WWST 2011 / Ocean Spirit / 5th Day / RESULTS

FINAIS DO MUNDIAL DE WAVESKI OCEAN SPIRIT / Já temos campeões do Mundo!

Pablo Arrouays, Junior World Waveski Champion 2011 / photos @ ocean spirit festival

PARABÉNS ao junior português Miguel Carvalho pela grande final disputada onde alcançou a terceira posição. Na Final SÓ estavam Pablo Arrouays, vice campeão francês Open 2010 e três vezes campeão francês Junior, Virgile Humbert, campeão do Mundo Junior 2009 e Campeão francês Open 2010 e ainda, Paul Jouet, autor de algumas da melhores manobras do campeonato. Mais tarde, temos informação sobre o atleta português ;) Entretanto, já se sabem os resultados de mais quatro categorias: Cadetes e Grandmasters, Veterans e New Age. Podem ver os scores AQUI!

Amanhã: CHECK IN 9.30 para OPEN, WOMEN, SENIORS e MASTERS

We already have some world champions in Juniors, New Age, Veterans and Grandmasters divisions. The Juniors final was really something! In the Water, Miguel Carvalho, 4th in Junior HP World Surfkayak Championship 2009, IC Kayaksurf Portuguese Champion 2010 and current top ranked in 2011 portuguese kayaksurf and waveski circuit. Then, we had Pablo Arrouays, French Vice-Champion Waveski Open 2010 that won three times the French Titles in Junior + Virgile Humbert (also french, from Guadalupe), World Junior Champion 2009 and the French Champion 2010 OPEN + Paul Jouet, author of some of the best moves in this championships. Check the results for GRANDMASTERS, CADETS, VETERANS and NEW AGE. You can check the scores HERE!

CHECK IN TOMORROW: 9.30h. for OPEN, WOMEN, MASTERS & SENIORS

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Pablo Arrouays

JUNIORS
1- Pablo Arrouays FRA
2- Virgile Humbert FRA
3- Miguel Carvalho POR
4- Paul Jouet FRA

Max Gaborit

CADETS
1- Maxime Gaborit FRA
2- Nathan LeBars FRA
3- Baptiste Escola FRA
4- Sterlin Ludovic FRA

Mael Divialle

NEW AGE
1- Mael Divialle FRA
2- Cyril Samson FRA
3- Renan Leloutre FRA
4- Max Eckhoff SA

Ben John / Australia

OPEN (till now)
5- Ben Jon
6- Blair Moore
7- Andre Burder
8- Doug Copeland

GRANDMASTERS:
1- Charl DuPlessis SA
2- Gerard Wilke SA
3- Jackie Dillon AUS
4- Steve Gibbs NZ
5- Peter Keeves UK

VETERANS
‎1 - Willy Graser (SA)
2 - David AllaN (SCO)




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WWST 2011 / Ocean Spirit Festival 2011 / 16th Report by Steve Farthing

Mundial de Waveski / Report de Steve Farthing directo nas FINAIS de Santa Cruz


Pablo, World Juniors Champion

Report de Steve Farthing em directo de Santa Cruz ;) Enquanto aguardamos o recomeço da prova às 18.30, ficam as linhas do Master que em breve vai disputar a Final!

Report directly from Santa Cruz Ocean Spirit, Navio beach, where runs the WWST11. Steve Farthing, that soon will be in the water defending the MASTER categorie. Check out his latest report!!

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Ocean Spirit on my mind
by Steve Farthing
Report No 16

A quick midday report because we probably wont get time to do one tonight.

Action started 11am this morning straight into the Open Semi's. Pablo continued on a roll, taking out fellow Frenchman, Renan Leloutre. In the second Open semi, Virgile Humbert's last minute heroics scraped him through over defending champion Rees Duncan, leaving two French juniors into the open final. In the Women's semi's, Sandra Pienaar got the better of Melissa Hardy in the small conditions. While Jackie Dillon caused a major upset taking out one of the favourites, Coralie Jousset. In the all French Cadet final, Maxime Gaborit was too good for Nathan Le Bars, watch out for these two guys in the future. In a rematch of the French open title, Pablo got the better of Virgile in the Juniors final with some amazing aerial acrobatics close to the beach and into the sand.

Next call at 6pm for New Age, Seniors and Masters finals. It looks like the Open, Women's finals will be on tomorrow along with the Tag Team event.

The party is getting close, one more report to go, Ocean Spirit on my mind.

