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Windsurf World Cup in Westerland/Sylt is over

October 5, 2008 6:05 PM, Author: Oliver |
On the last day of the Windsurf World Cup in Westerland/Sylt the wave riding competition continued very early on Sunday more to exploit the wind from the storm that had crossed Sylt during the night so the men's 2nd semi final and finals were held in winds up to 40 knots and 4 m high waves. Victor Fernandez (Spain) defeated Klaas Voget from Germany so Voget and Jonas Ceballos (Spain) met in the losers' final where the German rider showed his class with nice wave riding and aerials: He reached the podium for the first time in his career. In the final the reigning world champion Kauli Seadi (Brazil) and the current world tour no. 2 Victor Fernandez met to fight for the wave riding crown in Sylt. Both riders showed fantastic wave riding and aerials on the roaring North Sea but in the end Fernandez prevailed with his trademark double loop and got the win in Sylt.

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Right after the men's wave riding final the wind dropped and the women's wave riding could not be continued so it was the Moreno Twins Daida and Iballa in first and Junko Nagoshi and Nayra Alonso in 3rd.

But the wind was still enough to accomplish a 4th slalom race with a win for Antoine Albeau (France) and a 2nd place for Björn Dunkerbeck which eventually changed the overall classification after 4 races and put Dunkerbeck in 1st overall giving him his 10th victory in Sylt in his career. Albeau ended up in 2rd overall followed by Cyril Moussilmani (France).