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		wThursday, April 01, 2004
		Motoko Sato and Josh Angulo first winners. Double elimination has started. The windgirls rip hard in Hookipa Conditions today were pretty light winds and inconsistent waves, so the heat duration was raised to 15 minutes in order to finish the first elimination. In the women s finale, Japanese windgirl Motoko Sato (J-0) beat Jennifer Ellefson from the States (US-129) in 3 to 4 metres waves. Both showed an aggressive style - compared to the others, their bottomturns were just more like the men s and they really hit the lip of masthigh sets instead of chickening out. Jenn Henderson took third before Annemarie Reichmann. Those who everybody expected to take this first victory, names like Daida Moreno, Karin Jaggi and Nori Hubbs, finished fifth. The men s elimination was won by Josh Angulo, his enormous talent showed when in light winds he still knew how to mantain speed on the wave and pull off high aerials. Keith Teboul got second, Kevin Pritchard third after advancing against his elder brother Matt. Kevin s strategy to score high with one handed and one footed aerials off the lip had worked out. At 4.30 pm the sailors were released since conditions did not allow any more heats. Many got out on their surfboard to relax and have fun after two hard days. Tomorrow the double elimination is planned to go ahead. posted by Anonymous at 4/01/2004 07:20:00 AM

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