{"id":3860,"date":"2014-11-07T06:58:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T06:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2020-03-08T03:59:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T03:59:22","slug":"thomas-traversa-makes-pwa-history-at-hookipa-beach-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/thomas-traversa-makes-pwa-history-at-hookipa-beach-park","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Traversa makes PWA history at Hookipa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to Thomas Traversa..... This interview says it all- I know that feeling, you can't describe it! Then you just want more of it......<\/p>\n<p>\"PWA: World champion for the first time ever - how does that feel?<\/p>\n<p>TT: For the time being I\u2019m just happy, and also at the same time relieved that it is over. I\u2019m sooo happy that I was able to keep showing my best sailing at every event this year. Pozo wasn\u2019t so good for me, but every other event I performed well - always reaching the final. I think the difference this year was that I never gave up. I believed that I could go one heat further, rather than just being happy with making the top five. Finishing second here at the Aloha Classic is like a dream for me. Right now, I think that feels even better than the title, but for sure once I\u2019ve had some time to let it settle in I will be even happier about winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PWA: How were the conditions in the final for you? And what kit setup were on?<\/p>\n<p>TT: \u201cThe conditions were really good. It was a bit tricky, with the wave sometimes closing out, but at the same time with the really offshore wind it meant sometimes it would just wall up into a really long wall - over head to logo in the biggest sets. I think this is the perfect size because this is the size where you can perform all the tricks, big aerials and big turns. I think it was basically the perfect conditions for a final. There was no luck involved because it wasn\u2019t either massive or tiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKit wise I was on my 4.2m GA Sails IQ, together with my 68l wave board, which is actually the same that I use everywhere else. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>PWA: How will you be celebrating?<\/p>\n<p>TT: \u201cI will celebrate this week with all my friends that are here - I have to and I want to - and then in a weeks time I\u2019ll fly back home to France to celebrate with my girlfriend, friends and family. Then I\u2019m just going to enjoy the winter at home, we\u2019re expecting a baby in February, so it\u2019s an exciting time and life is pretty good right now. I\u2019m loving life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3862\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3862\" class=\"wp-image-3862 size-post-thumbnail-size\" src=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/blog2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SM14_wv_Traversa_flying_high-750x330.jpg\" alt=\"Over the top Air\" width=\"750\" height=\"330\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-3862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over the top Air<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3863\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3863\" class=\"wp-image-3863 size-post-thumbnail-size\" src=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/blog2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SM14_wv_Traversa_off_the_lip-750x330.jpg\" alt=\"Hitting IT hard\" width=\"750\" height=\"330\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-3863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hitting IT hard<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3864\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3864\" class=\"wp-image-3864 size-post-thumbnail-size\" src=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/blog2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/SM14_wv_Traversa_smacks_it_-750x330.jpg\" alt=\"Clear for Take OFF\" width=\"750\" height=\"330\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-3864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clear for Take OFF<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to Thomas Traversa&#8230;.. This interview says it all- I know that feeling, you can&#8217;t describe it! Then you just want more of it&#8230;&#8230; &#8220;PWA: World champion for the first time ever &#8211; how does that feel? TT: For the time being I\u2019m just happy, and also at the same time relieved that it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,46,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-life-style","category-news-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thomas Traversa makes PWA history at Hookipa - Pritchard Windsurfing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/thomas-traversa-makes-pwa-history-at-hookipa-beach-park\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas Traversa makes PWA history at Hookipa - Pritchard Windsurfing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Congrats to Thomas Traversa..... 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