2015 PWA World Cup Tenerife – Day 4

by Chris Yates on 7 Aug 2015 2015 PWA World Cup – Against the odds, Tenerife, produced the best conditions of the week so far, despite a lesser forecast compared to yesterday. The morning started quietly with light winds, but at 3pm the wind and waves arrived to allow the competition to resume. Daida Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins) continued her winning start to the year to take the women’s single elimination crown, whilst the men’s main draw also began after the conclusion of the trials.

Women’s

Single Elimination

Winners’ Final

The women’s winners’ final saw four women - Daida Moreno, Iballa Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins), Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg) and Amanda Beenen (99NoveNove / Point-7) - battling it out for the single elimination title. Iballa kicked off the final in spectacular fashion as she launched into a radical one-footed forward to set the tone, whilst Beenen, Wahl and Daida all landed forward loops. Iballa quite often gets the upper hand in the wave riding department, but today it was Daida who dominated as she unleashed several aggressive, vertical, frontside smacks, which made all the difference as she maintained her 100 percent record for 2015 - for now at least. Meanwhile, Iballa finished second with Beenen completing the podium at this stage - narrowly ahead of Wahl in fourth.

Men’s

Trials

Arthur Arutkin (Fanatic / North) produced a fine display in the opening heat of the trials to progress into the main draw as he impressed with his stylish approach on the wave, before Dieter Van der Eyken advanced from heat two with a clean one-footed backloop and some excellent waves, whilst Loick Lesauvage (Goya Windsurfing) became the youngest sailor in the main event at 15 after winning the final trials heat. Meanwhile, Marc Paré (99NoveNove / Simmer / Maui Ultra Fins) clinched the last place in the main draw after winning the repechage round.

Single Elimination

Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic / North) produced a fantastic display in heat one to cause an upset against teammate Klaas Voget (Fanatic / Simmer / MFC). The young Spaniard opened with a trademark tweaked pushloop before consistently picking up the best set waves to put Voget on the back foot. His German rival landed a high, completely one-handed backloop, but was slightly out of sync with the set waves and was powerless to stop Stillrich advancing as the twenty year old delivered vertical turn after vertical turn. On the b-side of Heat 1 Robby Swift (JP / NeilPryde / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) comfortably advanced against local boy Valter Scotto (99NoveNove / Challenger Sails /AL360).

Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North / MFC) looked hugely impressive in Heat 2 as he opened up his account with an 8.5 point wave. The Spaniard combined stunning vertical turns, whilst keeping his speed to impress, whilst also managing to land a perfect tabletop forward despite the then fading wind to defeat Lock Lesauvage. Meanwhile Omar Sanchez (Angulo / KA Sail / Dunkerbeck Eyewear) dispatched of Martin ten Hoeve (Goya Windsurfing / Point-Seven) - who was unlucky with the light winds, but you can take nothing away from Sanchez who was able to make the most out of the conditions.

Heat 3 was started but had to be cancelled with the conditions diminishing and the fleet were released shortly afterwards. They will now meet again tomorrow morning at 9:30am for the skippers’ meeting with the first possible start at 10am. The latest forecast looks as though there could be more action tomorrow, whilst the forecast for the weekend continues to improve at this stage.

Women's Single Elimination - Result

First - Daida Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)
Second - Iballa Moreno (Starboard / Severne / Maui Ultra Fins)
Third - Amanda Beenen (99NoveNove / Point-7)
Fourth - Steffi Wahl (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg)