Summer up North coming at us now with full noise, and heaps of international level racing going down each week out of the USA and Europe.
All the brands out with new models, and the competition looking fierce.
Cut through the hype, brand aligned reviews and promo stuff, lets keep track of results

Lets talk riders, kites and end-results!!!

San Fran Summer Series, now after 2 rounds.....

www.stfyc.com/default.aspx?p=ViewEventFlyer&ssid=334521&eventid=3867080

Johnny R1 and Joey F-One yet again having a classic show-down, head to head,

Events to be on the look-out for...

USA
Rippin the Rio May 15-17
Spring Kite Foil Regatta 15-17
RONSTAN BAY Challenge 6-7 June
Foil Cup Gold Cup San Fran July 30 - August 2nd

Europe:
French Foiling Nationals End of May
Euro Foil Champs / Gold Cup Italy July

Formula World Champs 14 July
European Championships Formula 23 June
Sailing World Cup Formula Weymouth 8 June

Note that appart from Max Nocher, everybody else is riding SPOTZ foil

The next events will show whats working best!I haven't ridden the R1 yet but i can say that the Flysurfer Sonics are working really well and my KFA Foil is too.Im keen as and can't wait to line up with everybody at the Gold Cup in Italy and USA/ San Fran next month!The Gold Cup Australia in October will be a super fast finish to the tour.FROTHING!!!

Any other big events you know of or hear of, please post the details and/or results

WOAH!!! Its getting wild in San Fran,

Round 2: its was nothing but bullets for Jonny, Joey with a clean sweep of 2nds, Stefaans Viljoen a neat 3 x3rd.

Onto Round 3.... Results www.stfyc.com/files/2015TNKSmay7.pdf

Joey (Fone) taking both bullets
Nico (elf) stepping up for 2 x 2
Johnny (R1) finishing on & no doubt hating the bottom step on the podium for both races.

Defi Kite 2015 - 230 kiters

Long Distance Race 1:

Nico Ozone R1
Max Fone
Axel Elf (north)

RIPPIN THE RIO US Regatta


www.sailwave.com/results/rippintherio15.htm

Just about everybody getting a piece of the action at Day1.

Slow start for Johnny H (Ozone R1) but certainly in the mix with a couple bullets, Nico Launder again making his mark (elf) and Adam Withington stepping up to take a Bullet in the final race. Joey P (F-One), Stefan (R1) & Bernie (Ozone) all racing hard for top spots.
Wacth out lads, Erika Heinken in 7th overall after day 1!!

Finally we have some news from camp FS and the Sonic-FS make an appearance on podium steps... this time out of Denmark.

First stop in the NEIL PRYDE Island-GRAN PRIX 2015 on Saturday 16/5

1. Steffen Øvind 15 m FLYSURFER SONIC FR + SPOTZ 2
2. James Johnsen 15 m ELF + SPOTZ 2
3. Morten Hansen 15 m FLYSURFER SONIC FR + SPOTZ 2
4. Morten Lands 15 m ozone Chrono + Sword 2.
5. Lars Solgård 16 m Cabrinha Velocity + Spotz 2
6. Oliver Hansen 9 m Cabrinha Velocity + Spotz 2
7. Ole Kjær 14 m Cabrinha Velocity + Spotz 2
8. Jens Buhl 14 m Cabrinha Velocity + Spotz 2.
9. Torben Veis 12 m Naish Park + Spotz 1

If you not familiray with any of these lads, Steffen is a top rider and came 3rd last year at the Redbull Coast-to-coast 40km long distance race held in September.
2014 Red Bull Coast 2 Coast Results:
1. Bjorn Rune Jensen (DEN), 1:06:29
2. Alex Caizergues (FRA), 1:12:00
3. Steffen Ovind (DEN) 1:13:00
Keep an eye on Steffen, James and both Morten's at this years Redbull C2C event.

KiteFoil Silver Cup Italy this coming weekend - This is a big one!!!! They hoping for near 100 foil racers!!

Rode the R1 11m yesterday 1st time. I will do some back to back testing this weekend.

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MaxVMGRacing said..
KiteFoil Silver Cup Italy this coming weekend - This is a big one!!!!

Grabs some beers & popcorn, the amount of action going down at this one is insane, and alot more to come before the fat lady sings.

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In typical French summer style, Day 1 was 25+ and gusty!!
All the favourites in the mix and getting stuck in. After getting a lesson in speed kiting by Nico (r1) last weekend, Maxim (F-One) has up'ed the game and dominated the first day! Axel (f-one) showing yet again he is a top contender this season. Julien taking 2 x 3rd finishes putting the fleet on notice he's there to race.

Day1 was not without drama, with Nico smashing a foil wing in race 1, and an incident in race 4 take a number of racers out including Maxime.
Alex C ( F-one inflatable) doing well in 5 overall.
Peter Muller Sonic-FR currently in 9th.

What is the fone foil? Another rebadged elf?

ok bit of a catchup....

KiteFoil Silver Cup France:
The French winds were again cranking for this event, 25-30 knots for most of the days and the lads pushing the limits!!!
http://www.kitenews.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/R_2015_SILVER_CUP_______GS04-1.pdf

Each day was absolutely actions packed and super close racing!!! 19 Races in total

Day 1 saw heaps of drama for the top riders, with broken foils, snapped lines and tangles.
The final day saw Max take a huge crash in the last race as he crossed the finish line that left him knocked out.
Bullets were shared amongst the top few across the days.

