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// REPORT Day 4
2001-02-08, 09:30
finally we slept in because there was no wind in the morning. After a pankake breakfast I took a patrol down to Big Bay and "3rd Stone" (the za name I am not able to remember) and had a nice surf session for about 3 hours. Jürgen and Henning showed up and everybody seems to be fine with the calm and relaxing day. After having a fresh fruit lunch I came home at 16:30. Lars got the latest reports from the cape: 65 km/h wind speed and pretty nice waves! In about ten seconds we packed the car and got into the traffic. At 17:45 we arrived at the Cape National Park but unfortunately they close at 18:00. With a U-turn and a hazardus drive we got to Scarborough again. The winds did not reach the predicted speeds but for a "beauty shot" session it was rather o.k.

Tomorrow we hope to run another duell again...
maybe Platboom or even Elands Bay migth work. Tune in again to see what we got.

// checc out the forecasts:
fnmoc.navy.mil /go/
152.80.49.210/public /go/

The concept / rules for this time:we changed the whole thing to a "duell". Each contest is done by 2 competitors.

Heat duration: 7 min. with one man on the water at the time then rotating to the other. All repeated 3 times, so the Camera records totally 21 minutes of each rider. Changeing of boards and sails during the heats allowed. Each rider chooses 1 minute out of his recorded material. He determines the editing of his movie. So he is able to select the moves he thinks to be the best for his result. No special effects, except slow motion. No Repeats of moves nor editing of moves in a way where it looks like they are landed while in reality they are not. The video clips will be online after our standby period of 20 days. Around the 25th of Feb you will be able to vote for your favorite competitors. The result will be presented on this "web location". So tune in again.

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