Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam 2008
Ten days of intense competition in strong winds is crowned World Champion, one of the best runners leave for injuries and ranking freestyle race and tremble after a pageant on the leeward beach.
Hosting the meeting was the world famous Rene Egli center, situated in prime position within walking distance from the shore.
The male slalom winner, Antoine Albeau said "I started the event really well, the top three, but I took a lot of risks to win. I slowed a bit to stay safe, I did not make stupid mistakes, just be consistent. I think I did a good job, and today (after the first race of the last day) I knew I had won the championship, so I went to stop. Could have stopped, but simply had to win these last two races and I did. "
In the 10 th race, there was a revolution when Micah Buzianis suffered a major injury in the second semifinal, resulting in a broken leg and the abandonment of the competition, crippling news considering that had the second place and was pressuring Albeau to achieve first.
As for the women's competition, Valerie Ghibaudo and Karin Jaggi were protagonists. According to the French, "For my sponsors, I really wanted to do well, so I am super well. It's great to finish first, I was hotly contested race with Karin Jaggi and conditions were difficult five days, so it has not been easy. " In the last race, Nagoshi and Korzitz ensured the battle for third overall, with the Japanese who won after falling Korzitz in the third buoy. At the finish line, Ghibaudo won with a good style, with Jaggi second and Nagoshi in the last place on the podium, more impressive when considering that competed with a borrowed computer.
1st Antoine Albeau
2nd Bjorn Dunkerbeck
3rd Kevin Pritchard
Ben Van Der Steen 4th
5th Ross Williams
The overall results of the season are as follows:
1st Antoine Albeau
2nd Kevin Pritchard
3rd Bjorn Dunkerbeck
4th Cyril Moussilmani
5th Peter Volwater
Results of PWA Grand Slam 2008 women's Slalom:
Valerie Ghibaudo 1st
Karin Jaggi 2nd
Junk 3rd Nagoshi
4th Lee Korzitz
Remove 5th Sarah Offringa
The overall results of the season in this case are as follows.
1st Karin Jaggi
Read 2nd Korzitz
3rd = Iballa Moreno
3rd = Valerie Ghibaudo
Alice 5th Arutkin
As for Freestyle, second half of the event, the wind machine bolted Fuerteventura offering 35 knots of breeze with a rising swell.
In the men's competition, the final was played between Browne, Estredo, Frans and Kiri Thode Tonky. Browne sailed a solid beam, but had nothing to do against rival Estredo, more determined than ever that launched the largest and certainly better air chacho seen in any competition, landing also a spock 900, a stellar air flaka and pushloop . Browne thus condemned to the second position. Thode seemed menacing after advancing through four hard tops, but was stopped by the devastating performance of Tonky Frans, leading him to challenge Browne just one step from the end. Loss of concentration Frans knocked him to shorten his score sheet by a movement, error used by Browne progressed towards their duel in the manga Estredo decisive.
Browne did not let the air Estredo distract him with a mixture of movement, but a few drops right at the end of the sleeve were critical and had to retire crestfallen. 540 air funnels linked Estredo perfectly linked together a combination of explosive movements, knowing he had done enough, claimed second place all of the event. Despite the loss of Browne led the classification and remains second overall on the season.
In the women, Yoli of Brendt was the story of the tie, eliminating several opponents as Junko Nagoshi and Daida Moreno before falling to the massive air flaka of Offringa, who could not answer. In the second heat Offringa won again, this time against Daida Moreno, linking the end an air flaka and fkaka devil. Thus, not only won the event but also the world title in the category.
In the final round, Offringa launched his usual assault of funnels, switch and air Chachos flakas against Moreno, who opted for higher air, forward loops on both tacks, despite the inspired display was not enough to achieve the technique Offringa.
The classification is male freestyle for this Grand Slam as follows:
1st Marcilio Browne
2nd Jose Estredo
3rd Ricardo Campello
4th Tonky Frans
Kiri Thode 5th
Being the absolute rating for the season as follows:
1st Jose Estredo
2nd Marcilio Browne
3rd Ricardo Campello
4th Tonky Frans
Kiri Thode 5th
As for women, freestyle classification is as follows for the championship:
Remove 1st Sarah-Offringa
2nd Daida Moreno
3rd Laure Treboux
Yolanda De Brendt 4th
Junko Nagoshi 5th
Leaving the 2008 general as follows:
Remove 1st Sarah-Offringa
2nd Daida Moreno
3rd Laure Treboux
Junko Nagoshi 4th
5th Iballa Moreno
Source: PWA / Andrew Buchanan
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