Saturday 12 May an old-skool hardcore slalom was run in wind up to 35 knots and big chop. Normally in these conditions I would go out with my Lip 3,9 and waveboard!  A lot of the guys were out doing the slalom race on their wavegear. The "big guns" that I had to watch out for where on 5,5m and 80
liter slalomboards.  I was out on my AHD Tracer 79 and my Loft Blade 5.6. I trimmed the Blade 5.6 on low-medium setting... we ran beachstarts, so it was very important to have enough power in the shorebreak.  Once out I expected to be blown away like the rest of competitors (some of them on
4,5m2) but nothing like it!  My Blade velt very controllable and forgiving...  I could concentrate on keeping my board flat.
From the five full fleet slaloms that day, I won three, which put me in the lead on the current slalomranking.

Sunday in gusty offshore winds it was formula-time. After four races I reinforced my lead in the Belgian formula ranking by taking also this event win.

Winning the first 3 events of the tour has put me in a strong lead over the rest of the pack. I'm confident about my boards and sails and will do my best to continue like this in the future.