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Airwaves Noumea Dream Cup

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Created by Stuthepirate > 9 months ago, 20 Nov 2014
Stuthepirate
SA, 3589 posts
20 Nov 2014 1:00PM
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http://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=1622

Looks terrible

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
20 Nov 2014 12:42PM
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Stuthepirate said..
http://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=1622

Looks terrible


Yeah what a horrible place to have the event

looks like Albeau went over early in the first elimination final which will hurt his chances of back to back to back to ....PWA slalom titles

Julien V did well in his first race coming fourth but unfortunately didn't make it past the second round coming 6th (although he did beat Buzianis)

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
20 Nov 2014 1:39PM
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Julien V was coming 3rd in his first heat of Elim 2 and put it down on the second mark but recovered brilliantly to get 4th.

Sean O'B 2nd in his heat so looks like Julien and Sean into the quarters.

Some wicked crashes too.

(Sh1t I'm trying to work - thanks Stu!)

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
20 Nov 2014 2:28PM
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Julien V had a horror quarter heat and ended up dislocating his shoulder (I think)

Sean O'B sailed brilliantly and was in 4th but just got pipped at the finish line.

seanhogan
QLD, 3424 posts
20 Nov 2014 7:37PM
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Yes indeed Julien dislocated his shoulder....
All good now

Sean O was really unlucky, but is doing alright.

The crash of the tahitian rider was just spectacular !!

Wouldn't worry too much about A², we are going to run 8 more races in the next 3 days. Cedric Bordes is leading the event tonight.

Dunky was pissed about his pms too...

For those who were following the event on the livestream I apologize for the guy commenting with Ben Profitt, his accent is just bloody terrible.... :-)

best event ever !!!!

jimbob SA
SA, 992 posts
20 Nov 2014 10:04PM
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made my sick day on the couch so much better.

ejmack
VIC, 1308 posts
21 Nov 2014 9:28AM
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Watched for a bit yesterday afternoon... really good action, commentary, etc. Local riders seem to be doing very well.

jusavina
QLD, 1438 posts
21 Nov 2014 3:10PM
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seanhogan said..


For those who were following the event on the livestream I apologize for the guy commenting with Ben Profitt, his accent is just bloody terrible.... :-)

best event ever !!!!


I didn't notice anything wrong with his accent...

Also, I bet my money on Moussilmani!

ejmack
VIC, 1308 posts
22 Nov 2014 12:41PM
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Looking a bit lighter this morning.

Stuthepirate
SA, 3589 posts
22 Nov 2014 12:51PM
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How big have the catapults been
Hope everyone is ok but keep them coming - very entertaining.
Ben Proffit's stoke on commentating the crashes is classic.

col5555
WA, 378 posts
22 Nov 2014 12:03PM
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Some of the best racing action all year. Taty Frans leading the race in heat 10 and duck gybe's around the mark, Rouys doing forwards over the finish line on slalom gear.

seanhogan
QLD, 3424 posts
22 Nov 2014 8:18PM
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Bjorn was so impressed by the amount of young riders here he suggested that they run a youth race.

So this afternoon after race one, 10 of our best under 18 were fortunate to run with pwa stickers and lycras under the scrutiny of official judges !!

How good is that !!

Steve Charles
QLD, 1237 posts
22 Nov 2014 8:57PM
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Yeah great stuff, probably the best slalom PWA event of the year. So with 2 or 3 races left tomorrow who is gunna win the mens overall. I think AA is 3.4 points in front of Cyril. Go Cyril

seanhogan
QLD, 3424 posts
22 Nov 2014 9:29PM
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there will only be two races tomorrow so Cyril must really be consistent and finish in each winners final

col5555
WA, 378 posts
22 Nov 2014 9:15PM
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Watched the youth race Sean. Thought it was a fantastic idea. That little tacker on the handkerchief size sail, wasnt' the fastest but he nailed all the gybes. They must have been stoked!

evlPanda
NSW, 9202 posts
23 Nov 2014 2:33PM
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**** Maui? That's looks fantastic.

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
23 Nov 2014 4:09PM
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Well what a finish. The PWA slalom men's title came down to the last race and Albeau took the 2014 title (again) coming second in the final with Moussilmani 5th. Probably the best PWA slalom event for a long time and hopefully Noumea will be on the circuit next year.

choco
SA, 3995 posts
23 Nov 2014 5:05PM
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sausage said..
Well what a finish. The PWA slalom men's title came down to the last race and Albeau took the 2014 title (again) coming second in the final with Moussilmani 5th. Probably the best PWA slalom event for a long time and hopefully Noumea will be on the circuit next year.


don't become a reporter Snags!who won numbnuts?

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
23 Nov 2014 4:41PM
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Choco, Benny van de Steen won the event with albeau second. Nobody cares who came third or second of the losers.

choco
SA, 3995 posts
23 Nov 2014 5:15PM
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Choco, Benny van de Steen won the event with albeau second. Nobody cares who came third or second of the losers.




