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Morenos take Maui by Storm report by Uli Hoelzl Hello all windgirls in the world! It took me some times to write the final report. After the contest the swell picked up and we got two days of great sailing. Nearly nobody on the water, because everybody had a hangover after the parties in "jacques" and "sandbar". So had we, but water is the only thing which helps. We had two masthigh days at Hookipa, and once I swam in for half an hour to Lanes after breaking my mast. Nobody helping me out over the reef full of seaurgents with my broken mast, but my name is not Polakov... Anyway, it was great.    Shawna Cropas, Jennifer Henderson, Uli Hoelzl The morning of the second day of the double elimination started with small waves, but very windy conditions, most of us were on 4.0 sails. And the sun was shining! First of all I have to say that all the girls were ripping, with really good waveriding during all the heats. In the very first round Tiffany Ward did great , with a nice tabletop and a nearly landed backloop, but in the second round she couldnt beat Morgan Fisher. Also advancing was Nayra Alonso. (At this point compliments also go to Anick Violette, she is a great musician! The evening before the contest she was playing with her guitar and singing some great songs in the livewirecoffee!) In the third round Jennifer Henderson, Junko Nagoshi, Tatiana Howard and I had to defend our positions. Tatiana and me were unlucky, I lost in a close heat against Morgan whom I had already beaten in the single, but the judges saw it the other way this time. Tatiana went out against Junko. Also not advancing was Nayra Alonso who lost against Jennifer Henderson, who today really showed her skills and waveriding abilities at her homespot. She advanced round after round. During the day the waves picked up although it was still kind of hard to find the good waves. After Jennifer had beaten Morgan (with an over-the-top-forward), Anne-Marie and Jen Ellefson in really great heats, she finally ended up in third position, which she really deserved! Only against Iballa she couldnt succeed anymore.    The Moreno twins battling it out one more time So the final was again "Moreno against Moreno". Yes, and I have to say they showed again their superiority. They went upwind on the inside to start right away with stalled forwards etc. Iballa right away broke her mast at the landing of this crazy forward and had to come in to change the sail, but this heat had to be abandonned as the wind totally stopped for half an hour. As they continued Iballa started right away with a perfectly landed backloop, Daida answered with an high forward. Both were really close in their waveriding, but Iballa was going down in a huge aerial. Daida finally made her victory clear with a double-forward attempt. It was a great competition, we all had a lot of fun. Now I have 10 more days here to train a bit my jumping on starboard tack and to enjoy some great waveriding. See you next year on Maui! Uli Results: 1. Daida Ruano Moreno 2. Iballa Ruano Moreno 3. Jennifer Henderson 4. Jenny Ellefson 5. Junko Nagoshi 5. Anne-Marie Reichman 7. Morgan Fisher 7. Ivana Gomes de Farias 9. Ulrike Hoelzl 9. Tatiana Howard 9. Nayra Alonso 9. Kana Suzuki 13. Fiona Van Ammers 13. Tiffany Ward 13. Shawna Cropas 13. Anick Violette 17. Juliana Gomes de Farias PWA/Boardseeker Mag report: Today saw the final chink in the Moreno amour secured! Both the girls had dominated all events last year except the Hawaii Pro. This year, you just got the feeling that Daida and Iballa (North, Mistral) had trained a lot for this event and were not going to lose without a battle! Of course because of their success in the single elimination (a 1st and 2nd) they had to sit on the beach all day and wait to see whom they would have to beat, again. THE FIRST ROUNDS Tiffany Ward (Starboard) had a much better start today. You could hear her hollering from the cliff top as she got some decent rides and sweet cutbacks plus a very near backloop landing. However she couldnt get past Morgan Fisher who then did well to beat Ulrike Hoelzl (F2, Arrows) to meet Ivana Gomes de Farias in the last 8. Jennifer Henderson (Starboard) meant business today and beat Nayra Alonso (Fanatic, Severne) and then did a huge end over end forward to beat Junko Nagoshi (Quatro) in the next round.   Daida loops; the winners (photos: PWA/Carter) THE LAST 6 Anne Marie Reichmann (Naish) had a great day yesterday but now she was up against Henderson and Jennifers local knowledge showed as she picked out the bigger sets and rode with style! Anne Marie matched her in the jumps with a solid forward but it wasnt enough and Jennifer went through to the next round along with Ellefson who beat Nagoshi. So the battle of The Jennifers commenced and you wondered just how often these women have met in heats over the years. This time it was Henderson that got the victory and the opportunity to face Iballa Moreno in the next round. But that was where her run ended as Iballa got the better waves and the superior jumping which has seen her thorough many rounds at this event. THE FINAL The final had to be cancelled about half way through because the rain came and the wind dropped. Daida was left drifting towards Lanes unable to waterstart until the wind finally picked back up and she got herself back to the beach. A delay of about 20 minutes and the rain went and the wind returned. Daida opened up with a perfectly landed backloop. Iballa responded with a high forward but as she knew this wasnt enough she also went for a high push loop but crashed on the landing. The wave riding was very close as both the girls got some decent waves. But then Daida went for a double and nearly landed it. At the exact same time Iballa got wiped out in the waves and lost her kit. Daida now needed one more good ride to secure victory. But Iballa also wanted that last wave and she went for it on a punchy set and got flung over the falls in spectacular fashion. You had to feel for Iballa who had been riding so well all contest. But Daida got that last wave and the beach knew that her domination of the sport was complete. They both continue to raise the game of womens windsurfing but today it was Daida that became the Jeep Hawaii Pro Champion. posted by editors at 4/06/2005 10:22:00 PM |
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