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Offringa dominates in Lanzarote After five days of high wind and no holes barred competition; the sun sets on one of the most memorable freestyle events to date. In its wake, Sarah-Quita Offringa and Jose Estredo emerged as the dominant forces, taking home the event win. Situated on the east coast of Central Lanzarote, the popular tourist resort of Costa Teguise played host to the first outing of the year for womens freestyle fleet. The area is famed for its superbly consistent trade winds that blow throughout the summer months, and this event was no exception. day 1, single elimination Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard, Gaastra) emerged as the person to beat, and challenging her in the final was Daida Moreno (North Sails). Moreno fought hard, but when push came to shove, failed to match Offringas technical, and tactically brilliant routine, leaving Offringa to take victory. day 2, double Treboux had her work cut out to match Nagoshis slick clue first punetas, and had to delve deep into her bag of tricks to eventually defeat her rival with some super technical switch moves in the testing conditions. Advancing into the final, Treboux stood to challenge Offringas dominance. Offringa fired in with a hefty dose of super technical moves, including flakas, puneta diablos and esliders to name but a few. Treboux replied, but got caught on the downwind side of the sailing area and struggled to find the pace to match Offringa. The final decision was conclusive; Offringa had won hands down, securing a crucial first place victory in the first double elimination. Treboux took second, Daida Moreno third, and Iballa Moreno fourth.  Offringa (1.), Treboux (2.) and D. Moreno (3.) rip, photos: PWA/John Carter day 3, Womens Single Elimination 2 The Morenos battled in their heats, but failed to match Offringa and Trebouxs more technical switch moves, setting up a rerun of the double elimination final between Treboux and Offringa. consistency of Treboux dwindled under the pressure of the final, while Offringa raised her game to a whole new level. In a run that included; a shaka, air flaka, eslider, funnel and a grubby diablo to name but a few, Offringa convincingly took down her opponent. Treboux took second. day4, double The final showdown pitched Offringa against Treboux in a rematch of the previous days heat. Treboux skied an awesome shaka to pile the pressure on Offringa. In response, Offringa dealt out a crippling blow which included a kono, a flaka, and a grubby diablo. On the final horn, Offringa had edged the victory, further reinforcing her event lead. day 5, single 3 A womens final of Offringa versus Daida Moreno (North Sails) served up intense action from the word go. Turning up the heat, Moreno planed out of a perfect eslider and then nailed a flaka diablo to pile the pressure on Offringa. Unphased by Morenos attack, Offringa summoned a brutish assault consisting of a puneta 540, double flaka, shaka and even an attempted air chacho. Moreno dug deep, but failed to reply to Offringas sizable repertoire, and had to settle for second place. text: PWA / Andrew Buchanan, photos: PWA/ John Carter results: 1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard, NeilPryde) 2nd Laure Treboux (Fanatic, North Sails) 3rd Daida Moreno (North Sails) men: 1st Jose Estredo 2nd Kiri Thode 3rd Ricardo Campello posted by editors at 7/01/2008 11:42:00 PM |
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