2009 Worlds Kiteboarding Course Racing Pics and Results

loscocco · Since 20 Aug 2008 82 Posts

DAY 2 PHOTOS
http://www.wmd.com/worldsd2/

DAY 2 RESULTS HERE
https://event-manager.compete-at.com/Manager/download?inline=false&fileid=M32PT1249524284885

ABC NEWS VIDEO
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/sports&id=6950789

Kron 4 News Video
http://www.kron.com/News/FeaturedReporters/SportswithGaryRadnich/tabid/81/Default.aspx

top finishers

1 Green 8 Sean Farley MEX M O 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Red 18 Bruno Sroka FRA M O 2 1 5 1 1 10
3 Yellow 15 Chip Wasson USA M M 2 2 2 2 2 10
4 White 11 John Heineken USA M O 6 3 1 3 3 16
5 Green 16 Sky Solbach USA M O 1 2 4 2 8 17
6 Red 0 Paolo Rista ITA M M 3 4 4 4 3 18
7 Blue 18 Damien LeRoy USA M O 3 4 3 4 7 21
8 Green 10 Geoff Headington USA M O 8 5 5 5 4 27
9 Red 19 Michael Gebhardt USA M M 10 5 2 6 5 28
10 Green 11 Bjoern Rune Jensen DNK M M 5 7 6 11 4 33
11 Yellow 17 Stefaans Viljoen ZAF M O 4 8 8 9 6 35

Todays recap:

The race office mixed the fleets up a bit today keeping number 1 and 2 from each fleet and adding 3 and 4 from the other fleet. Racers were placed within their fleets moving down the line using a standard fleet formula taken from previous race series. This remix kept Sean Farley (#1 and #2) from yesterday paired against each other in the yellow fleet and Bruno and Sky paired up in the blue fleet. While Sean and chip stayed consistent with Sean taking 3 bullets and Chip taking 3 second place finishes, the blue fleet had a bit more changing of places going on. In blue fleets first race yesterday's top two fell to 4th and 5th and local boy, Johnny Heineken shocked the competition with a first place, followed by Michael Gebhardt (pending a protest) then Damien Leroy.

Heineken finished out the day with 2 third place finishes moving him into 4th place overall. Bruno returned to form in the second and third race taking two bullets and finishing the day in second. Sky finished out with a second and an eighth in the final, very light wind race dropping down to 5th overall.

Notably Steff Bridge is the first woman and she stands in 14th overall.

shymac · Since 20 Jul 2005 919 Posts Home Valley, Wa. Bigfoot

Thanks for the recap and updates!

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

loscocco · Since 20 Aug 2008 82 Posts

Local boys step it up another notch!

The third day of competition started out with mixed clouds and light but building winds. The race committee was motivated to get the fleets sorted into Gold and Silver by the end of day and they were confident they could get an on time start of 2:00. Jesse Richman fearing the wind may not come up much was out an hour before the competition testing out his kite with 40m lines seemingly reaching for the stratosphere for wind.

Like clockwork though, the wind filled in to the minimum threshold of 14 knots by 2:00 and the first fleet took to the course. It was light, flooding and not what the competitors were used to from the day before but the start was clean and the race progressed at the pace of a chess match with tactical sailing to match. The lighter winds immediately saw Local Dinghy racer John Heineken favored as he just seemed to know exactly how to cover the course. In a slow but very entertaining race, Heineken held off Farley for first place, Jensen took second and Farley third, Dirk Hanel breaking into the top 5 for his first time and then rounded out by Sky Solbach.

The second race had quite a bit more wind and saw Chip Wasson and Bruno Sroka paired up for the first time this week. The fleet had noticed that the inside may have been the place to be due to the heavy flood on the outside and the fleet split the start on starboard and port. Chip, Bruno, Gebhardt, Rista, and J. Richman beat the starboard half of the fleet and were off and locked in towards the windward mark. They stayed in that order the whole race with with the exception of Chip and Bruno who traded places so that Chip could remain consistent with his second place finishes.

Two inbound tankers delayed the races by about 45 minutes and used up a good chunk of solid mid twenties wind.

