The second Clubs race for the year 2012 has been successfully held at Vouliagmeni Nautical Club on the 8th & 9th of December.

In total, 30 athletes of all age groups (U17, U15, U13) have participated in the event.

All the athletes challenged their limits since the conditions during these two days were extremely rough with strong winds and big waves.

The nice setup of the race at Vouliagmeni bay offered an amazing spectacle to the parents & friends of the sport who gathered to watch the efforts of the athletes.

This was the last race for 2012. It has been a very successful season for the Bic Techno 293 class and especially for Windsurfing racing of younger age groups in Greece.

The addition of several new athletes and the increased number of races gave a new impetus and hope for the further development of the sport.

Photos

Detailed Results

Under 17 (Boys)

Arapoglou Andreas /Ν.Ο. Vouliagmenis
Megaritis Dimitris / Ν.Ο.Κ. Voulas
Devesiadis Stauros/ Ν.Ο. Korthi Andros
Under 15 (Boys)

Namias Sami / Ν.Ο.V.
Parousis George / Ν.Ο. of Greek Seas
Mpampetas Kon. / Ν.Α.Ο. Voulas
Under 13 (Boys)

Tsortanidis Leonidas/ Ν.Ο. Korthi Andros
Zintzovas Iasonas / Ν.Α.Ο. Varis Varkizas
Kogias Xaris / Ν.Α.Ο. Varis Varkizas
Girls (U15 & U 17)

Arapoglou Natalia / Ν.Ο. Vouliagmenis
Karantinou Aliki / Ν.Ο. Vouliagmenis
Konstantinidou Sofia / Ν.Ο. Vouliagmenis
Youngest Athlete

Kogias Xaris /Ν.Α.Ο. Varis Varkizas

source: http://www.techno293.gr

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The 3rd day (last day) of Greek championship found some changes in the top 6 positions. 5 races accomplished in wind conditions between 14 to 20 knots.
Vasilis Solidakis (GRE19) with excellent and very stable performance used his knowledge of this demanding spot and stayed in the first position coming back to the throne of Greek Champion. Dimitris Vlachakis (GRE7) managed to recover and win the 2nd position with his excellent understanding of the tricky wind conditions. Who knows what could happen if he was in good shape in the first 2 days. Nikolaos Skarlatos (GRE28) did not manage to keep his title Greek champion 2011. Some damages in his equipment and lack of concentration did not allow him to recover and challenge again the title.
Tricky and shifty wind conditions were difficult to be read from the sailors sins the wind was changing in the race area from west to southwest and dropping some times to less than 7 knots. Especially race 9 found GRE 25 and GRE 2000 on mark no2 unplanned for 1 min and dropped them from 4 & 5 positions below 10 giving the opportunity to the rest of the fleet to over pass them. A grade come back of Christian Frey (GRE969) during the last day, taking advantage of the stronger winds, found him in the 4th position, and forced Kostas Tziannis (GRE1001), a good sailor in low winds, to fall in the 5th position. Nikolas Kampouropoulos (GRE2000) managed to keep the 6th position. A lot of mistakes in tactic and some damages in the equipment did not allow him to challenge a better result.
We would like to thank Luciano Treggiari (ITA6) who kept his seventh position, and we hope in the future more foreigner sailors to join our championship.
The most processing for the class of Formula was the participation of new young sailors; among others the 17 years old (ex RSX sailor) Stratis Doukas after 3 months of formula managed to take the 10th position.
Congratulation to all participants

OVERALL RESULTS

From Greek Formula Windsurfing Association
Nikolas Kampouropoulos
GRE2000

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Just over two weeks until the start of the SUNWIND PAROS IFCA SLALOM WORLDS taking place 10-15 September at the Sun Wind Surf Club, Golden Beach, Paros, Greece. Get those entries in!!

Sun Wind is located in the center of Golden Beach, a pristine, sandy beach - Paros' largest - where, the famous Northern wind "Meltemi" blows 80% of the time in the summer months and is strengthened by the channel created between Paros and the neighbouring island of Naxos.

source: internationalwindsurfing.com

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The second day of the Greek national championship is now over. Yesterday we did 3 races with 6 to 12 knots.today we did 4 more races,wind conditions were tricky and shifty in the first two races but finally the thermal wind picked up to 18 knots later in the afternoon and we did 2 more races in full power.the last race finished at 9 p.m!!!! The top six positions after race 7 are: 1St solidakis vasilis 2nd skarlatos nikolas 3rd vlachakis dimitris 4th tzianis kostas 5th Frey Christian 6th kampouropoulos nick and in position 7 our guest from Italy luciano treggiari.. We will soon upload full results. Tomorrow is the last day of the championship and we hope that the local thermal wind will show up...

