For two days, the participants of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup in Tauranga, New Zealand, had to exercise patience and let off steam in small swells with prone surfing or wave riding, before the wind returned. In Round 1, the race organisers scheduled 15-minute heats and also gave the riders room for mistakes and risk - out of 12 permitted trick attempts, the best jump and the best wave ride were to be included in the ranking.
Despite the changeable conditions once again, there was no shortage of action. Lilian Juppet opened the day with a solid front flip, which earned him 6.77 points and a place in round 2. But the established riders, such as French rider Camille Bouyer and world champion Malo Guénolé, were also on form and scored high points. Jeremiah McDonald's entry into Round 2 was not only a source of joy for the rider himself, but also for the spectators on the beach - Tauranga is Jeremiah's home spot and the local support was correspondingly large.
In the end, only the first six heats could be completed, then the wind took its leave again and the AP flag, which signals to the riders that the competition has been cancelled, flapped in the wind again. But there is still no reason to panic, because with four days of competition still to go, the chance of achieving a countable result at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Tauranga is still realistic.
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Here you can watch the action from the fourth day of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Tauranga again in the video.
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