Kurosh Kiani reports from Fuerteventura

The Danish Slalom sailor has been on Fuerteventura for some days now, getting ready for the PWA World Cup, which starts today.

Kurosh Kiani

Nationality: Denmark

Sailnumber: DEN-13

Sponsors: Angulo, Simmer Style, Riders DK

I have now been on Fuerteventura for about a week getting ready for the upcoming PWA worldcup starting today. After the previous event in Costa Brava where we did not race that much, I went home to Denmark and sat around for weeks with no wind, so a couple of my danish friends and I decided to hit Fuerteventura a bit earlier to get some proper wind sailing before the worldcup.

And what can I say, we got what we asked for, and then some. Its been nuking windy, and we have been on our smallest sails most of the time. When we first arrived we did have a day with our 7-8m2 sails, but since then, we have just been hanging after the equipment. It has been super good fun blasting down the beach and racing with your good friends. Now after many days of strong winds, it is time to chill out a bit as this place is very good at sucking the energy out of your body, even though its hard to pass by the beach and not want to go out windsurfing when you see everybody blasting away out there. Fuerteventura has up and down sides. At this time of year, the weather is always nice, and you are almost guarantied sunshine the whole day, and the water has a nice temperature. The downside is after you have slalom sailed here about a week, you start to feel tiredness in your body as the water is very messy. Having said that, it beats the hell out of staying at home with no wind.

My quiver for this event consists of my two smallest Angulo Magnum boards which are 95 and 115 liters. Pretty big boards for the kind of wind you have here, but helps you out during tight racing situations. As for sails, everything from 5,5 to 9,5 of the Simmer SCR range, so i should be pretty covered. There is nearly no way you could race in the very light winds here in Sotavento beach where the event is held, as the wind gets very gusty. Therefore everybody concentrates on their smaller sails, because this place is well known for delivering the goods when it comes to wind. It seems like lots of guys have had the same thoughts as me to turn up here early to tune up, especially since there was no slalom racing in Gran Canaria. I try  to be as ready as I can for the event.

Kurosh Kiani

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