Peter Burling: Team New Zealand skipper says historic America's Cup three-peat feels surreal

Team New Zealand's skipper says his team's historic America's Cup win feels surreal.

The sailing crew have now won the event three times in a row.

Peter Burling says they're still in celebration mode.

He told Mike Hosking they've been working hard and the victory's incredibly special.

“It’s, I think, incredibly hard to compare it to any of the other ones, to be honest. They’re all just so different and special in their own unique ways. They’ve all got plenty of curves in the road and the challenges and the joys that go along with that.”

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's a job done in Barcelona for Team New Zealand

(00:02):
and seven too. In the end of Ben Angeley graciously
says they're the best team ever. Skipper Peter Burling with us,
good morning morning again, very well indeed and warmest congratulations.
How does it feel compared to the others.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Yeah, it's obviously a real surreal moment to know that
we've now won the America's Cup three times. It's I
think incredibly hard to compare it to any of the
other ones. To Goness, it's they're all just so different
and special and they're their own unique ways. You know,
they've all got many cares in the road and the
challenges and the joy that go along with that. So yeah,
they're all incredibly special.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
The Angeley compliment that you're the best ever or the
team is the best ever, does it feel like the
best team ever?

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah. I mean having a complement like that from someone
of you know, Ben's caliber is I think incredibly special.
And you know, it's always hard to judge how good
or bed team is from the inside. You to have
someone like that saying take someone like that from the
out is something definitely really proud of. And yeah, but
I mean, incredibly proud of the way the team put

(01:05):
a performance together that was was pretty amazing. Over the
week of the America's Cup.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
Have you started packing down or are you just drinking
a lot?

Speaker 2 (01:14):
I would only finish yesterday, so I think when these
things finishing, you know, and in the adrenaline none ones,
you start to realize how tired you were. So yeah,
we definitely had a bit of a celebration tonight. We've
actually got another team function. Sorry, we had a bit
of a celebration last night. We've actually got another team
function tonight.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
And yeah, just really unwondering, fantastic. So what are your plans?
I mean, one of the things we're going to have
granted on the program later on and he always does
that thing whereby we've got to lock the team down
for the next event. Are you locked down as the
team lockdown or is that all open to negotiation.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
I haven't even thought about it, to be honest. You know,
we've just just finished the thing, so just trying to
make sure we enjoy the moment. And yeah, there was
any of things are going on in the America's Cup,
you know, post person have been finishing, But yeah, I
think that's all for down the road a little bit,
just trying to enjoy the enjoy the win.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Good on you. What do you make of the tech
involves in what we've seen over these last couple of months.
Have we reached peak tech? Well?

Speaker 2 (02:12):
I think one thing with technology and keeps evolving. You know,
there's a reason I suppose technology companies just things keep changing,
Computers keep getting better, you know, your simulation tools AI. Yeah,
I think I feel incredibly privileged to be involved in
our sports through this period where the boats have just

(02:32):
changed an incredible amount and you know, the way you
interact with the boat it's very different. You know how
much data and means you have to improve things or
change things and learn. And yeah, I really love that
part of our sport with how communicated these boats are
and really trying to get the most out of them.
And now they'll continue to get better for sure.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
How does that dovetail into what you may or may
not go on to do and what you may or
may not have done previously in the forty nine ers
and stuff like that, old old sailing versus what you're
doing in the America's Cup. Is that a you know,
does that mess with your mind or not really.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
Well, at the end of the day, you've still got
to pick some shifts and put the boat in the
right spot and have a good strategy around the racetracks
as well. You know, I think you saw that in
that that windy, shifty offshore day that you know, we're
really comfortable and that stuff where you're kind of but
more traditional in terms of having to place a boat
in some good spots around the racetrack. But yeah, I mean,

(03:28):
one of the really cool things about these boats is
how effishent they've got through the maneuvers, so you can
actually do a lot more maneuvers. You saw the interaction
the pre state go up a lot and also be
a lot more arrest around the racetracks. They're definitely really
fun to stuff.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
Between now and next time. And they say, could be
twenty twenty six, what are you going to do? What
do you have plans?

Speaker 2 (03:49):
I've got no idea, to be honest for me, And yeah,
still carry on with the Black Foils and sold Pisa
going to jump back into that and they for the
start of next season and looking forward to a new
ze old event in January there so that'll be ebly awesome.
But yeah, to be honest, I'm just looking forward to

(04:10):
having a liverit to time off. It feels like we've
been pushing super hard for quite a long time now.
And yeah, just enjoying YEA, looking forward to a month
after the family good stuff.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
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from the mic Asking Breakfast.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
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