Over all Max (F-One Diablo) got the better of Nico (Ozone-R1) in the big wind conditions and seems to have Nico's number on course tactics.
Axel (F-One Diablo) was a fierce contender and was in the hunt for bullets. Julien (Elf Joke 5) had a slower start but finished strong and is now well and truely a world class racers on the foil. The fleet was mixed FoilKites and InflatableKites.

Alex finished a very impressive 5 over all on inflatable.

The top Flysurfer Sonic-FR rider, Peter Muller, finished up 9th over all.

Final overall & dailiy standings from each of the 4 days .

French National:

This week & weekend is the French Nationals, an again an impressive fleet featuring many of the worlds best!

Standings after Day 2:

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Lighter conditions this time round.

Nico Parlier (Ozone R1) has cleaned up with 7 bullets out of 8 races.

Hey Max

Do you know below? I'm interested.

What is the fone foil? Another rebadged elf?

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oldbones said...
Hey Max

Do you know below? I'm interested.

What is the fone foil? Another rebadged elf?

Definitely not a rebated Elf.. The link below has some more details..

http://www.kitenews.fr/ca-bouge-chez-f-one/

Not 100% sure of availability but if u get in contact with Marvin from IntheLoop Kiteboardig in Townsville he will probably be one of the first to get access to them..

The pricing from that link is pretty expensive.. Slightly more than the R1 and quite a bit more than the Sonic..

Super light winds for Day 3 of the French Nationals saw many of the LEI riders not making the start line.
7-8 Knots and racing only starting late afternoon.

only 3 Races on Day 3.
First Race Nico (R1) takes the bullet with a comfortable 10second lead on Max (F-One)

Race 2, and it was Julien (Elf) putting down the hammer in the light conditions, leading most of the race and taking a well deserved bullet!!

Race 3 - was about the cloest racing on the event!! 7-8 Knots on the course. Nico (R1) with a slow start & spending most of the race in 4th, makes a big comeback on lap 2 and beating Max(F-One) to the line by a the smallest of margins!

Nico Parlier (R1) dominates and wins the French Foiling Nationals!!!
Light condition of the final day mixed it up a bit.Axel stepping up and taking his first bullet for the event, the lad is going to be a top contender at Gold Foil Cup.
Maxime (F-one) dropping off the pace ever so slightly in the light conditions, but taking a well deserved 2nd place over all in Foil. ( and won the formula class)
Julien doing well in 4th (Elf) but wonder what he's going to have to do get a spot on that podium.

Getting amped, the all time epic sprint race Rostan Bridge to Bridge San Fran Classic this weekend!!!!
Good money would say we in for a new record time!

Its the Bay Challenge this weekend. The Bridge to Bridge isn't until September. Long distance from StFYC to Berkeley and back. The course changes a little each year so there's no really a record, but last year Joey smashed the one hour mark. 45 minutes this year?

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chrisb said..
Its the Bay Challenge this weekend. The Bridge to Bridge isn't until September. Long distance from StFYC to Berkeley and back. The course changes a little each year so there's no really a record, but last year Joey smashed the one hour mark. 45 minutes this year?

Cheers for the update& correction, an additional awesome race is always great news!
Keep us posted if you have any more inside info

They set a long course so the fastest time was longer than last year. Foil kite won (I think it was a 7m R1) with a Spotz 2, LEI's in the mix though with a few in the top ten. I made a bad tactical choice and went south instead of north on the upwind which cost me three or four places. The SF Bay Classic has been moved to the weekend before the Gold Cup so that the internationals can enter. It's a similar but harder race, with fixed marks on the downwind and an anything goes on the upwind with each leg scored as separate races.
www.sailingresults.com.au/ScoreItV2/Public/Templates/Default/class-results.php?class_id=827#race-4587
Johnny managed to snag a boat mast on the upwind and had to retire/DNF for the second year in a row. He cam back the next day for course racing and smashed it, winning all but one of the four races.

Hi

no new results?

does anyone know if elf/North has a diffrent/updated/new kite than last year? This kite was faster than the R1 :D

internationalkiteboarding.org/index.php/the-class/news-channels/22089-bridge-and-kalinina-defend-european-champion-titles-in-style

and it looks like the F-one Diablo is also at the same level. (at foil board)

Pretty sure all those ozone's were chronos still as Florian only just got his R1's in time for Lake Garda.

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Sonjah said..
Hi

no new results?

does anyone know if elf/North has a diffrent/updated/new kite than last year? This kite was faster than the R1 :D

internationalkiteboarding.org/index.php/the-class/news-channels/22089-bridge-and-kalinina-defend-european-champion-titles-in-style

and it looks like the F-one Diablo is also at the same level. (at foil board)

Olly is a super human on the formual baords, would take alot more than a faster kite for anybody to beat him.
The only new released kite at the event was the new Elf so wasnt much use doing a R1 vs F-One vs Elf vs Sonic-FR post.

Next BIG event is KiteFoil Itally, all the top teams, all the top riders with their preffered sizes in all the latest gear.

Marv has apparently been super fast on a new prototype KFA and the Sonic FR at the foiling week.. Gold cup will be interesting to see whose where..

Gold Cup Italy starting today.Everybody is ripping. Stay tuned

Theres another contender in the wings for depower race foil,......

These are from Peter Lynn

I find the european championship result funny, because the old joker5 was faster than the R1. Last year the joker5 was already faster than the Chrono. So the R1 can't be much better than the R1

At the Italy Gold Cup there should be already the Joker 6