Kurosh Kiani reports – Greetings from the warm Brazil

Kurosh Kiani

Nationality: Denmark

Sailnumber: DEN-13

Sponsors: Starboard, Simmer Style, Riders DK

After surviving some cold months in northern Europe, especially in Denmark, where I actually live, it was time for me to pack up and head to warmer waters.
The destination was Brazil, where I have been a few times before. In these months of the year the coast line of north east Brazil counts to the best locations in the world for windsurfing. You simply never wake up to a day without wind. Here in Brazil I hooked up with the local guys from Fortaleza and my team mate Alberto Menegatti. One slalom event and one formula event are on the programm for me during the time here in Brazil.

The day after I arrived in Fortaleza we packed up the car and headed north to the town of Camocim, which is at the mouth of a river north of Jericoacara. We arrived there late in the afternoon and managed almost an hour of sailing before the sun went down. Like always, the Brazilian organisers treated us well with a nice place to stay and good food.

Let me quickly describe the conditions of this place: when you sail on one side of the river, you have an almost perfect speed spot sailing close to the shore, and by the time you get back to where you launched, you can have the most choppy water ever depending on the tide.

All the good Brazilian guys showed up for the competition: Gabriel Browne, Willhelm Schurmann, Mathias Pinhero and so on. We woke up on the first day of racing with rather windy but controlable conditions. We all went out on 7,8´s, but within a short period the wind picked up. Everybody rigged the 7,0 except me. I just found out that my battens were broken during the flight. So I had to stay on the 7,8. The heats went on fast, and before we realised it, 7 finals had been sailed. Alberto Menegatti was in first, followed by Gabriel Browne and Wilhelm Schurmann. I made it on the unlucky 4th struggling on the 7,8. The starting here was a bit tricky for us. We started between a very small buoy and a mark on shore, so a few of us made a few premature starts, which did not help in the overall result. Apart from that, it was just great racing. You would start off with half a speed course to the first jibe and end up just surviving in the conditions at the finish line.

We finished for the day and returned to our hotel for a pool session and chilled out for the rest of the day. Travelling with the Brazilians is always great fun. You simply never get bored.

Day two started off a bit more relaxed. The river had flat water conditions and a very light breeze blew over it. Not bad, we thought and got on our 7,8´s again. But after lunch Camocim brought us howling 30 knots, which were hardcore for me having to stay on my 7,8. I managed to race, but nothing good came out of it and could not change my position. The top 3 positions changed around, asthe leader Alberto broke a fin and did a premature start. The position shift came in favour of Gabriel, who took the first place and won the event in front of Willhelm and Alberto.

After the pricegiving we quickly packed up and went back to our hotel for another chill-out session, before we went out for a night session of the fantastic Brazilian “Forro” music with all the locals. Let´s just say it was fun!.

The event was arranged by T’AI eventos and the Brazilian windsurfing association ABWS, who did a great job with the event.

We are now all back in Fortaleza tuning up our formula kits for the last formula Grand Prix of the year.

Greetings from the warm Brazil!

Kurosh Kiani

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