Kurosh Kiani about Fuerteventura 2010
on 4. August, 2010 – 00:19 / No Comment
Kurosh Kiani (D-13), one of the Danish top racers, who spent some months on Maui while the wintertime, sent us a nice report how he felt after finishing the Fuerteventura PWA Slalom. He finished in 37th position and is currently placed 36th in in the PWA Slalom overall ranking 2010. Kurosh is sailing under the flag of Angulo and Simmersails.
Kurosh Kiani has fun at Sotavento (Pic: pwaworldtour 2010/Carter).
Thoughts after the Fuerteventura PWA Slalom Worldcup
The slalom worldcup at Fuerteventura is long over and I am now safe back in Denmark, where the last few days my thoughts has been on the racing that went down last week.
It were hard five days and every day you could feel the conditions pushing you further out everyday. For me personally it was a crazy roller coaster ride throughout the whole event. I must have been through every kind of emotion during those days. Happiness, excitement, fear and so on. Even though with a place well into the 30´s, this result was not my main concern but my result was more a combination of personal goals that I wanted to achieve during the event.
Step one was to control the anger and not try to spear someone even through they have just sailed into you, and step two which is all about keeping up the motivation throughout the whole event which can be very hard if you have had a tough day.
Kurosh gets ready for the day (Pic: pwaworldtour 2010/Carter).
Being a new guy in racing is not an easy job. You are dealing with guys with loads of experience and every time you feel that you have completed a level, there will always be a new level opening up, which is why your motivation always keep you going, as there is always something new to learn. That “wow” experience is a frequent visitor when you are up and coming, because there has been something you could have done, sitting right in front of your eyes, either on your gear or with your technique that you have been missing out on all this time. This is why you keep going, because the process is never ending, and as you become more mature, so does your mind and attitude towards every single thing you do out there on the water.
Now to talk about the fun part: the Fuerteventura worldcup is by far the most fun iIhave had this year. Throughout the whole event I had my Danish friends which was fighting with among with all the other guys, who did the race with us. The atmosphere was nice, and not to forget, the conditions were great. A little on the light side, but definitely better than the 8,6-9,5 conditions we have had at the South Korea and Costa Brava worldcups. I´m not saying that I don’t like sailing in the lighter winds, but sailing with your 6,2 powered up in a heat brings some more exciting factors to the game.
Come to the beach in the morning, just put on the boardshorts and you are out there, you have the freedom of movement and you have don’t feel anything holding you back. This is one of the main motivating things about racing in Fuerteventura, and I am already looking forward to coming back another time.
So looking back, how was it actually? Did I do any good starts? Any crashes? Any good jibes? Well, it seems like things are going in the right direction. Lots of very good starts, both at the pin-end and the boat puts my confidence up.
Only one crash can mean two things, it can go both ways. Either you are not pushing it enough or you have just become a better sailor. I choose to look at it as a combination, as there were lots of situations where I could have been more aggressive, but didn’t take advantage of other peoples mistakes, but that is just something to write into the memory book for the next event coming up in Alacati, Turkey.
Until then its all about refueling and digging out the big slalom stuff for a showdown in Turkey. One thing is certain, I´m ready for it.
Kurosh Kiani
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