15 races came with the event in Fortaleza.
We raced from medium to strong Wind, using mostly my 10,9 and sometimes the
9,9.
Great venue, sometimes gusty but everyday
windy, allowed the organizer of the event to set every hour one race, making
this one of the Best Spot to compete.
The event started with lots of names, and
the top 2 at the World Championship, Steve Allen and Wojtek Brzozowki starting
as the favorites. With the race going on, the light turned into an other
direction with Alberto Menegatti and Gabriel Browne taking the lead and the
fight for the Top 2 places of the competition. One day to the end Alberto was
on the lead with 13 races done, with Gabriel that anyhow menage on the last day
to secure victory of the event with great Racing.
“ I had most of
the times amazing speed, that allowed me to fight for victory till the last
race, able to recover also when had a bad start or something was going wrong. I made few
mistakes that cost me a lot, specially on the first day of the event, where
after leading the event with a big gap i took the wrong course and lost it or
the last day where i stopped in a hole for over 15 seconds. I’m stoked anyway
on the result i had and specially on my speed that i got thanks to my toys 11,8
10,9 9,9able to fly in all conditions ” - Alberto Menegatti ITA 4
At the end of the year, Alberto Menegatti is No 1 of the Formula Windsurfing World Year Ranking. Next World Championship is in Argentina at the end of March. For more infomation at the FW World Tour visit: http://www.formulawindsurfing.org/news.php?id=1692