The third race had Farley coming out of the gates like a man possessed as he did not like being handed his first defeat in the first heat of the day. While Heineken was able to stay on his heals, he could never catch Farley and they finished Farley, Heineken, Solbach, Hanel, Jensen.

The race committee observed the wind coming down a bit towards the end of the third race so they called the blue fleet out when the last competitor from yellow had cleared the leeward mark so that they could start the next race as soon as possible. This last race had the pack starting on starboard and coming way inside off the start. By the time the field tacked out to the middle they were really spread out creating quite the site for the spectators. While some were out ahead, others were higher up. It made it anyones guess who would make it to the windward mark first. When they came around the mark, it was Chip Wasson in first for the first time this week, followed by Bruno. They stayed this way even though Bruno made a couple attempts to catch him Chip was able to protect the course well and hold strong for a first place finish. He was followed by Bruno, then Paolo, then Damien Leroy, then Gebhardt.

The men finished the preliminaries with:
1.Sean Farley (6)
2. Bruno Sroka ( Cool

3. Chip Wasson (11)
4. John Heineken (13)
5. Sky Solbach (17)
6. Paolo Rista (21)
7.Damien Leroy (22)
8. Jesse Richman (24)
9. Bjoern Rune Jensen (29)
10. Michael Gebhardt (30)

The women have been racing with the men all along and they will be grouped in the Gold fleet so they can continue to all score against each other. Standout Steph Bridge from GBR has been hanging tough beating some of the top men from years past and she currently sits 17 over all. Kristin Boese is the next woman in 28th, followed by Melissa GIll and Sandy Parker who are separated by just a couple points and rounding out the top 5 is Katja Roose from NLD.

Tomorrow the fleets will be split into Gold and Silver and the competition will get that much tougher.

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Gabe Brown

loscocco · Since 20 Aug 2008 82 Posts

For an in depth article including quotes from Sky Solbach, Martin Vari, Chip Wasson and Damien Leroy, please check out the Examiner article:
http://www.examiner.com/San_Francisco-Recreation.html

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shred_da_gorge · Since 12 Nov 2008 1342 Posts Da Hood & Da Wood XTreme Poster

What time does racing start tomorrow? I'm hoping to get to Crissy around 2.

loscocco · Since 20 Aug 2008 82 Posts

loscocco · Since 20 Aug 2008 82 Posts

Results from the end of Friday Aug 7th Day 4
Now for Todays final heats and the Last race will be the Medal Race witht he top 10 overall in a race for the top.

1 Green 8 Sean Farley MEX M O 1 1 1 1 1 3* 1 1 1 4 1 13
2 Yellow 15 Chip Wasson USA M M 2* 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 4 22
3 White 11 Johnny Heineken USA M O 6* 3 1 3 3 1 2 5 7 1 7 33
4 Bl 18 Blue Damien LeRoy M O USA 3 7* 4 3 4 2 14 11 3 4 4 52
5 White 19 Jesse Richman USA M J DNF* 3 3 3 5 4 6 6 9 16 5 60
6 Green 15 Dirk Hanel DEU M O 8 6 8 12* 9 4 4 6 3 5 9 62
7 Red 18 Bruno Sroka FRA M O 2 1 5* 1 1 1 2 5 4 6 DSQ 63
8 Green 16 Sky Solbach USA M O 1 2 4 2 8* 5 3 16 15 7 8 63
9 Green 11 Bjoern Rune Jensen DNK M M 5 7 6 11* 4 2 5 4 5 15 18 71
10 Green 10 Geoff Headington USA M O 8 5 5 5 4 8 27* 11 6 8 14 74
11 Red 0 Paolo Rista ITA M M 3 4 4 4 3 5* 3 9 16 20 12 78
12 Red 7 Shawn Richman USA M O 9 9 10* 5 6 10 6 8 10 3 13 79
13 White 7 Jeff Kafka USA M O 12* 12 7 10 2 6 12 7 11 9 6 82
14 Red 19 Michael Gebhardt USA M M 10 5 2 12* 5 3 5 DNF 8 13 2 93
15 Yellow 17 Stefaans Viljoen ZAF M O 4 8* 8 8 6 6 7 24 12 14 11 100