Jake Schettewi was only able to lock in two waves during the final and while he posted two decent scores with a 5 and a 4.83 – the young local couldn’t find a way to pin back Sugi and takes home second place in the single.

The battle for the final place on the podium was tight between Ishii and Schettewi Z, but eventually, it was Ishii who would complete the top 3 as he managed to lock in two waves, while Schettewi Z was only able to find one wave during the 18 minute final.

Elsewhere, other sailors to catch the eye were Noam Artzy and Luc Guidroz. Artzy, who only started windsurfing 6-8 months ago, combined a stylish turn and an aerial during his opening heat to earn 6.77 points for a single ride, while Guidroz also displayed some solid turns. Both made it to the semifinals before being knocked out by Schettewi J and Ishii.

Overall the Youth’s showed off an extremely high level in what proved to be tricky conditions at times and all of them can be proud of their displays today.

The forecast for tomorrow again doesn’t look too great on paper with only light north-northeast winds currently predicted, but as today showed anything can happen despite the forecast. At 8:30am (GMT-10) on Thursday there will be a beach clean up followed by the skippers’ meeting at 10:30am – with a first possible start at 11am.

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Result 2019 Mercedes-Benz Aloha Classic – Women’s Single Elimination

1st Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU)2nd Iballa Moreno (ESP)3rd Motoko Sato (JPN)4th Lina Erpenstein (GER)5th Angela Cochran (USA)5th Tatiana Howard (USA)

Result 2019 Mercedes-Benz Aloha Classic – Men’s Single Elimination

1st Antoine Martin (FRA)2nd Camille Juban (GPE)3rd Bernd Roediger (USA)4th Kai Lenny (USA)5th Marcilio Browne (BRA)5th Leon Jamaer (GER)7th Robby Swift (GBR)7th Ricardo Campello (VEN/BRA)9th Graham Ezzy (USA)9th Philip Köster (GER)9th Morgan Noireaux (HI)9th Thomas Traversa (FRA)

Result 2019 Mercedes-Benz Aloha Classic – Youth Single Elimination

1st Takuma Sugi (JPN)2nd Jake Schettewi (USA)3rd Takara Ishii (JPN)4th Z Schettewi (USA)