Lanzarote PWA 2008
wtorek, lipiec 1st, 2008
Every day we were competing on sails around 5.2 m2. It was windy on every single day except the final day. The level was outstanding. New moves like Culo, Kono or Burner combinations were made in almost every heat. There was no easy heat in the contest. Everyone showed good skills so you couldn’t make mistakes.
I’ve sailed all my heat pretty good. In both double elimination I finished 13th and in one single I was 9th. In the overall ranking after the event I finished 13th. Till now it’s my best PWA result.
The next world cup contest will be in Fuerteventura on the 23rd of July. I’m already here where I will spend three weeks on training for the event. I have few moves which I have to learn before the next contest. I know that if I will train hard then I can to a lot better here and that is my goal for now.
I’ll inform you how is the training going.
Jakub Kosmowski
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Getting closer
czwartek, czerwiec 26th, 2008We are running a next double elimination. In the first heat I went against a talented young Brazilian Ian Mauro Lemos. In this heat I did clew first flaka, gozzada Cana Brava, shaka Cana Brava and few more trick on switch. I won that heat and went against Tonky Frans and that was where all the fun started. In the begging Tonky couldn’t find a rythm and I sailed quite good. I did Funnel, eslider one handed diablo and a shaka Cana Brava. At that point Tonky did shaka flaka and ponch flaka. I’ve added a switch chachoo cana Brava and a clew first flaka. I knew I was leading till that time. Later unfortunately I messed up my gozzada cana brava which was not really clean and most probably that was the trick which decided who is going to win that heat. Tonky in the end did a culo and shove it spock and i replied with a shove it spock and a ponch. After the end I knew it’s going to be quite close. After the decision it came out that I’ve lost with a half a point difference and it was that gozzada cana brava which I’ve mention before! I’m really happy I could have a close fight with a third rider in the world and I know that if I work before fuertaventura then I can fight for better places in the next comp. At the moment I was twice 13th so in the overall ranking I will be around that place.
We have a brake now and the heat will be started again at 16:30. Tomorrow most probably we will start another single elimination.

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Next single elimination finished
czwartek, czerwiec 26th, 2008Yesterday it was again windy in Lanzarote. The conditions were worse than the day before but it was still constant wind so we could easily finished another single elimination.
I was on my 5.6. In the first heat I was against Eric Sanllehy, rider from Catalonia. I did all my moves and won that heat. Unfortunately in the next round I was against Kiri Thode. Kiri was really looking forward to advance few round and make a better result then in the past elimination. I knew against him I have to to everything what I can. It was a hard heat because the wind was dropping. I did my heat quite clean but Kiri sailed amazing and did moves like Burner Diablo, Chachoo into Culo, double spock or Kono. I couldn’t stop him. In the single elimination I finished 9th.
Everyone on the beach started to wonder if anyone can stop the young rider form Bonaire. Kiri won all the heats and he met Gollito Estredo in the final. Gollito started with awesome ponch diablo and a technical combination. Kiri replied with an eslider into puneta cana brava. After the heat was over it was a clear decision for the judges: 7:0 in favor of Gollito.
The loosers final was a big surprise where Andre Paskowski, who eliminated Marcilio Browne in the earlier round, was against Normen Gunzlein who after a controversial heat re sail beat Ricardo Campello. Andre started very well but after a while Normen took the leading position with and spock into Culo, one handed shaka cana brava and kept the advantage till the end of the heat. Andre finished four what was a really good result concerning the level here in Lanzarote.
Results:
1.      Gollito Estredo
2.      Kiri Thode
3.      Normen Gunzlein
4.      Andre Paskowski
Today the plan is to start another double elimination. For sure it will be a round full of surprises as few riders have a chance to still win the event. I will try to keep the 9th position and maybe jump few places up in the overall classification.



Unbelievable level in Lanzarote
środa, czerwiec 25th, 2008The second world cup event shows how high is the level. In every heat riders where landing tricks like: burner, shaka diablo or toad. It shows that changing to a different scoring system was a good choice. Here in Lanzarote we could do maximum six moves and the best four where judged. It allow you to try some more difficult moves without loosing points for crashing.
The single elimination was won by Marcilio Browne who sailing very good and landed one handed air funnels in every heat. Second place went to Ricardo Campello who improves all the time. Third was Gollito Estredo and fourth Kiri Thode. I didn’t sail to good in a single elimination and lost to a Canadian rides Philip Soltysiak. I finished 17th after the single.
The double elimination is a totally different story. We had a lot more wind so in my first heat I could do a lot more moves. In the first round I was against a former European Champion Kevin Mevissen. I knew it will be a though heat so I had to sail perfect. I sailed without crashing and did all the moves with diablo in the end. In the last seconds of the heat I did a clean shaka cana brava and won that heat.
In the next heat I was against English champion Andy Chambers. We had a little bit less wind so I couldn’t repeat my heat which i had against Kevin. I sailed good but it was not enough to beat Andy. So after the double elimination I’m on the 13th place.
In the double elimination final it was Marcilio Browne and Gollito Estredo who eliminated Ricardo Campello on the way. Marcilio showed a perfect routine with cana brava, funnel cana brava and a one hadned burner which he landed faster then started it. It just few moves of a perfect show from young Brazilian. Gollito sailed amazing and landed a puneta into burner and a shove it double spock in the end. The judges after a long meeting decided in Marcilios favor.
Today forecast is good. We have a skippers meeting at 1 o’clock. if the conditions will be good then we start with the next single elimination.





