BSA Slalom Harwich
Great to see the British Slalom Association coming to play in Essex, especially as the weather was kind to us. Saturday couldn’t have been better for topping up the suntan, sure we would rather had wind but sun is always welcome.
While Saturday was more about running and talking, Sunday was all about racing. Three rounds were complete for both Amateur and Pro fleets, and all with tight racing.
As each event passes I’m trying to learn from my mistakes, at Weymouth it was my starting that was way off the pace, this time I hit the line perfectly in all but one heat. The two big lessons from this week were, don’t change what you already know and don’t place safe.
The latter cost me move over all as I went into the gybes just wanting to get round clean rather than planning which is where I lost all my ground. The former should is common sense when you write it down but easily to slip into. I’d been thinking too much about how I could get going in the lighter winds and had Steve from F-Hot make me a light wind 48cm, then I eased of the downhaul by 2cm before leaving the beach. Right from the moment I stepped on the board I knew it was the wrong combination for me but persevered through the first round, but once I changed it back to my normal 48cm and my downhaul settings all was good again.
Nothing wrong it testing new set-up’s but not in the race, I’ll test both again in the future but one at a time and outside of competition.
So I felt like there was lots of positives, the best and most important was just the enjoyment of racing.
Read MoreWhile Saturday was more about running and talking, Sunday was all about racing. Three rounds were complete for both Amateur and Pro fleets, and all with tight racing.
As each event passes I’m trying to learn from my mistakes, at Weymouth it was my starting that was way off the pace, this time I hit the line perfectly in all but one heat. The two big lessons from this week were, don’t change what you already know and don’t place safe.
The latter cost me move over all as I went into the gybes just wanting to get round clean rather than planning which is where I lost all my ground. The former should is common sense when you write it down but easily to slip into. I’d been thinking too much about how I could get going in the lighter winds and had Steve from F-Hot make me a light wind 48cm, then I eased of the downhaul by 2cm before leaving the beach. Right from the moment I stepped on the board I knew it was the wrong combination for me but persevered through the first round, but once I changed it back to my normal 48cm and my downhaul settings all was good again.
Nothing wrong it testing new set-up’s but not in the race, I’ll test both again in the future but one at a time and outside of competition.
So I felt like there was lots of positives, the best and most important was just the enjoyment of racing.
