ONLY ONE CAN WIN BUT THE FRIENDSHIPS LAST FOREVER

We’ve have a very good event here in Hungary, right in the middle of the championship after Wednesday we have a nine races for everybody out of 15 planned so far. So far we’ve been able to host races every day.  It’s a well organized competition both onshore and offshore and I’m happy to be here and that we were able to foresee all of the problems before the start of the event, especially with the launching and then returning and make sure that the competitors have safe races. I was worried mostly of the fact that we might have had a light wind because Balaton is known in the summer for a light wind. So far you could say it was the opposite as on Wednesday it was 20 knots and the kids have gone out to race. I’m sure they’ll have a great memories from this event.

We have had many championships all over the world both on lake locations and sea locations of all motions. The main difference I would say is that I feel a little more confident when we’re on a lake because we are surrounded so the safety aspect it’s much easier in that that you cannot get blown away from the shore. So we don’t have to worry about that. The negative side is sometimes in lakes like this thunderstorms come quicker and you have to remember about. The weather can change more quickly in lake districts than it does in the ocean areas.

If you look at the boys and girls we have under 13 under 15 they are the new upcoming stars. We have a huge fleet of Techno Plus in Japan and their best competitors are here fighting for the world championship. I’m very happy that we are able to serve all of them. And of course winning is an important part of the sport, but only one athlete can win in each category but the friendships last forever and are great experience learning new cultures. I think it’s equally important as the competition itself.