Steve Allen wins FW Worlds 2009

It was a very tough week with the whole top 20 sailors sailing really fast with a large variety of wind and water conditions to adapt to over the week.
I had a really hard time to find my focus and rhythm early on in the event with so many sailors sailing much faster than me and with the tricky conditions.
The location was great though, with great access to the water with very warm conditions and great organization.
I was incredibly stoked to take this win ahead of such a tough fleet in such tough conditions.
Also to be on such close points to Wojtek 2008 FW World Champion to be all down to the last race. With such a strong competitor, this made the last race so exciting and challenging, which just made my victory much more amazing after such a great fight.
It was also really nice to feel most of the fleet behind me to win when it came down to the last race on the last day between Wojtek and myself. I think as many of us felt Wojtek was in first from a controversial redress in one race in which he had a couple of crashes in and was far back, but a mark had drifted a little where a boat had to quickly put it back to position affecting all of us. But Wojtek protested this getting a good redress for a race that was already quite bad. So I was really happy to have the chance to have the last race in the final minutes of the last day to have the chance to win with him. In this race I did not think to win the race, but just to cover Wojtek and keep him well behind me which worked well giving me the win in the end.

Also last year I had the longest break that I ever had from windsurfing being around 6 to 7 months off the water so I am really happy to return to having such a great season. Stoked.