The 2014 Dunkerbeck Eyewear Siam Park - El Medano - Tenerife PWA World Cup - Day 3 (All Times GMT+1)
Judging Criteria: 14 minute heats - 2 minute transition - 1 jump and 2 waves. Watch the incredible action live via the PWA live stream HERE. 18:59 That's it for the day here in Tenerife. Congratulations to Iballa Moreno and Philip Koster for their victories in the single eliminations. Skippers' meeting tomorrow morning at 9am - first possible start 9:30am. 18:57 Results Heat 23 - Weber and Cherel advance. 18:56 Cherel with a nice opening turn, but then goes down going for her next top turn. Cherel with a foam climb. Weber with a decent wave.  18:52 Cherel with another frontside hit. Weber goes for a backloop. Bandini goes for another forward.  Results Heat 22a - Arutkin advances. 18:47 Cherel opens with a forward. Bandini attempts a forward. Weber tries a forward. Cherel with a a frontside slash. Stenta goes backside but then goes down. Bandini with her best wave so far. 18:42 Heat 23 is now sailing - Weber vs Bandini & Cherel vs Stenta 18:40 Gilje goes down on her wave. Nice backside again from Arutkin and one frontside too. 18:36 Arutkin with her best wave so far, which includes a nice vert snap. Nice backside from Arutkin. Backside into one frontside hit for Arutkin. 18:31 Gilje with one top turn. Tabletop from Arutkin. Arutkin with one backside and two frontside turns.  18:26 Heat 22a is now sailing - Arutkin vs Gilje 18:23 Women's Double Elimination is now in countdown sequence for Heat 22. 17:55 AP flag is now up whilst we take a short break. 17:54 Results Men's Winners' Final - Koster fights back to defeat Traversa in a very close heat. 17:51 Good frontside hit from Koster backed up with two more slashes - Koster is on the comeback trail after Traversa took a big early lead. Another good taka from Traversa, but that's it for that wave. Koster ends the heat with a frontside air and another couple of back up turns.  17:47 Nice one-handed backloop from Traversa. The Frenchman makes another nice taka into a frontside. Amazing double forward from Koster - bolt upright. Another good frontside smack from Traversa. Traversa makes a double forward. Nice tweaked frontside air into a smooth taka from Koster - his best wave by far so far. 17:42 Traversa opens with a sick tabletop forward. Planing forward loop from Koster. Nice opening wave for Traversa with a couple of vert hits. Traversa goes for a one-handed backloop, but doesn't make it. Koster lines up for a double but he doesn't land it. Traversa with a nice frontside straight into a taka. Perfect one-handed, one-footed forward from Koster. 17:37 Men's Winners' Final is now sailing - Traversa vs Koster 17:36 Results Women's Winners' Final - Iballa Moreno takes the victory. 17:35 Sick frontside air from Iballa backed up with one frontside. Daida ends the heat with 3 nice frontsides, whilst Iballa makes big opening gauge and one more turn on the whitewater. 17:31 Correction to Result Heat 16a - Beenen actually beats Wahl with 21.5 points to 21.125 points. 17:31 Nice tabletop forward from Iballa as Daida makes a tweaked frontside aerial on her second wave - best one so far. Daida works another wave to the inside. Iballa with a couple of vertical slashy turns, releasing the fins on her final hack. Daida goes for a frontside wave 3, but can't quite make it. 17:26 Daida opens with a perfect backloop. Table forward from Iballa, a bit wet. Daida crashes a one-handed backloop. Big stalled forward from Daida and then follows it up with a radical tabletop forward. Big backloop with a perfect landing from Iballa. 17:21 Women's Winners' Final is now sailing - Iballa Moreno vs Daida Moreno 17:19 Voget releases the fins. Stone with two nice turns, not on the best wave though.  17:15 Stalled forward from Stone. Voget with his best wave so far with two solid turns.  