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Antoine Albeau and Valerie Ghibaudo are crowned as the 2009 Costa Brava Champions, both taking decisive wins to establish their positions at the top of the PWA Slalom World Tour. Despite an unfavorable forecast Costa Brava delivered enough wind to provide a spectacular full round of slalom for both men's and women's fleets and climaxed with thrilling action right up to the semi finals of round two.
Round 3 of the PWA World Tour Slalom took place in the beautiful Costa Brava region of Catalunya, Spain. Set on the Ballena Alegre Camping resort inside the Bay of Roses, it was a slalom sailing paradise ready to test the world's best, men and women slalom racers.
The men's races were a close battle between Steve Allen, Micah Buzianis, Antoine Albeau and Ross Williams. The crowd saw a packing fight in the finals, with Albeau winning ahead of Williams and Allen. In the women's finals, it was again Valerie Ghibaudo against Karin Jaggi, with Ghibaudo having a better start and thus winning the competition.
The PWA crew now moves on to Lanzarote, for Round 1 of the PWA freestyle world tour, which is shaping up for an explosive start to the season. Stay tuned to the PWA web site to find out who will emerge victorious. Join the action from the 30th June. For a full list of results, the PWA photo gallery and much more, check out www.pwaworldtour.com.
Final Event results
Men:
1st Antoine Albeau (JP/NeilPryde)
2nd Ross Williams (Tabou/Gaastra)
3rd Steve Allen
4th Micah Buzianis (JP/NeilPryde)
Women:
1st Valerie Ghibaudo (Tabou/The Loft)
2nd Karin Jaggi (F2/Severne)
3rd Marta Hlavaty (Starboard/MauiSails)
4th Sarah Hebert (Starboard/Naish)
Round 3 of the PWA World Tour Slalom took place in the beautiful Costa Brava region of Catalunya, Spain. Set on the Ballena Alegre Camping resort inside the Bay of Roses, it was a slalom sailing paradise ready to test the world's best, men and women slalom racers.
The men's races were a close battle between Steve Allen, Micah Buzianis, Antoine Albeau and Ross Williams. The crowd saw a packing fight in the finals, with Albeau winning ahead of Williams and Allen. In the women's finals, it was again Valerie Ghibaudo against Karin Jaggi, with Ghibaudo having a better start and thus winning the competition.
The PWA crew now moves on to Lanzarote, for Round 1 of the PWA freestyle world tour, which is shaping up for an explosive start to the season. Stay tuned to the PWA web site to find out who will emerge victorious. Join the action from the 30th June. For a full list of results, the PWA photo gallery and much more, check out www.pwaworldtour.com.
Final Event results
Men:
1st Antoine Albeau (JP/NeilPryde)
2nd Ross Williams (Tabou/Gaastra)
3rd Steve Allen
4th Micah Buzianis (JP/NeilPryde)
Women:
1st Valerie Ghibaudo (Tabou/The Loft)
2nd Karin Jaggi (F2/Severne)
3rd Marta Hlavaty (Starboard/MauiSails)
4th Sarah Hebert (Starboard/Naish)
Source: PWA / Andrew Buchanan, Windfinder.com