Windsurf – August 2019

WINDSURF MAGAZINE 27

ROSS WILLIAMS

I

loved it all, from 4-50 knots. I think the foiling
discipline is really exciting and is going to be the
future for our racing. I think foiling should be
the stand-alone PWA race format. You can go with
one board, three sails and can compete in anything.
Less equipment, more people potentially and a
bigger market. It makes sense to me. The windy day
was horrendous. It was very difficult, none of us were
prepared for that. We were still able to compete and
it was exciting. I just tried to just take as much power out of my equipment
as possible. I just made it manageable so I didn’t fall in. I had the smallest sail
and smallest everything possible. I tried to get the board sitting so it would

not catch the nose going downwind. You were not pushing, you were trying

to ride your equipment and be sensitive. It was a discovery day. Now we

know we can potentially race in that, people are going to train for it. I think

you will see the level rise quickly and not just on the foil slalom courses, all-

round foil skills will improve dramatically too. That was the first time I have

done slalom and the first time I have tried to go fast across the wind. I know

I will need to refine my technique and have different kit settings. There are

lots of things to try.

“I THINK FOILING SHOULD

BE THE STAND-ALONE PWA

RACE FORMAT.”