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29.10.03
Taranaki Wave Classic 2003 report (PHOTOGALLERY: click on the TWC banner
at the end of the report)
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What
a great weekend! This year's Taranaki Wave Classic offered some
of the best conditions seen in a long time in a NZ based wave
contest. There was two solid days of sailing, first competition
day was held at Pungarehu on Saturday, with masthigh sets coming
through and very windy conditions keeping everyone on the edge.
There was some insane action with great waverides, aerials and
crashes all over the place. Australian pro Greg "Grubby"
Allaway was the dominating figure, showing some very impressive
moves. From a Wellington perspective, the outstanding sailors
were James Court, Will Thorpe, Woo Norris and Clayton Dougan
who all managed to place themselves in the final.
Unfortunately, Will Thorpe after having placed himself pretty
much near the top slot of the Wellington sailors was too knackered
to do the long walk over the rocks again and didn't compete
in the final.
The final, which counted 70% of the total event score, was dominated
by the Australians and the Taranaki locals who showed some impressive
waveriding.
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Pungarehu
firing
(courtesy of D. McPhee))
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Sunday,
another windy day, this time at Kina Road South break. The waves
were reasonable size, but it was so crowded in the break, competitors
weren't clearly not quite used to all the traffic on the wave.
The top 10 sailors of the second day were pretty much the same
as the day before, only that Gary McCorry was also able to secure
himself a place in the final easily. Lawrence Young was sailing
very well also, but missed the final by a fraction unfortunately.
The final was again dominated by the Australians and two Taranaki
locals, James Court was a very impressive sailor, doing extremely
insane Pushloop attempts all day long, combined with good wave
selection.
The final results were:
1.
Greg Allaway, Australia
2. Neil Piebenga, Taranaki, NZ
3. Quentin Bye, Australia
4. Luke Johnson, Australia
5. Pete Hesselgrave, Taranaki, NZ
6.
James Court, Wellington, NZ
7.
Chris Norris, Wellington, NZ
8.
Clayton Dougan, Wellington, NZ
9. Tony Knussen, Auckland, NZ
10.
Gary McCorry, Wellington, NZ
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Lawrence
picking a great set
(courtesy
of D.McPhee)
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Great
results from the Wellington sailors who were ripping, not only the
above listed. Unfortunately the rankings were marginally off from
last year, but with all sailing this year being on porttack, the results
are very good !
Rock Garden at Pungarehu
(courtesy of D. McPhee)
On
the womens side, the effort was equally impressive, especially Saturday
in Pungarehu, as all of the womens fleet had never sailed in Pungarehu
before! Simone Hollenstein was able to secure the win of the day by
catching some good waves before Alex Burnett from Auckland. On Sunday,
the girls were ripping at Kina with Simone again taking the lead in
the final and Bronwyn Ward in second.
The final womens results are:
1. Simone Hollenstein, Wellington, NZ
2. Alex Burnett, Auckland, NZ
3.
Bronwyn Ward, Wellington, NZ
James Court going off
(courtesy of Dave McPhee)
A BIG
thank you goes to James Dinnis (Carbonart) and Chris Brown
(Deepfried TV) who put an enormous amount of work into this event
and all the other sponsors and helpers who made this an unforgettable
event...and of course all of you who participated!
Dave
McPhee took some wicked pictures of the event.
To view more of them click on the banner! |
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(c)
S. Hollenstein - www.wellingtonwindsurfers.co.nz
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