Naxos Prince of the wind 8.-11. October

Event in Naxos is almost finished. We were all expecting big very well organized event with good wind and action but we got much more than that. Event was organized on much different level than untill now. It was the first so professional event I have ever been to so far. No PWA event can compare with it. If I point out some thigs... Day before the event we had strong wind around 25kts or more. I was sailing with 4.7 and 100l RRD Twintip. In the afternoon we had supersession upwind in the port of Naxos. There was for sure a few hundred people who enjoyed the session and also helicopter was every minute around with photographer and camerman. First day of competition we had good wind untill afternoon when it dropped a bit. That was not a problem cuz we started really early like at 8 or 9 o clock so we managed to do full double elimination. Later in the evening we had very nice photoshooting from the water. Every evening a very delicious dinner was organized for the riders and accomodation was free of charge. Today is the last day, there is no wind but we will be again busy with wakeboarding show and some promotion of equipment. The EFPT season is over I was on two events in Alacati I finished on 8.place and Naxos very good 5.place. Overal I will end on 11.place. This are the best results so far so I'm happier than ever before. Also PWA season was super good for me. It was my first year and I finished on 13.place which is pretty awsome. That's it... next week we have Slovenian championship, so that will be finally the last competition this year.

Nice photos from Michael Sumereder AUT 9

Tekmovanje na Naxosu je skoraj končano. Vsi smo pričakovali zelo veliko, dobili pa smo še veliko več. Tekmovanje je potekalo na zelo visoki ravni. Nikoli prej se še nisem udeležil tako profesionalno organiziranega tekmovanja. Noben event PWA-ja se ne mora primerjati s tem, no mogoče Sylt kjer je veliko več gledalcev in medijev, vendar ugodnosti za riderje ni. Dan pred eventom smo prispeli zelo utrujeni, saj je bila naša pot Sylt-Naxos. Niso nam pustili počivati, popoldne je bila že prva točka. Supersession v pristanišču Naxosa. Bilo je več 100 gledalcev ki so uživali v akciji. Prav tako je helikopter poskrbel za nore fotografije in filmčke. Veter je bil super...cca 25kts, le popoldne je jakost malo padla. Vozil sem 4.7 in RRD Twintip 100l. Prvi dan tekmovanja 8.oktobra smo imeli dober veter, okoli 15-25 vozlov. Vozil sem 5.2 in RRD Twintip 100l. Odpeljal sem taktično in prišel do polfinala, ko pa sem čas nastavil narobe in začel prepozno, vendar nimaš kaj, učimo se na napakah. Po enojni eliminaciji sem bil 4. nato pa v dvojni zgubil heat, saj je veter spustil in začela se je »pumparija« končal sem na 5. mestu. Takoj po tekmovanju smo imeli photosession z vodnimi fotoaparati in fotke so res neverjetne. Vsak večer smo imeli organizirano večerjo in naj še omenim da smo bivali brezplačno. Drugi dan tekmovanja ni bilo dovolj vetra zato smo imeli ponovno superssession s čolnom prav tako pa smo končali finalni heat dvojne eliminacije. Zmagovalec eventa in toura je Steven van Broeckhoeven. Tretji dan je bil bolj dan za počitek, saj je bil prejšnji večer kar vesel, izvedli smo supersesion in BMX show. Zvečer je Andre Paskowski predstavil odličen film FOUR DIMENSIONS, ki si ga morate ogledati! Dobite ga lahko pri meni az.slo49@gmail.com . Danes je zadnji dan...brezveterje, vročina, vendar je tudi danes na sporedu supersession wakeboard potem pa podelitev. Po podelitvi nas čaka dolga pot čez bivšo Jugoslavijo in to je to. EFPT sezona je končana, bil sem na dveh tekmah v Turčiji zasedel 8.mesto tu na Naxosu pa 5. in v skupnem pristanem mislim da na 11.mestu kar je zame do sedaj najboljša uvrstitev v EFPT-ju. Tekmovalna sezona je skoraj zaključena... PWA 13.mesto, EFPT 11.mesto ....sem več kot vesel in drugo leto na polno akcija. Tudi Žan Šude se je dobro odrezal. Prvo leto vedno nabiraš izkušnje, tako kot vsi. Čaka nas še državno prvenstvo v Izoli, potem pa malo pavze in hardcore trening čez zimo. To je to za ta denar....LP Andraž Žan SLO 49

Fotke: Michael Sumereder AUT 9