The morning greeted the competitors and spectators of the Windsurf World Cup in Westerland/Sylt with rain, winds light wind, and a cloudy sky but then the wind picked up momentum. All fleets had their skippers meeting at 10.00am, at which point the
race committee selected slalom as the first discipline to hit the water.
The conditions proved to be quite difficult as the onshore wind was quite gusty and with lulls right in front of the beach. The first and 2nd round of slalolm racing were completed at a quarter to 5.
The results of the first semi finals were Cyril Moussilmani (France) in 1st, Patrick Diethelm (Italy), Peter Volwater in 3rd, and 4th Josh Angulo (Cape Verde). Josh Angulo managed to overtake Björn Dunkerbeck (Switzerland) at the penultimate buoy.
Antoine Albeau (France) won the second semi finals ahead of Kevin Pritchard (USA), Ross Williams (Great Britain), and Cedric Bordes (France).
By the time fo the finals gusts reached more than 30 knots and the waves were extremely choppy so a lot of riders fell in the gybes. Amazingly Josh Angulo, who hadn't done any racing in years beat the specialists in the finals. He also benefited from a crash by slalom tour leader Antoine Albeau. Ross Williams came in 2nd, Peter Volater came in 3rd and Kevin Pritchard in 4th.
As the wind was blowing really strong the race comittee decided to continue with the wave riding discipline at about 5:30 pm. The fist round was held in gusty onshore conditions. Klaas Voget (Germany) defeated Levi Lenz (Brazil) with back and forward loops while Levi Lenz is struggling to cross the shore break. In a french Leo Ray shows a good performance with a massive stalled forward loop and beats Jules Denel, who snaps his mast in the shore break. Yann Sorlut (France) has an easy win over Gunnar Asmussen (Grrmany) who spends a lot of time crossing the white water and picking up speed. It's Ben Proffitt vs 14 yr old Jon-Hendrick-Frey (Germany) with the win for Proffitt.
Due to the dwindling daylight now the race comittee switches to 4 riders per heat with Dario Ojeda (Spain) vs. Ben Van Der Steen (Netherlands) & Cyril Moussilmani (France) vs. Robert Sand (Denmark). The next heat is heat: Daniel Bruch (Spain) vs. Alexander Lehmann (Germany) & Antoine Albeau (France) vs. Florian Jung (Germany) with Bruch and Albeau advancing. Daniel Bruch pulls out the first double forward loop of the day. Then it's Phil Horrocks (Great Britain) vs. Tonky Frans & Martin Ten Hoeve vs. Tuomo Naalisvaara (Finland). Horrocks notches up one of the best rides of the day, with 2 big frontside hits. Frans pulls a super stalled forward. Naalisvaara touches down a nice back loop. Ten Hoeve and Horrocks advance to the 2nd round.
In the next heat John Skye (Great Britain) beats Bernd Flessner (Germany) over with and better jumps. Hans Waarum (Norway) stops Gollito Estredo (Venezuela). The penultimate heat of the first round is Orjan Jensen (Spain) vs Nicolas Akgazciyan (France) and Kevin Mevissen (Netherlands) vs Leon Jamaer (Germany). Mevissen and Jensen advance to the next round.
The conditions proved to be quite difficult as the onshore wind was quite gusty and with lulls right in front of the beach. The first and 2nd round of slalolm racing were completed at a quarter to 5.
The results of the first semi finals were Cyril Moussilmani (France) in 1st, Patrick Diethelm (Italy), Peter Volwater in 3rd, and 4th Josh Angulo (Cape Verde). Josh Angulo managed to overtake Björn Dunkerbeck (Switzerland) at the penultimate buoy.
Antoine Albeau (France) won the second semi finals ahead of Kevin Pritchard (USA), Ross Williams (Great Britain), and Cedric Bordes (France).
By the time fo the finals gusts reached more than 30 knots and the waves were extremely choppy so a lot of riders fell in the gybes. Amazingly Josh Angulo, who hadn't done any racing in years beat the specialists in the finals. He also benefited from a crash by slalom tour leader Antoine Albeau. Ross Williams came in 2nd, Peter Volater came in 3rd and Kevin Pritchard in 4th.
As the wind was blowing really strong the race comittee decided to continue with the wave riding discipline at about 5:30 pm. The fist round was held in gusty onshore conditions. Klaas Voget (Germany) defeated Levi Lenz (Brazil) with back and forward loops while Levi Lenz is struggling to cross the shore break. In a french Leo Ray shows a good performance with a massive stalled forward loop and beats Jules Denel, who snaps his mast in the shore break. Yann Sorlut (France) has an easy win over Gunnar Asmussen (Grrmany) who spends a lot of time crossing the white water and picking up speed. It's Ben Proffitt vs 14 yr old Jon-Hendrick-Frey (Germany) with the win for Proffitt.
Due to the dwindling daylight now the race comittee switches to 4 riders per heat with Dario Ojeda (Spain) vs. Ben Van Der Steen (Netherlands) & Cyril Moussilmani (France) vs. Robert Sand (Denmark). The next heat is heat: Daniel Bruch (Spain) vs. Alexander Lehmann (Germany) & Antoine Albeau (France) vs. Florian Jung (Germany) with Bruch and Albeau advancing. Daniel Bruch pulls out the first double forward loop of the day. Then it's Phil Horrocks (Great Britain) vs. Tonky Frans & Martin Ten Hoeve vs. Tuomo Naalisvaara (Finland). Horrocks notches up one of the best rides of the day, with 2 big frontside hits. Frans pulls a super stalled forward. Naalisvaara touches down a nice back loop. Ten Hoeve and Horrocks advance to the 2nd round.
In the next heat John Skye (Great Britain) beats Bernd Flessner (Germany) over with and better jumps. Hans Waarum (Norway) stops Gollito Estredo (Venezuela). The penultimate heat of the first round is Orjan Jensen (Spain) vs Nicolas Akgazciyan (France) and Kevin Mevissen (Netherlands) vs Leon Jamaer (Germany). Mevissen and Jensen advance to the next round.
The skippers meeting is scheduled for 8 am tomorrow morning as the wind forecast for Westerland predicts decreasing wind.