Tiago Geitens is one of the freeriders that competed in 9th Jet Waves World Championship, that happened between the 7 and September 9, 2007, in the Brave Beach, in the city of Itajaí, in Santa Catarina/BR. Checks the acting of Tiago!

Tiago found wonderful his acting in the competition, he was very surprised. Mainly for having stopped a little with the races, already in the first event in the style freeride was classified, going until ¼ finals.

He evaluates that his acting could have been better if he had not chosen the waves so much, but taken advantage of every wave. Even so this didn't remove this pilot youth's satisfaction that is already promise of many Brazilian victories in the next championships free rides.

"I found very good the other pilots' performance, but as always, the South African Jeremy with his giant jumps and his surf was the best one, and French Pierre, more technical in the jumps", he comments.

This beginner of the freeride counted with a super equip formed by him, Xandinho Buneder and Boi Buneder. Even so the jet-ski collaborated plenty, because didn't present any problem, only the skull that broke in the last battery after a invert in a giant wave.

The just 19 year-old pilot is studying his participation in the last stage of Freeride 2007 that will happen in California, United States, mostly after the brilliant result that obtained at the Brave beach. Because of this already intensified the trainings for all the weekends, of Friday to Sunday.

For the next championship he is training the maneuvers tuno one hand, in the hands, flar, super man, invert, back flip on hand, no hands, madonna, surf and re-entry. With a lot of expectation he hopes the dispute is good and with many big waves, so that he can show all his potential.

Tiago was prominence in 9th Jet Waves World Championship, mainly for having made the until then unpublished maneuver for him the 'back flip', that is a human of backs with the jet for the lay ones, where you jump the more than 4 height meters.

It was in the first battery, after the classificatory, "I spoke to Ross, and I said to him that had not still closed the back flip, and him encouraged me saying that was easy, that I only needed courage, that my tunos was catching height, and that it is easier than the tuno, it was alone to accelerate in the entrance of the wave, and when I was there on top with a foam, was just to choose the largest ", counts him.

Irony of the destiny or not, Tiago ran against him, Ross Champion, the whole battery had been giving beautiful tuno, flar, surf, re-entry, invert and exactly last second of the battery, he looked the big wave and Ross aimed the wave for him and he did. "I got to turn, perfect and high, after that it was just happiness, an immense emotion. He came even to congratulate me and more the whole people that I had spoken to Xan, Douglas, Xandinho, Jeremy, was fantastic!" he complements.

He finishes thanking his family firstly, parents, Dema and Bete, his brother Ismael for all the force that always gave it, so much in the races, as in the freeride. Without forgetting of Fábio Freixenemet, because if weren't him, he would not be there, to every people from south Brazil for the force that they always give, the whole ones Brazilian that of Porto Alegre that had been always receptive with open arms and his sponsors, Co. of the Construction, Car House, Master Signes, Pousada Ondas of the Brave and ASA.

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