Sunday, September 15, 2013

PWA Netherlands World Cup Day 3 & 4 Recap (Sarah-Quita Offringa takes single elimination win)

Day 3: Storm force winds bombard Brouwersdam as Kiri Thode and Sarah-Quita Offringa shine

The epic forecast promising winds in excess of forty knots for day three of the DAM7 PWA Netherlands World Cup didn’t disappoint as the wind howled for much of the afternoon and grew stronger as the evening progressed. Today was more like the PWA’s very own storm chase at times as the sailors reached for their smallest gear - many wishing they had smaller equipment available - to take on the brutal winds. At the end of a long day of amazing competition Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra) and Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins) proudly claimed the single eliminations victories, as they defeated both their opponents and the fierce weather. 
Women’s 

Single Elimination

Winners’ Final
Sarah-Quita Offringa successfully navigated her way into another winners’ final as she was met by Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North), who managed to defeat Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins) in the semifinals. With both of the women fully stacked the final was an extremely challenging affair. de Brendt was able to land a super smooth flaka, but the reigning world champion proved too strong as the Aruban gem slid through a brilliant double flaka, before upping her level with a super switch kono and a sick shaka. 
Arrianne Aukes quickly recovered from the disappointment of missing out on the winners’ final as she secured her place on the podium by defeating Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde) in the losers’ final. Aukes did the damage with a quickly rotated flaka and an explosive switch kono.
Tomorrow promises the opportunity of more wind - not quite as much as today, which will come as a welcome relief to some of the sailors. With this in mind the skippers’ meeting has been called for 08:30am tomorrow morning with the double eliminations resuming from 9am, if conditions allow. Don’t miss any of the fantastic action by tuning intowww.pwaworldtour.com.
Results After Single Elimination - Men’s Freestyle
1st Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra)
2nd Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra)
3rd Steven van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Different)
4th Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North)
5th Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne)
5th Philip Soltysiak (Starboard / Sailworks)
5th Youp Schmit (JP / NeilPryde)
5th Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)
Results After Single Elimination - Women’s Freestyle
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins)
2nd Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North)
3rd Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins)
4th Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde)

Day 4: The battle continues as Brouwersdam produces the perfect freestyle conditions

Having played the waiting game for much of the morning and early afternoon on day four of the DAM7 PWA Netherlands World Cup, Brouwersdam burst into life to deliver several hours of perfect freestyle conditions, as winds of 20-25 knots combined with flat water created the ultimate windsurfing playground - which head judge Duncan Coombs described as the best conditions of the year - for the contortionists of the windsurfing world. The competition for the day was eventually concluded just before 8:20pm as fading light brought an end to the explosive proceedings. The men’s fleet has been whittled down to the remaining top three sailors - Kiri Thode (Starboard / Gaastra), Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra), both of whom didn’t sails today, and Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde / Different) who held off the strong challenge of the reigning world champion Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North) - whilst only the top four ladies remain in the women’s fleet - Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / Gaastra / Mystic / Chris Benz / Maui Ultra Fins), Yoli de Brendt (Fanatic / North), Arrianne Aukes (RRD / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins) and Olya Raskina (JP / NeilPryde)




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