The 2011 Pozo Gran Canaria PWA World Cup

Es geht los in Pozo, der meiner Meinung nach spektakulärste Event des Jahres:

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The 2011 Pozo Gran Canaria PWA World Cup

Event Preview: The anticipated wait for the opening event on the men and women’s wave calendar is over, as the world’s most radical sailors descend on the island of Gran Canaria for six days of intense competition.
The internationally recognized location of Pozo will play host to the most talented wave sailors from around the globe as they embark on the opening wave event on the 2011 PWA world tour.
Pozo is famous for its howling winds and steep waves that provide the perfect playground for the tours most extreme sailors to do battle. The awesome conditions found at this highly regarded destination allow the sailors to perform the most extreme and radical maneuvers known to windsurfing.
The local effect in Pozo Izquierdo, means that the slightest breeze escalates quickly, and can reach speed of around fifty knots, ensuring sailors will be reaching for the skies with their huge jumps and attempting to slash burn and turn their way through every heat to defeat their opponents.

What’s the deal?
Six days of unreal action taking place on the 5^th - 10^th July. The world’s most extreme male and female wave riders will battle it out in the relentless winds and waves for a taste of the prize packet, as well as gaining precious points towards their overall tour ranking.

Who to watch
Men’s Fleet
The 2010 world champion Victor Fernandez Lopez (Fanatic / North / MFC) and will be returning to Pozo to defend his title and perform his perfect double loops in Pozo’s crazy winds.
The three times freestyle world champion turned wave sailor Ricardo Campello (JP / NeilPryde / MFC), will be looking to break his way into the top spot with his exceptional port tack jumping.
Wonder kid Philip Koster (Starboard / NeilPryde / Dakine) is aged just 17, and it has been rumored he has been pulling triple forward loops off the Pozo shores. Keep an eye on Koster, he is expected to put in a mind blowing routine to earn his way onto the podium.
The consistent Brazilian and three times world wave champion Kauli Seadi (JP / NeilPryde), will be gracing Gran Canaria with his presence and his radical wave riding. Seadi will be looking to place in the top three in order to gain valuable points towards the whole tour.
Also in the mix port tack demon Dany Bruch (Starboard / Severne / AL360), the consistent Brit Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde), and the style master Marcilio ‘ Brawzinho’ Browne (Fanatic / North / MFC) will all be bringing with them an armor of tricks and crisp cut backs in order to defend their positions in the top ten.
The fleet will also be littered with locals, ready to take on the worlds best on their home ground. Big names to watch out for are Pozo rippers, Dario Ojeda (RRD, Simmer, Dakine, MFC), and Jonas Ceballos who have previously excelled themselves at events in Gran Canaria. Alongside young talent’s Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic, North, AL360), and Jose Romero (JP, NeilPryde),

Women’s Fleet
Wave sailing goddesses Daida Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne) and her twin sister Iballa Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne) have dominated the Pozo event for the last 11 years. The pairs powerful jumping and smooth wave riding separate them from the rest of the pack, expect to see some explosive action as the battle it out for the 12^th year.
Hot on their heels the multitalented Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne) will be ditching her race watch, and slipping into wave mode as she floats her away around her spectacular aerial’s in an attempt to break the Moreno twins stronghold on first and second place.
Local wave rider Nayra Alonso (Fanatic / Severne) will be strutting her stuff in front of her home crowds in order to defend her position in the top five and try break her way onto the podium.
The Swiss stylist Laure Treboux (Fanatic / North) fresh from competition in Aruba, will be taking on the wave fleet with her perfect forward loops and seamless wave riding in order to sail her way into the top five.
Keep your eyes peeled from July 5^th, Pozo promises insane jumps, slick wave riding and some crazy crashes as the world’s elite sailors go head to head on Gran Canarias shores. The skippers’ meeting is planned for 1pm with a first possible start at 1:30pm

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Wird bestimmt einen Livestream geben, ein paar Euros bekommen die auch. Der örtliche Veranstalter hatte m.W. den gleichen Betrag auftreiben können wie im letzten Jahr, hatte der PWA aber nicht gereicht. Wir werden sehen, was es gibt...

