![](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://windsurfing.tv/video/17-pierre-mortefon-its-impossible-to-be-friends-when-youre-fighting-for-a-world-title/&media=https://windsurfing.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pocast-thumb-mortefon.jpg&description=<h3>#17 - Pierre Mortefon - "It's impossible to be friends when you're fighting for a World Title"</h3> Pierre Mortefon. The 2019 PWA World Slalom Champion. Some might say well overdue as already in 2015 he was very close to getting it. He lost on a tie-break to Antoine Albeau and to make it worse it took hours after the racing was done for him to find out since nobody knew what the rules were. How did that change him? What is his relationship with Matteo Iachino and Antoine Albeau his title ever-present title rivals? How did his approach towards no rules after the life-threatening crash with Taty Frans? Do you get slower when your first child is born? All that and a lot more in the newest installment of The Windsurfing Podcast. Welcome to ‘The Windsurfing Podcast’ this is where we are going to dive deep into the world of professional windsurfing. World Champions, legends, shapers, activists, industry members, media people… they will all get grilled by Maciek Rutkowski – a professional windsurfer himself, PWA race winner, podium finisher, and, by his own admission, the sports biggest fan. Sit back, grab a drink, and enjoy an exclusive look into the minds of windsurfing’s most interesting people. 0:00 Intro and Growing up 14:20 Breaking through and suddenly being a top 3 sailor 30:30 North/Fanatic Contracts & relationships with Matteo and Antoine 50:20 Being Daddy, Taty Crash and no rules racing 1:02:55 World title year, starting New Cal with Dangerous sailing 1:17:04 Fin/Foil racing and 2020 training so far 1:35:15 The future 1:39:20 Quickfire <h3>Are you a Windsurfing.TV Member?</h3> HELP make videos like this possible… JOIN the Membership program 🙂 To become a member all you have to do is support the channel with Beer Money… Go to: <a href="https://windsurfing.tv/beer-money/">https://windsurfing.tv/beer-money/</a>)
#17 – Pierre Mortefon – “It’s impossible to be friends when you’re fighting for a World Title”
Pierre Mortefon. The 2019 PWA World Slalom Champion. Some might say well overdue as already in 2015 he was very close to getting it. He lost on a tie-break to Antoine Albeau and to make it worse it took hours after the racing was done for him to find out since nobody knew what the rules were. How did that change him? What is his relationship with Matteo Iachino and Antoine Albeau his title ever-present title rivals? How did his approach towards no rules after the life-threatening crash with Taty Frans? Do you get slower when your first child is born? All that and a lot more in the newest installment of The Windsurfing Podcast.
Welcome to ‘The Windsurfing Podcast’ this is where we are going to dive deep into the world of professional windsurfing. World Champions, legends, shapers, activists, industry members, media people… they will all get grilled by Maciek Rutkowski – a professional windsurfer himself, PWA race winner, podium finisher, and, by his own admission, the sports biggest fan. Sit back, grab a drink, and enjoy an exclusive look into the minds of windsurfing’s most interesting people.
0:00 Intro and Growing up
14:20 Breaking through and suddenly being a top 3 sailor
30:30 North/Fanatic Contracts & relationships with Matteo and Antoine
50:20 Being Daddy, Taty Crash and no rules racing
1:02:55 World title year, starting New Cal with Dangerous sailing
1:17:04 Fin/Foil racing and 2020 training so far
1:35:15 The future
1:39:20 Quickfire
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HELP make videos like this possible… JOIN the Membership program 🙂
To become a member all you have to do is support the channel with Beer Money…
