Pierre Mortefon just finished 2nd at the first stop of the French Championships in Le Jai, Marignane. Congratulations Pierre! Check out his report:

„The first Stop of the French Champ. took place on the spot of Le Jai in Marignane. We get some really nice racing conditions for this Easter week-end, during the 3 days we could have run 5 races ! At the end I took a second place, I have the same number of points of the 1st rider but with more points in total after a mistake on the second race.

We began the event on saturday afternoon with a good first race where I took the second place after a hard battle. A good entry for me, I took my marks on this hard spot. During the second race, I made a bad mistake and went down on the first and cannot come back on a qualifying position before the finish line, that means a 33th place. New game was ON, I had to go to the discard without taking risk and still managing to get good results. On Sunday we went early on the water and finished a 3rd race quickly and it was a victory for me, perfect to be back in the race and keep the head in the match. But the wind died around midday, that means no discard for the moment. But luckily it came back late in the afternoon and we can finally run the 4th race synonym of discard. And after really big fight I can pass my principal opponent 20m before the finish line (can check one of the picture). This victory was awesome because I was back at the top with 2 victories and my bad race was out, so I can finally take the lead of the event. At 7.00 pm the race director decided to send us back on the water for the ultimate race. The story was the same of the previous one but I cannot win this last race and I loose the victory because we get exactly the same points with Pascal but I had more total points due to my mistake on the second race…

I am really happy with this 2d place because I could have used a lot of my stuff during this event and I am ready and super fast in real races with most of it ! That means the winter training was great and the big R&D which was done last year was good too ! We still have 3 more events in the French Champ. but my eyes are now focusing in Korea direction where the World Cup is opening and that will take place in less than 3 weeks. I am currently in Mauï-Hawaii for the photoshooting of my partners Fanatic and North Sails but I will be back soon in France for the Mondial du Vent in Leucate !
Big Thanks to all my partners and to all of you for your reading and your support !“