PKRA Kiteboarding World Cup Grand Slam 2009 Day 3
(July 2009)
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PKRA Kiteboarding World Cup Grand Slam 2009 Day 3 - 20 July 2009
PKRA Kiteboarding World Cup Grand Slam 2009 day 3 - men's heats:
The men’s heats continued from yesterday’s events with heat #22 between Tom Court (North, GBR) and Sam Light (Naish, GBR) hitting the water. Court executed his tricks with lower kite position and cleaner landings and got the judge’s nod. In the same heat, Russian rider Petr Tyuskevich (Flexifoil) had an easy ride against Jo Ciastula (Airush, ESP) in very tough gusty conditions. Tyuskevich went on to stop Court’s climb up the ladder in their heat #26a encounter with a higher technical level moves.
PKRA Kiteboarding World Cup Grand Slam 2009 day 3 - the second group:
In the second group, Alberto Rondina (Cabrinha, ITA) sealed the win in heat #25a against Dominican Republic champion Ariel Corniel (Ozone) because of a mishap. Just moments before the heat, a line broke on Corniel’s bridle so he had to sail back in and grabbed a larger kite. Rondina took the opportunity to perform a variety of powered switch moves to take the win. The Italian rider then continued his charge towards the podium, beating Polish rider Victor Borsuk (Naish), outclassing him with several powered and technical tricks.
It took an Alex Pastor (Naish, ESP) to stop Tyuskevich from climbing up the competition ladder in heat #28a with a variety of powered moves coupled with lower kite angle and speed in and out of the tricks.
Australian Andy Yates (Slingshot) took his share of the win in round number 4 of the first group by beating Tour veteran Tom Hebert (Airush, New Caledonia) in heat #28b. The talented Aussie rider easily won with a higher technical difficulty score, speed and power by landing a 313-5, grabbed non-inverted slim chance, mobe 5, regular and switch kgb, s-bend to blind air pass, blind judge with aerial handle pass, and front mobe. Court landed a mobe, shifty 360, slim chance and front mobe.
In the second group, Cesar Portas (North, ESP) won over Seb Garat (RRD, FRA) in heat #29a with cleaner trick execution, height and power.
After a brief tangle before the start and a short delay in heat #29b, Michael Schitzhofer (JN Kites, AUT) and Rondina became a little flustered but the Italian rider managed to go earlier and performed convincingly well in the heat. Rondina landed a regular and switch slim, 313, blind judge and a kiteloop over Schitzhofer’s blind judge with aerial handle pass, 313 and slimchance. A higher technical score and more switch moves for Rondina decided for the heat.
PKRA Kiteboarding World Cup Grand Slam 2009 day 3 wrap up:
Tomorrow’s spectacular finals is happening at 2:00pm after the 1:30pm local time riders meeting.
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