The weather conditions were pretty much the same as the past couple of days, the average wind was about 25-30 knots as riders prepared their smallest kites for the continuation of the freestyle single eliminations.
The day began with Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED) defeating Reno Romeu (North, BRA) in the first heat of the day. As Zoon succumbed to the pressure to win the PKRA world title, he was defeated by local New Caledonian Tom Hebert (Airush, NCL) in a close and intense heat during the fourth round. As a result, he went up against Marc Jacobs (Switch, NZL) in the losers final. Although Zoon took the third place spot in the single eliminations, he is still in the running for the world title. The pressure was also on for Alex Pastor (Airush, ESP) who is also bent on winning the 2010 world title. Unfortunately, Pastor was disqualified in the third round against Tom Hebert (Airush, NCL) for blocking and causing a line entanglement enabling Hebert a spot in the final against Andy Yates (Slingshot, AUS) who had a spectacular day. The Aussie kiteboarding star once again inched his way up the world ranking ladder by winning the men's single finals.
It was also a very happy day for Karolina Winkowska (Slingshot, POL) who defeated Bruna Kajiya (Flexifoil, BRA) in the first women’s heat of the day sending Kajiya to the losers final against Johara Sykes-Davies (Flexifoil, GRB). Kajiya defeated Sykes-Davies in the losers final winning third place while Winkowska moved on to the final round against current tour leader Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP). Winkowska defeated Pulido in the final by landing complex tricks such as a blind judge and 313, which scored higher points than Pulido’s similar tricks but were poorly executed which landed her second place.
The third day of competition wrapped up with a super exciting board-off competition. Spectators were amazed as they watched the riders fly high while taking off their board, doing fancy maneuvers and placing it back on prior to landing. There were a few huge crashes, however Sebastien Garat (RRD, FRA) showed everyone how it should be done, taking home first place in the discipline followed by Julien Kerneur (Takoon, FRA) in second and Michael Siret (Slingshot, FRA) in third place.
Tomorrow’s skippers meeting is scheduled for 11:30am with a first possible start for the freestyle double eliminations at 12:00pm.
The Teri Kitesurf Pro 2010 was made possible in part by the Kiteboarding League of New Caledonia, LVLNC with official partners Orangina, Le Meridien, Nissan, Teri and SeaDoo with special support from NRJ, Air France, RFO Nouvelle Caledonie and Total.
FREESTYLE SINGLE ELIMINATION RESULTS:
MEN RESULTS
1. Andy Yates (Slingshot, AUS)
2. Tom Hebert (Airush, NCL)
3. Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED)
4. Marc Jacobs (Switch, NZL)
WOMEN RESULTS
1. Karolina Winkowska (Slingshot, POL)
2. Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP)
3. Bruna Kajiya (Flexifoil, BRA)
4. Johara Sykes-Davies (Flexifoil, GBR)
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