Action was delayed in starting after the decision was made to hold back the competition and wait for better water and wave conditions ©Alexandru Baranescu

Bibiana Magaji of Slovakia claimed the big air title as action resumed at the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) World Championships a tPingtan in China.

Competition on day two was delayed in starting after the decision was made to wait for better water and wave conditions.

By 11am the conditions had sufficiently improved and both the big air finals for men and women began followed by the wave-riding event.

It was assumed that the women's final would be easily won by Magaji after her dominant performance yesterday and she went on to claim her first big air win of the year.

Ines Correira of Portugal finished in second and China's Jingle Chen, who led early on, third.

The men's big air final was by far the closest event of the day as all four competitors had a chance of winning.

James Carew from Australia and the Dominican Republic's Posito Martinez both delivered superb performances.

They came unstuck, however, on some of their more difficult tricks consigning them to fourth and third place respectively.

German Marius Hoppe produced the most technical trick of the day, a huge kiteloop front roll, but it was not enough to beat the variety and risk displayed by Great Britain's Lewis Crathern who secured a deserved first place with Hoppe in a close second.

The men's big air final was by far the closest event of the day as all four competitors had a chance of winning ©Alexandru Baranescu
The men's big air final was by far the closest event of the day as all four competitors had a chance of winning ©Alexandru Baranescu

The wave-riding discipline saw conditions very similar to yesterday's, with no noticeable increase in wave height or wind strength.

The women's final was up first, hotly contested by both Portgual's Ines Correira and Brazilian Milla Ferreira, with China's

Correira was dominant in attack from the start which no doubt sealed her first place finish, with Ferreira and Hou taking the silver and bronze medals.

The men's wave final was a close affair with both men involved swapping positions throughout.

Brazil's Pedro Matoz very narrowly had better wave selection, pulling off the only smooth backhand 360 cutback seen in the entire competition.

Matoz's compatriot Filippe Ferreira, however, was trying his best to solidify a first place finish by attempting some unique tricks of his own, the stand-out being a backhand backflip off the lip.

Had Ferreira managed to pull off the move he would have taken the heat win, but Matoz narrowly claimed first place by 0.04 points.