Samsung European Freestyle Jam, Twins Club Bredene 2nd – 5th August 2006

 

Day1:

After the very hot july summer period all over Europe a big depression system brought pumping winds up to 30 knots on the first day of the Samsung European Freestyle Jam at Twins Club Bredene.

 

Most of the EFPT Riders just come back from Canary Island Fuerteventura, so the ladder was leaded by Andre Paskowski (F2/North Sails), Norman Günzlein (JP/NP) and Andreas Olanderson (JP/NP).

 

In the very wavy conditions at Twins Club Bredene it was Norman Günzlein (JP/NP) who made his way to final elimination Fabrice Devos (JP/NP), Jakub Kosmowski (Tabou/Gaastra) and his teammate Andreas Olanderson (JP/NP) in the semi final.

 

Andre Paskowski, who is one of the leaders of the overall 06 ranking, made his way through the single elimination, kicking the bud of young Belgium rider Caers J., as well as Tine Slabe (F2/Naish) and Matteo Guazzoni (RRD/Simmer Style).

 

In the final Norman (JP/NP) was showing an impressive performance and a perfect combination of freestyle and wave sailing. Andre (F2/North Sails) was fighting very hard but the overall higher technical performance of Norman gave him the victory.

 

In the losers final between Andreas Olanderson (JP/NP) and Matteo Guazzoni (RRD/Simmer Style) it was Andreas (JP/NP) who impressed the judges. He also showed a very high standard and a nice combination of freestyle and wave sailing.

 

With Devos (JP/NP), Caers J. and Van de Ven we find the best Belgium riders in 9th position after the single elimination.

 

For the next days the forecast promises the strong winds to continue, so for tomorrow the jury announced the double elimination already.

 

 

Result Single:

 

1. Norman Günzlein (JP/NP)

2. Andre Paskowski (F2/North Sails)

3. Andreas Olanderson (JP/NP)

4. Matteo Guazzoni (RRD / Simmer)

5. Filo Buratti (Fanatic / North Sails)

5. Jakub Kosmowski (Tabou / Gaastra)

5. Tine Slabe (F2 / Naish)

5. Remko De Weerd (Fanatic / Gaastra)

9. Andrea Rosati (RRD / NP)

9. Paul van Overloop (F2 / Gaastra)

9. Michi Rossmeier (Exocet )

9. Fabrice Devos (JP/NP)

 

 

9. Fede La Croce (Naish / Naish)

9. Ibn Van de Ven

9. Ruben Petrisie (Exocet / The Loft)

9. Caers Jelle (The Loft)

17. Caers Rolli (The Loft)

17. Vittoria Mazzocca Gamba

17. Kenny Janssen (JP/NP)

17. Nicolas Mereaud

 

 

Day2:

 

After a very heavy storm during the night the wind did not reach sailable conditions till 4.00 pm. After a heavy rain the wind kicked in with 45 knots from North/West.

The jury started the double elimination to see some very good action, but unfortunatelly the wind turned to 90 degree onshore, which makes it impossible to run a competition on the beach of Bredene.

The main reason why the jury decided to stop the competition are heavy rocky wave breakers in the water which are not able to be seen at this onshore windconditions.

For tomorrow the forecast still says 20 knots of NNW winds which means side onshore starboard tack.

 

After this heavy conditions today everybody is more than motivated to show some extra outstanding freestyle in very challenging conditions at the beach of Bredene.

 

 

Day3:

The strong winds continued to blow all through the night and caused also some problems on cost line of Belgium.

 

But at 10.00 at the skippersmeeting the wind dropped a bit and also changed the direction more towards north so the jury decided to start the double elimination at 11.00 am.

 

The first heat was between the young French rider Mereaud and Petrisie (Exocet/Loft).  The experience of the caribean rider Petrisie helped him to pass this first round in the again very challenging conditions at the Twins Club – Bredene. This victory encouraged Ruben Petrisie (Exocet / Loft) in his next heats against Filo Buratti (Fanatic/North Sails) and Fede La Croce (Naish) so that he finished the double elimination in 6th position.

 

But there was no doubt for all the people on the beach of Bredene that the man of the double elimination was Andrea Rosati (RRD/NP) from Italy. The italien routenier managed to come from 9th position all the way up to finish the double on 4th position. Perfect combinations wave and freestyle moves impressed the judges so Andrea (RRD/NP) was able to eliminate Belgium talent Caers Rolli as well as Tine Slabe (F2/Naish), Remko de Weerd (Fanatic/Gaastra), Ruben Petrisie (Exocet/Loft) and even his team mate Matteo Guazzoni (RRD/Simmer)

 

 

It was the Swedish rider Andreas Olanderson (JP/NP) who stopped the run of Andrea (RRD/NP) in the battle for the 4th position. In spite of very heave conditions the guys were able to manage even the most difficult freestyle moves like Funnel, Switch Chacco, Puneta.

 

Motivated by his victory against Andrea Rosati (RRD/NP), Andreas Olanderson (JP/NP) was on fire to fight against Andre Paskowski (F2/North Sails) for the 2nd  position. It was a very hard fight and also a very close decision but the little bit more solid performance of Andreas (JP/NP) in the Waves of Bredene Beach convinced the judges to give the victory to Andreas (JP/NP), so he moved on to face Norman Günzlein (JP/NP) in the final.

 

At the beginning of the heat it seems that Andreas (JP/NP) is able to do the big surprise, but the longer the heat continued the performance of Norman (JP/NP) increased a lot and a run of solid hardcore freestyle moves like one handed E-slider, Flaka, Clew first spock into E-slider combination as well as massive forward loops have been arguments enough to take the title of the double elimination.

 

 

Result after double elimination:

 

  1. Norman Günzlein (JP/NP)
  2. Andreas Olanderson (JP/NP)
  3. Andre Paskowski (F2/North Sails)
  4. Andrea Rosati (RRD / NP)
  5. Matteo Guazzoni (RRD / Simmer)
  6. Ruben Petrisie (Exocet / The Loft)
  7. Fede La Croce (Naish / Naish)
  1. Remko de Weerd (Fanatic / Gaastra)

9.   Filo Buratti (Fanatic / North Sails)

9.   Jakub Kosmowski (Tabou / Gaastra)

9.  Michi Rossmeier (Exocet)

9.  Tine Slabe (F2/Naish)

13. Caers Jelle  (The Loft)

13. Ibn Van de Ven

13. Fabrice Devos (JP/NP)

13. Paul van Overloop (F2/Gaastra)

17. Caers Rolli (The Loft)

17. Vittorio Mazzocca Gamba (RRD / NP)

17. Kelly Janssen (JP/NP)

17. Nicolas Mereaud