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Auf der Pwa Webseite fand ich bisher nichts

wenn du eine Info hast, bitte schreib mal den Link in das Forum.

Danke

Der Event hat ja noch nicht mal angefangen, heute ist erstmal Inscription. Vor 14 Uhr dürfte da nicht viel los sein auf dem Wasser, d.h. 15 Uhr deutsche Zeit.
Die Wind- und vor Allem Wellenprognose ist aber sehr optimistisch stimmend, daß es fette Action gibt.

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dann muß halt totti vor ort nen stream basteln

Sicher nicht, ich gehe windsurfen.

Und die wichtigen Heats schaue ich mir an, sonst gibbet nix...

Philip in Topform:

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The 2011 Pozo Gran Canaria PWA World Cup

Day one: Forty knots of wind and pumping swell provide the PWA’s elite with a wild welcome for the opening day of competition in Pozo.
The first day on the men and women’s wave tour kicked off to a flying start as Pozo Izquierdo lived up to its reputation providing steep waves and ballistic winds for the world’s most extreme sailors to work with.
The exceptional conditions ensured the sailors were eager to hurry though the formalities of registration, rig their gear, and hit the water. Head judge Duncan Coombs announced that competition would commence at 1:30pm sharp, and the heats would be twelve minutes long with the best three jumps counting along with the best two wave rides.
Round one of the single elimination sprang into action, seeing an exhilarating array of radical maneuvers and many of the big names unleashed their biggest jumps to fight through to the last thirty-two. Kai Lenny (Naish / Naish) defeated Martin Antoine (JP / NeilPryde) with a record five turns on one wave along with a perfect backloop and tweaked out table push loop. Phil Horrocks (JP / Gaastra) played his consistent card to defeat Jose Romero (JP / NeilPryde), and Germany’s Florian Jung (RRD / Gun / Dakine) took down Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic / North / AL360) with a clean pushloop and his vertical frontside riding.
Heat 6 saw a particularly close dual between Ireland’s Mikey Clancy (Starboard / Severne / MFC) and his Severne team mate, wild Moroccan Boujmaa Guilloul (Starboard / Severne / Mystic). Guilloul lined up three enormous jumps to open the heat, whilst Clancy chose to secure his wave rides. Clancy then upped the game and landed the first double forward loop of the competition. Guilloul fought back with solid wave and a clean backloop securing his pass into the next round.
Having missed the opening four minutes of his heat, Peter Volwater (Fanatic / MauiSails) managed to secure the win by landing all his moves with polished perfection to ensure the slip up wouldn’t restrict his advances in the single elimination.
Round two brought with it more unbelievable action as the sailors were forced to raise their game with the arrival of the top sixteen seeds on the Pozo battleground.
Dario Ojeda (Simmer / MFC) earned himself the highest scoring wave of the day with a perfect wave 360 and a number of slick turn’s allowing his entry into the third round, passed young Australian wave specialist Jaeger Stone (Starboard / Severne).
Gran Canarias’s wave wizard Philip Koster (Starboard / NeilPryde) was next up and stole the show, reaching astronomical heights with his stalled forwards and one footed backloops. He caught both the crowd and the judge’s attention with his incredible moves, confirming that he is one to watch out for on the 2011 world tour.
The most invigorating heat of the day came between Brazil’s Marcilio Browne (Fanatic / North / MFC) and the young Catalonian Aleix Sanllehy. Sanllehy performed an outstanding show on the world’s toughest stage and made the most of the dropping conditions with his technical wave riding and astonishing jumping. Browne returned the challenge with his powerful wave riding and perfect double forward loops. Both the sailors were awarded with particularly high scores however Browne narrowly stole the win.
Venezuelan wild flyer, Ricardo Campello (JP / NeilPryde / MFC), Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde), Thomas Traversa (Tabou / Gaastra) and Daniel Bruch (Starboard / Severne / MFC / Al360) all looked to be on great form, each working their way through their heats landing super tweaked pushloops and amazing the crowds with their wave riding.
Jose Estredo (Fanatic / North) was unable to sail in his heat due to a shoulder injury, allowing Kenneth Danielsen (F2 / Simmer) an easy ride into the third round.
The retreating conditions caused a half an hour break before the elimination could continue into the third round, providing the sailors enough time to select the correct weapon, to see them through the heats with the smaller waves.
Ojeda continued his path of destruction defeating Eleazar Alonso (Naish / Naish) with his huge pushloops and backside 360’s. Campello overpowered Ben Proffitt (Simmer) with his super-fast double loops off tiny chop and Koster sealed the deal with an ankle dry colossal pushloop forward.
Heat 19, the final heat of the day was cancelled due to the deteriorating conditions and the sailors were released at 7pm after an epic day of competition.
The ladies took advantage in the heat break to practice on the competition area, and plan their attack on the reigning champions Daida Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne) and Iballa Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne).
Tune in tomorrow for more unbelievable action from the PWA’s elite wave sailors. The skipper’s meeting is planned for 11:30am with a first possible start at 12.

