Pressure mounts, as the third successive single elimination is completed on the fifth day of competition in Lanzarote.
Hammering trade winds didn’t give sailors a moments rest on the penultimate day of competition in Costa Teguise. Wasting no time, the race committee launched directly into the third single elimination.
With all the riders fully dialed into the conditions, the action came thick and fast, however as the heat’s progressed and the finals ran their course, it would be the familiar face of Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard, NeilPryde) that once again stole the show to win in their respective fleets.
Single elimination 3 finals.
Fighting for third place in the women where Laure Treboux (Fanatic, North Sails) and Iballa Moreno (North Sails). Moreno delivered a slick display of forward loops & a fully planning spock 540, but Treboux dominated with polished switch stance moves and an awesome air flaka to take victory convincingly.
A women’s final of Offringa versus Daida Moreno (North Sails) served up intense action from the word go. Turning up the heat, Moreno planed out of a perfect eslider and then nailed a flaka diablo to pile the pressure on Offringa. Unphased by Moreno’s attack, Offringa summoned a brutish assault consisting of a puneta 540, double flaka, shaka and even an attempted air chacho. Moreno dug deep, but failed to reply to Offringa’s sizable repertoire, and had to settle for second place.
The current state of play
The PWA rulebook stipulates that the results from a single elimination are only valid if the subsequent double elimination is completed before the competition ends. As a result, tomorrow’s sixth and final day of competition stands poised to deliver the crucial double elimination that will decide upon the event winner.
In the Women, Offringa has already done enough to claim the event as hers, but they’ll be plenty of scrapping for the remaining positions. Either way, the final day of competition looks set to stage a nerve-racking finale. Be sure to stay tuned to pwaworldtour.com to follow all the twists and turns.
