Defiwind 2022 Race Course No. 4 - As Bad As It Gets | Andy Laufer GoPro Max

That Race No. 4 was one of my worst Defiwind Races ever.
Right before the start I got stuck in a huge windhole, just like many others. Start was at 1:00 min. in the clip, you can see the boat on the horizon :)
So started much too late but decided to fight for a good place anyway. Was catching up a lot, 1st mark already Top 100 I guess.
Catched up a lot more on the way back. 2nd mark got stuck again in another windhole. Lots of guys I just passed were passing me again.
After I could manage to get my board back into planing I could gain some more places on the reach. Especially in the flat.
Right after mark No. 3 I got stuck in the 3rd windhole again. All the light guys came smoking me from behind :)
On the last reach I saw Diony Guadagnino coming from the top. I knew I could push him upwind but I got stuck right before the finishing line in a piece of seaweed. That was the "highlight" of my Race.
Could still finish in 46th place wich is pretty Ok if you consider all those incidents.

Wind was between 5 and 38 knots.
Was on my JP Australia 62 and my new Neil Pryde EVO XIII 5.8

All shots by @Gopro Max.

See you guys next year :)
Andy