2014 Kitefoil Gold CupTownsville Australia - Day 1

[Toby]

2014 Kitefoil Gold CupTownsville Australia - Day 1

The Top racers from around the world were on hand for the biggest foil race to date! The beautiful waters of Townsville, Australia offered the racers Light conditions for the first two races while most riders were on 15m to 18m kites. Very light winds with huge wind shifts. Making the racing quite interesting! The French came ready as Julien Kerneur and Nico Parlier both took first spots in the first and second race! Very close behind was world Champion Johney Heineken.

The amazing and well-respected race director Robbie Dean decided to take a break before he started the next two races as the wind was trying to figure out what direction it wanted to blow! After a little wait the wind was on and we started the next two races riders still on 15m kites but with consistent breeze. Nico Parlier from France was the man on a mission taking two bullets on race 3 and 4! The battle for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th became anyone’s game. With Maxime Nocher, Julien, Johney and myself all battling for top spots!

As we have 5 more days of racing it is going to be quite a show down! The level is very high and the venue is nothing but perfection! Thanks to Marvin Baumeister with intheloopkiteboarding and TheGo Townsville as well as all the organizers and staff! What a perfect event with live coverage as well! Excited for tomorrows racing. Get more info at:

https://thegotownsville.com.au/2014/09/ ... eady-race/

Live on your desktop you can watch the Kitefoil Gold Cup Australia LIVE from Midday from Townsville, North Queensland good luck to local and international boarders from 10 different countries! http://goo.gl/m7Utik

[davesails7]

Anyone know how the points system works for the rankings? How many 1st races did Nico Parlier need to seal the win for the season? I'm guessing he has it!

Rankings: http://kitefoilgoldcup.com/index.php/ranking

Day 2 results:

[Hawaiis]

It looks like Johnny is still in the lead on championship points.
Sword is being outclassed by Spotz.

[wdric]

It looks like Johnny is still in the lead on championship points.
Sword is being outclassed by Spotz.

Or is it Nicolas outclassing the competition?

[Tone]

Nicolas is cleaning up!

Such amazing sport to watch, the speed these guys are going on 18m kites is incredible...

peaks of 35 knots at times!

[Slyde]

Yeah its good to have the GPS tracking to watch. Parlier always seems to point a click higher than the others. You gotta assume at that level that the difference is the foil cause all those boys know how to go fast!!

[davesails7]

Also, sounds like Nico is on the new Spotz2, but Johnny and Maxime don't have the new Sword2 yet.

I don't think there is an obvious equipment advantage. 1st Sptoz, 2nd and 3rd Taaroa.

Then in the distance race, Johnny got 2nd by only 5 seconds and reports say he started going to the wrong mark for part of it. Sounds pretty even to me!

You gotta assume at that level that the difference is the foil cause all those boys know how to go fast!!

I don't think so. All these guys are still relatively new to foils. Most have only been foiling for about a year.

[lander]

Also, sounds like Nico is on the new Spotz2, but Johnny and Maxime don't have the new Sword2 yet.

I don't think there is an obvious equipment advantage. 1st Sptoz, 2nd and 3rd Taaroa.

Then in the distance race, Johnny got 2nd by only 5 seconds and reports say he started going to the wrong mark for part of it. Sounds pretty even to me!

You gotta assume at that level that the difference is the foil cause all those boys know how to go fast!!

I don't think so. All these guys are still relatively new to foils. Most have only been foiling for about a year.

Not true. Both Nico and Maxime did already pretty good at the french championship back in 2012