Light winds and nice clean 3-5 foot surf made this year's Blue Planet Diamond Head Pro-Am a surfer's dream. Big sails and floaty boards were necessary and worked well for the top competitors.

After 2 rounds of the Pro Men, Switzerland's Pascal Bronnimann and French local boy Fabrice Beaux were tied with the leading scores. The stage was set for a showdown, "mano a mano." Though their sailing styles differed, it was a close heat with an aggressive Bronnimann and a stylistic Beaux matching wave for wave. However, by unanimous decision, the judges voted Bronnimann the victor after pulling off an impressive huge back loop in the light wind conditions. Yet despite the upset win by Bronnimann, Beaux continues to lead in the 1999 US National Wave Sailing Championship Tour.

Sean Aiken, who landed 1st at Mokuleia but 3rd at Diamond Head, still leads Beaux for the Hawaiian Windsurfing Championship Tour.

In the Amateur Men's division, Jeff Fleming of Kaua`i was on a mission since he had missed the first round of competition on Saturday. He placed 1st in the second round of competition when as one of the few wave sailors and the only Amateur, he was able to execute a back loop in the event's light wind conditions. Despite his incredible efforts, Nathan Mershon of Maui cemented both his National and Hawaiian Tour leads with his overall 1st place victories.

For the Pro Women, the local advantage did not pay off with top spots going to non-local competitors. After three rounds of heated competition, National Tour leader Kelly Moore of Maui secured her 1st place national lead and now ranks 2nd in the Hawaiian Tour.

Norwegian local girl Sonja Evensen slashed her waves strongly into second. Despite the fact that Jocelyn Hrkach of Maui and Jennifer Webb of Honolulu did not place in the top five at the Diamond Head event, they still lead the Hawaiian Tour with 1st and 3rd places, respectively.

Congratulations to the Amateur Women who were able to round up enough of their peers to create their own division for the first time in Hawaiian Windsurfing Championship Tour history. Lorenn Walker secures her first place lead in the Hawaiian Tour with her 5th place win at Mokuleia and her 3rd place victory at the Diamond Head event.

The Masters always provides a show with heated competition between its 40+ year old competitors. Mike Dale of Honolulu finally beat out the strong wave riding performance of Danny Gauen of Kailua. This makes Dale tied with 4th place winner Randy Gersten for 1st overall in the Hawaiian Tour with Byron Kitkousky consistently placing 3rd at both Mokuleia and Diamond Head, making him 3rd in the Hawaiian Tour.

Congratulations to all competitors for their efforts. The last stop for the National Tour is at Pistol River, OR, June 24-28, and last event for the Hawaiian Tour is October 9-10 at Hookipa, Maui.

Finals Results after 3 rounds for the ladies and masters
2 rounds for the pros and men.

 Pro 
Men: Pro Women: 1. Pascal Bronnimann (Switzerland) 1. Kelly Moore (Maui) 
2. Fabrice Beaux (France-Kailua) 2. Sonja Evensen (Norway-Kailua) 3. Sean Aiken 
(Maui) 3. Jennifer Henderson (Maui) 4. ClayWiggins (Honolulu) 4. Dora Bria (Brazil) 
5. Kai Katchadourian (Maui) 5. Claudia Manno (Italy-Honolulu) Amateur Men: 
Amateur Women: 1. Nathan Mershon (Maui) 1. Deborah Schulman (Honolulu) 
2. Jeff Fleming (Kauai) 2. Yukiko Sato (Japan-Honolulu) 3. Arnaud Bossuyt (France) 
3. Lorenn Walker (Waialua) 4. tie-Bob Bohn (Honolulu) 4. Joan Forester (Aiea) 
4. tie-Kris Sexton (Honolulu) 5. Karen Liliker (Honolulu) Masters (40+): 
1. Mike Dale (Honolulu) 2. Danny Gauen (Honolulu) 3. Byron Kitkousky (Honolulu) 
4. Randy Gersten (Waialua) 5. Tom Watkins (Honolulu) 

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