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Lüderitz Speed Challenge
42.94 knots : Chris Ballois has set a new World Record for disabled riders
On this 23 October 2014, in Lüderitz, Namibia, will go down in the history books as Kite surfer Chris Ballois (France) has set a new World Record Record #sailingrecord for disabled riders, ratified by the WSSRC and ISAF-IFDS. -
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Bridge and Kalinina crowned 2014 Formula Kite European Champions
The final day of the 2014 Formula Kite European Championship was meant for medal races of the top ten competitors from men’s and women’s fleet, but the wind was too weak to run any races all day long. In the afternoon the official closing of the Championship took (...) -
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John Heineken won the KiteFoil GoldCup Switzerland
The best Kitefoilers of the world from 15 nations traveled up to the Engadin for the second stop of the Kitefoil Goldcup world tour. The event took place on beautiful lake Silvaplana, St Moritz, a mecca for skiers in winter and at 1,800 meters above sea level, a stunning crystal clear blue lake that attracts world class sailing and windsurfing (...) -
KITEBOARD RACING WORLD CHAMPIONCHIP
Brasilian Veloso (Master) and French Nocher (Youth) are world champions of Formula kitesurf
A fresh Scirocco wind blowing south east has caractarized the four Medal races in the last day of the event in Cagliari. Brasilian Wilson Veloso (Master) canadian Adam Vance (Grandmaster) from French Maxime Nocher (Youth) Swiss Astrid Berz (women master) and Russian Elena Kalinina are the new world champions Formula (...) -
IKA KiteFoil GoldCup
Maxime Nocher & Sophie Caillet win the inaugural KiteFoil event in La Ventana, Mexico
Playa Central Beach Club in La Ventana, Baja California Sur, México hosted the first tour stop of the new hydrofoil kiteboarding circuit called KiteFoil GoldCup, bringing in the top competitors from 11 different nationalities mainly coming from France and lots of top contenders from the San Francisco bay (...) -
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Video : The 2013 IKA Kiteracing world championship
In this 14 minute vidéo, live the battle between defender and challenger, Johnny Heineken (USA) vs Florian Gruber (GER) for the 2013 crown. In the female division, Erika Heinekens (USA) made a strong title defense against European Champion Steph Bridge (GBR) and runner up Elena Kalinia (RUS). An event wich took place in Boao King Bay on Hainan (...) -
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World Champion Florian Gruber takes out inaugural Kiteracing Oceanic Championships
Current Course Racing World Champion, German Florian Gruber, has been crowned the inaugural Kiteracing Oceanic Championships winner. The laid-back 19-year-old won convincingly, taking out all but three races in the five-day competition at Leighton Beach, Fremantle. -
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Florian Gruber and Erika Heineken 2013 IKA Kiteboard Course Race World Champions
Reigning women’s kiteboard racing world champion Erika Heineken (USA) ended an almost flawless series to take successive titles on the final day of the event in China. But brother Johnny Heineken (USA) was deprived of a similar feat by the stellar racing of 19-year-old Florian Gruber (GER) who snatched to the International Kiteboarding (...) -
Salt and Speed
Alex Caizergues shattered the Kitesurfing Record over 500 metres with 56.62 knots
Alexandre Caizergues shattered the World Sailing Speed Speed #speedsailing Kitesurfing Record Record #sailingrecord over 500 metres with a blinding average of 56.62 knots in the "Salt and Speed Speed #speedsailing " Volkswagen Transporter Arena located in Salin-de-Giraud, France. In so doing, he has improved on the previous record (...) -
San Francisco
Video : Johnny Heineken won the Bridge to Brigde 2013
Every year from 1998, the Ronstan Bridge to Bridge race invite all sailing engines for a run between two gates from the Golden Gate. This year, the competition was included in a 18 feet event and french photographer and cameraman Christophe Favreau was there.