PWA Cabo Verde World Cup 2009 - Tag 6
Der offizielle Teil beim Cabo Verde World Cup ist gelaufen - eine gute Gelegenheit, um abseits vom Wettkampfstress ein paar O-Töne vom 2008er Wave Champion Kauli Seadi über seinen zweiten Platz, Angulos Heimvorteil und Quad-Fin-Boards einzufangen. |
Andrew Buchanan/PWA: Nach deinem Sieg im Vorjahr, bist Du auch mit einem zweiten Platz zufrieden oder musst Du immer ganz oben auf dem Treppchen stehen, um glücklich zu sein?
Kauli Seadi “I don’t care so much about the result, but more the way I perform. It would really bother me if I had lost and not given it my best shot. If I lose doing my best then at least I know I’ve tried my hardest, and that’s all I can do. So sure I’m happy with second place.”
Warst Du mit Deiner Performance im Finale zufrieden?
Kauli: “I tired my best, and you know, maybe I could have done some things slightly better, but I tried hard to give my best. In the end maybe I didn’t pick the biggest sets, but I still sailed a good heat.” |
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Glaubst Du Josh hatte vor heimischem Publikum einen Vorteil, mit all den ihn anfeuernden Fans und deren Hilfe, als er auf die Steine gespült wurde?
Kauli: “I think a little bit for sure. It’s like football, when you have the local fans behind you, it gives you an advantage over the opposition; in the same way Josh has that extra boost from the locals here. But I also had a lot of people come up to me and say ‘we like you and we’re going to cheer for you’, so I don’t think it’s a massive advantage for Josh, but it helps.”
Was hättest Du anders machen müssen, um im Finale gegen Josh zu gewinnen?
Kauli: “People were trying to help me out and give me a formula to beat Josh. You know, they were saying ‘go for aerials’, but that’s his style of riding... |
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My style is different and I read the wave differently. On the sets where he might do an aerial, I’ll go for a curve or a floater. I just connect it differently. I only go for an aerial if I’m late and I have to, I don’t go looking for aerial sections. But in the second heat I thought I’d try to go for more aerials as the judges seemed to score that higher. That meant I was out there doing something that wasn’t really me, and I sailed like I wouldn’t have really sailed. I don’t think there’s a formula to winning, you’ve just got to sail your own style well.”
Du warst im Finale auf einem Quad Fin Board unterwegs. Bist Du damit am experimentieren, oder wirst Du diese Boards jetzt Twinsern vorziehen?
Kauli: “At the moment it’s an experiment. I hope they work well, and for sure I’ll use them over the twinsers if they work out. It’s a whole new project and there’s a lot of work to do still... |
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Over the last few days I’ve tried six different sets of fins and I’m playing around with positioning, the mast track, everything. It’s like learning to windsurf all over again, but I think they can bring something else. It’s easy to just stay where you are, and it can be hard to say, ‘OK lets take the next step’. It takes time, and at first you might not perform as well as you were on the old set up, but with testing and tuning you might end up way ahead of where you were before.”
Werden die Boardproduzenten darauf einsteigen?
Kauli: “With the twin fin ... at first people were saying it wouldn’t work, then they saw how they performed and they liked it. It’s not a fashion thing, you know I just want to try out all the possibilities you can have. If it makes sense, for sure I think they’ll take off. If it doesn’t work, then whatever, at least I tried.” |
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