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London Olympics 2012 Sailing competition, Weymouth - RS:X class.

Dorian van Rijsselberge continued in great fashion in the Men's RS:X after another race win which was followed by a third as Nothe spectators were treated to two RS:X races.

The Dutchman recorded another comprehensive victory in the third Men's RS:X race but in Race 4 the thousands of fans watching saw Nick Dempsey (GBR) claw his way back to win the race on the line ahead of Byron Kokkalanis.

On his success so early in the regatta the upbeat and relaxed van Rijsselberge said, 'I had a beetroot juice, now this is the secret. Not everybody knows it but I love the beet.'

Van Rijsselberge read the conditions well on the Nothe Course to continue his fine form, 'It was a good day on the water. Little tricky course because the wind comes over the wall and there's a lot of geographical factors that come in. Because you can't see beyond the wall so you and estimate what's coming up.'

Dempsey moves into third place after a photo finish in the final race of the day. When it looked like Kokkalanis would take the race win the Brit stepped it up a gear and took the bullet. 'I did it for the crowd. It was all planned,' said Dempsey. 'You always give it your all until the end and it is always worth giving it a go.

'I was pretty adamant that I was going to try and pass him. Normally you can't do what I did today but it is the Olympic Games and you don't give an inch.'

Kokkalanis remains in contention and is just five points out of the medals with six races remaining whilst Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL) maintained his steady start to the regatta and holds onto second place with a seventh and a fourth place on the water.

The Men's RS:X resume racing tomorrow at no earlier than 15:30 local time on the Portland Harbour course.

Click here for results

ISAF website

source: sail-world.com
by ISAF

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Are you ready to have fun and challenge yourself?

It is our pleasure to introduce you to the first ever Paros Endurance Charity Race 2012, and the opportunity to participate in a unique and inspiring event.

For 3 amazing days this August, hundreds of athletes from around the world will join us on the beautiful island of Paros, Greece and give their best to promote social inclusion and to give the opportunity to enrich the lives of people with disabilities through our amazing sport.

The races include:

Men's Individual Endurance Race
Women's Individual Endurance Race
Mixed Team Endurance Race
This is the first time that such an event is organized in Paros, and it is really worth getting involved! The objective is to raise funds to support GKF's training programs for people with disabilities- which empower them by teaching the skills to become kiters. See here for details of our latest clinic.

Lets come together as a kiting community and show our support!

Rules

Kiters need to strategise for the race. Work with the wind forecast and your experience.

Individual Race:
• Kiters can only use one kite and board during the entire race.

Team Race:
• Each team consists of 3 kiters. They will share the same 1 kite during the entire race. Kites will be landed before they are passed to their team mates.

The winner will be the one who has raised the most funds. How is money raised? When each lap is completed, 1 euro is donated to the team's basket by friends and family. The winning team will be the one who completes the most laps.

Schedule (times may vary slightly)

Day 1: 6th of August

• 5:00-6:00pm Event Registration and Athlete Check-in

• 6:30-8:30pm Athlete, Volunteer and VIP Drinks

Day 2: 7th of August Individual Kite Endurance Race

• 10:30-11:30am Registration

• 11:45am Skippers Meeting

• 12:00pm Women's Individual Kite Endurance Race START

• 2:00pm Women's Endurance Race FINISH

• 3:00pm Men's Individual Kite Endurance Race START

• 5:00pm Men's Endurance Race FINISH

• 7:30pm Awards

Day 3: 8th of August Group Kite Endurance Race

• 1:30-2:30pm Registration

• 2:45pm Skippers Meeting

• 3:00pm Group Kite Endurance Race START

• 6:00pm Endurance Race FINISH

• 7:30pm Awards and Closing Ceremony

Each participant will receive a gift from Quicksilver Greece.

Registration is €40 and includes the event lycra. To ensure safety and fun for all, spaces are limited. We can accommodate 15 kites in each race:

•15 kiters in the Womens race,

•15 kiters in the Mens race, and

•15 teams of 3 kiters in the Group race.

Please confirm participation ASAP: we are working on first come, first served basis! You can register now by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

source: http://www.globalkiter.com

 

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Duration of contests
The contest will take place during week July 26th - August 9 th.

The 250 m speedcourse. Click on picture to enlarge
Organizer
The event is organized by Torkelstorp Vindsurfingklubb. 
http://ttvk.se and Chris Schill Pro Center.
Contact persons: Anders Bjorkqvist, anders(a)bjorkqvist.org

Location
Chris Schill Procenter Paradise bay (Devils bay), Afiarti, Karpathos Greece. 
All speedruns must be set in the triangle between the Pro center the Island and land.
 (The Worldcup course).