17:10 Tweaked pushloop from Stone and a one-footed backloop. Nice one-handed backloop from Voget all the way round. Stone with a big frontside hack and a vertical foam climb. Voget with a gauging opening turn, but that's it.  17:05 Men's Losers' Final is now sailing - Voget vs Stone 17:04 Results Women's Losers' Final - Wahl takes third overall in the single after defeating Beenen 17:03 Two really nice backside hits from Wahl and one frontside! Beenen picks up a good sized wave, but leaves it a little late and it closes out on here. Two really nice frontside smacks from Beenen.  16:59 Beenen with a frontside snap and one backside.  16:54 Beenen opens with a nice delayed forward and a wet tabletop. Wahl also lands a good forward. Beenen with a good frontside hit. Wahl with a bigger tabletop then Beenen's.  16:49 Women's Losers' Final is now sailing - Wahl vs Beenen 16:48 Results Heat 15b - Koster advances by 0.24 of a point. 16:47 Stone with another 3 solid turns on his next wave. Clean one-footed backloop from Stone. Koster overcooks a top turn as he tries rotating into a taka and goes out the back of the wave. Big backside air from Koster but he just loses a reverse on the exit. Stone swimming after his kit after going to a frontside 3.  16:43 Big backie from Koster. Sick vertical, late hit from Stone backed up with one more hit. Koster with a tweaked pushloop - wanted the push forward. 16:38 Amazing stalled double forward to open from Koster followed up with a double kicked big one-footed backloop. Nice tweaked pushloop from Stone followed up with a one-handed backloop. Nice goiter from Koster, but then just goes down on his tail released taka. Stone with a couple of big frontside slashes, throwing the tail out. 16:33 Heat 15b is now sailing - Stone vs Koster 16:32 Results Heat 15a - Traversa advances into the final. 16:31 Voget throws himself into a double forward, but doesn't land it. Amazing taka from Traversa backed up with another couple of hacks. Voget ends the heat with 2 little frontsides. 16:27 Two nice frontside hacks from Voget and then on his next wave lands a great frontside air and another turn. Traversa picks up another wave, but mistimes it slightly. Sick tabletop forward from Traversa.  16:22 OH backloop all the way round for Voget to open. Table forward from Traversa. Tweaked pushloop by Voget. Traversa overcooks a top turn. Traversa with two turns on his next wave. Big one-handed backloop from Traversa and then links a sick opening frontside hit with a couple of back up turns.  16:17 Heat 15a is now sailing - Traversa vs Voget 16:14 Heat 15a is now in countdown sequence. 16:00 Competition officially resuming with Men's Heat 15a at 4:15pm - Traversa vs Voget 15:30 Next announcement 3:45pm first possible start 4pm. 15:15 Next announcement at 3:30pm - first possible start 3:45pm. 15:07 Next announcement 3:15pm - first possible start 3:30pm. 14:59 Results Women's Heat 15b - Daida Moreno advances into the final. 14:58 There will now be a break for one heat, but we may also have a break over low tide! 14:57 Beenen with a late hit, but she loses it.  14:53 Beenen with a backside hit. Beenen over rotates a forward loop. Tabletop from Beenen. Daida lands a one-handed backloop and then a tabletop forward. 14:48 Daida goes for a backloop and then sails away from a one-handed backloop. Daida with three good turns.  14:43 Women's Heat 15b is now sailing - Beenen vs Daida Moreno 14:41 Iballa links her best wave of the heat so far with 2 really nice frontside hits.  14:37 Iballa with a nice frontside hit. Iballa with another nice frontside hit. Forward from Iballa. Wahl with a good table top.  14:32 Sick tabletop forward from Iballa. Wahl with a front and backside combo. Wahl lands a forward. Iballa goes for a backloop. Wahl looks like she's taken her fins out on  a rock. 14:28 Results Heat 14b - Koster advances. 14:27 Women's Heat 15a is now sailing - Wahl vs Iballa Moreno 14:25 Koster almost makes a sick planing taka, but bogs a rail on the exit and goes down.  14:22 Jamaer's suffered some broken equipment. Denel's off bringing him a new set of kit now. 14:21 Perfect one-handed, one-footed forward by Koster and then tries a goiter. Big tweaked frontside air from Koster and he backs it up with two more hacks. Sick no-handed backloop from Jamaer landed perfectly.  