The 2014 Pozo PWA World Cup Day 6 (All Times GMT+1)
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Judging Criteria - 1 wave & 2 jumps to count - 14 minute heat duration - 2 minute transition.
21:02 Attention all sailors: Skippers' meeting at 7am tomorrow morning is for ALL fleets!
19:17 Conditions aren't consistent so we are going to call it a draw here. It'll all come down to the final day. Just to reiterate 7am skippers' meeting tomorrow with a first possible start at 7:30pm. Thanks for tuning in today.
19:06 Skippers' meeting for tomorrow has already been set. It'll be a bright and early start at 7am with the first possible start at 7:30am.
19:02 That'll see Voget vs Danielsen in the first heat - 5a.
19:00 Conditions have improved a bit and we're going to try and restart with the men at 7:15pm.
18:47 We're moving back to announcements next call at 7pm, first possible start 7:15pm.
18:43 Traversa is doing a bit of freestyle right now and just busted a sick one-handed shuvit spock on his wave board!
18:20 Sailors are on hold for the time being. Conditions aren't suitable for a final.
18:19 Iballa and Daida Moreno advance into the winners' final.
18:17 There will no be a short break.
18:16 Beenen with an overpowered top turn and then attempts a one-footed forward. Wahl with a nice backside turn into one frontside hit. Iballa attempts a goiter, can't quite pull it off. Backside air from Daida and another nice frontside hit to end the heat.
18:12 Clean forward from Wahl. Conditions are tricky with very small waves. Aggressive top turn from Beenen but falls out the back of the wave. Forward off the lip from Daida. Nice tabletop from Beenen. Nice backside air into a slashy top turn. Iballa nails a frontside air.
18:07 Perfect one-handed backlog all the way from Daida to open. Nice forward from Iballa. Backside air from Daida but does down on her next aerial. Wahl with a backside but then the wave disappears on her. Nice table forward from Iballa and a clean backloop. Nice backloop from Daida. Good forward from Beenen. Daida responds with an even bigger forward.
18:02 Heat 15 is now sailing - Wahl vs Iballa Moreno & Beenen vs Daida Moreno.
18:00 Heat 15 is now in countdown sequence - Wahl vs Iballa Moreno & Beenen vs Daida Moreno.
17:58 Two minutes to go until countdown.
17:47 Heat 15 will see Wahl vs Iballa Moreno & Beenen vs Daida Moreno.
17:45 We are going to try and run the women's semifinals at 6pm.
17:30 Next announcement at 5:45pm, first possible start 6pm.
17:05 We're moving back to announcements as the conditions haven't improved. Next call at 5:30pm first possible start 5:45pm.
16:40 That heat has been cancelled the waves aren't good enough at the moment. Sailors remain on standby for the time being whilst we wait for conditions to improve.
16:39 Voget lands a backloop. Danielsen also lands a backloop - not as good though. Backside 360 from Voget. Clean pushloop from Voget. Danielsen boosts a bigger pushloop and then lands a big backloop.
16:34 Men's Heat 5a is now sailing - Voget vs Danielsen
Results Women's Heat 14 - Beenen and Daida Moreno advance
16:32 Daida almost makes a backside 360. Beenen busts a nice tabletop.
16:28 2 backside aisr and a snappy top turn from Daida. Arutkin with a forward. Big forward from Daida. Nice couple of backside hits from Arutkin but then goes down. Daida attempts a goiter. Really nice backloop from Daida who is comfortably qualifying.
16:23 Daida just drops her opening backloop. Daida with a backside air into a taka but just falls out the back of the wave. Nice forward from Beenen. Good forward from Stenta.
16:18 Heat 14 is now sailing - Beenen vs Arutkin & Stenta vs Daida Moreno
Results Heat 13 - Iballa and Wahl advance
16:16 Iballa mixes it up as she tries a clew-first backloop. Wahl fighting back against Sniady with a nice forward. Nice tabletop from Wahl. Really nice vertical turn from Iballa and adds another fluid turn just before the beach.
16:12 Sniady with a nice backside and two frontside turns. Wahl responds with an even better wave - really nice snappy top turn. Sniady attempts a backloop. Nice backloop from Iballa.
16:07 Nice forward from Sniady to kick the day off. Clean forward from Iballa as well to open her heat. Nice top turn from Iballa and adds another snappy turn. Wahl lands a forward but not as clean as Sniady's, who has just scored her first wave too. Donkey kick by Afonso Martin. Nice frontside hit from Iballa, but loses her next turn - very aggressive though.
16:02 Women's Heat 13 is now sailing - Sniady vs Wahl & Afonso Martin vs Iballa Moreno
16:00 Women's Heat 13 is now in countdown sequence - Sniady vs Wahl & Afonso Martin vs Iballa Moreno
15:46 It's still absolutely howling here with gusts of up to 45 knots being recorded! The ramps and small waves are also improving as the tide pushes in.
15:43 We will be starting with 2 women's heats followed by men's heat 5a, and then back to the women.
15:38 The first heat of the day will see Sniady vs Wahl & Afonso Martin vs Iballa Moreno. Followed by Beenen vs Arutkin & Stenta vs Daida Moreno
15:30 Official warm up for the women now. Resuming the women's single elimination at 4pm.
15:00 Next announcement at 3:15pm, first possible start 3:30pm.
