GKA Kite Surf World Cup - Dakhla (MAR) - Day 5 - Highlights

The leaders in the race for the world title in the Kite-Surf discipline are set to clash in an early round of the GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla, in Morocco, which could severely dent the loser’s hopes of lifting the crown. Top seeds Airton Cozzolino (ITA) and Matchu Lopes (ESP) are destined to battle in the fifth round of the world cup in the Oum Lamboiur break on the fringes of the Sahara desert. The Cape Verde-based Italian was on fire, slaying the shoulder-high surf like there was no tomorrow. Cozzolino earned the biggest wave score of the competition—8.80 out of 10—that took his heat total to a remarkable 17.30 for his two counting waves. On the women’s side, the battle seems to be straight fight between the current world champion Capucine Delannoy (FRA) and Moona Whyte (USA). Whyte won the first two stops but sat out the third in Germany, a strapless freestyle contest, enabling the French teenager to go top of the standings after won. Both were able to win their heats and made it to the semi-finals.