netIP Cold Hawaii PWA

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Wenigstens die Wellen kamen zurück nach Cold Hawaii um am 3. Tag einen SUP-Wettbewerb zu ermöglichen. Der Wind blieb während des Tages schwach, die Starter blieben einen weiteren Tag auf Stand-by. Das Wartespiel ging weiter an Tag 4 des 2016 NetIP Cold Hawaii PWA-Worldcups mit kleinem Swell und weiterhin leichtem Wind. Im Laufe des Nachmittags fand ein Fun-SUP Rennen statt. Team France - Jules Denel (JP / NeilPryde), Antoine Martin (JP / NeilPryde / MFC), Morgan Noireaux (JP / Hot Sails Maui) und Alex Grand-Guillot (Fanatic / North Sails) – gewannen. Day 3: The SUP contest saw 9 sailors competing for a place in the final — Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / NorthSails / MFC / Shamal Sunglasses) and Pablo Ramirez (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg) successfully advanced from the opening heat before Lars Petersen (JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) and Moritz Mauch (Severne / Severne Sails / MFC) secured the last two places in the final.  Final For the final the heat duration was extended to 20 minutes to allow the competitors more time to wait for the sets. Mauch destroyed the final with a combination of carving roundhouses and slashy turns to claim a clear cut victory. The battle for 2nd and 3rd saw a close run fight between Petersen and Fernandez, but Petersen just edged the duel with his local knowledge proving pivotal, while Ramirez completed the top 4. The forecast for tomorrow shows moderate offshore winds for the morning, but with a smaller, shorter period swell running, which looks like it will be another tricky day to run any official competition. The sailors will meet again tomorrow morning at 10am (GMT+1) for the skippers’ meeting.  To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Cold Hawaii — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page. Result netIP Cold Hawaii SUP Contest 1st Moritz Mauch (Severne / Severne Sails / MFC) 2nd Lars Petersen (JP / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) 3rd Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / NorthSails / MFC / Shamal Sunglasses) 4th Pablo Ramirez (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg) Day 4: With the conditions refusing to play ball — up to now — we caught up with a few sailors to see what they get up to while waiting for the wind and waves: Adam Lewis (Fanatic / NorthSails / SWOX): “Over the last few days I’ve been surfing and mountain biking, we’ve got quite a good crew so I’ve been out with - Flo [Jung], Robby [Swift] and there are some pretty good trails around Klitmøller. Fortunately, I’m staying with [Josep] Pons, so we’ve been doing some training with him over the last few days. The trick is to stay busy otherwise, it’s easy to become frustrated.” Pablo Ramirez (Patrik / Sailloft Hamburg): “While waiting for the conditions we normally just prepare all the gear and everything for the contest, once all is ready we just spend time at the beach at the event playing ping pong or foosball, waiting till some expression session or something is run. Apart from that we just lay at home, there is always some email or something to work on, and then just watching movies is usually a great way to kill some hours…” Leon Jamaer (JP / NeilPryde): “I kept busy with surfing and running the last few days. The weather has been perfect to enjoy the nature to the fullest around here.” Tomorrow is a new day and with it, it looks like a new cold front arrives bringing the possibility of starting the main draw. The forecast is currently predicting westerly winds of up to 20 knots and the conditions should improve throughout the day. With this in mind, the skippers’ meeting has been called for 8am tomorrow morning with the action commencing from 8:30am (GMT+1) — if conditions allow. After a quiet start to the event tomorrow should provide some action on the water so make sure you tune into www.pwaworldtour.com — here you’ll be able to follow all of the action as it happens via the PWA live stream. To stay up to date with all the latest developments from Cold Hawaii — including the live stream, elimination ladders, entry list, images and live ticker simply click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page.