 - Thode advances over Gollito
12:37 OH funnel from Gollito. Nice OH double spock by Thode. Gollito pumps through a ponch. Thode with the best move of the heat so far - air bob! Air flaka 360 from Thode. Gollito with a cana brava. and an e-slider by Thode. Sick burner from Thode.
12:33 Big culo from Gollito. Wet kono from Thode. Gollito with a shaka and a ponch by Thode. Thode makes a culo barely planing, Gollito with a shuvit spock and a OH air flaka 360 and Thode. Switch chachoo from Gollito. The wind is very light.
12:30 Heat 49 is now sailing - Estredo vs Thode
12:28 Results Heat 48 - Thode advances by 0.5 points on each sheet over van der Eyken
12:17 Ponch from Thode. Nice one-handed burner from van der Eyken, a little wet but high. Thode with a air funnel into funnel, whilst van der Eyken stomps a one-handed air bob. Thode makes a pasko, but then crashes a spock culo. OH switch chachoo from van der Eyken. van der Eyken with a nice double spock. Thode stomps an air bob. van der Eyken makes a funnel and Thode too. OH switch flaka from van der Eyken. van der Eyken nails a regular chachoo now too.
12:13 Thode opens with a culo. OH shaka from van der Eyken. Thode stomps an air flaka. Nice culo from van der Eyken. Spock 540 one-handed by Thode. Air flaka from van der Eyken. Thode rotates through a shaka 360. van der Eyken just goes down on a kono.
12:10 Heat 48 is now sailing - Thode vs van der Eyken
12:06 Heat 48 is now in countdown sequence - Thode vs van der Eyken
11:59 Results Heat 47 - van der Eyken advances after a brilliant performance - best heat of the day so far.
11:58 Frans with a wet regular chachoo. Both sailors lands good konos. Nice culo 540 from van der Eyken. Perfect OH switch flaka by van der Eyken. van der Eyken starting to fight back with a skopu. van der Eyken now busts a OH double spock. OH flaka from Frans. Good burner from van der Eyken, but Frans crashes his. van der Eyken on fire now as he stomps a kabikuchi .
11:54 Big culo from Frans to open. van der Eyken opens with a one-handed shaka. One-handed air flaka 360 from Frans, really nice. Frans attempts a spock into culo but doesn't make it. van der Eyken nice one-handed air flaka and a OH switch chachoo and a OH grubby. Frans nice ponch.
11:51 Heat 47 is now sailing - van der Eyken vs Taty Frans
11:47 Heat 47 is now in countdown sequence - van der Eyken vs Taty Frans
11:45 A few adjustments are just being made to the course before heat 47. Scheffers was counting a shuvit on port tack which made a massive difference to the result!
11:44 Results Heat 46b - Taty Frans advances.
11:39 There will not be a one heat break.
11:38 Results Heat 46a - van der Eyken advances.
11:37 Big culo 540 from Scheffers. The wind is looking very light in this one. Shaka from Frans. Scheffers looks like he goes for an air chachoo. Spock vulcan from Frans.
11:33 Nice culo from Scheffers. Ponch from Frans. Clean burner from Scheffers. Really powerful culo from Frans and a forward. Scheffers sick one-handed shaka.
11:30 Heat 46b is now sailing - Scheffers vs Taty Frans
11:27 van der Eyken with a smooth funnel and a nice regular kono. Sick culo spock from van der Eyken and a burner. One-handed burner from Ruenes. Massive one-handed shaka from Ruenes and a wet kabikuchi from van der Eyken. Good ponch from Ruenes. van der Eyken with a kono.
11:23 Nice shaka from van der Eyken to open. Funnel form Ruenes and a one-handed funnel from van der Eyken. One-handed flaka and shaka from Ruenes. One-handed air flaka from van der Eyken and a nice burner from Ruenes.
Results Heat 45 - Scheffers and Taty Frans advance.
11:20 Heat 46 a is now sailing - van der Eyken vs Ruenes
11:16 Heat 46a is now in countdown sequence - van der Eyken vs Ruenes
11:12 It's only 7 degrees without air chill here so it's very harsh conditions to compete in again.
