Samsung Mobile Indoor Windsurfing – Day 2
Sunday April 16, 2006
After two days of fastmoving indoor action the overall winners of the Samsung Mobile Indoor Windsurfing have collected their trophies in Ghent, Belgium. Before it came to that however, the riders had to give it their all in front of the large crowd of spectators.
At 1400 sharp the fans came to life for the freestyle competition in which Ben Proffitt (K-800, Fanatic/ Simmer Sails), Jose Estredo (V-1, Fanatic/ North Sails), Douglas Diaz (V-34, Fanatic/ North) and Thomas Traversa (F-3, Tabou/ Gaastra) tricked their way into the finals. Proffitt provided a note of originality today with two ‘regular’ chachoo attempts, not making them but still earning respect from the spectators. Meanwhile it was Jose Estredo (V-1, Fanatic/ North Sails) who was most radical of them all, with his trademark high-powered shaka’s coming in. Douglas Diaz (V-34, Fanatic/ North) came in second before Thomas Traversa (F-3, Tabou/ Gaastra) in third.
In the women’s finals the girls kicked up some spray with flawless moves such as Silvia Alba’s (E-67) spock and a picture perfect grubby by Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2/ North Sails). The final outcome was superclose, but in the end the victory went to Jaggi, before Alba who got second and Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/ North Sails) who had to settle for the bronze medal.
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The women’s final between Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/ North Sails) and Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2/ North Sails) looked like smooth sailing for Moreno, who led the way from the first buoy onwards seemingly heading for victory. But disaster struck at the last turn, when Moreno crash and couldn’t recover in time to stay ahead of Jaggi. Jaggi gratefully took advantage and claimed the win.
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Last but not least, the women’s jumping final went to Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/ North Sails), who dominated the event with some of the biggest forwards of the contest, as she did in the final. Second place was for Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2/ North Sails) who pulled off two impressive table tops. Silvia Alba (E-67) went home with third prize today.
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Jose Estredo (V-1, Fanatic/ North Sails) claims the overall men’s freestyle victory. Second place goes to Douglas Diaz (V-34, Fanatic/ North) and third to Kevin Mevissen (H-79, JP/ Neil Pryde). In the women’s division first prize goes to Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2/ North Sails), second to Silvia Alba (E-67) and third place to Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/ North Sails).
Rounding up the overall rankings is the slalom in which Kauli Seadi (BRA-253, Quatro/ Naish) wins the gold, Robert Teritehau (F-2000, North Sails) the silver and Kevin Mevissen (H-79, JP/ Neil Pryde) another third prize.
All results are posted below. In two weeks time, the PWA circus moves back outdoors for the first freestyle event of the season in Podersdorf, Austria. All top names are expected to attend, so stay tuned to www.pwaworldtour.com for all the latest on that and other events.
MEN’S JUMP RESULTS
WOMEN’S JUMP RESULTS
MEN’S SLALOM RESULTS
WOMEN’S SLALOM RESULTS
MEN’S FREESTYLE RESULTS
WOMEN’S FREESTYLE RESULTS
