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ST.IVES BAY OPEN 2009 / SURF REPORT DA PROVA DE 25 E 26 DE ABRIL por STEVE BOWENS

Steve Bowens, elemento da nossa NEWS TEAM, enviou-nos o surf report da prova de St.Ives que decorreu no passado fim de semana na região de Cornwall, SW da Inglaterra. Boas ondas e alguns nomes bem conhecidos na lista dos vencedores. Fica o report!

Enjoy the report sent by Steve Bowens from St.Ives Bay Open 2009 - last weekend. Great waves and well known names in the list of the winners. Slide show with all the photos below.

Pete Copp & Cedric Wynter

Report:
ST IVES BAY KAYAKSURF OPEN 2009

The event was supported by: Sunset Surf Cafe (Gwithian), Falmouth Marine School, Desperate Measures and demo boats from Mega Surf Kayaks and Valley kayaks.

St.Ives Bay / Cornwall, SW England

Saturday Morning all the competitors met at Sunset Surf Cafe for a hot cup of tea and briefing for the day.

With Gale force winds and heavy rain the first four heats ran at the Bluff before a pause to allow the tide to come in again over the bank and for the surf to improve. As the tide rushed in the surf got better and better with some fine performances include Ben Thomas getting a lovely cover up on the inside. With all the refraction off the racks at high tide there were some steep drops and bumpy rides.

Sunday saw a warm dry day with moderate cross chore wind but good surf of about 3ft. The semi and finals ran without interruption and all had some good rides.

I would like to make special thanks to John Watson for tabulating the scores when I was in the water and the guys from Desperate measures for helping out with the flags when everyone was starting to get cold and slow.

The final results are as follows:

Masters
1st Andrew Hawker
2nd Richard Berry
3rd Andy Winldman

Junior
1st Jon Mount
2nd Jordan Thomal
3rd Harry Uren
4th Dynal Petherwick

Ladies:
1st Tamsyn Green
2nd EmmaWyntor
3rd Nikki Bristow

International:
1st Chris Hobson
2nd Philip Watson
3rd Andy Hambley
4th Sam Davenport

Open (Higher Performance):
1st Sam Davenport
2nd Steve Bowens
3rd Philip Watson
4th Ed Long

ALL THE PHOTOS OF THE EVENT / SLIDE-SHOW

Thanks Steven! Great event!