11:11 AP flag is now up until van der Eyken and Ruenes get to the committee boat. The heats will now be man-on-man from here.
11:10 Shaka from Scheffers on the way in. The sailors are on 4.8s or 5.2s. Scheffers with a very forced ponch into 360. Taty sails away from a spock culo. Switch kono from Soltysiak. Taty and Scheffers both crash hard with a culo and an air flaka respectively.
Results Heat 44 - van der Eyken and Ruenes advance. Ruenes wins 2:1.
11:06 Nice shaka from Scheffers and Soltysiak. Taty with a shaka 360. Burner from Soltysiak and a nice culo from Taty. Scheffers also lands a culo, whilst Testa stomps a shaka. Good regular kono from Taty. Slightly wet shaka diablo from Soltysiak.
11:03 Heat 45 is now sailing - Scheffers vs Testa & Frans Taty vs Soltysiak
11:00 Funnel from Campello and van der Eyken with a really nice burner on the opposite tack. Air flaka by Vrieswijk and Ruenes with an even better one. Powerful culo from Ruenes, Vrieswijk and van der Eyken both land air funnels. Air flaka 360 by Campello. Massive shuvit spock from Campello.
Results Heat 43 - Testa and Soltysiak advance. Very close between Saragoza and Soltysiak, Saragoza was counting a half switch chachoo.
10:56 Shaka 360 from Vrieswijk and a switch chachoo from van der Eyken. Culo from Vrieswijk and a regular kono from van der Eyken. Campello stomps a air flaka right in front of the boat. Ruenes with a smooth shaka and an air funnel 360. van der Eyken lands a burner and Vrieswijk with a forward loop.
10:53 Heat 44 is now sailing - van der Eyken vs Campello & Vrieswijk vs Ruenes
10:50 Forward and an e-slider from Soltysiak, Testa also lands an e-slider. Air flaka from Soltysiak and then does brilliantly to make a skopu.
10:46 Culos from Soltysiak and Saragoza. Soltysiak with a one-handed switch chachoo, very smooth. Nice culo 540 from Testa. Saragoza and Soltysiak with shakas. Saragoza stomps a pasko, whilst Testa lands a planing flaka and Soltysiak makes a switch kono.
10:43 Heat 43 is now sailing - Beholz vs Testa & Soltysiak vs Saragoza
Results Heat 42 - Campello and Ruenes advance.
10:40 Bob and a burner from Campello. Regular kono from Ruenes and a forward by Rowe. Akgazciyan makes a culo. The wind is starting to drop a little. Campello with an almost air shuvit spock. Sailors looking quite underpowered. Clew-first flaka by Akgazciyan, wet grubby by Rowe and a nice ponch by Campello, who looks like he's edging his heat.
10:36 Ruenes with a burner and Campello a one-handed funnel. Air funnel and a shaka from Rowe, Campello with an air flaka. Ruenes nice air funnel. Planing air flaka by Rowe.
Results Heat 41 - Soltysiak and Saragoza advance.
10:33 Heat 42 is now sailing - Campello vs Rowe & Ruenes vs Akgazciyan
10:30 Saragoza with a big shaka. Soltysiak with a nice burner and a wet switch flaka. Forward from Chambers. Saragoza with a really nice bob. Spock 540 from Chambers. Big culo by Soltysiak.
Results Heat 40 - Beholz and Testa advance
10:26 Mas with a shaka 360 and Chambers with a shaka. Saragoza with a culo and then a sick air flaka into flaka 360. Flaka from Chambers on starboard.
10:23 Heat 41 is now sailing - Soltysiak vs Mas & Chambers vs Saragoza
Results Heat 39 - Ruenes and Akgazciyan
10:20 Planing regular kono from Testa. Switch flaka from Beholz and a forced shaka 360 from Jendrusch. Mottus with a nice burner.
10:16 Big shaka from Testa whilst Beholz and Mottus also lands a shaka. Culo from Testa. Nice kono from Jendrusch. Beholz makes a culo. Massive culo from Jendrusch. Mottus with a nice burner.
