The Best Comes Last: Crowning the Perfect-Move
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Every good story eventually comes to an end, and with our Perfect-Move we’re now heading into the third and final part of the series. In the first two parts we learned from windsurf pros Bernd Flessner and Marco Lufen that an incredible amount of experience, a bit of luck and the right weather are all decisive factors for the perfect manoeuvre. With the Windsurf World Cup just around the corner, we now have the fantastic opportunity in the final part of our series to ask German windsurf champion Leon Jamaer for his personal tips on the Perfect-Move.
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Series recap
Every windsurfer, whether pro or recreational rider, has one: the perfect move. Classic manoeuvres, a trick or jump in a particular style – anything can be your perfect move!
As part of a Mercedes-Benz promo tour at five locations, InspiredBySports 2016 went in search of the Perfect-Move together with German windsurf legend Bernd Flessner as well as the two JP pros Marco Lufen and Leon Jamaer.
There are various characteristics and aspects that definitely need to be mentioned when it comes to the Perfect-Move. In my eyes, it is a demanding manoeuvre that is executed flawlessly technically and stylistically, fluid and elegant.
When I spend days and nights thinking about a perfect manoeuvre, visualising it over and over again, then try it out on the water, fail miserably and start from scratch, and then one day, after years of Pushforward, it finally works and is a Perfect-Move for me personally.
Thoughts, goals and wishes for the World Cup on Sylt
I think that this year we’re finally going to get proper wind and conditions for the Wave discipline again and I’m looking forward to showing what I can do in front of the Sylt spectators. A nice storm with south-westerly winds of 7-8 Bft, that would be ideal! The great thing about the island is the many spots with different conditions. For beginners, it’s best in Munkmarsch, Hoernum or List. For wave riders in Wenningstedt or of course at the Brandenburger Strand. Anyone jumping into the water around Sylt for the very first time should pay particular attention to tide-dependent currents and groynes.
My personal goal for the Mercedes-Benz Windsurf World Cup Sylt 2016 (WSWC): definitely making the podium. In the year before last I was already able to show at the World Cup in Denmark with a third place that I’ve got what it takes.
From South Africa to Madagascar and all the way to the North Sea island of Sylt!
I’ve been on the road quite a lot lately, which has paid off. It started with two and a half months of training in South Africa, then it was off to Maui for a photo shoot. Italy, the Canary Islands and Madagascar followed. Right now I’m at the World Cup in Klitmoeller in Denmark, waiting for the wind to be strong enough for the competition. I’ve actually liked all of these trips in their own way. An uncrowded wave that we found in Madagascar was definitely one of the highlights. I’m curious to see what the competition on Sylt brings and hope, of course, that the experience I’ve gained in such different waters will pay off.
The World Cup on Sylt offers a fantastic opportunity to show yourself at your best and surprise the competition with a Perfect-Move.
“I’ve definitely already found my Perfect-Move. Still, I always want to keep improving and striving for perfection – maybe I’ll find an even more perfect one!”– Leon Jamaer, German windsurf champion
Image credits: Jerome Houyvet; Thorsten Indra; Carter / pwaworldtour.com; Burkhard Blum