FUERTE: OK SO FAR...

Hello.... here we are in Fuerte...cooking ourselves.... it is soooo hot!!! and today... so far it awaked totally calm... weird... I think it is too hot, the famous calima.... yesterday i had a good day.... I sailed kind of well (with my little freestyle skills!!!) and i made it back through the double elimination so i am fourth at the moment.... so I'm pretty happy.. still not over yet... but if the wind doesnt pick up, it is going to be a loooooooooong day!!!

FUERTE ABOUT TO START...

Hello!!!

I am in Fuerte since nearly a week ago, and the Freestyle contest is just about to start. Man! is boiling here!!!!! it is so hot!!!! i am sure the Contest will be full of action... so stay tuned in all the online reports... i am a bit f*cked with again a bad shoulder.. but i will be fine... four days and then i will "try" to give my body a rest (although the forecast looks pretty good for afterwards!!!

NEW FANATIC DVD COMING SOON!!!

Hello.... the new Fanatic DVD is coming out soon.. so far they have released just a little teaser that you can see on their site (click here). For sure it will be really good... they have some of the usual locations (like Maui chile, GC, Egypt, etc..) and then also some new ones like Victor's secret spot in Spain...

POZO

What a week. Pozo just finished. You know normally I update and write a lot here in the blog... well... today and about Pozo, I dont really feel much like it. In shorts: I did third in the single elimination, was quite happy, but didnt want to be happy or put it up in the blog to not curse myself for the double. The double came. I sailed well, but I lost on a split decision, so dropped to fourth. So I am a broken girl. I hope I will be more chirpy in a few days (I am sure I will...!) and will update more. Now, off to Fuerte in a couple of days. hopefully will get some wavesailing before the Freestyle starts. PS: sic sailing today: down the line with solid logo high waves and 3,3... love this sport... AAAAND... massive congrats to Philip, our little kid from Vargas, and to Victor... they were just amazing yesterday in the final.

LANZAROTE IS LONG OVER AND POZO ABOUT TO START

Hello! and sorry for not updating much during Lanzarote, but it was difficult to be online there without the risk of getting your computer full of dust and sand.
Most of you have all read all the reports from the event, so i am not really going to tell you anything new, just my point of view. It was a great event, we had wind every day, sometime too much! i sailed in heats with all my sails from 4,7 down to 3,3, so I think it was a very fair competition for everyone!. Sarah Quita is definitely another league ahead from everyone in freestyle. Plus she is such a nice humble girl! Congratulations Sarah!! I was so impressed by Junko. well, I sailed with her a bit in Maui and back then I knew she would do good. She was so motivated with the freestyle. she would train every day in Maui for hours... so I think she really deserved to do well. Daida sailed super well as well, plus the days with big waves and really strong wind were perfect for her to mix her freestyle with her amazing jumping. Then Laure was a bit unlucky to be honest. Things didnt really go her way. I think she is one of the best freestylers on the Tour but she was just a bit unlucky. Same than Yoli actually. Then it was me on the list, so I am happy. Last year I gave up freestyle due to the foot but this year I thought i would take it back a bit. I had trained a little bit in the winter (just a little bit!), but I am far, far from the girls ahead in freetyle. Then Iballa and Silvia also did well, but our motivation for freestyle is not very high at the moment. Olya, Xenia and Malina, are the "new girls on the freestyle tour" (Although only Xenia is actually new). they have been all winter training in Freestyle spots and they have improved a lot from last year. next year i will have to work my arse off if I want to finish ahead of them!!!

Now Pozo is just about to start on Friday and it looks like we will be able to compete straight away!!!! fingers crossed for good conditions and good luck!!!!

Pics Thanks to JC and the PWA

I hope everyone is having a good summer!!!