Results Heat 14a - Stone advances. 14:16 Perfect double forward from Koster to open. Sick tweaked pushloop from Jamaer. Nice frontside float from Koster finished off with a taka. One-footed backloop by Koster. Jamaer milks a small wave.  14:11 Heat 14b is now sailing - Jamaer vs Koster 14:09 Bruch lands a one-handed, one-footed backloop. Stone lands another backloop. Stone with a one-footed backloop. Stone ends the heat with a nice hack and then a taka. 14:05 One-footed backloop by Bruch. Big frontside hit from Bruch, sending plenty of spray flying. Stone hits a rock trying to sail out, that's the second time this heat that he's been on the rocks. Big backloop from Stone. 14:00 Tweaked pushloop from Stone to open, but Bruch goes down on his.  Results Heat 13b - Voget advances past Browne by 0.25 points. Browne didn't have a second counting jump and misses out! 13:55 Heat 14a is now sailing - Stone vs Bruch 13:53 Nice one-handed backloop all the way by Voget. Brawzinho lands his best double so far, but it looks like he doesn't know it's 2 jumps to count. Big pushloop from Voget to end the heat. 13:49 Good hack from Browne. Clean pushloop from Voget. Browne makes a nice frontside 3. 13:44 Browne doesn't make his first double forward attempt. Nails his next attempt though - good double for the reigning world champion.  Results Heat 13a - Traversa advances past Fernandez. 13:39 Heat 13b is now sailing - Voget vs Browne 13:37 Sick top turn again from Traversa into a really smooth taka. Fernandez with a solid wave, which he rides to the inside. Fernandez down on a frontside 360 attempt. 13:33 Big gauging hack from Fernandez. Traversa with another nice frontside. Massive one-handed backloop the whole way round from Traversa. Bolt upright double forward from Fernandez. Traversa releases the fins on a sick top turn followed by a long nose slide! Backside 3 from Fernandez. Traversa goes for another double, not as good as his previous effort.  13:28 Big bailout from Fernandez on a double forward. Table forward from Traversa. Tweaked frontside air from Fernandez and a couple of back up turns. Traversa with a vertical top turn before finding a ramp and landing a good double forward. 13:23 Heat 13a is now sailing - Traversa vs Fernandez - 2 jumps to count now. 13:22 Results Heat 12b - Koster advances. 13:21 Massive stalled double landed bolt upright by Koster. Koster pulls off a one-handed goiter after wrestling the sail out the whitewater.  13:17 Couple of nice frontside hacks from Koster. Nice backside air from Martin, but he can't back it up with anything else. Backside 360 from Koster. Nice opening frontside float from Koster and one more turn. Martin tries a taka diablo but falls out the back.  13:12 Koster opens with a double forward and Martin also launches into a sick double forward - high and quite end over end. Koster sees that and tries a stalled double forward. Martin picks up a set wave, but only really makes a foam climb on it. Shuvit cheese roll from Martin.  13:07 Heat 12b is now sailing - Martin vs Koster 13:06 Results Heat 12a - Jamaer advances. 13:05 Jamaer goes for a frontside 360. Sick vertical turn from Denel. 13:01 Big tweaked pushloop from Jamaer. Denel goes down on a taka attempt.  12:57 Results Heat 11b - Bruch advances past Mussolini. 12:56 Perfect tweaked pushloop from Jamaer to open. Slightly stalled, really wet forward from Denel. Denel with a much better backloop. 12:51 Heat 12a is now sailing - Denel vs Jamaer 12:49 Two nice vertical turns from Mussolini before ending with a taka on the whitewater. Good one-handed, one-footed backloop from Mussolini.  12:45 Mussolini loses his frontside wave 3. Bruch goes for a one-handed, one-footed backloop, but doesn't land it. Frontside 360 by Mussolini and a couple of turns on the end of the wave.  12:40 Mussolini sticks a clean one-handed backloop. One-handed backloop from Bruch. Sick top turn from Bruch. Mussolini goes down on a taka. Bruch makes a frontside 360, but it wasn't the cleanest. Mussolini goes down hard on a big one-footed backloop.  