KSP Pacasmayo Kitesurf Pro 2011 day 6 (Kiteboard)

Amidst another day of prime wind and waves in Northern Peru, contest directors
made excellent use of the epic conditions at the main staging area at El Faro
(the lighthouse), completing 18 heats, making it all the way up to the Quarter
Finals. As head-high sets wrapped around the point all day, once again, riders
predominantly kite surfed unstrapped. In 15- to 20-knots, Women’s Round
2 and Men’s Round 3 started the day off with a bang. Early on, Patri
McLaughlin’s (HI/North) surf-influenced spectacle of a performance stood
out, which looked almost identical to his epic mile-long morning surf
sessions. Scoring an 8.57 on one wave (third highest single wave score of the
day), McLaughlin earned a 16.06 total heat score — the highest of the
whole contest so far. Two other top demonstrations of surfmanship today came
from Felippe Ferreira (BRA), who beat out Mauricio Pedreira (BRA) in Heat 21
by a narrow margin of .67 points, and Guilly Brandao (BRA) who bested
Sebastian Ribeiro (BRA) by .67 points as well. The top three single wave
scores of the day go to Ferreira (9), Ribeiro (9) and McLaughlin (8.57).
McLaughlin’s winning streak unfortunately came …

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