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Samsung Mobile Indoor Windsurfing - Day 2
15.04.2006
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Saturday April 15, 2006
The biggest indoor windsurf pool to date inspired the world’s greatest sailors to some hard-hitting action today at the Samsung Mobile Indoor Windsurfing 2006 in Ghent, Belgium. At the end of a spectacular night it was a mix of longstanding legends and upcoming talent that came out victorious in the three disciplines of slalom, freestyle and jumping.
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Be 06 F3 jumps
Photographer: PWA/Alex Williams
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One name would not appear on any lists today and
that was Ricardo Campello’s. The reigning freestyle world
champion got injured in the jumping practice session, getting
his foot stuck in the ramp.
The show kicked off with freestyle in the massive pool. Nicolas
Akgazciyan (F-400, RRD/ Neil Pryde) convincingly demonstrated
to the world that is truly is the undisputed indoor freestyle
king by winning yet another elimination of indoor trickery. With
a big scoring funnel and an amazing one-handed switch chachoo
540 landing him a staggering 31 points, the Frenchman was on fire
leaving the competition behind. Kevin Mevissen (H-79, JP/ Neil
Pryde) celebrated his first ever indoor contest with a solid second
place in freestyle racking up serious points with a radical shove
it spock. Third went to Marcilio Browne (BRA-105, Naish/ Naish),
who would go on to have a very successful night further in the
contest. In the women’s freestyle Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2/
North Sails) had the edge over the competing riders, with Iballa
Moreno (E-63, Mistral/ North Sails) coming in second and Silvia
Alba (E-67) in third.
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The slalom contest saw the return of a familiar
face in indoor windsurfing. Madman Robert Teritehau (F-2000, North
Sails) had returned to the indoor arena for the slalom and jumping
contest. And successfully so, as the New Caledonian raced his
way straight into the final, where he beat the young generation
in form of Kauli Seadi (BRA-253, Quatro/
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Be 06 Iballa jumps
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| Naish) in a super close heat. Both riders covered
the course within touching distance of each other. When Seadi
tried to cut inside Teritehau at the second buoy, he went down
leaving the door open for Teritehau to finish things off. In the
women’s final, Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2/ North Sails) was too
fast for Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/ North Sails). The finalists
reached the first buoy in close combat, but Moreno slipped up
at the gybe while Jaggi completed the turn without failure. Jaggi’s
lead proved to be too big for Moreno to catch up. |
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Be 06 F71 & F3
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The night was wrapped up with the main
event, the jump. While the ramp initially appeared to be more
challenging than the riders are accustomed to, both men and women
redeemed themselves in the finals with a mind-blowing repertoire
of massive jumps.
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| The men’s final was a
showdown between Josh Angulo (CV-1) who now officially represents
Cabo Verde, Thomas Traversa (F-3, Tabou/ Gaastra), Kauli Seadi
(BRA-253, Quatro/ Naish) and Marcilio Browne (BRA-105, Naish/
Naish). Man of today’s jumping match has to be Browne,
who stuck the most perfect back loops of the evening including
a 30.5 one on his opening jump. Kauli Seadi (BRA-253, Quatro/
Naish) was giving his training buddy a run for his money with
three huge push loops, one perfect and two unprecedented one
footed push loops that the Brazilian nearly stuck. Browne secured
his victory with a big one footed forward. Angulo kept pushing
for the one handed back loop and came remarkably close twice,
but it wasn’t enough to bring him the win. Browne went
for the jackpot on his final run with a double forward, but
didn’t quite get the second rotation around. Still it
was more than enough to bring him his first indoor jumping elimination
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| The women were right up there with the men today,
figuratively and literally. Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/ North
Sails) stuck to of the biggest forwards of the day, men’s
or women’s, racking up 30 and a maxed out 31.5 points. Moreno’s
third jump was a radical back loop attempt, but though she didn’t
quite stick that one, the jumping victory was clearly and rightfully
hers. Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2/ North Sails) came in second before
Silvia Alba (E-67) in third. |
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| All results are posted on the PWA website. The
action continues tomorrow, so makes sure to stay tuned to www.pwaworldtour.com
for the second and final day of the Samsung Mobile Indoor Windsurfing
2006. |
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