Steve

SOME PHOTOS FROM TODAY:


Renan LeLoutre


Open Semi's


Blair Moore


Team Portugal


Pablo in action


Pablo


Miguel Carvalho


Virgile Humbert


Pablo, World Juniors Champion

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WWST 2011 / Ocean Spirit / Photo of the Day 4

WWST11 Ocewn Spirit / PHOTO OF THE DAY /4º de competição

Pierre "Paillou" Ortega / photo @ ocean spirit festival

É esta a foto do dia com grande margem de avanço sobre as "concorrentes". A votação por "LIKE"'s decorreu no Facebook e o francês Pierre "Paillou" Ortega ganhou. Foi a quarta foto eleita ;) Thanks!

This is the photo that our "facebookers" chose as the best of the day 4. The french Pierre "Paillou" Ortega in great style. In the end, we will choose the WWST PHOTO! Keep an eye on the NEWS and also on our Facebook.

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WWST 2011 / Ocean Spirit Festival 2011 / 15th Report by Steve Farthing

Mundial de Waveski / Portugal Ocean Spirit / Report de Steve Farthing

Steve Farthing by Pete Copp

É o maior!! Steve Farthing, campeão do Mundo de Kayaksurf HP Masters, chegou à final na mesma classe no Mundial de Waveski. Há dúvidas que é um dos melhores do mundo? Claro que não. Fica mais um report que escreveu para o kayaksurf.net ;)

He's the man!! Steve Farthing, current Worlf Surfkayak HP Masters Champion, just got the Master's FINALS in Waveski Worlds. Is there any doubts that he is one of the best worldwide? Of course not. Check one more report that he wrote for kayaksurf.net ;) All the best for the Finals Steve!!

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Ocean Spirit on my mind
by Steve Farthing
Report No 15

Ground hog day…well it was low tide again, and the guillotine was there again and guess what they threw us out again, but not me…those poor new age guys, for once lucky I’m old!

Crunch time, top 8 in the open got their chance this morning to tackle this bloody wave (not challenging anymore just bloody). Renan Leloutre was a little too slick for Blair Moore. Pablo Arrouays met with big wave Ben John and the waves just weren’t big enough for Ben. Andre Burger met Rees Duncan and was third time unlucky. Rees was clinical and wasn’t prepared to take second place again. Virgile Humbert in his usual style carved his way to victory over Doug Copeland. And now there are four.

New age, juniors and cadets had their chance to make the finals. I was impressed by a young French cadet who did a crazy left hand aerial in the shore break followed by a reverse 360, watch out in Brazil. Two juniors need mention; Virgile and Pablo from France are both in the top 4 of the open and in the juniors final. The last time someone won a juniors and open title was in 1989 in the UK, guess who that was….Rees Duncan. Can these guys do it?

High tide came and guess what, lets have a break. They threw some body boarders out that were going into barrels into the sand, I thought we were crazy. Next the best SUP guys went out for an expression session and wow these guys were good.

So by 5.30, the tide was dropping, draining into the Atlantic and guess what, Waveski Time!!! Seniors and Masters semi’s, I thought I was safe but apparently not. Big wave Benny John (aka Rock Star) and Mike Orsmond progressed through and then Mike Cowan went for broke and landed a crazy 8 point aerial to clinch his spot in the seniors final with of course Rees Duncan.

Masters time, the defending champion Lance Milnes and Blair Moore progressed in the first semi and I lucked into the last sand dredging heat of the day. Poor Theirry Moraud from France took on one of the dredgers and never looked the same again. Myself and Doug played safe and progressed to the final.

I’m in a final and I’m going in the pool, yeah. If they finish tomorrow, its party time.

Ocean Spirit is back on my mind.

Steve

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WWST 2011 / Ocean Spirit / 4th Day / RESULTS

Mundial de Waveski / Santa Cruz Ocean Spirit / RESULTADOS do 4º Dia de Competição

Miguel Carvalho / all photos @ ocean spirit festival

Quinto dia de prova, mas quarto de competição, e o Mundial de Waveski cada vez mais próximo do Final! O nosso herói do dia foi o português Miguel Carvalho que, como já publicámos, se apurou entre a élite mundial para a FINAL ;) Em baixo todos os resultados, algumas fotos e o link para o álbum no Facebook.

Fith day of the WWST - fourth in competition - and things are getting clear! We have a portuguese athlete in the Junior finals (cool!) and you can check the results of today and see that great names of our sport ha already been kick out the OPEN. Ita was one more GREAT day ;)

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TOMORROW:
Check in at 10.30h
FINALS and, during the day, the Technical Direction will decide the program for Sunday

TODAY / RESULTS OF 4th DAY OF WWST11 (competition)


















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FINALS / WWST11

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