The Sardinia Grand Slam speaks once again French! For the second year in a row, Nico Parlier won the Italian stage of the KiteFoil World Series!
In the only regatta of the fourth day of competitions to Parlier a second place was enough to distance the rival Maxime Nocher (third) by one point.
If last year the success at Cagliari’s Poetto he had also earned the world title, this year it has not gone the same way. The World Champion 2018 of Kite Foil is indeed just Maxime Nocher. The Monegasque could boast the full score in the ranking obtained thanks to the successes in the two Chinese stages of the competition (Weifang and Pingtan). Parlier paid a high price for his absence at the Pingtan race, which effectively excluded him from the fight for the world title.
Similar speech in the female category. The American Daniela Moroz has literally dominated the Cagliari race but the absence in Pingtan has effectively excluded her from the race for the world title. Behind her on the podium of the Sardinia Grand Slam the British Steph Bridge, followed by the Polish Nina Arcisz.
Kirstyn Obrien, World Champion 2018, is the author of a not particularly brilliant performance at Poetto but repaid by her constancy and by what she did during the first two stages of the KiteFoil World Series.
The Sardinia Grand Slam is organized by Good Looking Entertainment with the collaboration of the Yacht Club Cagliari, which deals with technical sports coordination, under the auspices of the IKA (International Kiteboarding Association), and with the contribution of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia with the Department of Tourism and the City of Cagliari with the Department of Sports.
After more than 5 hours of waiting, the third day of competition of Sardinia Grand Slam could give the emotions of a race to the public present at the Poetto to watch the final stage of the KiteFoil World Series that tomorrow will assign the titles of World Champion 2018.
The wind allowed a very short window at 17.00 before collapsing again, but it was enough to bring home the daily race. However, the difficulties were not lacking, with 5 knots of wind on shore that complicated the exit of the athletes towards the race field.
The race, which took place with an average between 7 and 8 knots, has been won by the British Guy Bridge. Behind him the Germans Jannis Maus and Florian Gruber. The eternal battle between Maxime Nocher and Nico Parlier has instead moved just below the podium and saw the Monegasque cross the finish line as fourth followed by the French. The partial classification now sees the two ones with 8 points equally, at the top of the Sardinia Grand Slam ranking. Third Florian Gruber.
Undisputed leader of the women’s classification of the third stage of the KiteFoil World Series is Daniela Moroz who once again confirmed her class and skills by imposing herself on the adversaries. Immediately after her we have, on the one hand the consolidation of the second position of Steph Bridge, on the other the great result of the young Polish athlete Nina Arcisz who managed to get back on the top and conquer the third position in the provisional classification.
That of tomorrow will therefore be a heart-pounding day. Nothing is taken for granted and everything can still happen. What’s more, to make this final day even more prestigious is going to be the presence of Sofia Tomasoni, gold in kiteboarding (TT: R discipline) at the recent Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Sofia is going to arrive at the Poetto di Cagliari directly from Argentina with the medal around her neck and will reward, at the end of the day, the 2018 World Champions of KiteFoil.
The Sardinia Grand Slam is organized by Good Looking Entertainment with the collaboration of the Yacht Club Cagliari, which deals with technical sports coordination, under the auspices of the IKA (International Kiteboarding Association), and with the contribution of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia with the Department of Tourism and the City of Cagliari with the Department of Sports.
The second day of competition at Sardinia Grand Slam has come to nothing. Unfortunately, the wind conditions did not allow regattas to take place.
The conditions have been since the morning not suitable for a regatta, with a north-east gradient wind that prevailed on the thermal breeze coming from the south. Immediately after lunch the wind turned, was in the right direction and arrived at 8/9 knots. The conditions seemed perfect but they really lasted too little to allow the start of a race.
The provisional ranking remains unchanged with Nico Parlier with 3 points followed by Maxime Nocher with 4 points. Third, seconded to 7 points, the British Connor Bainbridge. Among the women, first Daniela Moroz, followed by Steph Bridge and Julia Damasiewicz.
Forecasts for tomorrow say less gradient wind from the northeast. The thermal is much more prevalent than today and about 8/10 knots are expected. The skipper meeting with the athletes is scheduled at 11.00, the first possible departure at 12.00.
The Sardinia Grand Slam is organized by Good Looking Entertainment with the collaboration of the Yacht Club Cagliari, which deals with technical sports coordination, under the auspices of the IKA (International Kiteboarding Association), and with the contribution of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia with the Department of Tourism and the City of Cagliari with the Department of Sports.
Sardinia Grand Slam: in Cagliari are to be awarded the world titles of KiteFoil
Italy and Sardinia return to be protagonists of international Kitesurfing. In its period of greatest expansion, with the debut at the Youth Olympic Games in progress at Buenos Aires and the entry as an Olympic discipline starting from Paris 2024, the movement has once again found in Sardinia and in the magnificent scenery of Poetto the ideal location to crown the 2018 World Champions in KiteFoil.
More than 70 athletes are going to come from all five continents of the world, engaged in the Sardinia Grand Slam, the third and final stage of the Kite Foil Gold Cup. The competition is to officially start today with the arrival and registration of the athletes. The races are going to begin tomorrow, Thursday 18th, and to end on Sunday 21st along with the awards for the event and the award of the world title.
