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The main focus today was the long distance race, where riders and their gear would be transported one hour away to an island off the coast of New Caledonia, where the race would formally begin and end between the judging tower and a red buoy in front of the main competition site on the mainland.

Riders packed up their 7m and 9m kites, jump into the boats provided by the organization team and were off to the island near 10:00am. Competitors had a small picnic on the island and got acquainted with a few sea snakes   …  Details

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Reigning world and Southern 80 champions ‘Hellrazor’ dominated the 49th running of the Feros Hotel Group Sydney Bridge to Bridge after arch-rivals Stinga and Blazen both lost skiers during the early stages of the event.

For Mark Cranny [driver] and Damien Matthews [observer] it was win number three for the pair (Matthews also has a win under his belt as a skier), whilst for skiers Jason ‘Ziggy’ Walmsley and Peter Proctor, it was  …  Details

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PWA Cabo Verde World Cup 2010 – A World Champion is crowned in Cabo Verde, but there’s no new king of Ponta Preta!

From the 15th through to the 23rd November the beautiful island of Sal played host to the world’s wavesailing elite for their grand finale of 2010. Having gone from strength to strength throughout the event’s three-year history, the fourth was expected to deliver conditions of the same epic proportions.

Unfortunately however, after the nine-day holding period was over just five man-on-man heats had  …  Details

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