MAKING THE SWITCH IN FUERTE
Windsurf|Issue 437 - September 2024
Over five days of brutal racing, some of the world’s best sailors tried to conquer switching between Foil Slalom and Slalom X. We hear from a selection of top sailors about how they coped...
Pierre Mortefon, Matteo Iachino, Maciek Rutkowski, Jordy Vonk, Taty Frans, Daniele Benedetti, Sarah-Quita Offringa & Justine Lemeteyer
MAKING THE SWITCH IN FUERTE

PIERRE MORTEFON – SLALOM X WORLD CHAMPION - 2ND FOIL SLALOM

It was an emotional rollercoaster for me. I cried at one point as I was sure when I crashed in the last round I had lost the title. I didn’t know the rules on the countback between myself and Matteo [Iachino]. I thought if Matteo was in the top two in the last final then I would have lost the title. That is why I was so upset on the beach. It was super hard to take that. I think I have had amazing events in Slalom X - apart from the last elimination, my worst result was a fourth for the season - I think I always had amazing speed. When they told me I had won the overall title I was really happy. I started the year in a pretty low place mentally with all the sponsor changes. Now I have won a world title in Slalom X I am super happy with how it has all worked out. I am also thankful to the people who followed me, Alex from Phantom and Finian Maynard from FMX Racing. They believed in me and now we are here. I am not a person who is speaking out about sponsors, so I prefer to do my talking on the water.

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