PWA Tenerife 2013 – Video Day 2

PWA Press Release:

Men’s Single Elimination

The first men’s heat of the day featured Klaas Voget versus Dany Bruch and the local boy took full advantage of his extra knowledge of the spot to select better waves, which eventually proved critical as Bruch advanced after linking several fluid turns with a superb frontside wave 360 and a one-handed, one-footed backloop. Meanwhile, Victor Fernandez dispatched of Phil Horrocks as the 2010 world champion rotated through a perfect one-footed backloop before throwing caution to the wind as he launched into a brilliant frontside wave 360 in the critical section.

Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne demonstrated that he’s a real contender for top honors this week as he wasted little time in heat ten to rack up the highest scoring heat of the day thus far. The Brazilian propelled himself into a perfect double forward before boosting a radical frontside wave 360 off the lip to open a big lead over Adam Lewis. The Brit tried to respond, but the ramps and waves didn’t quite align for him on his occasion and Browne marched on. On the b-side of the heat Alex Mussolini progressed against Kenneth Danielsen.

Heat eleven witnessed the closest heat of the day as Boujmaa Guilloul lined up against Thomas Traversa. The Moroccan looked in much better form than on the opening day as he quickly made amends for a flamed backloop by tweaking a pushloop table top. From here Guilloul landed a forward off the lip as well as several smooth turns and a super frontside air to place all of the pressure on Traversa. With just a couple of minutes to go Guilloul held the lead, but Traversa held his nerve to pull a great last wave out of the bag, which proved just enough, 0.87 points ahead, to escape an otherwise earlier than expected exit. The Frenchman will now face Ricardo Campello in the last eight after he successfully defeated Jules Denel. Neither sailor enjoyed a particularly strong start to the heat and it wasn’t until Campello exploded into a massive double forward that he started to relax. With the nerves now settled Campello then showed what he can truly do with a stylish frontside wave 360 and a selection of powerful turns, which sent the spray flying.

The a-side of heat twelve saw John Skye take on Aleix Sanllehy – who knocked out Dario Ojeda yesterday – but the Catalonian couldn’t cause another upset today as Skye advanced with better wave selection and more consistent execution over the duration of the heat. The final men’s heat of the day saw Ben Proffitt versus Philip Koester and it was the reigning world champion who prevailed. The voice of the PWA opened with a super tweaked pushloop only to have to watch Koester open with one of his trademark double forwards. Proffitt landed a couple of good frontside wave 360s but without a solid second turn, he never quite achieved the big wave scores he required. Koester in the meantime landed an excellent tweaked frontside aerial and a taka to set up a tie against Skye.

Women’s

Alice Arutkin and Daida Ruano Moreno successfully navigated their way through the re-sail of heat ten to advance into heat thirteen, whilst Steffi Wahl and Nayra Alonso also advanced through their second round duels.

In heat thirteen Karin Jaggi saw off the challenge of Eva Oude Ophius with a combination of a great backloop and solid wave rides, whilst on the b-side of the heat saw Daida Ruano Moreno produce a good performance against Alice Arutkin. Meanwhile, Steffi Wahl and Nayra Alonso enjoyed a tight heat in the final battle of the day. Wahl booked her place into the top four eventually after stomping a bolt upright forward and a superb wave – Alonso also produced a terrific wave but the German advanced after a better performance in the air.