Kendall seeking world titles

Press, 22 December 1984, Page 56

Kendall seeking world titles

PA Auckland Boardsailor, Bruce Kendall, leaves for Perth on Monday to compete in his first major contest since winning an Olympic bronze medal at Los Angeles.

The Aucklander will compete in the Windsurfer world championships, an event in which he finished sixth last year.

“I had a bit of bad luck with unfavourable wind last year and was a bit overawed by it all, especially

the starts. “But the winds should be stronger at Perth and that's my forte. I’ll certainly be looking to do a lot better than sixth,” Kendall said yesterday. The event includes triangle, freestyle, slalom and tandem freestyle sailing. Kendall specialises in triangle racing but has been practising his freestyle and slalom sailing in the hope of holding his own in those events.

“I’m not good enough to win the freestyle event but I hope to do well in the slalom,” he said. He doubted whether he would enter the tandem freestyle event, which involves two people to a board doing stunts. “I doubt I’ll be even able to enter that There is just no-one else in New Zealand who is doing it.” Fellow New Zealander Shane Hollis, already in Australia, will also take part in the contest.