Day 04 reports

Day four of competition saw a promising forecast end up being hampered by offshore winds, which made it impossible to run any of the double elimination, despite a healthy swell running. Competition will resume tomorrow, with a first possible start scheduled for 8.45am local time (GMT -1).

In the meantime, you can browse the event’s photo gallery, check out video footage from the event so far.

17.30 End for today

17.15 No change at Ponta Preta. Competition remains on standby.

16.45 Competition remains on standby while the offshore wind continue to skunk the double elimination’s progress. Stay tuned for more updates.

16.19 Competition is still on standby here at Ponta Preta. Stay tuned for more updates.

16.00 No change here in Cabo Verde, big swell but offshore wind. Competition is still on standby. Next announcement will be at 4.15pm. Stay tuned.

15.33 We’re still on standby. The swell has picked up, with some absolutely massive sets rolling down the point, sadly it’s still really offshore. Next update at 4pm.

15.15 We’re still on standby here at Ponta Preta. There’s the odd monster set coming through but the offshore wind is still making it impossible to run competition. Stay tuned for more updates.

 

14.47 Heat cancelled. The wind is just too light for the guys to get out the impact zone. It’s unfortunate as the swell is epic. Lets hope more wind comes.

14.43 A massive set just came through and wiped out 3 of the 4 sailors. Only Voget remains standing. He took advantage to score a solid ride.

14.36 Heat duration is 30 minutes, the best two waves will be scored. No sets have come through as of yet.

14.33 Heat 38: Voget, Porcella, Volwater and Campello (top 2 sailors advance)is underway. Porcella has had really bad luck and got washed onto the rocks within the first minute of the heat. His gear is in quite a few bits now.

14.15 We’re on! Conditions have switched on and Ponta Preta is firing once again. The action will kick off with heat 38 at 2.30pm. Stay tuned!

14:00 While waiting for stronger wind competitors not loosing time and do surfing. Jason Polakow does SUP with some incredible wipe outs. Check out few shots from surfing session.

 

13.45 There’s been no real change in conditions here at present. The ground swell is a good size, but the wrong angle for Ponta Preta to work well. The wind is also light and offshore. Competition remains on standby should conditions improve. The next announcement will be at 2pm, with a first possible start at 2.15pm.

12.45 Competition is still on hold. At present most of the wave fleet are taking advantage of the light offshore wind to surf at Ponta Preta, where the left hander is churning out the odd monster.

12.00 Competition remains on hold here at the event HQ on Ponta Preta. Stay tuned.

11.15 Still no change here at Ponta Preta. The next announcement will be at 11.45am, stay tuned. The event crew is setting up the huge tent on the beach where we will have live concerts over next days and all kinds of party action going on.

 

11.00 The wind has backed right off now. Competition is still on standby while we wait for conditions to improve.

10.30 No change here at Ponta Preta, competition remains on standby.

10.00 Good morning and welcome to day 4 of coverage of the Cabo Verde PWA World Cup. At present there’s a small but building ground swell at Ponta Preta. Competition has been placed on hold until conditions improve sufficiently to restart the double elimination. Stay tuned for the next update at 10.30am.

Check out the movie showing Cape Verdian guy Djo Silva CV-11 joining PWA World Cup event on Cabo Verde.