North Sails - News Archive - Gollito Estredo injured!

13.11.2008

Gollito Estredo injured!

Our Freestyle windsurf world champ just injured himself during a training session in Jeri, Brazil.

Read how it happened:

“It happened when i bailed a shaka while training in Jericoacoa, Brazil. I threw the equipment and landed on my shoulder in about six inches of water. When i crashed i knew i had broken a bone in my shoulder, i was in agony and couldn't even move for the next two hours.”

“I then had to be driven four and a half hours to the closest hospital in Forteleza. It was a bumpy dirt track, with the car flying around and bouncing up and down. This was the most painful journey of my life. At the hospital they put my whole back and shoulders in plaster to immobilize the injury. It turned out i had fractured the bone but luckily will not need an operation. I fly back home to Margarita today and hope that i will be able to sail again in about six weeks time.”

Gollito´s teammate Andre Paskwoski told us that he was training hard and was on fire like never before. He just invented 2 new tricks.

Hope you get better soon Gollito and see you on the water again, soon.