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Sail-World.com : PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam day 7 raises the bar
PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam day 7 raises the bar
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'Anthony Ruenes - PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam 2011'
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The PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam proceeded with day seven of competition while the sun continued to shine down preventing the wind from building again, but it had little effect on the action as the freestylers raised the bar and broke the judge’s scales in the third Reno World Cup tow-in freestyle competition.
The light-wind master Caesar Finies (Starboard / NeilPryde), kept the crowds entertained throughout the morning with his spins, boomerangs and his infamous sail throw whilst they chilled out on the beach. It was then up to the freestylers to step into the limelight for the third Reno world cup tow-in freestyle competition. With a thousand Euros up for grabs, extremely flat water and almost zero wind, the sailors blew both the judges and the spectators away with their new insane scale breaking moves.
Heat 1: The judges knew they were in for an exciting day when Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins) opened the competition up with a super-clean burner into flaka putting him straight inthe final. Dieter Van Der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) and Nicolas Akgazciyan (Starboard / Gun) followed with a burner and a culo but both suffered a little spinning out on the landing. It was up to Ricardo Campello (JP / NeilPryde / MFC) to take the next place in the final, and he was obviously enjoying the massive crowds attention as he landed fully planing burner just meters away from the shore.
 | Caesar Finies ready to launch - PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam 2011 - PWA World Tour |
Heat 2: The world champion Steven Van Broeckhoven (F2 /Gaastra) looked confident as he left the beach, and rightly so as he stuck a perfect triple jumping funnel for a maximum thirty points on his first run. On their first run both Bjorn Saragoza (Starboard / Hot Sails) and Marcilio Browne(Fanatic / North / MFC) went down hard, whilst Yegor Popretinskiy (JP /NeilPryde / MFC) pulled a double funnel. With the pressure lying on their performance in the second run, Browne and Saragoza were focused. Browne pulled a really powerful burner into funnel scoring highly, but Saragoza was ready for the challenge and he landed a super-stylish one hand on hip funnel into funnel putting him through the heat.
Heat 3: Opening up the third heat Jose Estredo (Fanatic/ North) added a bit of diversity by landing a fast burner into funnel boomerang for maximum points. Julien Mas (Patrik / Hot Sails) continued with the theme going for a culo but he dropped the landing, and Anthony Ruenes (Tabou / Simmer) tried his trademark no-handed burner but the sail caught in the water. Luck was on Tonky Frans (Tabou / Gaastra) side and he pulled a perfect air funnel into funnel to earn his place in the final. With his place in the final awarded with his first run, Estredo had nothing to lose and he burst into a mind-blowing funnel into burner earning him thirty four points.
Final: With so many outstanding sailors in the final, the world’s best went all out pulling crazy moves to earn the most points. Campello was first up pulling a really high funnel for 23.5 points, followed by Tonky with a double jumping funnel and Taty with a 29 point scoring burner into flaka. Saragoza lost control going for a huge air funnel over the top of the cameraman and Van Broeckhoven pulled a high burner into funnel.
 | Steven Cruisng on the tow rope - PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam 2011 - PWA World Tour |
But all eyes were on Estredo and he wowed the spectators with the highest and faster burner into funnel in the competition for 31.5 points. On their second runs Taty was the man to watch landing a burner into flaka cana brava on the beach putting him in second place. The masters Van Broeckhoven and Tonky were joint in third place having had two runs each so a sail off was arranged. Tonky played it safe landing an air funnel, but risking everything Van Broeckhoven closed the competition with an astonishing triple jumping funnel.
The third Reno world cup tow-in freestyle competition results:
1st Jose Estredo (Fanatic / North)
2nd Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins)
3rd Steven Van Broeckhoven (F2 / Gaastra)
Following the amazing competition the sailors were released for the day, the skippers meeting for all three fleets will kickoff at 10am tomorrow morning with the first possible start to competition at 10:30am. Make sure you check out the highlights video on the PWA website to see all of today’s moves again.
 | Brawzinho tow in session - PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam 2011 - PWA World Tour |
 | Julien Mass - PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam 2011 - PWA World Tour |
 | Dieter Van Der Eyken - PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam 2011 - PWA World Tour |
 | Yegor Popretinsky - PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam 2011 - PWA World Tour |
 | Tonky on the tow rope - PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam 2011 - PWA World Tour |
 | Taty Frans busting out the moves - PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam 2011 - PWA World Tour |
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PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam website
by PWA
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