We just finished today our slalom nationals. The event was held in Camocim. This place is around 350km in the north of Fortaleza ( where I live ). The event was very well organized by Ta'i events. We had international competitors racing with us, like Alberto Menegatti from Italy and Kurosh Kiani from Denmark.

The venue for the races was amazing. The course is exactly where the river gets together with the ocean, so there was strong current and big chop. The wind conditions were very good for slalom racing, from 17 to 30 knots. I was using most of the races my TR5 7.0 with Starboard Isonic 86 and 111. The first day I started the event with two bullets but I made some mistakes and finished the first day in third place. The second day the wind got much stronger and I like this strong wind conditions. I had some very good races and manage to recover my mistakes from the first day and finished the event in 1st place !!!

I'm very happy right now !!!

FINAL RESULTS :
1st- Gabriel Browne BRA 50 (starboard/mauisails)
2nd- Wilhelm Schurmann BRA 999(starboard/neilpryde)
3rd- Alberto Menegatti ITA 4(starboard/simmer sails)

Now I come back to Fortaleza to continue the FW training for the last FW grand prix of the year. I'll do my best there and hope to finish with a good result at my home spot.

See you on the water....
Gabriel Browne BRA-50