Austrian Nationals 2015

Lo scorso weekend si è svolto il Campionato Slalom Austriaco e Chris Pressler, Mr. Continentseven, si aggiudica la seconda posizione nella classifica generale e vince quella Master a bordo dei suoi Starboard iSonic 107 e 120.
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Chris Pressler about the Austrian Slalom Nationals 2015

The WSA (Windsurfing Austria) held the Austrian Nationals 2015 during the last weekend at the Austrian Sailing Center at Lake Neusiedl. The wind was great on Saturday and allowed the crew to run 8 full rounds of downwind racing in chilly conditions. The competitors didn’t care much about the cold wind and enjoyed the good speed at the beginning of the season. The national sailing center supported the event with a lot of effort and took care of the “fun boarding dudes” and the WSA (Windsurfing Austria with Manuel Zugsbratl as the new leader).

“We had 15 to 25 knots from northern direction with heavy rain squalls in between. It was tricky to choose the right gear. I crashed my 8,6 during the first round and then needed to make no more faults to save a podium ranking. The wind picked up and had three nice races with the fantastic iSonic 107 and 7,8m. During the next 4 races I saved my 2nd place overall fighting hard on the overpowered iSonic 120 and 9,0m. Big congrats to Marco Lang, who won the fantastic event with the lowest possible score of 4,2 points. It really paid off to run the Nationals during April. It’s the most windy month at Lake Neusiedl, Austria. Now it’s time to prepare for further events during May and June. Let’s hope for a lot of wind, action and fun during the next event at Podersdorf, Lake Traun or Lake Waller. The Austrian Slalom scene is alive!”