After Kauli developed his racing skills yesterday, he needed to beat Antoine
in both rounds today to win overall. With the lead swapping between each of
them throughout the final, it was a neck and neck race in which Kauli
narrowly won, meaning that in the final round of the day, whoever beat each
other out of the two of them, would win overall.

Also in his first finals Peter Volwater (F2 / Arrows) fought his way through
the fleet from starting last to finish fourth, however for the second time
during this weeks Super-X he was disqualified by the judges for failing to
complete the right move ; he did a forward loop instead of a grubby, knocking
him back to eighth in the finals and from fifth to seventh overall.

Seven other competitors were disqualified today for not completing their
tricks sufficiently, typical of every round as they try to cram in as much
as possible to the short reaches.

But the emphasis was very much on fun. Kauli said "It’s not about winning or
becoming world champion ; I never came here thinking I would win, I just
wanted to have fun competing with my friends. Super-X is all about fun
windsurfing and making a good show for the spectators. That’s why I wanted
to sail naked in the finals !" Threatened with disqualification, he kept his
clothes on for the heat, but as soon as he’d won it, and therefore won
overall, he quickly stripped off naked on the water, whilst windsurfing at
about 40 kph, with his good friend Ricardo Campello (JP / Neil Pryde) who’d
finished second in that final, also stripping off before going into a hell
freestyle routine in front of the TV cameras, screaming with laughter all
the way.

The two Brazil nuts, or four in this case, typified the feeling of Super-X
this week, however by 2004 when Super-X has it’s own PWA World Tour, no
doubt the competition will be more serious with highly evolved equipment.

Julian Taboulet (JP / Neil Pryde) of France slipped from form in the
semi-finals today, but went on to win the losers finals. Fortunately he had
already done enough in the previous round to secure his third place overall
with a consistent string of thirds and fourths throughout the event.

Victor Fernandez Lopez (Fanatic) had another storming day with a third and a
fifth keeping him in fifth place overall whilst Ricardo claimed fourth
overall, narrowly beaten by his team mate Julian.

Martin Brandner of JP Australia was the driving force behind establishing
the Super-X discipline. He explained that "one of the concepts of Super-X is
to develop better equipment for the public. In the past race kit was one
extreme and freestyle another, but Super-X will develop kit for the middle
ground ; fast boards that turn well."

"And one thing is for sure, in 2004 there will be a PWA Super-X World Tour
and World Champion. There were many event organizers over here for this
exhibition and their feeling is very positive."

One of the great advantages of Super-X is the format can be adjusted to suit
any level of competition or venue, by increasing the height of the jumps,
changing the tricks or the length of the course. So get ready for this wild
new school windsurfing freestyle/race format to hit your beach soon ! Or
start competing locally now, with simple beach starts, a few chop hops and
duck gybes, or more if you can handle it !

