NEED FOR SPEED

Amado Vrieswijk is fast developing into one the best racers in the world, so we caught up with the Bonairean to find out where his love of racing originated and what his aspirations are for the future.

- Amado Vrieswijk

PWA OR IQ

I made the decision to stop my iQFOIL campaign a week before the first PWA event in Lake Garda as it was either going to be a whole year of iQ and no PWA or vice versa. It came down to doing one or the other. I started training for iQ two years ago and the racing has been amazing. I think I placed 9th in my first race back in Silvaplana, Switzerland. Then I got right into it. I went to Holland, and I was invited to training camps and I was heavily involved. The iQ is such a gear battle and everything around the racing is just not my style. The racing itself I loved, but it was just too hard. You need full financial support, so I would have needed the support from the Federation in Holland, which would have meant dropping my sponsors; Future Fly, Brunotti and Severne. The other option was to keep doing what I love to do, and what I have done since the beginning, the Slalom & Freestyle PWA World Tours.

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