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Levi Siver takes the 2012 Quatro Desert Showdown
Tuesday, 07 August 2012 09:55

Levi Siver: dominating Punta San Carlos

Levi Siver has conquered the 2012 Quatro Desert Showdown, at the Punta San Carlos point.

With a great swell showing up for the entire week, head judge Matt Pritchard made the call to send out the pros to the water in the fifth day.

Despite the light wind conditions, they put on a spectacular show picking off logo high set waves and riding the 6-to-12 bottom-turn waves, through the Chili Bowl and beyond.

The final came down to action packed match between Levi Siver, Camille Juban, Morgan Noireaux and Bernd Roediger. Noireaux and Roediger sailed well, but the two riders who used their wave knowledge to get the best waves were Siver and Juban.

When the final horn sounded debates began on the beach as to who won? What would the judges decide? The winner was announced that night behind the bar at the SoloSports camp. Levi Siver!

With conditions dwindling slightly on the final day and only enough time to get through a few rounds of the pro double elimination, the final result of the single elimination was upheld giving Siver his third AWT title of the season.

On the Amateur side, the rider of the day was Jordan Reid who battled all the way back from a first round loss in the single elimination to sail the maximum number of heats possible, and meet up with Chris Freeman in the final.

Reid sailed extremely well in the final but Freeman had one of his best waves of the entire competition allowing him to claim the title. With 25 entrants, the Amateur fleet was not only stacked with talent but it was the biggest of the competition.

The rider of the day on the Masters side proved to be MacRae Wylde, who put on quite a show defeating the single elimination winner Andrew Cunningham twice to claim the crown.

After the bracket was run, this fleet was broken down by age allowing Cunningham to still win the title in the Grand Masters division. Due to the size of the Women and Youth divisions both ran single heats throughout the week with each counting toward the final result.

Maui’s Casey Rehrer proved to be the class of the Youth division but Fiona Wylde, Ian Stokes and Alex McKirgan all improved quickly as the event progressed.

Hood River’s Fiona Wylde put on a dominating performance winning the women’s title over Katie McAnena, Sam Bittner and Lindsay Vitort. Wylde had quite a Desert Showdown as she also finished second in the Youth and 11th in the Amateurs.

Pro:

1. Levi Siver
2. Camille Juban
3. Morgan Noireaux
4. Bernd Roediger
5. Kevin Pritchard
5. Marcilio Browne

Women:

1. Fiona Wylde
2. Katie McAnena
3. Sam Bittner

Youth:

1. Casey Rehrer
2. Fiona Wylde
3. Ian Stokes

Amateur:

1. Chris Freeman
2. Jordan Reid
3. Norm Roediger
4. Andrew Cunningham
5. Casey Rehrer


 

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