On the 28th of June we’ve finished a second World Cup event on the Spanish island called Lanzarote. We had 5 days of competition and we’ve managed to finish two double elimination. All the top freestyle riders registered for the event. It was a first competition where the new freestyle format could be properly tested. In Podersdorf there was not enough wind for that. And after the event it was sure that it was a very good decision from PWA. Freestyle started to grow again and became more interesting for people from outside of a windsurfing industry.
Every day we were competing on sails around 5.2 m2. It was windy on every single day except the final day. The level was outstanding. New moves like Culo, Kono or Burner combinations were made in almost every heat. There was no easy heat in the contest. Everyone showed good skills so you couldn’t make mistakes. The fight for the victory was between Gollito Estredo, Kiri Thode, Ricardo Campello and Marcilio Browne. Those four riders presented the best style, moves and technical skills. I have to mention a very good result from Andre Paskowski and Normen Guznlein who finished 3rd and 4th in one of the elimination. But in the end it was Gollito Estredo who sailed the best and showed the newest combinations of moves. The second place went to Kiri Thode. Third was Ricardo Campello and the fourth was Marcilio Browne, who won one elimination but finished worse in the other one.
I’ve sailed all my heat pretty good. In both double elimination I finished 13th and in one single I was 9th. In the overall ranking after the event I finished 13th. Till now it’s my best PWA result.
The next world cup contest will be in Fuerteventura on the 23rd of July. I’m already here where I will spend three weeks on training for the event. I have few moves which I have to learn before the next contest. I know that if I will train hard then I can to a lot better here and that is my goal for now.
I’ll inform you how is the training going.

Jakub Kosmowski
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