firstly sorry for not blogging in a while.
we have be rather busy in el tur. specifically organising and running our first very own windsurf competition/event.
the 'el tornament'.
catchy name eah.
we had lots of interest in the event with lots of talented competitors from egypt, slovina, russia and england taking the time to come and join in the action.
but some really good news for me was i managed to finish 2nd.
this i was really happy with as my first real event and it had given me the drive to do more.
it was a tougth fight to the final and i was sdailing well all day pulling off my tricks very consistasntly.
though i was helped with the odd dose of good luck at times. especially in the round against Kamal a very talented Egyption sailor working in dahab. unfortunatly for him his sail was slightly to small as the wind dropped for our heat. had it been blowing as hard as earlyer heats it could very easyly have been a different story. but i sailed well and was happy to go through.
in the semi final i was against my local rival max. he is the owner of the centre next door. it was a great round for both of us but i did enougth to edge through.
poor max though must have been a bit fatigued as he had to do a re run of his privious roud 3 times for tie break reasons.
in the final........... well all i can say is everything fell apart for me. i guess the fatigue got to me. i had been sailing brilliantly all day but in the final i spent the first 3 minutes swimming.
pity it was not a swimming comp as i might have won then.
i was disapointed with my performace in the final as i was just not up to my usual standard. but at the end of the day the winner Andraz Zan won hands down and i suspect would have even if i was on form as he was pulling off every trick in the book all day with power and style. it is easy to see how he won the event and fully deserved too.
over all it has left me with a really positive experience and has inspired me to push my limits harder and futher. i think ill be comeating again soon.
here are some shots from the event.
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