Friends from across the pond, Sam and Noe, spend 10 days together in Canada in the small town of Sauble Beach. Together the amigos work to create unique features in a very different environment than your average kite destination. Cold temperatures and unpredictable wind didn’t keep Sam from showing Noe a good time in his home country.
Stoked News
This year, we limited the number of competitors to facilitate the performances of each rider, in total – 34 riders (Windsurfers & Kite Surfers) representing 17 different nationalities.
2014 RESULTS OVERVIEW
No less than 38 times, new RECORDS were set and then re-broken, ending the event with; 11 x New National Records and 1 x World Record!
NEW NATIONAL/COUNTRY RECORDS
Andrew Redfern (Fiji) with 40.87 kts (75.5 kph average speed over 500m)
Roger Ornvang (Sweden) improved his national record – Kite Surfing – with 43.19 kts (80kph)
Remo Diethelm (Switzerland) with 48.31 kts (90 kph)
Franz Grabner (Austria) smashed the National record with 47.88 kts (88.5 kph)
Martin Tóth (Czech Republic) broke his country’s record often and finally ending with 46.73 kts (86.5 kph)
Mark Grinnell (South Africa) set a new South Africa and all Africa record in Windsurfing with a truly impressive 49.92 kts (92.5 kph) – just short of the magical 50 knots
Alain de Gendt (Belgium) – new Production Board Record of 46.66 kts
Christian Bornemann (Germany) – new record in Windsurfing of 48.82 kts (90.4 kph)
Zoran Jovanovic (Serbia) – new national record (Kitesurfing) of 40.31kts (74.5 kph)
Patrik Diethelm (Italy) achieved the TOP windsurfing performance at the 2014 event by improving the Italian National Record with a very impressive 51.18 kts (94.7 kph) just 0.8 knots of the World Windsurfing Record!
Christophe Ballois (France) set a brand new Disabled World Record (Kitesurf) with a superb and inspiring performance of 42.94 kts (80 kph)
Stoked News
Once again the F-ONE team went off to discover new landscapes and live an extraordinary adventure.
Raphaël SALLES put on his captain’s hat for the time of a far-off journey to meet his Tahitian team and experience the magic surrounding their idyllic islands. Accompanied by his faithful sidekicks as well as newcomers, they went on to board two catamarans for 25 days of pure happiness in another world.
Tahiti is well and truly as you can imagine: wild, powerful, with the force of the ocean being ever-present and where sharing and wisdom are common values within a whole people.
Riders : Mitu MONTEIRO, Poenaiki RAIOHA, Robinson HILARIO, Micka FERNANDEZ, Marie SWITALA, Aude LIONET CHANFOUR, Alexandre CAIZERGUES, Filippe FERREIRA, Manutea MONNIER, Rémi QUIQUE, Patrice CHANZY, Raphaël SALLES.
Stoked News
We are very happy to celebrate the great performances the 2014 riders have reached in WEEK 3 despite difficult sailing conditions; with 1 week still to go, strong winds are forecast this coming Thursday.
Some riders are leaving us to go back to their countries. The Dutch competitors Jacques van der Hout and Hans Kreisel have exceeded their best speeds respectively with 49.06 kts and 49.66 kts.
CONGRATULATIONS to Chris Ballois (FRANCE) for achieving the first ever Disabled Kite Surf World Record after only two successful runs and achieving an impressive 42.94 kts!
The latest arrival to the 2014 event is world famous Chris Bertish (South Africa) and we are expecting kite surfer Zoran Jovanovic (Serbia) to arrive this week.
Stoked News