THE ALOHA
Pritchard was amongst the pack of ex world wave champions that fancied a shot at competing in the Aloha Classic. Far from resting on his laurels and being happy just to take part, ‘KP’ was hungry to cause a few upsets and go all the way against the new generation on tour.
KP “I think it [The Aloha Classic] was a positive thing. I personally don’t like it because all these guys come over and take all the waves. You’ve got guys like Mussolini, Koester and Traversa in town, all hungry for a slice of the pie. These guys normally wouldn’t be here. Seeing what everybody was doing was pretty exciting to watch, all those Takas off the lip and freestyle tricks on the wave. I liked seeing Levi win. In my books he’s been the dominant rider at Ho’okipa for the last 10 years. Every time there’s been a contest, for some reason he’s not won in the past. So he did it at last, which was pretty cool. He deserves it. I’ve always said if there were three events in Brawzinho’s hometown, he would have been World Champion in my opinion. It was fun to see the World Tour get mixed up. I like Philip [Koester] a lot also and the jumping side of windsurfing can be exciting too. We get bored of just seeing bottom turn, off the lip, all the time here in Maui. But it’s good to have the full variety on tour with Maui thrown in. Hopefully that inspires Philip to come here and train. Or at least go to Cape Verde or somewhere to make him a better overall package.
“I was disappointed with myself and some of the conditions. I was in the last heat of the second day with my brother, Mussolini and Brawzinho. For me the conditions weren’t epic, it’d just started to go funky. I know I can compete with those guys so I was a little disappointed to say the least. Maybe I wouldn’t have won the event, but I was hoping to make the final four. I’m still totally fine, it wouldn’t really change my life at all if I won it or if I came 10th”.
