Samsung Mobile Indoor Windsurfing - Day 3 - After two days of fastmoving indoor

ramp start Courtesy of PWA/Alex Williams

16.04.06 - by: Axel Van Weel

Samsung Mobile Indoor Windsurfing - Day 3

After two days of fastmoving indoor action the overall winners of the Samsung Mobile Indoor Windsurfing have collected their trophies in Ghent, Belgium. Before it came to that however, the riders had to give it their all in front of the large crowd of spectators.

At 1400 sharp the fans came to life for the freestyle competition in which Ben Proffitt (K-800, Fanatic/ Simmer Sails), Jose Estredo (V-1, Fanatic/ North Sails), Douglas Diaz (V-34, Fanatic/ North) and Thomas Traversa (F-3, Tabou/ Gaastra) tricked their way into the finals. Proffitt provided a note of originality today with two 'regular' chachoo attempts, not making them but still earning respect from the spectators. Meanwhile it was Jose Estredo (V-1, Fanatic/ North Sails) who was most radical of them all, with his trademark high-powered shaka's coming in. Douglas Diaz (V-34, Fanatic/ North) came in second before Thomas Traversa (F-3, Tabou/ Gaastra) in third.

In the women's finals the girls kicked up some spray with flawless moves such as Silvia Alba's (E-67) spock and a picture perfect grubby by Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2/ North Sails). The final outcome was superclose, but in the end the victory went to Jaggi, before Alba who got second and Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/ North Sails) who had to settle for the bronze medal.

In the slalom contest, the men's final was between Kauli Seadi (BRA-253, Quatro/ Naish) and Josh Angulo (CV-1). Seadi and Angulo were too fast for Kevin Mevissen (H-79, JP/ Neil Pryde) and Robert Teritehau (F-2000, North Sails) in the semi-final. Knowing it would be his final run in the slalom competition, the madman from New Caledonia exited the pool in style with a full speed jump out of the water and into the platform. In the final, the current world wave champion took an early lead over Angulo, which he never gave up. Things got a little tense for Seadi when he went down at the very last mark, but Angulo was too far behind to catch up with the Brazilian.

The women's final between Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/ North Sails) and Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2/ North Sails) looked like smooth sailing for Moreno, who led the way from the first buoy onwards seemingly heading for victory. But disaster struck at the last turn, when Moreno crash and couldn't recover in time to stay ahead of Jaggi. Jaggi gratefully took advantage and claimed the win.

Last up was the jumping contest. In the first rounds, Marcilio Browne (BRA-105, Naish/ Naish) picked up where he left off yesterday with three massive jumps all scoring 25 points or more. Right on his tail was his fellow countryman Kauli Seadi (BRA-253, Quatro/ Naish), who blasted out two big pushloops, but as he didn't score on his third jump, it wasn't enough for the wave champ to advance to the final. The final would eventually be a standoff between Marcilio Browne (BRA-105, Naish/ Naish), John Hibbard (K-007, Starboard), Yannick Anton (F-8) and Thomas Traversa (F-3, Tabou/ Gaastra).