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Gran Canaria at its best   Daida Ruano Moreno and why she wins everything: one foot forward, ponch (all photos: PWA/Carter) On a spectacular closing day of the Gran Canaria PWA Grand Slam 2005, Daida Moreno (E-64, Mistral/North) and Ricardo Campello (V-111, JP/Neil Pryde) take the events freestyle title. In a close final, Campello successfully fought off Victor Fernandez (E-42, Fanatic). In the womens division, Moreno marginally beat Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2). The men and womens wave double elimination have nearly been completed today, as both ladders were run down to the semifinals this afternoon before the waves dropped. Unfortunately, the waves refused to play ball any longer and did not return. Daida Moreno (E-64, Mistral/North) takes the womens wave crown, with her sister Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/North) coming in second and Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2) in third place. This means Kauli Seadi (BRA-253, Quatro/Naish) takes his first wave title here in Pozo, Gran Canaria, before Nik Baker (K-66, Mistral/North) and Peter Volwater (H-24, F2) who takes third.   Junko Nagoshi, Uli Hoelzl The final day of competition commenced with the men and womens freestyle double elimination. In the first women’s freestyle heat of the day Junko Nagoshi (J-11) knocked out Ania Ostrowska (POL-00, Fanatic) and Uli Hoelzl (AUT-123, F2/Neil Pryde) eliminated Yolanda Freites de Brendt (V-26, Fanatic/North). In the following heat, Nagoshi was up against Karin Jaggi (Z-14, F2) and Hoelzl faced Silvia Alba (E-67, Tabou/Gaastra). Jaggi made her trademark big shove it to take out Nagoshi and Alba advanced to the quarter final at the expense of Hoelzl. Next heat up, Jaggi vs Alba. Both ladies were charging hard, doing forwards coming in and going out and going for spocks, but Jaggi was more consistent in her moves and went through to the next round, where Iballa Moreno (E-63, Mistral/North) was waiting. Moreno went ballistic with a sensational air chachoo, crashing hard but scoring big point for the radical attempt. Meanwhile Jaggi stuck a big shove it and two spocks giving her the edge over Moreno and advancing to the final against wave single elimination winner Daida Moreno (E-64, Mistral/North).   Iballa Ruano Moreno - air chachoo, the Tjernberg sisters The womens freestyle round two double elimination final was another Jaggi-Moreno showdown. Jaggi put up a radical performance, opening with a forward going out and an aggressive shove it. Moreno did her part with forwards and a big backloop and muscling her way through a flaka. Jaggi stuck a spock on the inside and went for the backloop, but couldnt keep it together on the landing. Moreno demonstrated she knows these waters like the back of her hand and went for a radical ponch coming in, nearly making it through. The decision was a close one, but Daida Moreno did it again, taking the second double and the overall Gran Canaria PWA Grand Slam 2005 freestyle title.    Nayra Alonso for all seasons: ripping, smiling, bailing out Final Results Freestyle 1. Ruano Moreno Daida 2. Jaggi Karin 3. Ruano Moreno Iballa 4. Alba Orozco Silvia 5. Hoelzl Ulli 5. Nagoshi Junko 7. Freites De Brendt Jolanda 7. Ostrowska Anija 9. Malyshewa Olga 9. Muldoon Astrid 9. Tjernberg Marie Edlund Final Results Wave 1. Ruano Moreno Daida 2. Ruano Moreno Iballa 3. Jaggi Karin 4. Alonso Nayra 5. Nagoshi Junko 5. Reichman Anne 7. Alba Orozco Silvia 7. Hoelzl Ulli 9. Freites De Brendt Jolanda 9. Ostrowska Ania 9. Tjernberg Nina 9. Wiraeus Frida posted by editors at 7/06/2005 09:18:00 PM |
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