PWA Surf World Cup - Battle royale at the first single elimination



11:22 PM Tue 3 May 2011 GMT
'Steven Van Broekhoven - PWA Surf World Cup 2011' &copy John Carter / PWA Click Here to view large photo
PWA Surf World Cup Podersdorf - Competition's penultimate day in Austria stood poised at the mercy of a rogue forecast which looked so utterly impossible to turn into reality, many had written the day off before it had even started. However, as is so often with this unpredictable location, the unexpected proved to be the order of the day. As the forecasts had so accurately predicted, at midday the wind swung a full 180 degrees in a matter of minutes, and built from a leisurely 10 knots, to a hammering 25-30 knot cross onshore gale. Time to cue the freestylers ...


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