The battle for the men’s title is anything but established and sees the high number of 5 athletes separated by only 11 points. The Monegasque leader Maxime Nocher is in charge, thanks to his victory in both the first two stages of the KiteFoil Gold Cup. The Frenchman Theo De Ramecourt and the British Connor Bainbridge equally follow with 7 points. The climb to the summit of the reigning World Champion Nico Parlier, who last year had dominated the Sardinia Grand Slam and won the world title, was impossible.
Among the women is presented as a favourite and leader of the standings the Russian Elena Kalinina who has in two stages put 12 points between her and the US Kirstyn Obrien. The young American Daniela Moroz was third in the title, out of the title battle. Moroz, however, has a fresh nomination for the Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award.
The Sardinia Grand Slam is organized by Good Looking Entertainment with the collaboration of the Yacht Club Cagliari, which deals with technical sports coordination, under the auspices of the IKA (International Kiteboarding Association), and with the contribution of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia with the Department of Tourism and the City of Cagliari with the Department of Sports.
Sono aperte le iscrizioni per l’edizione 2018 del Sardinia Grand Slam World Championship, la terza tappa della KiteFoil Gold Cup in programma dal 17 al 21 ottobre al Poetto di Cagliari.
Per la penultima tappa del circuito sono attesi oltre 100 atleti provenienti da 40 nazioni distribuite sui 5 contenenti. Tra di loro i campioni Axel Mazelle, Nico Parler e Maxime Nocher.
Ecco il link per le iscrizioni: http://internationalkiteboarding.org/events/upcoming-events/130-2018-kitefoil-world-series-act-3/individual-registration
Il Sardinia Grand Slam World Championship è organizzato dalla GLE (Good Looking Entertainment) e dallo Yacht Club Cagliari, che si occupa del coordinamento tecnico sportivo, sotto l’egida della IKA (International Kiteboarding Association), e con il contributo della Regione Autonoma della Sardegna con l’assessorato al Turismo e del Comune di Cagliari.
Il monegasco Maxime Nocher ha siglato la vittoria nella seconda tappa della KiteFoil World Cup a Pingtan, nella Cina orientale, nell’ultima giornata di gara in condizioni difficili che hanno visto forti venti e grande mare battere la pista.
La rincorsa di Nocher al titolo attualmente detento da Axel Mazella, è iniziata con la prima tappa a Weifang Binhai. Ma a Pingtan Nocher è stato ancora più dominante, riuscendo a portare a casa 10 fantastici primi posti in 13 regate che gli valgono un vantaggio davvero importante per la conquista della corona del campionato mondiale KiteFoil.
“È bello vincere due gare consecutive e sono molto felice”, ha detto Nocher, assaporando la sua seconda vittoria. “Ho avuto qualche problema oggi, quando il mio kite continuava a crollare nelle grandi raffiche, ma ho visto che posso essere veloce anche in queste condizioni.”
Nell’ultimo giorno a Pingtan, il vento è arrivato a 26kts in mare aperto, costringendo il direttivo a ridurre la gara per ragioni di sicurezza. Ma il francese Axel Mazella non si è arreso ed ha sfruttato al massimo il programma troncato. Ha afferrato una vittoria e due secondi posti che lo hanno spinto fino al secondo gradino del podio, facendo scendere in terza posizione il connazionale Théo de Ramecourt.
“E ‘stato super-duro”, ha detto Mazella. “Il vento era molto forte e rafficato là fuori. Il mio obiettivo era solo quello di terminare correttamente le gare e stare davanti a Théo de Ramecourt. È più veloce di me, ma ha avuto qualche problema con il suo kite. Sono davvero felice.”
De Ramecourt è sicuramente deluso per l’esito della sua gara. “Ho sicuramente avuto problemi con il mio kite da 9 metri, che non ho mai usato prima”, ha detto “Sono contento della mia velocità rispetto agli altri ragazzi, ma sento di essere stato limitato dai miei aquiloni. Ma per il resto, sono felice.”
La maggior parte dei 27 atleti di 16 paesi ha trovato le condizioni difficili nei tre giorni di regata. I tifoni hanno costeggiato il Mar Cinese Orientale dall’isola Pingtan di Fujian, generando forti venti e onde che hanno impedito qualsiasi regata nel giorno di apertura. La tappa della IKA KiteFoil Gold Cup è stata il fulcro del Festival internazionale di Kitesurfing 2918 di Pingtan, che ha ospitato anche i Campionati nazionali cinesi, con 70 atleti che gareggiavano nelle gare del TT:R.
Nel piccolo gruppo femminile di KiteFoil, che ha gareggiato nella forte flotta maschile, la russa Elena Kalinina si è piazzata a metà della classifica overall. Questo ha permesso all’ex campionessa mondiale di Formula Kite di conquistare il primo posto nella classifica femminile.
Podio uomini (13 regate, due scarti)
1. Maxime Nocher (MON), 12.0pts
2. Axel Mazella (FRA), 28.0 punti
3. Théo de Ramecourt (FRA), 29.0 punti
Podio Donne (13 regate, due scarti)
1. Elena Kalinina (RUS), 134.0pts
2. Kirstyn O’Brien (USA), 202.0pts
3. Natalie Flintrop-Clarke (AUS), 231.0pts
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