A faultless repertoire of moves ensures Estredo claims victory ahead
of Thode, whilst Offringa dominates the female fleet to take top honors.
The wind whistled through the event site from first light on the
final day of competition in Las Cucharas bay allowing the final heats
from the single elimination to be completed bang on schedule. Both
the men’s and women’s winner’s finals went by without a glitch,
but the loser’s finals proved slightly more difficult as the wind
became increasingly gusty throughout the day, and often shut off
completely at crucial moments, finally halting the proceedings for
the men.
After a few hours back onshore the wind returned, allowing the men to
conclude their single elimination, and get going with the double.
Unfortunately, the wind continued to play up forcing the competition
to a close before the double could be finished.
Frustrating Loser’s Finals The women’s loser’s final was sailed twice due to the gusty conditions, which inevitably piled the pressure on Laure Treboux (Fanatic, North) and Junko Nagoshi (Tabou, Simmer, Dakine). Despite a few lulls over the course in the second attempt, head judge, Duncan
Coombs decided to allow the heat to count. Treboux racked up the points with some impressive clew first spock 540s, and a very stylish fully planing grubby to nudge ahead of Nagoshi who fought hard throughout the heat, but didn’t quite have the flair of the Swiss style icon.
Results Women
1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard, Vandal)
2nd Yolanda Freites De Brendt (Fanatic, North)
3rd Laure Treboux (Fanatic, North)
4th Junko Nagoshi (Tabou, Simmer, Dakine)
Keep in the groove
For more information on all the entrants, and to keep up to date with
every piece of the action, click on www.pwaworldtour.com
Here you can use our:
• Live ticker service for heat-by-heat bulletins
• Check live elimination ladders
• View results
• Read daily news summaries
• Browse awesome action photo galleries
There’s also a dedicated Spanish event website which can be found at
www.lasantasurf.es/costateguise
Or for more information, please contact the PWA office via
[email protected] PWA/Paul Griffiths
