| Results: PKRA Germany 2008 |
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| Wednesday, 03 September 2008 | |
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Colgate Kitesurf World Cup 2008 The Colgate Kitesurf World Cup 2008 in St. Peter-Ording, Germany, PKRA’s 7th Tour stop is now officially finished after nine days of exciting kiteboarding competition held at the largest event site this year. A total of 72 professional kiteboard athletes representing 16 countries competed in this grand slam event including Freestyle, Course Racing and Boardercross. The total prize money for this Tour stop was a whopping € 50,000.00 (US$ 73,800.00.) Final Day Highlights The riders meeting was held at 10:00 am, right on schedule. The wind was offshore so race director Olaf Van Tol decided to go for one more racing event to wrap up the competition so the freestylers were released at 12:00 pm and because the conditions were not favourable during the morning. The race got underway at 12:30 pm which turned out to be quite a nice race to cap off the Germany Tour stop. The wind at the start was up to 18 knots then it became really gusty and there were a lot of crashes around the safety boats. A lot of racers were getting towed out of control in the downwind and even in the upwind. It took 28 minutes for the first place competitor to complete the course. Once again the North team dominated the race with a first and second place win for Dirk Hanel (GER) followed by Sky Solbach (USA) and Sami Gali (ESP) representing Best. Although Charles Deleau decided not to race on the final day he remained on top after 10 races, thus earning the Course Racing World Championship title. After the event, a handful of athletes were seen on the water giving an expression session including Robby Naish who was at the beach along with WBO Champion Wladimir Klitschko who joined in to please the crowd. Final Year Results COURS RACING FINAL YEAR RESULTS: MEN: 1st - Charles Deleau (France, North/Fanatic) – World Champion 2nd – Sean Farley (Mexico, North) 3rd – Sami Gali (Spain, Best) WOMEN: 1st – Steph Bridge (United Kingdom, North) – World Champion 2nd – Gina Esteva (Spain, Best) 3rd – Fabienne D’Ortoli (France, Cabrinha) Congratulations to Charles Deleau and Steph Bridge for bagging the Course Racing World Championship titles! BOARDER CROSS FINAL YEAR RESULTS: MEN: 1st – Kevin Langeree (Netherlands, Naish) 2nd – Sky Solbach (USA, North) 3rd – Sebastien Garat (France, RRD) WOMEN: 1st – Karolina Winkowska (Poland, Naish) 2nd – Fabienne D’Ortoli (France, Cabrinha) 3rd – Bruna Kajiya (Brazil, Best) FREESTYLE FINAL RESULTS: MEN: 1st – Kevin Langeree (Netherlands, Naish) 2nd – Aaron Hadlow (United Kingdom, Flexifoil) 3rd – Tom Hebert (New Caledonia, Airush) WOMEN: 1st – Bruna Kajiya (Brazil, Best) 2nd – Gisela Pulido (Spain, Slingshot) 3rd – Karolina Winkowska (Poland, Naish) The Colgate Kitesurf World Cup 2008 was sponsored by Colgate, We Love, TV Today, Gard New Style, Chevrolet, the local government of St. Peter-Ording, Quicksilver, SevenOne Intermedia GmbH, Naish Kiteboarding, Jever, and Kitelife. PKRA 2008 GERMANY MEDIA Videos: http://www.youtube.com/kitesurfworldcup Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/kitesurfworldcup Fast Quick News: http://www.twitter.com/kiteworldcup Event Site: http://www.kitesurfworldcup.de/ Webcam: http://www.kitesurfworldcup.de/webcam2008.html |
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