Race
The best 2 days a week of every sailor will give the rank for the King of Paradise. Each week is a different contest. Upload your best 250-meter run from the current race day in GPS speedsurfing.com. In this way we can all participate, despite different arrival days.

Every rider shall also report his/her best 10-second run (display) everyday at the notice board at the Procenter before 19.00 every evening.

Best speed
We count only one of the participant's best 250m average speed per race day. 07.00-19.00. The sessions must be uploaded to the GPS Speedsurfing "Karpathos" not later than 9 PM every day. If you do not have a computer we will help you at the Procenter. Furthermore, so you should mark the event as "King of Paradise 2012". Be prepared to RTK can recover samples of your file. 
If the participant has an Amaryllo, GT11, GT31 device, you should always use the timing from that device.
A new rule for 2012 is that the top 3 riders and fastest rider of the day will have to give their files to the event manager. Runs with error margins over +/- 1.0 knots will not be accepted as valid results. If the margin is more, the whole error-margin will be substracted from the result or the riders next best run will be used.

Facilities
The 250 meter speed course at Paradise bay (Devils bay) will be clear at least 5 hours a day, free from kite- and freestyle-riders.

Storage and Airport pick-up
Every competitor can book storage and airport pickup at Chris Schill Pro Center, 65 EUR one week, 90 EUR for two weeks 120 EUR for three weeks. That also includes all services at the center, as rescue etc. http://www.chris-schill.com/new/ The competitors in King of Paradise do not have to pay for extra equipment (additional boards and rigs).

The Lycra = rescue service
Every competitor have to wear the yellow Lycra that can be bought at Chris Schill Pro Center. With the Lycras we can easily see who is competing. The other sailors know that they should give way and we also know that the yellow sailors may requires extra support from Chris Schill´s support team.
The Lycra is made of the highest quality and is sold for 39 Euro to all competitors that stores their equipment at Chris Schill Procenter. The cost if you do not store your equipment at Chris Schill Procenter is 99 Euro, that will include the important rescue service.

Tally system
We have the same safety-system this year as last year, with a tally-tag at the beach where every competitor turn it into green when entering the water. In that way we know who is out on the water.

Entry fee and prize
We do not plan to take any extra entry fee, except of the Lycra (39 or 99 EUR). The winner will get the title "King of Paradise week XX", a trophy and a lot of respect!

Safety
Each participant should take responsibility for himself and can be disqualified if he/she exposes herself or others at unnecessary risk. If you use extra weights a vest must support the weights or equivalent that provides a positive buoyancy of the weights. Wetsuit, etc. are not counted as flotation devices. Failure to provide help to those who show emergency signal will be disqualified. Anyone who gives assistance to such an extent that he/she does not itself implement the competition can apply to have estimated results of the race.

Disclaimer
Every rider has responsibility for himself. He/she has to have all insurances needed. TTVK will not take any responsibility for rescue operations nor racing accidents.

Equipment
Just windsurfing equipment is approved. It is therefore the same rules that apply to GPS speedsurfing.com

Considerations
Why a race? When a race is proclaimed every rider perform the little extra!
 But the most important thing is not to win but to enjoy and have fun together!

http://www.karpathosspeed.com/

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5th Place in Paros FreestyleWalk 2012 - Report

The Paros FreestyleWalk took place from the 6th till the 9th of July in Paroswindsurf Surfclub located in Pounda-Paros with 16 participants from all over Greece. We had 5.3 conditions for 2 of the 4 days of the competition and 1 Single and Double elimination was completed according to the efpt format.

That was the first ever competition for me and i was happy to see myself coping much better than expected in competition-mode windsurfing. In all the 6min heats i could land almost all my moves without problems. Most of the riders could land the regular and switch stance basic moves so landing kono and shaka in all heats and culo in some, helped me advance.

In the Single Elimination after winning my first heat i was against Stam Promponas (#15 PWA fuerte 2010) in light conditions where he managed to land a ponch that made the difference between our moves.

In the Double after winning 3 heats in a row i was against Nikos Athanasiou(Top 10 efpt 2009) sailing for the 4th position. It was a very close heat as i was landing the same moves as Nikos immediatly after he landed them. Till the end we had the same moves, shaka, sw kono, kono, funnel oh, puneta for Nik and shaka, sw kono, kono, funnel oh , double flaka for me. Before the end of the heat Nik landed a shove it spock and at the same time i was landing a clean and high culo but while flipping the sail in the end of the move the sail slipped out of my hands :((. so i finished in 5th position.

All in all i m happy that already from my first competition i could sail in this level in my heats but i also have a bitter feeling that it was in my hand to advance and go higher but i didnt...

http://stefanosdamianos.blogspot.gr/2012/07/5th-place-in-paros-freestylewalk-2012.html

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