Merry Christmas!!!

A little Santa Surfing with hundreds of people on the water with santa costumes. It is a really fun event here, in Cocoa Beach to support a group helping people get to the cancer treatment they need.

Christmas Training with the Canadians

I arrived a week ago to Cocoa Beach to train with the Canadian team. Because some of the Canadian windsurfers made the Quebec sailing team, Dominique is now a full time coach. This has meant that the team has opened up to other windsurfers for high-level, structured training, giving me an excellent opportunity to receive coaching.

I had four intensive training days with three other girls. We work on technique in the morning and then race in the afternoon. There is another Swedish girl here, so we did some team racing; Sweden vs. Canada. We totaled the scores after 4 races; we were ahead by 2 and then in the third race it went to a tie, unfortunately team Sweden was so tired that we collapsed and lost the series. I fell confident in my progress here and in my results from the practice races.

Over the rest days the boys started to join us, adding a new dynamic of different equipment on the course. We have three more days of training and then it will be Christmas. I am looking forward to the Christmas potluck with a mixture of cultures coming together. On the 26th we will go down to Miami to race for four days at the Orange Bowl Regatta. The plan is for me to return afterwards for another 4-day training bloc before having to return to school for my comprehensive exams.