| Nuclear winds crown the best at Pozo Izquierdo |
| Monday, 11 July 2011 17:01 |
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On the sixth day of competition the event flags were ripped to shreds by the relentless Pozo wind, the equipment battered and bruised and the sailors were silent as they eyed up the ballistic conditions before the final show down on the world’s toughest stage. Everyone was well aware they would have to sail to the edge of their ability to outperform their opponents as nuclear winds gusted well over 40 knots. A huge crowd lined the beach to watch the action unfold for the men’s final, and the sailors certainly didn’t disappoint. Philip Koster opened the heat with an ankle dry double forward loop, which was quickly matched by Fernandez Lopez’s own. The sailors then went about upstaging each other with a series of radical maneuvers, Koster went for a wave 360 and Fernandez Lopez chose a goiter. Disaster struck for Fernandez Lopez when his board snapped after a monster back loop however good friend Francisco Casas Garcia helped keep his hopes alive and sailed new equipment out to him without a harness. Koster took advantage and continued to land his astounding tricks. The big crescendo came when Koster threw himself into a triple loop sending his equipment flying, however the work was done and Koster had earned enough points to secure himself the victory. "I feel amazing, I couldn’t feel any better. The heat was really fun, the conditions were a little different in Pozo today but the wind was really strong. I was on my 3.7, I tried a pushloop forward and crashed really hard and hurt my knee, I also tried a triple at the end and crashed that but overall it was a brilliant final", said Koster. In the Women’s final, as witnessed many times at Pozo during the last decade, the incredible Moreno twins faced each other once again in the grand final. A tribute to their amazing skills here on their home waters. Iballa and Daida Ruano Moreno displayed an overwhelming level of control over their equipment in the ballistic winds, as they both landed stalled forwards and backloops to kick the heat off. Having been matched move to move Daida turned her sailing up yet another notch and initiated a double forward loop which she landed in waterstart position. She then caught a logo high wave and boosted into a front side aerial wowing the crowds and the judges with her mind-blowing sailing. Iballa attempted to fight back but Dada’s adrenaline was flowing as she rotated around a seamless one handed backloop and then a taka, displaying her dominance on Pozo’s waters for the twelfth year. "It was a really fun final and I’m looking forward to Tenerife, I landed really nice aerial on the set wave and a tabletop pushloop; I also managed to waterstart out of a double forward so I am really happy", said Daida. The 2011 PWA Pozo World Cup Men’s results 1st Philip Koster (Starboard / NeilPryde / Dakine) The 2011 PWA Pozo World Cup Women’s results 1st Daida Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne)
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