Epic action from Morocco - GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla Day Two

Brazilian Sebastian Ribeiro has given us several high 9 point scoring waves in his career. His round five heat performance was once again from the top drawer, with two high 9s. However, it was perhaps Mohamed-Ali Beqqali who delivered the individual high performance of the day as he fought back impressively through the losers round 4 to meet Gabriel Benetton in round 5. Beqqali’s free-flowing frontside rhythm is so in tune with this break, it was simply too much for the Brazilian’s lack of water time here.
Beqqali and Ribeiro were among a handful of riders that included Airton Cozzolino, James Carew, Matchu Lopes, Reece Myerscough and others, who combined instinct with ability to accelerate hard around the long, mushy middle section to link up Westpoint’s rolling and then suckier end sections. Ribeiro is having an absolute riot on the water here in Morocco. The waves are certainly coming to him, but he definitely knows what to do with them. The Brazilian, who started surfing at age six, is of course through to the quarter finals and explained just how much he’s anticipating every chance to get on the water here. Of course Airton’s in the mix at the top and proved that he can still pull out big scores even without decent set waves in his heat.
MEN’S QUARTER FINALS TO COME:
· Mohamed-Ali Beqqali (MOR) V Pedro Matos (BRA)
· Sebastian Ribeiro (BRA) V Airton Cozzolino (ITA)
· Reece Myerscough (CAN) V Matchu Lopes (ESP)
· Matt Maxwell (RSA) V James Carew (AUS)
On the women's side Zoé Bazile came out charging to set the tone for the ladies. But it was Kesiane Rodrigues, yet another Brazilian talent on show at this event, who blew the field away in round one. Scoring 15.73 from two waves, she demonstrated beautiful, flowing turns and vertical hits on the biggest available sections. Fast forward to the end of day 2 and Capucine Delannoy, Marcela Witt, Camille Losserand, Frances Kelly, Catharina Edin and Susi Schwarztrauber are also through to the quarter finals, coming up Thursday.
WOMEN’S QUARTER-FINALS
Frances Kelly (CAN) V Maria Kesiane Rodrigues (BRA)
Camille Losserand (SUI) V Johanne-Catarina Edin (SWE)
Zoe Bazile (FRA) V Marcela Witt (BRA)
Susanne Schwartztrauber (GER) V Capucine Delannoy (FRA)

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Big ups to Reece Myerscough and Frances Kelly!

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How are the points tallied? Carving?

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From the GKA rule book: "Degree of difficulty of the maneuvers performed. Commitment in the maneuvers performed and the risk taken to perform them. Variety and combination of maneuvers within the same wave. Speed and power. Flow and linking of maneuvers. Size of the waves ridden, directly linked to the degree of difficulty of maneuvers performed in each wave. Innovative and progressive maneuvers."