14:30 Next announcement at 3pm - first possible start 3:15pm. Yesterday the competition kicked off at 3pm, so with the ride on the push we should start to see conditions improve from now onwards.
14:00 Not much change in the conditions thus far - next announcement at 2:30pm, 3pm first possible start.
13:30 Next announcement at 2pm, first possible start 2:30pm.
12:46 Results Junior's - 1st Marc Paré 2nd Loick Lesauvage 3rd Tim Van Dam Sanchidrian 4th Noah Vocker
12:30 Next announcement at 1:30pm, first possible start 2pm. It's flattened off here, but the waves should pick up again with the tide on the push this afternoon.
12:20 Results of the junior's coming up shortly. Next pro announcement coming up in 10 minutes time.
12:19 Pare with a sick planing backloop and then tries sliding into taka onto his next wave. Pare also stomps a planing forward.
12:15 Lesauvage with a nice backside hit. Clean forward from Pare. Big forward from Vocker.
12:11 Table forward from Van Dam Sanchidrian. Vocker with a clean forward. Pare goes for a pushloop, can't quite make it. Lesauvage attempts a backloop. Really nice pushloop from Pare. nice backloop from Lesauvage and a perfect forward. Backside air from Vocker.
12:07 Junior's Final is now sailing - Lesauvage vs Vocker vs Pare vs Van Dam Sanchidrian
12:05 Junior's Final is now in countdown sequence - Lesauvage vs Vocker vs Pare vs Van Dam Sanchidrian
11:55 Results Heat 2 - Pare advances as does Van Dam Sanchidrian
11:46 Next announcement for the pros at 12:30pm with the first possible start at 1pm.
11:45 There will now be a break for one heat.
11:44 Pasquale with a decent wave. Nice backside into frontside combo from Van Dam Sanchidrian and then lands his best forward loop so far. Pare with a backside before sliding through a really smooth taka.
11:40 Grand-Guillot stomps a stalled forward. Pare makes a backloop followed up by a clean forward. Better forward loop from Van Dam Sanchidrian - his best jump so far. Nice pushloop from Pare.
Results Heat 1 - Lesauvage and Vocker advance.
11:36 Nice frontside hack from Pare and Van Dam Sanchidrian. Clean forward from Pare. Van Dam Sanchidrian sails away from a forward. Nice snappy top turn from Pare.
11:32 Heat 2 is now sailing - Pare vs Grand-Guillot vs Van Dam Sanchidrian vs Pasquale
11:30 Vocker with a big forward. Gil with a jump. Nice backside turn from Gil. Lesauvage with another good wave. Backside air from Vocker, but then the wave disappears on him.
11:26 Gil attempts a backloop. 2 backside hits from Lesauvage but then goes down. Perfect forward from Vocker. Herrera just loses a forward. Lesauvage links together his best wave of the heat. Gil launches into another backloop attempt.
11:22 Lesauvage nails a perfect backloop, but just loses his forward on landing. Vocker with a nice forward. Gil with a good wave. Bolt upright forward from Lesauvage.
11:18 Junior's Heat 1 is now sailing - Lesauvage vs Vocker vs Herrera Hatissen vs Gil
11:16 Junior's Heat 1 is now in countdown sequence - Lesauvage vs Vocker vs Herrera Hatissen vs Gil
11:00 Junior Heats:
Heat 1 - Lesauvage vs Vocker vs Herrera Hatissen vs Gil
Heat 2 - Pare vs Grand-Guillot vs Van Dam Sanchidrian vs Pasquale
10:50 Next announcement for the pros will be at 11:30am with the first possible start at 12pm. The conditions have flattened off from what they were earlier with the tide on the drop. Junior's will be starting at 11:15am.
10:43 Also over the weekend here we have a dermatologist (a doctor who specialises in skin diseases) who is available for free checkups against skin cancer. Worth taking a moment to take the opportunity to see him if you can.
10:41 Junior's are being called to the notice board for a skippers' meeting. We're going to try running some juniors heats!
10:30 Next announcement at 10:45am - first possible start 11am.
10:23 Alice Arutkin is rigging up her 3.3m and 3.0m. It's just a little bit windy here!
10:15 Ramps and waves still aren't quite where they need to be - next call 10:30am, first possible start 10:45am.
10:01 Leon Jamaer's happier this morning - "Finally it looks like Pozo.". Klaas Voget has also been out on the water on 4.0 - "There's not much on the menu (waves), but I think with this much wind it should be good later on. It at least gives us a chance!"
10:00 Next announcement at 10:15am with the first possible start 10:30am - there's not many lines of swell coming through at the moment.
09:53 Robby Swift is just about to go out on the water on either 4.0 or 4.2 he's reasonably confident that within an hour or so we'll have competable conditions. "When it's been this windy we've usually got some good sailing with the tide on the drop with the waves being a bit steeper."
09:45 Next announcement at 10am, first possible start 10:15am.
09:30 Next call for the pros in 15 minutes, first possible start 10am. If the pros don't resume their single eliminations then the junior's will have a skippers' meeting at 10am. Ben Proffitt's just been out on the water on 4.0m. Duncan Coombs wants to monitor the conditions over the next 15 minutes, as with the tide on the way out the small waves may decrease, but should certainly be good in the afternoon with the tide on the push again.
It's a howling start to the penultimate day here in Pozo with the wind already gusting to 30+ knots. The waves will be the deciding factor on what time we start - skippers' meeting coming up at 9:30am.