Maxime Claims Kite Foil GoldCup 2015 San Francisco Title

[Toby]

Maxime Claims Kite Foil GoldCup 2015 San Francisco Title

Tight races all week, with French sailors Maxime Nocher and Nico Parlier holding off the threat from Johnny Heineken and Joey Pasquali to win the San Francisco stop in the 2015 Kite Foil Gold Cup!

Maxime, at 21 years of age sailed near flawlessly throughout the contest which saw 20 heats spread out over 4 days with conditions that ranged from the mild to the wild. This being his 1st foiling contest in San Francisco, he collect 7 aces in the finals and tossed out 2 tres for an 11 point total! Nico Parlier, the son of famous French offshore sailor, Yves was also extremely consistent and discarded a 10th and a 4th for the total of 18, which pushed local hero, Johnny Heineken into 3rd, with 19 points. Joey Pasquali, consistently in the top 5, finishes 4th and rounding out the top 5, another French kiter Axel Mazella.

Erik Heineken wins the women's division and the StFYC youth team represent well in the final standings with Daniela Moroz, Nicolai Sponholtz, and Hayden Fischer with remarkable finishes in the Gold Fleet and Sebastian Sponholtz doing likewise in the Silver fleet!

[darippah]

which foil and kite was he using?

[Tone]

f one foil kite.

Can't remember the name of it though.

[ronnie]

14 year old Daniela Moroz in 29th place - impressive result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBjTVMHMdXQ

[Taaroa]

f one foil kite.

Can't remember the name of it though.

Foil is from Taaroa

The kite is Fone Diablo

[ozchrisb]

F-One foils kite and a Sword "2", although the wings are nothing like what you get if you go and buy a Sword 2. Black G10 and totally flat on the front and maybe 1 or 2 degrees of dihedral on the back. Adam Withington has some too. Any idea if you're going to sell the to the rest of use Taaroa?