12:35 Heat 11b is now sailing - Bruch vs Mussolini. 12:34 Results Heat 11a - Stone advances. 12:33 Lewis ends the heat with his best wave, but it's not going to be enough for the Brit, who didn't enjoy his best heat. 12:29 Lewis sails away from a one-footed backloop. Stone also lands a one-footed backloop - cleaner but lower than Lewis'. Big first hit from Stone and then a vert foam climb.  12:25 Lewis goes for another double - rotation looked good but loses it on the landing.  12:24 Stone crashes a pushloop attempt. Stone on a small wave and he makes on frontside before making a taka. Nice backloop from Stone. Lewis goes for a double forward, but doesn't quite make it. Lewis gets really close to a sick frontside 360, but just goes out the back. 12:19 Heat 11a is now sailing - Lewis vs Stone  12:18 Results Heat 10b - Browne advances 12:17 Mauch loses his tabletop forward on the landing, looked like he was sailing away from it perfectly but lost it right at the end. Mauch then attempts a backloop. Browne with a nice gauging turn. Mauch lines up for a tabletop forward, sails away from it a bit wet. 12:13 Browne attempts another frontside 3, another double forward from Brawzinho. Mauch picks up a lot of speed on the wave and tries an air taka, but doesn't make it.  12:08 Browne finds his ramp now and lands a good double forward. Browne with a shaka and one small frontside. Browne picks up a set wave but doesn't make his frontside 360 on it. Mauch also picks up a big wave and delivers a powerful cutback.  12:05 Browne trying to hunt out  a ramp but no look so far. Mauch with a vertical, snappy turn and a couple of other hits.  12:03 Heat 10b is now sailing - Mauch vs Browne 12:02 Results Heat 10a - Voget advances. 12:01 Skye milks a little wave. Big frontside hit from Voget. 11:57 Skye with a good vertical fluid turn backed up with one more turn. Voget picks up a set wave, but mistimes it a little and only makes one turn. Backside 360 from Voget.  11:52 Voget opens with a one-handed backloop. Skye sails away from a very wet double forward. Big gauging hack from Voget. Skye with a couple of frontside turns, but not as good as Voget's. Skye lands a tabletop forward. 11:47 Heat 10a is now sailing - Voget vs Skye  11:46 Results Heat 9b - Fernandez advances. 11:45 ten Hoeve attempts a one-footed, one-handed backloop. 11:43 Fernandez already set the highest score of the day so far with 24 points. 11:41 ten Hoeve attempts a one-handed, one-footed forward. Fernandez wanted the 'Klei' invented by Mussolini, but he doesn't land it on this occasion. Fernandez with another gauging turn.  11:38 Fernandez looking good on the wave with more powerful turns. ten Hoeve throws himself into a double forward, but doesn't make it. Fernandez releases the fins on his top turn. ten Hoeve with a backside 3, but that's it.  11:36 Amazing double forward from Fernandez. One-handed backloop from ten Hoeve. Two gauging turns from Fernandez.  11:31 Heat 9b is now sailing - ten Hoeve vs Fernandez Results Heat 9a - Traversa advances. 11:29 Cleaner tabletop forward from Traversa and then lands a one-handed backloop. Late hit from Swift and he backs it up with one more nice turn. Traversa with a brilliant wave as he stomps a frontside wave 360 and a perfectly timed vertical hit. One-footed backloop from Swift. Swift attempts a double but the buzzer had already sounded. 11:25 Nice vertical smack from Traversa and one more hit. Nice hack from Swift but the wave closes out on him after one more turn. Traversa goes down on a vertical hit on a set wave.  11:20 Traversa opens with a tabletop forward. Swift with a nice backloop. Traversa with the best wave of the heat so far. 11:15 Heat 9a is now sailing - Swift vs Traversa Results Heat 8 - Martin and Koster advances - Martin advances due to the highest wave score having been tied on 16 points. 11:13 Backside 360 into a reverse from Koster. Nice frontside wave 360 from Martin. Koster with a couple of frontside turns. Rutkowski just loses a backloop on the landing.  