Very interesting session. Went for an hour and got a PB by 1.5 knots...must use a watch next time as have a bad habit of finishing short.  55 mins with 56  good gybes and then stopped short and had to include the sail into the carpark...still did a lot of gybe work and improved a lot as had technique problems.  #changed to underarm grab of new side...amazing to discover such a basic error after 30 years of windsurfing!  No wonder I have been loosing so many places in slalom round the bends the last few couple of years! Carrying another couple of knots through the gybes is worth several hundred yards in slalom...so watch out leading pack in 2013.  Also good for getting the feel of the new sails and board.  Had the mast track prob 2cm further back on the new board that felt good.   No top speeds today but consistency is king in slalom and did 25 alphas beetween 21&22knots without dropping below 10knots.   Still work to do but feeling good about the improvements!