10:13 Heat 40 is now sailing - Mottus vs Beholz & Jendrusch vs Testa
10:10 Fabrizi with a flaka and Akgazciyan with a big burner 360. Regular kono from Ruenes and Akgazciyan crashes a big flonch.
Results Heat 38 - Campello and Rowe advance
10:06 All four sails crash their initial moves. Shakas from Schmit and Fabrizi, whilst Ruenes stomps a ponch. Slightly wet regular kono from Akgazciyan. Schmit spins through a flaka 360. The winds looking quite patchy in this heat.
10:03 Heat 39 is now sailing - Ruenes vs Fabrizi & Akgazciyan vs Schmit
Results Heat 37 - Mas and Saragoza advance.
Next announcement for the slalom at 1pm.
10:00 Nice clean culo from Rowe. Slightly wet regular kono from Matissek. Campello with a shuvit spock and then almost stomps a backloop. Rowe lands a burner. Matissek with a flonchy flaka.
09:56 Rowe opens with a shaka, Matissek with a lower shaka and an e-slider. Shaka360 by Matissek. Planing air flaka by Rowe. Meir isn't sailing in this heat due to a shoulder injury, so Campello will definitely advance.
09:53 Heat 38 is now sailing - Meir vs Campello & Rowe vs Matissek
09:50 Perfect culo from Saragoza. Slightly wet shuvit spock from Weber and a switch kono. Mas goes for a backloop, but doesn't quite make it.
09:46 Eber with a switch kono. Air flaka into flaka from Mas.
Results Heat 36 - Beholz and Testa advance Beholz outscored his opponent by double the points.
09:43 Heat 37 is now sailing - Weber vs Mas & Eber vs Saragoza
09:40 Smooth funnel from Frans. Testa spins from a bob. Forward by Frans.
Results Heat 35 - Fabrizi and Scmit
09:36 Super clean culo from Frans and planing regular kono from Beholz. Culo from Testa. Frans lands a switch kono. Beholz slides through an e-slider.
09:33 Heat 36 is now sailing - Kater vs Beholz & Testa vs Choco Frans
09:30 Forward by Schmit and a wet culo from Fabrizi. Nice burner from Fabrizi. Bosson rotates through an air funnel.
09:26 Results Heat 34 - Campello and Matissek advance.
09:26 Schmit opens with a burner. Big shaka from Bosson. Kono from Schmit and a quick culo from Kalk. Big air flaka from Schmit. Fabrizi with a shaka.
09:23 Heat 35 is now sailing - Fabrizi vs Bosson & Schmit vs Kalk
09:20 Metcalf-Perez with a burner and Matissek too. Nice shaka from Campello. Clean burner from Matissek.
Results Heat 32 - Mas and Weber advance
09:16 Campello opens with a funnel. Metcalf-Perez stomps a shaka. Nice shaka by Matissek. Air funnel and a forward loop by Traversa. Flonch by Metcalf-Perez. Campello down on an air funnel.
09:13 Heat 34 is now sailing - Traversa vs Campello & Metcalf-Perez vs Matissek
09:10 Weber stomps a shaka. Shove it from Westera.
09:06 Mas opens with a culo and a double flaka. Air flaka by Westera. Weber doesn't have an opponent in this heat as Heymaus is injured. Weber lands a switch kono.
09:03 Latest wind readings of 12 - 22 knots.
09:03 Heat 32 is now sailing - Weber vs Heymaus & Mas vs Westera
08:30 The freestyle double elimination will be resuming at 9am. It's a very cold start to the day again, but with the wind slightly more cross shore the course will be set closer to the beach than yesterday. Heat 32 will be the first heat of the day. From heat 42 onwards 4 moves from 7 will count rather than 3 from 6.
Good morning and welcome to day seven of the GP Joule PWA Sylt World Cup. Yesterday saw Steven van Broeckhoven take the men's freestyle - dedicated to Andre Paskowski - single elimination title to firmly put himself in the running for the world title. Skippers' meeting coming up at 08:30