11:09 Jung links 3 turns. Koster with a front and backside turn before throwing in a taka. Then Koster attempts a goiter on the next wave. Martin down on a backside hit.  11:04 Rutkowski crashes his opening backloop attempt. Forward by Martin. Table forward from Jung. Rutkowski lands a forward loop. Big pushloop from Martin. Jung lands a backloop. Koster stomps the first double forward of the contest.  10:59 Heat 8 is now sailing - Jung vs Martin & Koster vs Rutkowski  Results Heat 7 - Denel and Jamaer advance. 10:57 Tweaked pushloop from Jamaer. Pijoan goes for a taka virtually on top of the rocks. Jamaer with a nice final wave.  10:53 Massive one-handed backloop from Denel, landed perfectly. Jamaer with a good wave.  Results Heat 6 - Bruch and Mussolini advance. 10:48 Pijoan opens with a backloop. Forward by Denel. Backloop from Jamaer as well. Denel lands a one-handed backloop as Pijoan crashes a one-footed backloop.  10:43 Heat 7 is now sailing - Denel vs Guilloul & Jamaer vs Pijoan 10:41 Perfect one-handed, one-footed backloop from Bruch to get his jump in the bag. Proffitt with clearly his best wave of the heat so far to reply with four solid turns. Little tweaked air from Bruch and two more frontside hits afterwards. Bruch ends the heat with a frontside wave 360. 10:37 Big frontside smack from Bruch. Nice taka from Mussolini and he backs it up with a couple of additional turns. Nice one-handed, one-footed backloop from Mussolini. Mussolini stomps a frontside 360 and adds a taka too. Bruch with another really nice vertical turn.  10:32 Bruch just loses a one-footed backloop as Proffit and Mussolini both land their one footed backies. Mussolini with a couple of frontside hacks. Bruch with a nice foam climb, but he doesn't have enough power to stay on the wave. Proffitt with one turn on a small wave before going down on a taka.  10:27 Heat 6 is now sailing - Bruch vs Proffitt & Mussolini vs Pastor 10:24 Heat 6 is now in countdown sequence - Bruch vs Proffitt & Mussolini vs Pastor 10:20 We're going to try and rerun heat 6 now - the wind looks to have returned. 10:14 The AP flag is up for the time being as we wait for the wind to return. Sailors will be in standby mode for the next 15 minutes - if the wind hasn't returned by then, then we'll move back to announcements. 10:10 The heat has been cancelled - not enough wind for jumping or riding at the moment. 10:09 Mussolini with a frontside hit. Forward out the back from Pastor. 10:07 Proffitt lands a backloop. Bruch with a couple of nice vertical snaps.  10:04 Results Heat 5 - Lewis and Stone advance. 10:03 The wind is looking very light at the start of this heat. 10:02 Heat 6 is now sailing - Bruch vs Proffitt & Mussolini vs Pastor  10:00 Clean backloop from Lewis. Forward by Stone. Nice opening turn from Lewis and then a little foam climb. Sanllehy lands a forward loop on the buzzer.  09:56 Big one-footed backloop from Campello, but lands pretty wet. Two big frontside smacks from Stone. Campello also picks up his best wave so far. Lewis goes for a frontside 3, but falls out the back. Campello lands a big one-footed forward.  09:52 Sanllehy looks like he wants a kit change, but he's heading back out for the moment. 09:51 Backloop to open for Stone and Lewis. Nice hack from Lewis throwing plenty of spray, only one more small turn after though. Sanllehy with one top turn. Stone with a big frontside hit. Campello with a nice vertical hit on a set wave. 09:46 Men's Heat 5 - Lewis vs Sanllehy A & Campello vs Stone 09:44 Heat 5 is now in countdown sequence 09:40 5 minutes to go until the heat 5 - looks like we should see some good action. 09:34 First heat of the day will be Men's Heat 5 - Lewis vs Sanllehy A & Campello vs Stone 09:30 Official call has been made the competition will be resuming at 09:45.  09:20 Looks like we will be starting at 9:45am, quite a few people are already out warming up! 09:11 Next announcement at 09:30 first possible start 9:45am. There's already a few people out on the water and there's some waves around as well.