LOOKING BACK
For all the sailors that made the effort to enter and make it through to Saturday night, they were lucky enough to be a part of a special night in windsurfing history. Like I said before, I have been around in this sport over twenty years and this was one of the high points for me. It was not all about the action, it was equally about the sailors clubbing together, helping each other out and inspiring and encouraging others to perform. Sure we missed some of the big names like Philip Koester, Victor Fernandez, Antoine Albeau and Brawzinho who chose not to come for fear of being injured but for those who were there, the general vibe was that this night was one of the highlights of their windsurfing careers to date. Whether Indoor windsurfing will become a regular thing or not is another question. Sometimes the impact of a one- off show, makes the next one have less impact and believe me this one will be hard to beat especially with the grandeur of the stadium and the polished TV presentation. Either way congratulations to all the winners and all those that took part in the competition as in my books, on these two special nights in Poland, everyone was a winner ! JC
