Stoked News – News, Videos, surf, skateboard, snowboard, motorsports, action sports » Blog Archive » Sailboard – Antoine Albeau and Valerie Ghibaudo take the 2009 PWA Slalom World Tour title in Turkey
buy tb-500

Its party time, Turkey style, as the Pegasus Airlines World Cup draws to an exciting climax. Antoine Albeau and Valerie Ghibaudo predictably take the titles.

It was a long and hot day in Alaçati, as the competitors sweated it out on the beach, nervously waiting as the wind hovered around the minimum. With 5-15kts on the course, light wind patches were making life exceptionally difficult for race director Juan Antonio. Eventually at 16.30 he was forced to admit defeat and the show was finally over.

However on the beach, a huge crowd had gathered, the carnival atmosphere aided by the free flowing supply of Fosters beer. The obviously decision for the organization was to run a fun event, so the top 8 men were called forth once again for an encore…  Details

This entry was posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 2:06 pm and is filed under Board Sports, Windsurf & Sailboard. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Comments are closed at this time.