Kite Foil Gold Cup Mexico

[Hawaiis]

Maxime Nocher is riding sword 2

Thank you for confirming that.
On the Scoreboard it says Fone,
Johnny Heineken Switched to Spotz2? according to foilforum.it

[cglazier]

Yes Maxime won the second race riding a Sword2 hydrofoil and FONE kite.

[revhed]

C G,
Thanks for the info, please keep it coming!
Can we assume that the f 1 KBHF does not keep up with the others?
R H

[cglazier]

We had a technical presentation from F One and they emphasized their products were user friendly and not strictly for racing. Their hydrofoil looks nice but i guess they haven't had the development time to win races yet. So far it looks like SpotZ and Taaroa are still the foils chosen by the top riders.

The new F One kite looks very nice and seems to be competitive. So does the new Flysurfer one. Great to see four foil kites now suitable for racing.

CG

[TPink]

Why all the DNF's in the 3rd race?

is there any vid of the action available??

[ozchrisb]

Via Google translate:
"Many of you have to follow last night live the 1 st day of the KiteFoil Gold Cup in La Ventana , Mexico. In a rather weak wind, three races have been validated. The choice of the size of the wing was crucial and some riders missed sleeves becaufe on or under canvas!
With a win and two second place, the French Julien Kerneur (Airush / Spotz) leads after the first day. He beat the French Nico Parlier (Ozone / Spotz) and Maxime Nocher (F-One). John Heineken (USA / Ozone) is 4 th before the young French Axel Mazella (North / sword2) and the American Joey Pasquali (ASV / Spotz). It is very likely that the podium will be played between these 5 riders.
Roman Castel (F-One) missed its 1 st round but came back strongly in the other two. Currently 12 th , it should integrate the top 10. A great performance after nearly a year without competition!
Sébastien Dol (Radical) 14 th and Jean Guillaume Rivaud (Cabrinha / sword2) 20 th and 1 st in inflatable wing should remain in the Gold series (the top 22) at the end of the day. Indeed tomorrow the riders will be separated into two groups: the Gold series with the first 22 and the Silver Series with 22 others.
The other French: Benjamin Petit (Ozone / Radical) 30 th , Hervé Rousseau (North / Sword) 34 th , Ludovic Donati (Sword 2) 35 th , Martin Turbil (North / Sword 2) 38 th and Alexia Fancelli (Airush / Sword 2) 41 th"

Sounds like a few people got caught out in race three. There are some people who would have been pretty solid in Gold fleet looking at Silver fleet now Six races doesn't give you any room for mistakes.

[ozchrisb]

Also a live blog in English here:
http://www.kitenews.fr/la-ventana-kitef ... -cup-2015/

[Hawaiis]

result leg n°4
Parlier (FRA)
Nocher (FRA)
Pasquali (USA)
Kerneur (FRA)

[davesails7]

Wow seriously close racing at the top of the Gold fleet: http://sailwave.com/results/15kitefoilg ... finals.htm

Nico, Johnny, and Julien tied for 1st with 14 points and Maxime 1 point behind.

I REALLY wish they had a livestream.

[Hawaiis]

This is a tight race, with 3 Riders sharing the First Spot, too bad there is no video like in Australia last year.