MONKEY OFF THE BACK!
JC: So it seems your state of mind was finally in the right place?
LS: I wasn’t so focused to win the contest this time round. I just felt I wanted to be satisfied with my sailing. That allowed me to take the heat off and stay cool during the whole event.
After the first day I came home and thought to myself, if I was freesailing today, I would’ve been satisfied with my performance.
That made me happiest. After I’d won we all went up to Brawzinho’s for a party. It was a really nice night, it was cool. A perfect Haiku barbeque with friends and family. Good vibes, just a solid group of people.
I think the event was rad because it brought all the talent to one place. To see so much different style and presentations of wave sailing, it tuned everybody in the windsurfing world to see where the state of the art wavesailing is right now.
At the end of the day it was amazing to see some of the best windsurfers in the world just ripping out there. The whole week was incredible.
Brawzinho also had so much pressure. I know he was trying to stay cool, but deep down in his heart he wanted to win the title so bad.
He worked so hard for it. He put the time in and he had already had a great year. The Aloha mixed up the rankings and left the door wide open for him to take the title.
He sailed amazing and he deserved it. All around, I told you, I think he is the best windsurfer in the world right now.
That was my first PWA win too. I was at a Da Kine barbeque, after the first elimination. Josh Angulo said to me ‘Just go out there. Get a couple of waves and get that monkey off your back. Get it done!’ I was laughing!
Thanks Levi