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Before concluding, I would like to leave you guys with some more reflections on the future of professional windsurfing training. Speaking with Andrea, Mark and Kurosh I have no doubt that next year the Lanzarote pro training will advance even further. Each one of the organisers has a goal of progress for the sport. Hence plans for the future include making parts of the training more exclusive, that is helping the elite to step it up even more by beginning a individualised physical training plan as early as the end of the last race, as well as incorporating a nutritionist and sports psychologist to help athletes reach and stay at the top performance level all throughout the racing season. Of course, the more individualised, comprehensive and year round the training becomes the greater the price of this will be. In Lanzarote one possible solution to the cost problem includes finding sponsors for the training camps. So far it is looking promising and I am excited to see what the future holds. I am by no means saying that individual athletes are not already training as professional as possible, but I can see a trend of it becoming more widespread and hope that in the long run a more professional elite training platform will also lead to a greater advancement in the amateur arena of our sport, as well as the youth side. Windsurfing is not dead and an ever-younger more professional elite is the best proof of developments in this area.
