Insane Finals at the AWT Quatro Desert Showdown – Day 4
The 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown in Punta San Carlos will go down as the most epic Pro/Am wave events in history!
Day 4 at the 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown saw more wind and waves with competitors garbing there 4.5’s down to 3.5s. Conditions were epic, riders were stoked, plus long heats and the fair “second chance” bracket system had everyone smiling. Check out the wrap up of the final day of action below!
Pro Highlights
Tons of wind and solid waves it was time for round three of the Pro division, meaning only the top two riders would advance from each heat. Taking the top spots in this round were Camille Juban, Levi Siver, Morgan Noireaux and Keith Teboul, while also advancing with 2nd place scores were Russ Faurot, Jake Miller, Bernd Roediger and Kevin Pritchard.
Levi Siver with a sick Goiter
Eight competitors made it through to the quaterfinals. The first heat featured Juban, Siver, Faurot and Miller. Siver took the heat laying down some massive gouges in his set waves and landing some huge aerials. Juban scored big on a nice set wave late in the heat giving him enough to advance. The second quarterfinal was an absolutely stacked heat featuring Noireaux, Roediger, Teboul and Pritchard. The experience of Teboul and Pritchard showed them knocking out the talented but younger competitors.
Kevin Pritchard
The semifinal heat was stacked featuring Juban, Siver, Pritchard and Teboul. Part way through the heat Siver landed an insane Air Taka on a nice wave that seemed to clinch his spot in the final. Teboul battled hard but didn’t quite find the waves the others did and finished the heat in 4th position; however, his stylish turns on each wave seem to lay down the scale for which all turns should be judged in a windsurfing competition… you want to turn like Teboul. It came down to Jubans huge head-dip aerials versus Pritchards powerful roundhouse turns. Pritchard even stuck a one-footed aerial right in front of the judges, but it just wasn’t enough to take down Juban. So the final was set: Siver versus Juban!`
The final started with some mederate waves while Juban searched for massive aerials and Siver concentrated on his wave hacks. Part way through the heat Siver caught a nice scoring wave but couldn’t hold on to his Air Taka attempt in the Chili Bowl. Juban took advantage landing a nice one-handed aerial at the point with another clean aerial in the Chili Bowl. The judges had a tough decision on there hands with a very close heat. In the end Camille Juban was announced at the awards ceremony as the winner of the 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown.
Camille getting his head back on a nice air
Women Final
Fiona Wylde and Ingrid Larouch met once again, having already gone head to head in the finals at Pistol River and Santa Cruz. Unfortunately it wasn’t the best ehat for waves, but both riders made the best of the conditions. Larouche laid down some slashy cutbacks while Wylde should her wave selection and and turns improved through out the heat. Larouche just edged out Wylde to win the title.
Fiona Wylde bottom turn
Amateur Final
The 3rd place final started off the day with Marc Bitoun and Eric Sinclair batteling for a place on the podium. Bitoun’s near-pro-level riding gave him the edge to claim the final podium spot.
In the amateur final Tom Soltysiak with his surf style and aerials met Ruben Lemmens’ power wave riding. Halfway through the heat Lemmens scored a monster wave and made the most of it with nicely completed roundhouse cut-back turns for the heat’s biggest score. Soltysiak landed a super smooth aerial right in front of the judges but it wasn’t enough to overcome Lemmens’ wave-of-the-day. Congrats to Lemmens for winning the Amateur division and to Soltysiak for claiming 2nd in his first every wave contest.
Masters Final
Norm Roediger and Ferdinando Loffreda met int eh highly anticipated Masters Final. Both riders also ripped it up in the masters division. Roediger took the heat with some massive rides with powerful cut-back turns all the way from the point through the Chili Bowl.
Youth Final
The final of three youth heats saw these two young riders catching some epic rides on monster set waves. Fiona Wylde, who has been competing in three divisions this week, really has this break dialed and took the heat with some incredible turns…plus she’s now added an aerial to her bag of tricks. Alex McKirgan rode some huge waves and has definitely improved as the week has gone one putting in nice slashy cut-back turns in the critical parts of the wave. Congrats to both riders on a great final heat.
2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown Results