New Zealand Slalom Nationals 09
1st March 2009

An excellent event all-around was expected and many people had travelled from various parts of the county including 6 competitors from Auckland and Gareth's main competition, James Dinnis, from Taranaki.
James reported, "Going into the event, I was missing a SL62 which was a worry as it's the bread and butter for lighter winds. I was praying for above 20kts, the day before the racing I decided to keep the 7.0 as my biggest and not rig the 7.6 as the 7.0 was faster. With this knowledge I was confident, as long as I got a good start and clean air I would be ok."

"From there on it was 3 days of straight wins, I was struggling to believe it and laughing at the fact, I had said two months prior that my goal was to win every heat at the Nationals."
"After Day 3, we had a bit of a party, sort of like the prize giving without final results as there was still a slim chance of racing on Day 4, so with the forecast looking grim a few of us got into the spirit of things!!"

"With the event over, I had 21/22 wins so with discards had straight A's and was very happy, it was one of those times when my gear felt like it was flying and everything else came together."
More information about the event and results at: http://windsurfingnz.org/node/1846
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