Kitesurf Tour Europe: Germany - Sylt

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Event info:

The third tour stop of the Kitesurf Tour Europe 2010 will be at the Kitesurf
World Cup Race at Sylt / Germany. Sylt is the most popular surf spot in
Germany and also every year the best windsurfer come to Sylt to battle
against each other at the Surf worldcup. Since 2009 it’s the second time
that the elite of Kitesurfing came to Sylt to find who’s the best.

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The Spot:

The Spot Brandenburger Strand has easy access via airport, shuttle train
for the cars, so you save time to enter the island but also with a direct
train connection from Hamburg. The main wind direction in June is West /
South West also onshore/ side onshore. Depending the Wind strength the waves can be 0,5 m to 3m high. The waves are the most powerful ones in Germanybecause of the northern sea stepping in to deep water.

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Results:

Men's Single
Men's Double
Women's Single
Women's Double
Race

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Event Report:


Day 1:

Event opens with 66 participants from 13 nations waiting for wind

Westerland, June 22nd: The next five days Westerland devotes its sea promenade towards the kiteboarding community. Perfect sunshine but too little wind for the kiteboarding sport could be the summary. 66 riders from 13 nations were entering the promenade for the the opening ceremony.

At 3 p.m. race director Markus Schwendtner entered the first start sequence for a course racing. Due to some clouds the wind just was below to allow the racers to perform the course. So the next days will show the results for the third stage of the Kitesurf Tour Europe and IKA World Cup Racing.

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Stand-Up-Paddeling, just hang out in the SEAT World-Cup Village or public viewing were activities of the day. Tomorrow the race chief is optimistic to have suitable conditions also to show the newly established GPS tracking system which will display top ten riders on a big screen. The live show and replays will be available on www.kitesurf-worldcup.com for the spectators.

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Day 2

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The starting signal for the SEAT Kitesurf World Cup 2010 is fired/ five races already battled out. Today the international Kitesurf-choice was welcomed by bright sunshine and a gentle to moderate breeze. 60 kiters gathered at Westerland’s beach to transform the island into an international race-circuit. Today four races took place.

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As expected the Frenchmen Bruno Srokan (FR), numbre one of the world and Julien Kerneur (FR), number six of the world battled it out. Five races later Bruno Sroka (FR) is dominating the overall ranking, with compatriot Julien Kerneur (FR) breathing down his neck. The Dutch Rolf van der Vlugt (NL) is ranked in third. The best German kiter is Gunnar Biniasch (GER) in fifth position. Germany’s race-hope, Dirk Hanel (GER) - third of the world-ranking, takes seventh.

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Best woman of the day is the Dutch Katja Roose (NL). She clearly dominated four out of the five races. Bad luck for the German ladies: many technical defects avoid good results in front of their home crowd.

Also the freestylers are getting ready. For the weekend the organizers expect perfect conditions for the “performers of the air”.