(machine translated in 2023) First JARO WWT (Windsurfing Competition Training) day
2 fathers (Jan and Roel) have started a great initiative: Competition training.
Both have fanatical surfing sons and felt that there is too little / no competition training in the Netherlands.
The level of Dutch competition surfers is therefore too low and therefore they cannot compete in Europe and beyond.

Little to no wind was forecast for today. But it was a very fun and educational day.
Register at 9:30, brief explanation of the purpose of the training, Nikaj Droop was also there to help.
10:00 Yoga. On the grass, on the waterfront, in the sun. It couldn't be better.
It was my first Yoga class. I liked it. Just stretch all the muscles well. I did notice that some muscles are very stiff. After the hour already very tired. And now muscle pain in my upper legs. I'm already looking forward to Sunday morning.

After the yoga quick rigging and an extensive session with Nikaj about trimming stuff.
Nikaj went through all the sets with tips on how to improve the trim of a sail.
I need to get better stuff from Nikaj, he thought my R-Type was way too bad for my level.

Then it was time for Lunch. There was a large plate of spaghetti ready for everyone.

After lunch on the water for pump training. The aim of the training was to improve pump technique. Pumping is very important in competitive surfing because it ensures that you are quickly in planee and therefore quickly up to speed. Start from a standstill and then pump 2 laps on a super short track (8). I was assigned John Munten (NED-180) as a buddy. John was on his Starboard Formula 161 with an RS6 10.7. Pumping was very difficult for me. Clearly a condition problem. After 4 or 5 strokes I was exhausted. Sometimes I was just in planee by a flurry, but often I wasn't. Here it became very clear that my R-Type 9.5 does not have enough power to plan away quickly. Nikaj couldn't resist letting me know often. Also changed sets with John. My first time on a Formula board. What a power that RS6 has, but how heavy that sails compared to my R-Type. Was very tired after a few rakes over the grevelingen.

After a short break to drink, a group photo and goodbye to Nikaj we went back on the water to practice starts. The goal was to time the start very tightly so that we would cross the line in the start signal. Well the wind was very minimal and it was often not possible to get to Planae, which made it very difficult to start tightly. I didn't succeed in those 6 or 8 starts we did. Often 5 to 10 seconds late, 2 x more than 5 seconds early. John was 1x himself 15 seconds early.

At 16:15 the water off. Tired Tired. But satisfied. How instructive this is. What a great initiative. Whatever the wind is next week. I'm back. Just talk and then clean up.

Jan and Roel, Thank you!

Kabbelaarsbank

13:30 1.5 hour Wind: W
Board: AHD GT 85 - Deboichet R13 S 65cm
Sail: North R-Type 9.5 - North Viper 75 490cm - Unifiber Freerace/Slalom 220-280
  (machine translated in 2023) Light weather session during competition training. With some pumps I could just plan.
15:00 0.25 hour Wind: W
Board: Starboard Formula 161
Sail: Neil Pryde RS-6 10.7
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15:15 1 hour Wind: W 6/12 kts
Board: AHD GT 85 - Deboichet R13 S 65cm
Sail: North R-Type 9.5 - North Viper 75 490cm - Unifiber Freerace/Slalom 220-280
  (machine translated in 2023) Light weather session during competition training. With some pumps I could just plan.