AMADO VRIESWIJK
The second day was wild and I was fully stacked on 7.0m and my medium board. It was tough sailing and really hard to time anything around the marks. If you were behind in a race you could never give up because there were opportunities to fight back during every race. It was exciting racing and a lot of fun – proper maxed slalom racing. The waves were from all directions and it was super bumpy. On the first reach we were full power holding on and trying to keep control. That is what I love about slalom. Down the swells we were getting even more lift! If your gear is tuned correctly with the perfect fin than that makes life a lot easier. I was on too big gear to be honest. I put the mast track more forward to keep the nose down, a bit less leech in the sail also to keep the nose down and longer harness lines. I was using a 37cm fin, which was pretty big. The fin I was using was very controllable so I felt I could handle the board. After the marks you need more power and if you were beneath someone then the extra power from the big fin helped me get going. I could have gone on my smaller board but at the marks I felt like I needed the bigger board to get me moving. I thought it was better to take the risk and be a bit more overpowered than struggling from time to time.
