2006 KITEBOARD PRO WORLD TOUR - SINCE 99
NOUMEA KITESURF PRO
MERIDIEN BEACH – NEW CALEDONIA
25th NOVEMBER – 3rd DECEMBER 2006

Tuesday, 28 November 2006 - Press release N°3


Sebastien GARAT and Julie SIMSAR, winner of the Freestyle
Noumea Kitesurf Pro 2006
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Gisela PULIDO, Triple KPWT World Champion



Today, with still great kiteboarding conditions on Meridian Beach, we completed the Freestyle men & women brackets ...

On the men side, the ultimate confrontation turned into the advantage to Sebastien Garat on the local Tom Hebert but only after the second final. We may also notice the performance of Vincent Tiger who did a great second bracket; Indeed, he consecutively defeated Tuteraï Monteron, Antoine Auriol, Marc Jacobs, Guillaume Mariani and Thomas Cocquelet, 5 powerfull rounds, before his elimination, during the 3rd place final, by Tom Hebert. This last one prooved one more time his excellent shape and talent.

Here are the results of today :

FREESTYLE SECOND CHANCE BRACKET:

1/8 FINALS
Antoine AURIOL (FRA) def. Pierre ROMAIN (FRA)
Vincent TIGER (FRA) def. Tuteraï MONTARON (TAH)

1/4 FINALS
David JACOBS (NZ) def. Maxime LANDREAU (NC)
Vincent TIGER (FRA) def. Antoine AURIOL (FRA)

Vincent TIGER (FRA) def. David JACOBS (NZ)

Vincent TIGER (FRA) def. Guillaume MARIANI (FRA)

Vincent TIGER (FRA) def. Thomas COCQUELET (FRA)

FINALS
Tom HEBERT (NC) def. Vincent TIGER (FRA)

Tom HEBERT (NC) def. Sebastien GARAT (FRA)

Sebastien GARAT (FRA) def. Tom HEBERT (NC)

1st: Sebastien GARAT (FRA)
2nd: Tom HEBERT (NC)
3rd: Vincent TIGER (FRA)
4th: Thomas COCQUELET (FRA)
5th: Guillaume MARIANI (FRA)
6th: David JACOBS (NZ)




On the women side, Ainhoa Garcia created the daily surprise in Freestyle thanks to her good results and her various victories on experimented riders. She has only be stopped by Julie Simsar, who won by the way the first place of the second elimination freestyle bracket. Helene Barrière, because of her injury, couldn’t defend her first place, so she finished at the second place and Ainhoa Garcia completes the podium.

Moreover, thanks to her excellent results all the season long, Gisela Pulido is now assured to be TRIPLE KPWT junior and senior World Champion !!!

See the last results below :

FREESTYLE SECOND CHANCE BRACKET:

Noelia NUNEZ (SPA) def. Celine RODENAS (FRA) and Perrine SCELLAND (NC)
Paloma GUERRERO (SPA) def. Stéphanie AURIN (NC)
Ainhoa GARCIA (SPA) def. Su KAY (NZ)

Ainhoa GARCIA (SPA) def. Noelia NUNEZ (SPA) and Paloma GUERRERO (SPA)

Ainhoa GARCIA (SPA) def. Marine SUDRE (AUS)

Ainhoa GARCIA (SPA) def. Aurelia HERPIN (FRA)

Julie SIMSAR (TUR) def. Ainhoa GARCIA (SPA)

1st: Julie SIMSAR (TUR)
2nd: Helene BARRIERE (FRA)
3rd: Ainhoa GARCIA (SPA)
4th: Aurelia HERPIN (FRA)
5th: Marine SUDRE

Tomorrow, the famous speed crossing race from Amedee lighthouse to Meridian beach with 45 riders registered and among them, the record holder, Robert Teritheau, ready to break it again this year.

KPWT Team



Organization : LVLNC
Media Partner : RFO, Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes
Official Sponsor : Orangina, TERI
Institutional sponsors : New Caledonian Government, New Caledonian congress, Province
Sud, City of Noumea, City of La Foa
Local Partner : Biscochoc, Fabical, METEO FRANCE, BIOTECH, ALUSTAR, NRJ,
Noumeakiteschool.com, TOTAL, Interstores, CNK, FFVL, Link, Savexpress, Peugeot,
Societe miniere George MONTAGNAT, SAGEM
KPWT Partners : Hawaii Surf, Windguru

Technical team :
Frédéric Gravoille, Promoter
Jean Charles Joguet, Event Manager
Stephen Marret, Sponsoring, Speaker
Carlos Delicado, Photographer
Thomas Douchy, Cameraman
Arnaud Delon, Web Designer

Media : FTP pictures services
For pictures, please contact Carlos Delicado :
kpwt@wanadoo.fr

Media: National and International TV news :
International news available for each day of competition
There will be international news for the final day of event. DvCam PAL tapes with split no music & Effects audio tracks (tapes to be clearly labeled with series title and episode numbers in English). English language time-coded script (to be provided both in hard copy and sent via e-mail).
kiteboarding@wanadoo.fr

Media: Highlights TV programme
26’ highlights for TV, Internet and DVD is available for worldwide distribution.
Betacam SP, Digital or Dvcam PAL and NTSC tapes with split no music & Effects audio tracks (tapes to be clearly labeled with series title and episode numbers in English) Premix or Full mix English version. English language time-coded script (to be provided both in hard copy and sent via e-mail).
kiteboarding@wanadoo.fr

For further information
please visit: www.kiteboardpro.com
And/or contact Frédéric Gravoille, Promoter of the Tour: kiteboarding@wanadoo.fr
or Jean-Charles Joguet, Event Manager and Coordinator: kpwt@wanadoo.fr
Tel / Fax: 00 33 (0) 1 46 44 46 94
Rider's registration for the event: www.kiteboardpro.com
Press accreditation by E-mail: kiteboarding@wanadoo.fr
More information and the 2006 KPWT :

kiteboardpro.com