Thanks, the PWA should actually hold events in places where it actually is windy like Noumea after all it is windsurfing not couch surfing.
They should also invest in some HD cameras and drones to get better coverage after all the more exposure the more outside sponsorship.

evlPanda
NSW, 9202 posts
24 Nov 2014 4:04PM
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choco said..
sausage said..
Choco, Benny van de Steen won the event with albeau second. Nobody cares who came third or second of the losers.




Thanks, the PWA should actually hold events in places where it actually is windy like Noumea after all it is windsurfing not couch surfing.
They should also invest in some HD cameras and drones to get better coverage after all the more exposure the more outside sponsorship.



I would watch it like I watched The America's Cup.

YouTube is cheap (i think).
Drones are about as much as slalom gear, although i'm not sure on their max wind capability.
An editor ain't that much.
What am I missing?

seanhogan
QLD, 3424 posts
24 Nov 2014 5:38PM
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pwa media crew is only 5, three cameras, a director and an editor + ben Profitt

Event organizer has to pay for all expenses of those guys.(airfare/accomodation/food/transport) + provide the broadband

slalomfreak
NSW, 304 posts
24 Nov 2014 7:12PM
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All looked very impressive to me.
Plenty of wind.
Tropical location.
Friendly, windsurf addicted locals.
What more could a windsurf event ask for?
Assuming the tourist board and the sponsors come up with the dollars a must have event every year ,I think.
Certainly on my bucket list now to visit.
Wonder how much it cost to stage.

Hooksey
WA, 556 posts
24 Nov 2014 5:13PM
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seanhogan said...
pwa media crew is only 5, three cameras, a director and an editor + ben Profitt

Event organizer has to pay for all expenses of those guys.(airfare/accomodation/food/transport) + provide the broadband


That's not the deal they proposed when we tried to get them to Perth a couple of years ago..

seanhogan
QLD, 3424 posts
24 Nov 2014 8:02PM
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and you add 5 judges

JonesySail
QLD, 1061 posts
24 Nov 2014 10:56PM
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The entire gig looked great, was nice to be able to watch some live action (all be it very budget) at a decent hour here in Aust. Great conditions also, amazing what happens when you run windsurfing events in windy locations, the sport looked like high speed action!.

Will be interesting to learn what sort of 'flow on' effect is had and will have for tourism and business in the region.

Agree some better quality footage (especially from the air) would do enormous things for getting picked up by mainstream media.

Would be great to see it in NC again next year, well done NC on making it happen

SeanAUS120
QLD, 720 posts
25 Nov 2014 3:07PM
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seanhogan said..
pwa media crew is only 5, three cameras, a director and an editor + ben Profitt

Event organizer has to pay for all expenses of those guys.(airfare/accomodation/food/transport) + provide the broadband


They have HD cameras! Actually they've got all the gear... but it's a skeleton crew because of costs as Sean said. Actually there were only 2 events streamed in full HD this year which was Turkmenistan and La Torche. It's always to do with the internet infrastructure at the location... you might be getting good broadband in the CBD but there's usually not very good connections down by the beach (hence why the streams in the Canaries are so bad).... in La Torche they don't even have cell towers there so they budgeted $150K for the stream and brought in a pro team who dug trenches and laid fiber optic cable to the beach from the exchange... organisers covered that bill...wow!

Sadly the only way it's even going to get a higher quality stream is upping the budget... but since it's on the organisers head to do this that makes it SUPER SUPER hard... definitely the PWA needs a big tour sponsor to come in and throw $1M at it and we go from there... they are on the hunt for said sponsor but it's tough out there in the fringe sport world...

I really enjoyed watching the replays... awesome event!!

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
25 Nov 2014 3:14PM
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SeanAus,
What happened to you at the start of the Elim 9 quarter final heat. You seemed to be well placed at the pre-start but then it looked like a spin out or big gust dumped you in the drink just as the flag dropped?

SeanH,
I assume there would have been some great deals with all the pro's selling off their gear at the conclusion?

ejmack
VIC, 1308 posts
25 Nov 2014 4:43PM
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Well, I reckon it all looked pretty good from my PC. I really enjoyed it and am not usually one for watching sport on TV. Good continuous action that now has my psyched to get more into the slalom/freerace windsurfing.

seanhogan
QLD, 3424 posts
25 Nov 2014 7:49PM
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Actually not Brian, as it seems they all had received an email warning them that if they sold their gear they would be "blackmailed" to the customs and would have to pay fees....

Apparently a local dealer didn't want gear to be sold second hand here...

Didn't stop a few pros to still do it, and they were right !!!

I'm still trying to get my hands on a JOB fin...... ;-)
I already have half an enigma boom !!!

SeanAUS120
QLD, 720 posts
25 Nov 2014 8:02PM
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SeanAus,
What happened to you at the start of the Elim 9 quarter final heat. You seemed to be well placed at the pre-start but then it looked like a spin out or big gust dumped you in the drink just as the flag dropped?

SeanH,
I assume there would have been some great deals with all the pro's selling off their gear at the conclusion?


Fin broke! Not completely but it cracked so I just spun out in to the water.... had to limp home. Kinda annoying cause I had a sweet start and was hoping to have a good finish there and get in to the Top 24 (prizemoney!)..blehhhhhhh




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