ADAM LEWIS
The whole pool experience was a lot of fun, but not without a little stress. We only managed a quick practice session before the big day and it was quite a lot harder than I imagined. I had done some freestyle tow in before, but with the wave coming at you, the pressure and difficulty went to a whole new level. Come the big night with all the crowds, it came to my turn for my first practice run and I was peeing my pants. It was pretty nerve racking. There was some mega crashes from everyone and I was pretty sore the next day. I think Leon had the best one – a double flip straight onto his face. Ouch! Ricardo was totally on fire the whole time, it’s almost a sport designed for him in every way. He has so much control in the air, with or without wind, so he was on a whole different level to anyone else. The pushloop-into-shaka was just epic! Big respect to Danny, Jose and Bjorn for the event because I think it was a really positive promotion for windsurfing to have the action that close to the spectators. Put it this way, it felt so sick to be a part of it. A lot of the guys that came weren’t even windsurfers and I think they were blown away by the action.
