ONE HOUR CLASSIC 2020 Lago di Garda | GoPro POV Andy Laufer

The RRD One Hour Classic at CircoloSurfTorbole is one of the most famous windsurfing competitions with a long history. The 1st North One Hour Classic took already place in the mid 80ies. This year there were lots of the famous PWA guys like Jordy Vonk, Matteo Iachino, Gunnar Asmussen, Bruno Martini, Basil Jasquin, Marco Lang, Malte Reuscher, Maciek Rutkowski and many more.
Missing the start in the foil competition but could overtake lots of competitors, loosing it with some nice and funny wipeouts, especially when fighting with Blanca Alabau ESP-3 or Rytis Jasiunas LTU-7.
After that I witnessed the worst crash I've ever seen in windsurfing on the 1st fin start attempt. The rabbit boat went straight and with full speed into Massimiliano Brunetti ITA-95. He was obviously too early. The crash was that gnarly that I had to look away, sorry for that :) Fortunately no one got hurt!
Straight after, we had a super nice race for about 55 minutes until the wind died, especially on the one side of the course. Stopped planing at about 55 minutes when I was fighting with Maciek Rutkowski for the 4th place but then got stucked. After about one minute I got a gust and continued my race in a solid 5th place. Unfortunately I got stuck about 300 m in front of the finishing line in a huge wind hole again, standing there and watching 3 other guys passing with a gust from behind. At the end I could only finish in 8th position.
Anyway it was a super nice race with winds between 10 and 25 knots most of the time, using my JP Aaustralia Slalom 85, Neil Pryde EVOXII 9.0 and a NoLo model 6 in 45 cm.
Speed of that combo is insane. Jibes are getting better and better, feeling really good on my stuff.
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[@RYTISJAS]

Rytiissss, I am coming!! ooouuaaa - hahaha - that part was amazing amazing :) :) :D I heard you, but I was too afraid to look back :)

[@AndyLaufer]

hahaaaa that was hilarious :)

[@WindsurfingNelson]

@@AndyLaufer Think so, too! The two of you are good!

[@sharewavestv]

Best of show

[@Gryffins90]

1:40 Karma haha :') The crash at the start was scary! Nice footage as always, thanks!

[@martinbailly573]

Great video once more ! Thanks and congratulations !

[@ynech]

Great video. Great race, unusually filmed video through the eyes of a surfer. I liked the video very much.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate!

[@scottcoombs3716]

2:57 Thats gunna leave a mark

[@tomweller557]

massive progress on the foil💪🏽

[@bobsky3100]

Very interesting race. Lago di Garda 🤩 🤙

[@JOVO1971]

GEIL!!! LAGO FOREVER!!!

[@WindsurfingTV]

hahaha... 1:42!!! Classic... send me that!! 😁😁😁

[@AndyLaufer]

hahaa yes will sendit

[@iainarthur7713]

Loved it "I'm coming!!....Oh!" - Splash!

[@BruceHarms]

Looking good! Now gonna do some slalom here on Aruba tooo!

[@bohvasspedersen4834]

Super video :-)

[@andreoost]

great footage Andy! A better start on the slalom then last year... your warning on the foil and then crashing *priceless* keep up this kind of footage, nice to see the struggle even though youre a Pro. Seems the last 3 legs on the slalom was low wind...

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@deroux]

The crash at the start was so scary! wow!

[@weetwiki]

cool ! once you'll have the foil gybes you will be a machine . very good speed .

[@IceAce1]

Awesome how you give advance warning before your upwind full-speed overtake at 1:40. 😁🤣 No, really, just wicked your race vids with natural sounds. Thanks for sharing. And congrats on the race result!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate :)

[@luno9191]

the music is very good👍

[@WindsurfingNelson]

Candid comments 😂! I wonder when you will get Maciek. Good luck and keep on trying. Or maybe just do? 👏👍🤙

[@Duamanix1]

Da Andy so geil, am besten ist der Foilteil..

[@AndyLaufer]

vor allem die Überholversuche gell :)

[@mikeflower3308]

Great vid.! 2 questions. Can you do a foil race tutorial including your setup? 2 why you use north sail harnesses of the 80s? :) thanks

[@AndyLaufer]

hey mike, actually I got a 9-5 job and 3 kids. I love spending time with them. If I find the time, I'll tey my best :) actually its a ION waist harness with a seat option.

[@mikeflower3308]

@@AndyLaufer thanks I thought you were a pro ;) at least you race like a pro ;)

[@kiterstefan1150]

Mega, wie du teilweise an den anderen vorbei ziehst! Beim Foilen hast du MEGA Fortschritte gemacht! *Welches Foil hast du genau?*

[@AndyLaufer]

hi stefan, danke schön. hab das neil pryde f4 flight evo. Grüße

[@309GFB]

Da hat der Wind ja gerade noch so bis ins Ziel gereicht 👍🏼

[@AndyLaufer]

ja eben nicht...

[@chrissofpv3017]

What happened in the last 150 metres Andy🙄...bet the late overtakers, DK7777,etc,.. were happy!But EXCELLENT video mate..good job.👍🍻

[@AndyLaufer]

the DK7777 was not the problem as he was several rounds back. but the 3 other guys :)

[@AndyLaufer]

windhole of 1-2kn.

[@chrissofpv3017]

@@AndyLaufer AHH....gotcha !.🙄 Yep,some you win,some you lose..that's what racings all about. Still...good performance Andy. The lake is beautiful.🥂

[@volpetrolski1]

it was scheisse what happened! :-)

[@AndyLaufer]

@@chrissofpv3017 exactly, at the end it was a super nice race and looots of fun

[@altanbayraml6933]

Hast du es noch rechtzeitig zum Start geschafft?

[@AndyLaufer]

Nein, 6 Minuten zu spät :)

[@altanbayraml6933]

Ist mir auch schon mal passiert haha

[@mrtomartn]

Sind alle beim crash am Start heil geblieben?

[@AndyLaufer]

ja ein Glück

[@szegediaaron]

Where is this mounted? Chest?

[@AndyLaufer]

no on my helmet. cheers

[@Kevinpelosi7]

Hatte es nicht so viel Wind ?

[@AndyLaufer]

die letzten 5 Minuten

[@kzh2559]

Is this foiling surf or not?

[@AndyLaufer]

both. foiling in the beginning, then fin

[@kzh2559]

@@AndyLaufer 10x

[@perryquinn8401]

Feedback on the speedrecord required ,

[@antonellovacca292]

Torbole in conca ????? 😍💪👌🤙😎🙏

[@AndyLaufer]

yes

[@perryquinn8401]

To the quitters and changers , I quit for a bit ,but still hold the speed record .