Diony in Pozo

Photo courtesy PWA

It has been a long time since we have had a serious competitor in the PWA. And it was with some trepidation that we considered joining the PWA and re-entering the tour. But Diony is persistent (annoyingly so!) and insisted that 2009 was the year for him and Hot Sails Maui to get back in the game. So we went for it!


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Diony is currently in Pozo competing in the PWA in both the slalom and wave disciplines. I will save comment on the waves for another post and just focus on the epic slalom racing that has been going down. Diony has been battling in some of the toughest racing around with strong winds and a very rough course, not to mention all the best racers in the world! In one round it all came good.

Diony explains:

"These are the results of the last final on July 14th:

Winners final Slalom, 14 de Julio 2009, Gran Canaria Gran Slam

1st Antoine Albeau France
2nd Bjorn Dunkerbeck Spain
3rd Cyril Mussilmanni France
4th Diony Guadagnino Venezuela
5th Peter Volwater Holland
6th Kevin Pritchard USA
7th Benoit Mussilmanni France
8th Josh Angulo Cabo Verde
9th Ciril Mussilmanni France
11th Ross Williams England

It was a great surprise for myself to have gotten not too bad of a result in the final today, I am so happy because it’s very difficult now these days just to get in a final against the top 10 of the world, they have many years doing slalom and great experience, also today I had a few heats before reaching the finals when I got 1st place in front of Finian Maynard from the Virgin Islands, top 3 in the world, I will be working very hard to keep on improving my results to reach the top places on the PWA World tour!"


Photo courtesy PWA



Photo courtesy PWA



Photo courtesy PWA



Photo courtesy PWA

Diony appeared in many finals and losers finals in the intense racing and currently sits in 15th position. Full results can be found here:

Men's Slalom Results