JORDY STARTS SEASON STRONG

How was the experience of racing in the Caribbean?

Jordy: 'It's a dream place for sure! No matter if the sun was shining or if it was raining, you can go out in your boardshorts and you will be comfortable. The water was like a heathed pool, we were rigging under the palm trees on a beautiful beach. Once I arrived we could straight go on the water and see how beautiful it is to windsurf there, I've been looking at windguru for weeks and I saw it was green all the time, to arrive there and the wind stopping after only one training day felt sooooo unlucky, but happy the wind returned for one day during the competition where we could squeeze out 3 eliminations so we could show what a great playground Guadeloupe can be.'

What gear were you using during the event?
Jordy: 'I basically had the Warp_Foil 6.4 - 7.5 and 8.7 always ready to go together with the Falcon_Foil 169. In the first elimination I've been on 8.7 all the time but the winds were picking up extremely right before the winners final! Sadly I didn't have time to change down to 7.5 while some others had caddies bringing smaller sails.... luckily the 8.7 has a huge range and I managed to hold on! The second elimination I switched to 6.4 which was perfect for the whole elimination. After the wind dropping again I was on the 8.7 for the rest of the event, so mostly I was on the biggest sail I own!

Are you satisfied with your 4th-place finish?

Jordy: 'yes, although I'm sure a podium finish was possible! It was looking like the last day we could finish at least the 4th elimination and with me qualifying for the last winners final and the third-place finisher Alex not making it into the final I was ready to give it all to step up on the podium, but sadly the wind didn't hold long enough. With only three eliminations and no discard everything could have happened and therefor I'm super happy to go home with a 4th place, I saw that I had the pace to be on the podium and with that positive feeling I will go into the next foil events, everytime missing out on that podium just makes me more and more hungry for it!'

What’s coming up next for you on the tour?
Jordy: 'It's now first time to catch up on work, be at home a bit with the family before preparing for the next event: the Defi Wind. I will be racing there on FIN only so it's time to swap my foil equipment for my Warp_Fin and Falcon_Fin and get used to that again. After Defi it also looks like we will mainly be doing slalomX in the summer, which I really look forward to so for all fin fans out there, you.'ll see me on the water in the next months instead of flying above!'