I´ve
been down in Cape Town for about three weeks now, and the plan is to
stick around until end of March to have enough time to prepare for the
upcoming PWA season. Last year was my first year on the tour, so with
that experience I´m feeling more motivated and focused in how to train and
prepare, not at least which gear to use and how to get it ready for
competition.
The
conditions down here have been really good, with solid swell almost
every day and a few days with really pumping waves. Normally January is
super windy, but this year the wind has been lacking a bit, but when it
has been windy we´ve had some epic days on the water.
A few of the top guys have been down here training this winter, Klaas
Voget, Victor Fernandez, Marcillio Browne and a few other of the
Fanatic team riders, testing new boards. Most of the top British
riders are here, Ben Proffitt, Hancock and my PLASMA team mate Phil
Horrocks. Also some of the really good freestyle sailors are here,
Antxon
Otaegui, Steven van Broeckhoven and Phillip Solttyslak. PLASMA team
captain, Robert Sand came by for 18 days, so we had some good
days sailing together.
Cape Town is the place to be right now if you want to train with the top wave sailors, it´s super motivating!
To be continued...
Cheers,
Kenneth Danielsen D38
Simmer, RRD, MFC, Mystic, Skishop, PLASMA
Photo credits: Robert Sand