The years results are calculated from all rounds of competition held throughout the year, and also from our best 2010 results posted on gps-speedsurfing.com. I had a clean slate of results, with bullets in every round!
Part of the trick to going fast is finding the best conditions (the flattest water with the strongest wind), and the Irish Championships runs on a rolling venue theme, where the event location is decided at the last minute to find the best wind/water conditions on the planned weekend. This worked well this year, with wind strong enough for me to use my JP Speed 45 at each round.
Without a doubt though, the highlight of my speed year was smashing my own personal records during a trip to West Kirby in the UK, where I got a Max GPS speed of 47.17knots (54.3mph), and a 5x10 sec GPS average of 43.19knots. This also gave me the Irish GPS records, now becoming the fastest Irish Sailor.
It has been an extremely difficult year, both for me personally and many Irish Windsurfers, as we continue to mourn the tragic loss of two legends in Irish windsurfing. Alan Harris, founder of Surfdock and a very close personal friend was my biggest supporter for longer than I can remember.
Then very soon after setting my top speed, we also lost John Kenny, who to this day remains the Irish 500m Speed Record Holder. In life JK always pushed me to go faster, and now in death his record remains the goal that I want to try and better.
I would like to dedicate this Championship to the memory of Alan and John.
I am looking forward to 2011, and hope to improve my speeds, and spend a lot more time back in the waves this year too.
pic by: Steven Cassidy.
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2 comments:
Well done, great result. And good comment on alan and John.
Well done champ. Speed sailing in snow storms. Brrr...thats dedication. Good stuff. See ya in the thaw.
Andy
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