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Und ein paar Pics von Philip, Photocredit PWA John Carter

Gestern keine Heats mangels Wind. Nun ja, ich hatte Spaß mit 5.0 bei 100kg...
Heute ist aber mehr Wind.

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The 2011 Pozo Gran Canaria PWA World Cup

Day two: Pozo presents its gentle side, lighter winds and smaller waves ensured the sailors spent the day soaking up the blazing sun and relaxing to the tunes on the beach.
The sailors were granted a day of rest after yesterday’s epic action, as the gentle winds and tiny swell deemed the conditions unsuitable for competition. The wave fleet was placed on thirty-minute announcements, in hope that with the change of the tides the waves would increase. However they failed to materialize, much to the frustration of the judges and sailors alike.
Laure Treboux (Fanatic / North), Iballa Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne) and Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne) rigged their largest gear to take advantage of the lighter conditions and catch the occasional wave, providing some entertainment for the crowds on the beach, whilst the rest of the fleet relaxed and checked their equipment after yesterday’s beating.
The PWA took advantage off the down time and caught up the world’s rippers to find out how they prepare for the gnarly conditions Pozo is famous for.
Laure Treboux (Fanatic / North)
“I rig my smallest sail, eat as much pasta as I can and hope for light winds.”
Boujmaa Guilloul (Starboard / Severne / Mystic)
“I didn’t really prepare, I sailed the day like I was free sailing and just had fun with it.”
Kauli Seadi (JP / NeilPryde)
“I arrived ten days before the contest, so that I was used to the strong winds because Pozo is unique. It is important to know that your gear works in the conditions.”
Marcilio Browne (Fanatic / North / MFC)
“I went to Cape Town for twenty days, to practice my jumping and I have sailed a lot in Maui this winter so that I am fit and ready for the 2011 tour.”
Evi Tsape (F2 / North)
“I arrived two weeks before the competition so that I could get used to the conditions, but the wind has only been good for a few days, I am hungry for more action.”
Peter Volwater (Fanatic / MauiSails)
“I am more focused on slalom at the moment, but I have been here for the last fifteen years so I think I have that advantage over my opponent’s. However last year I didn’t have such a great result so I have to fight my way through the top seed’s this year.”
Jules Denel (Exocet)
“I have sailed at home in the North of France all winter and it gets really windy there, so I am used to the kind of conditions that Pozo provides.”
Camille Juban (Gun / MFC)
“The wind hasn’t been great at home so I have tried to stay in shape for the last two months so that I am strong and don’t get too tired in my heats.”
With little change in the conditions and the waves looking unlikely to arrive, the sailors were released at 3:15pm. The action will continue tomorrow, so be sure to tune in to the live ticker at 12:30pm for the skippers meeting and the first possible start to competition at 1pm.

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