PIERRE MORTEFON
Always keep your eye on your own watch and don’t look at what everybody else is doing. I have my own routine. If that could be my one tip that is what it would be, race for yourself! Obviously you need to be aware what is happening around you, but if you focus on your own game plan then that is best. It is important to keep to your own routine and not get drawn into what the others are doing. In light winds there are often guys that start planing super early and that go slow to the line. This can be very dangerous as once you are committed you cannot change the speed or the direction. Some guys are ten seconds ahead of where you need to be and it is easy to get drawn in. After training all winter, an actual race day is still different. All of a sudden you have the pressure. From my side I try to do exactly what I do in training as to what I do at an event. I don’t take too much risk. A lot of guys in training go full power and try and time it to perfection but you find at the competition they are the ones that go over early. The most important advice I have is to stick to your routine!
“ If you focus on your own game plan then that is best.”
