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I can tell you that it was closer to 45-50 knots than 35 for the racing today!
When you see +100kg guys like Antoine Albeau and Ben van der Steen take out their 5.5's you know it's pretty windy.
I've forgotten what strong wind is like! Doldrums here at the moment.
Sean what gear were you on? Bjorn overpowered on his 6.2!
How good is the live PWA feed, with our own Sean O'Brien doing the commentary.
It is really addictive....Good job Sean, although I imagine you would prefer to be racing in a few more heats instead huh?
I'm on 5.6m and 90L iSonic with a 32cm fin which I actually snapped 10 secs in to my last heat yesterday! Wasn't expecting it to be that windy so probably would have been nicer to register the 80L !!!
It doesn't show it on the live-stream but the chop is super, super close together and steep; almost impossible to gybe on the outside marks.
The conditions are definitely tough as you can see:
Excellent racing...wow! am sure I can still handle those smooth bump(ers)!thanks for the vid and pics, great stuff
Well done on the commentary Sean, I reckon you sounded like you had been doin it for years.
One of the guys commentating last night didn't even know the sailors names and kept on referring to "The Turkish Guy"...
Are you sure that wasn't me calling Ertugrul "the Turkish guy" ?? Have known the guy for years but I cannot pronounce his name still... haha. We just call him 'the Turtle' cause that's easier.
Got in to my first winner's final today!! wooooO!! Then capped off the event by coming last in my next heat :-) haha.
I appreciate the female form as much as, perhaps more than... hubba hubba hubba, but SOME OF US ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING
isaac had to pull out after the first round a badly swollen foot. i saw it after his heat and it didnt look like a foot to me, looked more like 6-8 inches
can you imagine the feminist uproar in australia if we were to use pics like that in promotion for our events here...
Some incredible high wind slalom action pics in the PWA event gallery at:
www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=1535
Here's a sample:
How windy is it here?
I've been following the PWA tour via Seabreeze links closely for at least a few years but I can't remember a time when the racing was this exciting and interesting, is it just me or has the competition in PWA slalom racing so far this year stepped up a few notches?
Agree with that, was a bit boring to see Antoine win them all....
Good to see Bjorn back at 44 !! Just wondering what results he would pull with Pryde sails ?
I know Bjorn has come close in previous years and Antoine has had some luck help him to the title, this year is no different. Antoine had a big catapult like last year.
Antoine looks like he has SOOOOO MUCH CONTROL in his races and is so consistent in his starts. Other guys boards are bucking all over the place, Antoines has stable trim. Even looking at leach twist in the rough water, most sailors leaches are flapping all over the place and working overtime, Antoines is more stable and breathing gently. Might have been the particular final but only he and a few others seemed comfortable when it really hit.