Normally I was into exams until the 21st but I could do some in advance. It was my first international competition so I was a bit nervousJ. Before Marseille I participated to some Belgian championships and the European championship in Bredene (August 2011).
I went
by car together with my dad, Mattijs and his mom. It was a long drive but we
made it J. Wednesday
we had to subscrive and in the evening the wind picked up a little bit so I
could do some nice moves like esliders, flaka’s, spocks,…
Thursday
was the first day of competition but there was no wind so we chilled a little
bit and played in the water and stuff like that :-). The forecast looked good for
Friday and Saturday so we were very exited!
Friday
morning the wind seemed promising, so we
decided to start competing at 11o’clock. We started the first single
elimination in light wind conditions. For me this was not a problem because I’m
really good in low wind moves. My competitors were Mats Moyson(Belgium), Kostya
Smirnof(Russia) and in the final I came out against Mattijs. I managed to do gecko’s in
many variations and in the end I won the single elimination.
During the
last days of the event the wind was even weaker, and the jury decided to cancel
the double elimination.
The results of
the single elimination were decisive for the title of World Champion 2012. That’s
how I became Prokids World Champion :-).
In our
category there were 10 competitors from 7 different countries: Russia, Aruba,
Curacao, Italy, France, Belgium and Israel.
In the
category U17 Steven Max from Aruba won and I was fourth. My buddy’s Nick Van
Ingen (Netherlands) became World Champion U20 and Yentel Caers(Belgium) got a
nice fourth place.
It was a
good organized event and I had lots of fun J I’m looking forward to attending it
next year in the U17.
As
result of the title I got a lot of
publicity in Magazines like Swell, Planche Magazine, websites Stardboard,
Karrewiet, Het Nieuwsblad and I was on
Belgian TV with Mattijs and Mats about the world championship. You can read/see
the articles in the rubric Media
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