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Super-8
The return of the Neil-Pryde Super-8 Slalom was hosted in the Netherlands last Sunday and featured some of the world’s best slalom sailors such as Micah Buzianis (US-34) . Despite the lousy forecast, nine races were held in light-wind slalom conditions. On Saturday the competition took off at 1:00pm, with 7 heats followed by a further 2 on Sunday. Saturday finished with a BBQ followed by a party hosted by Red Bull and Neil-Pryde.

Sean took 4 bullets over the 9 races to win the overall event. He used his iSonic 135 (courtesy of Markus Bouman) and Neil-Pryde RS:X 9.5m sail. Despite its 2 cams and small luff-pocket, the RS:X sail is quite quick off the wind …

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