After a season of hard racing, it all came down to the 2023 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup to decide the 2023 PWA Slalom world champions. Japan once again provided a true test of the sailor’s abilities with a wide variety of conditions, but you simply couldn’t have scripted how the event unfolded. In this article, we will pay testament to the winners’, while you’ll be able to hear more from Johan Søe later on in an exclusive interview.
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MATTEO JACHINO CLAIMS SECOND WORLD TITLE AND FIRST SINCE 2016
It has been a rollercoaster. Honestly, I don’t know if I ever experienced something like this. Overall, the season went well, we had five events and raced in a wide range of conditions. It came down to the last event again and there were many guys fighting for the title. I made it and I can’t describe it. I worked so hard for it. I have been so close to it, so many times in the same situation, so to win it again means so much to me.
COMMITMENT
I commit every day to my title challenge. My one goal, every season and every year, is to win the world title again. Anyone who knows me knows the amount of effort I put into it, but it is difficult for me to describe just how much effort, and energy, I have put into this. There is a lot going on behind the scenes that people don’t see, and winning certainly does not come easy.
A LONG WAIT
This story is from the Issue 430 - January February 2024 edition of Windsurf.
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