De tweede tourstop van de Europese Kitesurf Competitie volgt bijna onmiddellijk op die succeslvol verlopen stop in Sylt (duitsland). Het circus verplaatst zich snel naar Lamezia in Zuid Italie. Laten de Nederlandse deelnemers weer van zich horen?
KTE ITALY - Lamezia / Naples - July 7th to 10th
Lamezia
Lamezia Terme, commonly known as Lamezia (Italy) will be the third stop of the KTE season 2011. Lamezia is located in the Calabria region at the Tyrrhenian coast, about 370km south of Naples and 130km north of Messina. The city is famous for its cathedral Nicastro, which was built in the 9th century when Calabria was part of the Byzantine Empire. Even more famous is probably the thermal bath of Sambiase, a popular destination for Romans in ancient times and locals as well as visitors today.
The baths of Sambiase was in a famous Roman itinerary Tabula Peuntigerian so it was a important destination. The thermal baths of Sambase were great and famous place of comfort and rest for wayfarers, soldiers, messengers, in the ancient times they was called Aque Ange
The Location
Lamezia is situated in the Calabria region in the southern part of Italy. An international airport just a few kilometres outside Lamezia makes the city a hub for tourism in the south of Italy.
The Preliminary Event Schedule
Programme KTE Lamezia
De donderdag wordt de eerste competitiedag gevaren, maar nu al is er een eerste uitvaller te betreuren. Johnno is na een sprong met zijn hand verstrikt geraakt in zijn leash met als gevolg: hand in een spalk en 9 hechtingen Beterschap kerel!
dag 2
It was a hot day at the beach of Lamezia. The racers started with three races into the day resulting in three different winners from France. In the first race, Julien Kerneur took the win followed by Sroka and Nocher. Third placed Nocher was the fastest in the second race of today beating Dansin and Kerneur in second and thrid place. In the last race (number six overall), Sroka took his first win in Italy with Dansin and Nocher following as second and third while Kerneur did not compete.
At 3pm, also the freestylers started into the day with wind at around 15knots. The crowd at the beach was cheering for the riders pushing them into great action at almost minimum speed. The two UK rider Luke Whiteside and Ned Taylor made it into next round as well as Garofalo, Pereira, Van de Kop and Esposito. When also the women were about to start, the wind dropped and even for the racers, the wind speed at around 7 knots was not enough to compete.
Tonight, we will have live music at the beach and a DJ set to entertain the crowd! For tomorrow, skippers meeting is at 10am with hopefully more wind than today.