Press Release Summary: With no wind to fuel the games, the competitors went to Santiago for some sightseeing, picture taking and shopping.
Press Release Body: As expected, the Movistar Kiteboarding World Cup 2007 went on another wind delay going into its 6th day as the wind did not provide ample strength to hold a competition. The sun went out in full force but the temperature was still pegged at 15° Celsius while the 15 km/h breeze did not meet the PKRA standards. As a result, race director Eric Troostheide decided to postpone the competition for the day at around 11:00am. Many of the competitors organized themselves and a few of them gathered cars and went to the city of Santiago for some sightseeing tours, picture taking and shopping.
The event site in Matanzas, Chile is approximately 140 km from the nation's capital of Santiago. It is a very small village where a lot of extreme water sports are practiced due to its reliable wind conditions, strong waves and remoteness. This time of the year, the average swell reaches 3-meters while the average wind speed is 20-30 km/h or 4 bft. (11-15 knots), cross or cross-onshore. As these past days have demonstrated, the 20 km/h breeze are very typical but not enough power to sustain the kites for some heart-pumping kiteboarding action.
Tomorrow's forecast maybe possible to start the events, although the wind will still be light so the skippers meeting is set for 11:30 am with a first possible start at 12pm. Saturday still looks like the best day for the entire competition for both wind and waves so for now the race organizers and the competitors are looking forward to the weekend. Stay tuned!
Catch the latest PKRA World Cup 2007 HD-quality videos on Extreme Elements TV channel located at www.extremeelements.tv or subscribe to ExtremeElementsTV on Youtube. The official webcaster of the PKRA for three years in a row has some nice snapshots of the event site, the people and the action and are posted at www.extremeelements.com along with the day's commentaries.
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