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30|08|08 +++ Team Rider Moritz Mauch

Young CLUB MISTRAL Team Rider Moritz Mauch successful at the 2008 Vargas Windsurf-Festival.

The last weekend of August the Vargas Festival took place the 5th  time. This event is organized by Marcos Perez in order to bring local and foreign windsurfers together, to have a good time and to get experience in competitions. The first time this year the fleet was divided into an amateur group and a pro-amateur group for riders with worldcup experience.

Also in the amateur fleet there was a pretty good level, most of the participants showed loops and a big variety of wave tricks. Most of the riders were still spoiled from the extremely windy summer, when they could rig 3,5 and 4,0 sails almost every day; so some of the riders were not used yet to their  4,5 and 4,7 sails yet.

Young sailor Moritz Mauch (MISTRAL / North Sails) who is the son of Bahia Feliz baseleader Claus and his friend and NORTH SAILS team mate Alessio could make most of the conditions. Moritz, with 12 years the youngest participant finished on 2nd place, Alessio, 13 years old won the amateur event. Both could collect a lot of points with the most versatile impression with front and back loops, air jibes, good wave riding and other cool tricks. The first 2 eliminations Moritz was leading clearly and was going straight to the finals. Alessio even had to struggle back through the double elimination, but at the final he could show his bigger experience in competitions: Apart from their excellent results they received big hands and lots of respect of the Vargas routiniers.

Thanks again for Marcos Perez and his team; with their passion and good organisation they ensured a great event. In the 3 days festival they even managed to include a kite event and a long distance race as well.

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