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Girls on standby, men battling it out in the loser s bracket The weather forecast was wrong this time: instead of rain and trophing of the wind there was bright sunshine and light wind, allowing three rounds of heats with down the line waveriding. Duncan Coombes, as the headjudge here, decided to score the best two waves and no jumps, which surely will bring us a different result than the Canaries Pozo event usually does. Due to somewhat infrequent sets, the heats were prolonged twice (from 12 to 15 and then to 20 minutes) and heat 48 had to be cancelled and then resailed. It was in this heat that German sailor Klaas Voget (G-4) showed incredibly high aerials and managed to beat Peter Volwater from the Netherlands and the two British sailors Robby Swift and Ross Williams. In the third round now are Nik Baker, Peter Volwater, Canadas Jason Prior, Micah Buzianis, Kai Katchadourian, Sean Ordonez, Vidar Jensen and Takaharu Kamaguchi. They will next have to face Levi Siver, Scottie McKercher, Josh Stone, Diony Guadagnino and Rush Randle on their way from the loser s pool back to the top ranks. The girls were on standby until around 3 pm when it became clear that conditions would not allow for a faster advance through the men s heats, so they were finally released for the day. Motoko Sato, 31 years old and a parttime waitress in Japan, says in an interview with the "Maui News" that she was simply "lucky", but she has definetely earned her luck sailing Hookipa every day when she is on Maui - which is three or four months every year. Back home she frequently sails at a place called Omaezaki which is known for its strong winds. Her experience can be seen, since she did not on win the first single elimination against 20 other girls here, but has also claimed various victories in the past, such as the 2000 PWA Maui World Cup and the 2000 Chili Aloha Classic.  Motoko Sato hitting the lip. Credits PWA, John Carter. posted by Anonymous at 4/02/2004 08:58:00 PM |
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