eightbft said..

Day 1 and Day 2 were fin only in Bol, Croatia...
No eliminations on Day 3 due to lack of wind...
But some foil action on Day 4!

Enjoy!

Seems like a come back for the fins

No Goyard?

t36 said..
no Goyard, AA, P. Mortefon, W. Huppert et cet.

Only round 3000 points to gain - as an only 2 star world cup.

Got it. Guess it gives some of the mere mortal racers get in the action

Interesting quote from Marotti at 6:03 how more tactical and interesting it is on the foil than the fin in light conditions.

Day5 was my fav video
but i still have a soft spot for fast slalom board race action. just the spray looks spectacular. And the saves!

Croatia: Civilized Paradise?

Absolutely!
... you can take that from me - I am Croatian!

thedoor said..

you lucky bastard

... so I won't tell you that I am living on that island
45 min drive away, on the north shore.

But Bol is indeed some kind of (wind-)surfers/-foilers and kiters paradise!
Especially during summer: the local Maestral wind gets reinforced by thermal and funnel effects (due to geographical conditions), and very often just a kilometer or mile west and east of Zlatni Rat (= Golden Horn, the beach where the guys & girls in those videos above keep their material) there is (almost) no wind at all!

Same effect in Povlja (also on Island Brac) with Bura (northern wind), where you can get wind waves up to mast high!

Another famous croatian spot is Viganj on the Korcula peninsula.

CRO-401 Enrico Marotti's home spot is Volosko-Preluk: they have Tramontana almost every morning ... but you have to be an early bird, as it does nost last long into the day!

Yep, Croatia ... a small country for a great holiday!


PS Croatia Tourist Board could reward me for all the promotion I am doing!

eightbft said..
Ben Proffitt and Bol winner Maciek Rutkowski on PWA Croatia 2021.
Very interesting additonal info and recap.

Cheers. who are the big three he refers to?

Antoine
Matteo
Mortefon

A couple of videos on FB on the PWA page

www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=1052115312330726&external_log_id=eed5aefe-3b37-4444-9b46-5c2964779850&q=pwa%20world%20tour%20windsurfing

www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=771977663813104&external_log_id=cd6217ef-d543-4d18-a984-321a617bb500&q=pwa%20world%20tour%20windsurfing

Nico Goyard said he was on a 6.5m. 1st gybe he had a good one whereas the 2 in front went wide together.

Wind stats from windguru