1st World cup race win....... and now i've got the taste for it!

It was a pretty emotional day and to be honest I wasn’t racing well at the beginning, but I told myself to stop mucking about and start kicking some ass.

Thank you to the collective blowing of my family and to the never give in spirit that has been passed through the Ellis generations. This is only the beginning.

Below is what the PWA press office had to say and a re interpreted quote from me!  

Race 4

The call for the 4th race was for a half-fleet, 20-man heat format. No surprises in the two qualifying heats set-up a magnificent final for the spectators on the beachside grandstand.

Britain’s Dan Ellis (Fanatic / Naish) stunned everyone on land and water with his ruthless victory

Dan was cheered in by his mates on the beach, many of them rivals who were stoked to see him take home a bullet.

‘I’ve had a stressful time this event as my grandmother died a couple of days ago. I found it really hard to concentrate this morning and had some shocking result. So, I told myself I had to make the most of my chances as at this level they’re rare, and I wanted to do well for her and in her honour. All day I reckon you’ve had to start at the pin-end – and in every race I’ve had a good start and reached the first mark near the top –plus the pin-end leaves a much shorter route to the mark. All my mistakes have been later down the course today and when that happens it’s bye-bye. This race I decided to make it count, and I nailed it from start to finish. I had to take a few deep breaths to keep in control, and I went wide around a set wave hoping that the others got caught in the white-water. I stayed calm and put distance between myself and Finian and made it count’

The forecast calls for more of the same conditions and the plan is to run a few more races tomorrow to reach the second discard, and then finish the 2nd double elimination of the freestyle. It will be interesting to see which tactics pay off as the story unfolds and the event intensifies.