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The 2009 Oxbow Kite Open Race will be held between 26th-28th June, on the beach of the RBSC of Duinbergen, Belgium.
On program:
Longue Distance
Slalom Race
Oxbow Kite Festival will be born for the first time in Belgium at this event.
The reason of the OXBOW Kite Open Race II is to develop and make known the kiteboarding with the eyes of Belgian general public, according to qualitative and professional standards. This second edition is based on 1 event on the Belgian coast.
This event will get together all the Belgian amateurs in this very spectacular discipline and completely in the wind which is the kitesurf…Â Details
Pourcel Grabs 250 Class Overall and Points Lead
MT. MORRIS, Pa. (June 13, 2009) – Under nearly perfect conditions, Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki’s Chad Reed, of Australia, raced to his first career 450 Class victory at the Monster Energy National, round four of the Lucas Oil AMAM Pro Motocross Championship at High Point Raceway. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Christophe Pourcel, of France, grabbed the overall victory in the 250 Class and took over the points lead.
The High Point Raceway event marked the first live network television broadcast in the history of the sport on NBC, with one-and-a-half hours of programming featuring 450 competition.
Reed was the man to beat throughout the day, grabbing the holeshot in the first moto, and …Â Details
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Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo has warned the FIA they face a mutiny from the car manufacturers in F1 if they do not resolve the row over rules and funding.
The FIA wants to bring in a £40 million budget cap, with hefty penalties for teams that do not operate within that limit, in time for the 2010 season.
Although Ferrari have been accepted unconditionally on the entry list for the 2010 season they could still leave F1.
The FIA claims to have a contract with the Italian team for them to be in F1 for another two seasons, while Ferrari claim …Â Details
For eight years in a row, the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) – the world’s leading professional kiteboarding organization – is bringing the events back to Fuerteventura soil. The event dubbed “Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2009,†will be a five-day event of extreme kiteboarding action. The highlights will include Freestyle and Kite-Loop Competition to be participated in by professional riders from more than 18 different countries. Organized by Pro Center René Egli through its owner René Egli, featuring €33,000 in total prize money, the Fuerteventura event is well-known as the most extreme PKRA Kiteboarding World Tour event be cause of guaranteed strong winds.
The kick-off games will start on July 17, 2009 with the Inscription & the Welcome Party and will run until July 22. Expect to see some of the best freestyle kiteboarders live in action performing their biggest jumps and difficult tricks, push ing themselves in the extreme conditions…Â Details