Tutto pronto a Varsavia per il ritorno dell’Indoor dopo 8 anni. Il nostro articolo su questo argomento pubblicato ieri ha suscitato molto interesse a vedere dalla migliaia di visualizzazioni e basta fare un giro su Instagram o su Facebook per vedere come tutto il mondo del windsurf sia in fermento per questo grande evento.
Gli italiani presenti saranno l’immancabile Andrea Rosati che partecipa sia allo Slalom che nella gara Jump, e Matteo Iachino per lo Slalom.
Una curiosità, la rampa per i salti è stata posizionata mure a destra!
Sono previsti 40.000 spettatori e in Polonia l’evento verrà trasmesso sulla TV nazionale.
La scaletta per domani, dopo le prove libere del mattino prevede: Slalom, Freestyle e poi Jump. Dalle 21:00 in live streaming sul sito del PWA!
Da domani sera non perdetevi quindi questo strepitoso evento con i migliori atleti al mondo, una bella pizza davanti alla TV e che lo show abbia inizio!
Matteo Iachino (Fanatic, North Sails, LSD Fins) commenta il suo warm up di oggi: “Sono stato fortunato a riuscire a provare anche oggi. È divertente ma molto difficile, le strambate sono critiche! Entri con la vela piena e a metà non c’è nemmeno il vento per planare. Sarà davvero una bella manifestazione! Userò una vela no cam, la 6.3 eType North Sails, e il Fanatic Hawk 113 del 2014.”
WARSAW INDOOR PWA WORLD CUP
Event Preview: Indoor is back after 8 years away and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever
It’s back… After 8 years away this weekend sees the return of an Indoor PWA World Cup event and it promises to be bigger and better than ever, with Poland’s National Stadium in Warsaw playing host to the créme de la créme of the globes windsurfing talent between the 5th-7th September.
The National Stadium is situated just under ten miles away from Warsaw Fredrick Chopin Airport and boasts a seating capacity of 58,000, as well as a state-of-the-art retractable roof. To transform the National Stadium into a windsurfers playground a gigantic pool has been installed, spanning 90 metres in length and 33 metres in width. Accompanied alongside the pool will be 34 enormous fans – the most ever used at an indoor event – capable of generating winds of up to 70 km/h – or almost 38 knots – which will be powering sailors into warp speed racing, radical jumping and explosive freestyle for what promises to be a spectacular show as indoor windsurfing prepares to return with a bang!
Freestyle
Five-time PWA Freestyle World Champion – Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo will line up alongside Davy Scheffers (Tabou / GA Sails), Steven Van Broeckhoven (JP / NeilPryde), Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard / Severne) and the legendary Frans brother’s – Tonky (Tabou / GA Sails) and Taty Frans – in the men’s main draw, whilst the fifteen trialists will be given three attempts on each tack to wow the judges with their biggest and most explosive moves in their effort to qualify for the main event.
Max Rowe (Fanatic / North), who is the one the men aiming to make the main draw:
“The stadium and pool looks sick, I just want to go out.”
Jump
The final discipline will see some of the best jumpers in the world hurtling themselves towards a stunt ramp at full speed, before launching into a mind-blowing array of jumps as they lay everything on the line to go in search of victory.
Already in the main event for the men’s fleet are world beaters Ricardo Campello (Patrik / Point-7 / MFC), Jules Denel (JP / NeilPryde), Dany Bruch (Starboard / Challenger / AL360), Boujmaa Guilloul (Starboard / Severne / Mystic / Maui Ultra Fins), Alex Mussolini (Tabou / GA Sails), Thomas Traversa (Tabou / GA Sails) and Poland’s very own Maciek Rutkowski (Patrik / Point-7), who said: “Maaan, I’m just over the moon an indoor event is happening at all! And to have it in my country in a 50k capacity stadium is a dream come true. And to be a part of it and compete in it? Are you kidding me?! I’m just waiting for somebody to kick me in the nuts and I’ll wake up! Unreal…”. Meanwhile the women’s fleet will see Sarah-Quita Offringa battling it out against Amanda Beenen (Tabou / GA Sails) and Justyna Sniady.