PKRA Fuerteventura!
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:18 pm
ok, here we are in Fuerteventura!
The PKRA stop includes course race and freestyle.
The PKRA speed event was last week, so there are some speed guys here: Sebvastian Catelan, Dirk Hanel and more.
We just had our first race!
Bruno Sroka finished first, then Shawn Farley, Sami Gali, Alberto Rondina, Dirk Hanel, David Tyburski, etc
This course is much faster than Portugal, and in the favor of the speed guys.
Two speed tacks, 1 upwind tack.
But it was a great race, 2 tangles with about 35 racers, so that was pretty good.
Here about my race...
I pumped my Vegas06 12.0...wanted to try the conditions before to see what I need...
Sitting on the beach shortly, two bladders lost air...so I had to replace them just before the start...I got new ones from North, so it worked out well.
I took my 12 and the 149 Phantom.
The wind is gusty, and about 14-24 knots.
My start was shit, since I touched the buoy of the starting line...the rules says to do a 360 around it if you touch a buoy...so not to get disqualified I went around it while the field took off...so I crossed the start line being last...but after 100m I was not last anymore, since Jaime Herraiz had tangeld with someone and dropped his kite...
I had a good run, my upwind was excellent. So the combination of the 12 and big board is very good.
I got quiet some guys on the upwind run.
I finished 11th!
That was really good, and I'm very happy about this result!
Now freestyle is on, so no more race today!
But first discipline tomorrow will be race, so I assume we will 2-3 races daily.
Stay tuned for more!
The PKRA stop includes course race and freestyle.
The PKRA speed event was last week, so there are some speed guys here: Sebvastian Catelan, Dirk Hanel and more.
We just had our first race!
Bruno Sroka finished first, then Shawn Farley, Sami Gali, Alberto Rondina, Dirk Hanel, David Tyburski, etc
This course is much faster than Portugal, and in the favor of the speed guys.
Two speed tacks, 1 upwind tack.
But it was a great race, 2 tangles with about 35 racers, so that was pretty good.
Here about my race...
I pumped my Vegas06 12.0...wanted to try the conditions before to see what I need...
Sitting on the beach shortly, two bladders lost air...so I had to replace them just before the start...I got new ones from North, so it worked out well.
I took my 12 and the 149 Phantom.
The wind is gusty, and about 14-24 knots.
My start was shit, since I touched the buoy of the starting line...the rules says to do a 360 around it if you touch a buoy...so not to get disqualified I went around it while the field took off...so I crossed the start line being last...but after 100m I was not last anymore, since Jaime Herraiz had tangeld with someone and dropped his kite...
I had a good run, my upwind was excellent. So the combination of the 12 and big board is very good.
I got quiet some guys on the upwind run.
I finished 11th!
That was really good, and I'm very happy about this result!
Now freestyle is on, so no more race today!
But first discipline tomorrow will be race, so I assume we will 2-3 races daily.
Stay tuned for more!