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Day 4 US Windsurfing Nationals

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Day 4 US Windsurfing Nationals
What can I say- San Francisco turned on some epic conditions for the slalom racing on Friday afternoon. By 4pm it was 25 knots with a steep ebb chop. Racing was run right in front of crissy field.25 rounds of slalom heats were run before going to the final 13 with 5 more rounds of finals. What a day!I had so much fun racing slalom- my heart was pounding all day long with adrenalin.In the qualifying rounds I took it easy not pushing the envelope too much- finishing 2 in 4 heats and missing one as it got too op'ed for my 7.3 and medium sx board.After that I switched down to the 95 l Ml slalom and 6.3 to get some more control.In the finals- I went for it all- charging the line with vengeance,Unfortunately just a tad early in the first heat being called over early.After 3 races I switched back to the medium F2 board for better mark roundings.It was a mess in there and all you could do was hope to get out in decent position after the first rounding.Nonetheless I ended up in 6th- a good showing for the 1st slalom race of the year!Hopefully will get some photos up asap as these are the money shots- stay tuned.Results below2007 US Windsurfing Nationals & North American ChampionshipSlalom SeriesFinal Round August 10, 2007Place Name Sail # Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Total1 Seth Besse USA 64 1 1 1 2 *3 52 David Wells 46 *6 4 3 1 1 93 Jason Voss 8 3 6 *11 3 2 144 Bill Wier M9 2 2 6 6 *7 165 Andreas Macke G 42 *OCS 3 2 7 8 206 Steven Bodner USA 4 *OCS 8 9 4 4 257 Jon Ernst US 1166 7 *11 5 5 9 268 Vlad Moroz L1 5 *10 4 8 10 279 Casey Hauser 634 4 9 *10 9 5 2710 Mike Percey USA VYV *10 5 8 10 6 2911 Jean Rathle Z 8 7 7 11 *13 3312 Soheil Zahedi a 9 *13 12 12 12 4513 Uwe Dreyer US 213 11 12 *13 13 11 47Heres the link to Brian's podcasthttp://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0607.mp3www.stevebodner.com Full Story »

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