15/11/2023
I’m very thankful for all your supportive comments that I’ve read regarding the hard work and performance, that I’ve been putting in to show my talent on the PWA. As you have all read, I was ranking first for the title, but due to one of my sails, which the PWA judges decided that was not fitting the specs by some millimeters, I’ve been disqualified from the event in Japan. I need to stress that I never used this sail during the event in Japan. Unfortunately, as I did not do the full tour, I had no discards to keep the first place, and was disqualified for having exactly that sail.
This year, I was not expecting to be able to rank first on the tour, as I could not do all the events. I was busy with finishing school and had no time to train in the summer, as I had to sit for exams the days after important events, or just before. I had to skip the PWA in Gran Canaria due to the same reason. With one event less, half time not training, I was still super stoked to have a better level of a couple riders who had tried the same for over 10-15-20 years.
Generally, we riders are all working hard to bring our equipment to the max of its performance. I worked double harder than the others as I had a limited time, and I’m sure that this has been seen because being only 20, I was there fighting with the best, or better, being in front of them. When you are busy in so many details, working with a team for such important goals, the variables and details are a lot. Even if I appreciate the work done from the PWA in making sure that the rules are being followed, I’m not sure that the decision taken towards myself was correct, as I never used the sail in Japan.
Next year no room for other excuses.