With strong south-westerly winds forecast for the entire day, many of the competitors were at the beach at dawn getting dialled into the conditions. However, the minute the competition was supposed to begin the wind backed off forcing head judge, Duncan Coombs to put the contest on hold. By 13:00 it had returned enough for the first heat to start, and with the waves often reaching 2.5m in the sets, Klitmoller was ready to rock the windsurfing world.

Rain squalls and strong gusts hammered their way through the contest area every half an hour causing havoc with the sailors who found it hard to choose the correct gear. 5.7s and 5.3s were the sails of choice for the bigger guys, whereas 5.3s and 4.7s were the weapons used by those a little lighter. Board choice was extremely open and purely down to weight and personal preference with single fins, twin fins, trailer fins, thrusters, and quads all seen scattered on the stones throughout the day.

Kauli Returns

With a less than perfect score earlier in the year, it was only a matter of time before the three times former world champion, Kauli Seadi (JP, NeilPryde, MFC) fought his way back to the top of the fleet. With Klitmoller firing and Seadi hungry for the kill, anyone that stood in his way was soon seen on the beach with their head in their hands. During the final it was a close fought battle, with both Seadi and his team mate Ricardo Campello (JP, NeilPryde, MFC) trying hard to please the judges in the toughest conditions of the day. Campello opened with an awesome wave, and then nailed some sky-high rotations putting Seadi on catch up right from the start. Ten minutes later and Seadi was still to score a second decent wave, but in the final few seconds he picked up a set and tore it to pieces edging him ahead of his Venezuelan buddy.

Champion Sound

"I'm super stoked to have won especially against Ricardo in the final. He had a really good double forward so I was a bit scared about the result, but I knew I'd scored two good waves. It feels amazing to be back on top after my poor result earlier this season in Gran Canaria, so I'm really happy right now."

Ricardo's Rocket Airs

The Venezuelan madman, Ricardo Campello upped the stakes round after round by launching into orbit and dropping a hand or a foot. During one huge stalled forward he resembled a full on spread eagle with both his front hand and front foot right off his gear. Jumps like this take balls of steel, but after witnessing triple loops from this insane aerial anarchist in the past we're hardly surprised when he risks life and limb to progress through a heat! The daredevil also racked up some serious wave scores today with a sick top turn helping him advance into his first ever wave final!