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Jordy wins the first event of the Slalom Dutch Championships 2015

After winning the wave Dutch Championship with Martin Ten Hoeve, less than a month ago, it was now the young PWA sailor to jump on the highest step of the slalom podium of the National Championships.

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Sunday 21st of June we had enough wind to do the first stop of the Dutch Championships 2015! The Fruit to go Funsporttour, having 4 stops, had enough wind during the second stop to do 3 proper slalom eliminations. The whole day I was racing on my 8.6 AC one and 130L big board, the conditions were changing quite a lot during the day, but I was happy to always feel comfortable on this combination. 

The first elimination I won with a solid lead, I was happy to have the result I was aiming for! During the final of the second elimination I was already done 1 second before the start. Somebody killed my pin-end start and I was arriving last at the mark, after a good jibe I managed to come 4th at the finish. The third elimination was all of nothing, Casper Bouman, Adriaan van Rijsselberghe and me could all take the weekend win. After a good fight with Casper I was happy to be the winner, I crossed the finish line first and took the victory home ! 

I was feeling confident about my speed and stoked to win 8 out of the 9 races I did (all quarters- and semi finals). Happy to put my speed into a win and I hope to keep it till the end of the year. I sadly can’t be there on the third stop of the tour as it’s the same time as PWA Alacati, but I hope they will have some nice formula races instead of slalom. In October we’ll have the last stop, so hopefully some other nice races again!’

Jordy Vonk

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