Pozo Grand Slam 2006: Victor Fernandez and Daida champions in waves
The young Spanish windsurfer Victor Fernandez (E-42) was the winner of World Cup mode waves of Pozo Izquierdo windsurfing 2006, after winning the final on Saturday in the Brazilian Kauli Seadi (BRA-253). The Almeria in Gran Canaria has achieved the best result of his entire career and his first podium in a test of the PWA World Tour. With the win, Victor improve their ranking in the ranking of the PWA Wave, where the top ten overall.
The Almeria was shown during the ceremony of the winners "very happy and motivated to now compete in the next championship held in Germany. In this competition has come out all right, waves, luck in the drill, and I think I made a great final against Kauli. The truth that I can not feel better because it is very important to win in Pozo Izquierdo. "
Second place was Brazilian Kauli Seadi, who has done a comprehensive championship and high level, being a worthy rival of Spanish in the final, although the waves accompanied him as the champion. Seadi recognized the superiority of Victor because "I thought I was jumping," but complained about not having much luck on your sleeve because "although there were strong wind, the wave was not very big and I could not surf."
Third ending the American Kevin Pritchard (US-3) and fourth Dutchman Peter Volwater. With this result was completed on Saturday the winners box specialty Wave of Gran Canaria PWA Grand Slam 2006, after the Canarian Daida Ruano Friday beat in the women, followed by her sister Iballa Ruano and Swiss Karin Jaggi.
Albeau holds sway in Slalom
After the end of Wave entered the water slalom competitors, who had several days giving prominence to the windsurfers from other modalities. The Frenchman Antoine Albeau (F-192) would continue its dominance in Gran Canaria, which keeps him interim leader of the specialty. They played three sets complete with French victory in the final three, allowing you to lead overall with many points ahead of his pursuers.
The American Kevin Pritchard (US-3) was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Slalom day as unseat got the second position Björn Dunkerbeck (E-11), which was not precisely one of its best days. In the second set Dunkerbeck not qualified for the finals and ended fourteenth. The youngest of the Pritchard got fourth place and two seconds, results that allow you to keep four points ahead of Dunkerbeck, but really have very far to Albeau to pressure for the win.
The sailor of the Virgin Islands, Jimmy Diaz (ISV-11), held his line and kept the fourth place overall, followed by American Matt Pritchard, who on Saturday scored a best finish a second place, and Micah Buzianis ( USA 34), fifth and sixth respectively.
The judges of the PWA attempted to hold a fourth round of Slalom but the wind dropped in intensity as the race ran through halfway and decided to suspend it. Until then the excitement of victory stood at the highest point, with Dunkerbeck in second place and flying for first place, but fell in the third beacon left him with no options to be advanced by six competitors. The wind was allied with Björn, lowering both intensity that compelled the judges to sleep when Antoine Albeau had gotten back pass to lead the fleet.
Source: www.canariasahora.com
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