PWA WINDSURFING WORLD TOUR Date : 24/07/2003

• Men’s Super X Final Results

– Pos Sailor Name Sail No Eliminations Accum Disc Final Pts Prize
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
– 1 SEADI Kauli BRA-253 7.0 2.0 0.7 3.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 14.8 10.0 4.8 2100 2425
AHD, Naish, Mormaii
– 2 ALBEAU Antoine F-192 0.7 0.7 2.0 0.7 4.0 2.0 4.0 14.1 8.0 6.1 2067 1746
NPryde,AHDQuiksilver, Atan,Select,Lava, Ford Leasing
– 3 TABOULET Julien F-100 3.0 30.5 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 9.0 57.5 39.5 18.0 2034 1455
Neil Pryde,JP, Rip Curl,Leucate, Bolle
– 4 CAMPELLO Ricardo BRA-111 18.5 6.0 5.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 2.0 44.5 24.5 20.0 2001 1164
JP, Neil Pryde, Maui Fin Co, Varig
– 5 FERNANDEZ LOPEZ Victor E-42 11.0 10.0 3.0 8.0 9.0 3.0 5.0 49.0 21.0 28.0 1968 873
Fanatic, Camping Mar Azul,MFC
– 6 DIAZ Douglas V-34 2.0 5.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 7.0 51.0 19.0 32.0 1935 776
Fanatic, North Sails, Chiemsee
– 7 VOLWATER Peter H-24 5.0 30.5 30.5 14.0 2.0 8.0 3.0 93.0 61.0 32.0 1902 679
Arrows,F2,Quiksilver
– 8 ALLAWAY Greg KA-38 6.0 7.0 6.0 12.0 16.0 11.0 13.0 71.0 29.0 42.0 1869 582
JP, Neil Pryde, Dragon
– 9 SKYE John K-57 8.0 8.0 7.0 15.0 12.0 14.0 10.0 74.0 29.0 45.0 1836 0
F2, Arrows, Chiemsee,Fake Fish, TWB
– 10 AKGAZCIYAN Nicolas F-400 16.0 22.5 11.0 22.5 11.0 7.0 6.0 96.0 45.0 51.0 1803 0
AHD, Neil Pryde, Sooruz, Surfone - Leucate
– 11 TRAVERSA Thomas F-3 10.0 30.5 10.0 6.0 15.0 10.0 15.0 96.5 45.5 51.0 1770 0
Nautix, Quiksilver
– 12 GUADAGNINO Dionico V-69 4.0 11.0 18.5 13.0 7.0 18.5 18.5 90.5 37.0 53.5 1737 0
Neil Pryde
– 13 FRANS Tonki NB-7 14.0 4.0 13.0 26.5 13.0 22.5 11.0 104.0 49.0 55.0 1704 0
AHD, Gaastra, Jibe City,The Team
– 14 BIJL Pieter NED-0 12.0 18.5 15.0 16.0 8.0 22.5 8.0 100.0 41.0 59.0 1671 0
Fanatic, Neil Pryde, Zembla,www.slem.nl
– 15 VAN GEENHOVEN Martin KC-25 22.5 18.5 22.5 10.0 6.0 5.0 30.5 115.0 53.0 62.0 1638 0
North Sails, Oakley, QBT
– 16 ESTIVILL Mariano A-11 18.5 16.0 18.5 7.0 30.5 12.0 12.0 114.5 49.0 65.5 1605 0
Arrows, Da Kine
– 17 VOGET Klaas G-4 18.5 13.0 18.5 5.0 18.5 18.5 26.5 118.5 45.0 73.5 1572 0
Arrows,Fanatic, Chiemsee
– 18 LANG Konan BRA-3 30.5 9.0 8.0 18.5 22.5 16.0 30.5 135.0 61.0 74.0 1539 0
Naish, Mormaii
– 19 ZABALA Alexis V-41 15.0 14.0 22.5 11.0 18.5 18.5 16.0 115.5 41.0 74.5 1506 0
Mistral, North Sails, Red Bull, Chiemsee
– 20 HIBBARD John K-007 18.5 18.5 14.0 18.5 26.5 15.0 22.5 133.5 49.0 84.5 1473 0
Starboard, Fat Face ,O’Neill Wetsuits, Flying Objects
– 21 SWIFT Robbie K-89 9.0 3.0 16.0 26.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 146.0 61.0 85.0 1440 0
JP, Neil Pryde, Oxbow
– 22 MEVISSEN Kevin H-79 22.5 12.0 12.0 30.5 22.5 22.5 30.5 152.5 61.0 91.5 1407 0
Neil Pryde,JP,Zembla
– 23 GUNZLEIN Normen G-186 30.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 26.5 13.0 14.0 151.5 57.0 94.5 1374 0
Neil Pryde, Chiemsee, Loop Performance
– 24 SAND Robert D-62 13.0 15.0 22.5 26.5 30.5 26.5 18.5 152.5 57.0 95.5 1341 0
F2, Arrows, Quiksilver, Danfoss
– 25 TALMA Brian KBA-8 26.5 26.5 18.5 18.5 18.5 22.5 18.5 149.5 53.0 96.5 1308 0
Arrows, F2, Chiemsee,Virgin, SilverRock Resort
– 26 WOHLGEMUTH Pablo A-19 22.5 26.5 30.5 18.5 30.5 18.5 22.5 169.5 61.0 108.5 1275 0
Naish
– 27 RUENES Anthony F-85 30.5 26.5 26.5 22.5 14.0 30.5 22.5 173.0 61.0 112.0 1242 0
AHD, Naish, Rip Curl, Select
– 28 KING Andy K-135 22.5 18.5 26.5 30.5 26.5 26.5 18.5 169.5 57.0 112.5 1209 0
F2, Arrows, Rip Curl, Solent Sailboards, Testwood Van Centre VW, TWB, Boardseeker.com
– 29 SLABE Tine SLO-6 30.5 22.5 26.5 30.5 18.5 30.5 26.5 185.5 61.0 124.5 1176 0
F2, Ultra, Actual, Pro Limit
– 30 FUNNEL Andi K-24 26.5 30.5 30.5 22.5 22.5 30.5 22.5 185.5 61.0 124.5 1143 0
F2, Arrows, Team Whiteboaders, North Shore, O’Neill
– 31 BROUME Marcilio BRA-105 26.5 22.5 30.5 26.5 30.5 26.5 30.5 193.5 61.0 132.5 1110 0
Naish, Chiemsee
– 32 RICHARD Michael SU-7 30.5 26.5 30.5 30.5 22.5 26.5 26.5 193.5 61.0 132.5 1077 0
Sooruz, Pat love