Cattelan and Consorti 2008 Kite Speed World Champions
After the final leg of the 2008 PKRA Speed Tour, Sebastien Cattelan stays on top of Alex Caizergues and Chritophe Prin-Guenon (all France). The womens world title goes to Charlotte Consorti, FRA, ahead of Sjoukje Bredenkamp, RSA, and Katja Roose, NED.
Caizergues started the season with a victory in his hometown Port St. Louis, but was beaten in Fuerteventura not only by Sebastien Cattelan but also by hotshot Rob Douglas from the USA.
This, and the higher ranked Fuerteventura event, costs him too many points to stay on top. Cattelan was winning in Fuerteventura, and his his third place on the final leg in Luderitz he closely snatched victory ahed of Alex.
Christophe Prin-Guenon, with three 4. places constantly in the top riders, secured third place. Charlotte Consorti was dominating the season in Port St. Louis and Fuerteventura and became second in Luderitz, leaving her the world championship title ahead of Sjoukje Bredenkamp, winning the Luderitz Speed Challenge.
Katja Roose with constant podium places in third. The Topspeed Ranking is dominated by the Luderitz Speed Challenge contenders, with Alex Caizergues world outright record time of 50.57 knots in first, Rob Douglas (50.54) in second, and Sebastien Cattelan (50.52) in third.
In the womens Topspeed Ranking, Sjoukje Bredenkamp on top with new outright world record as well (45.20 knots), then Charlotte Consorti (44.74) and Katja Roose (39.58). Full rankings can be found in the events -> results section at www.speedworldcup.com
Luderitz Speed Challenge : New records broken again!
The world record set by Alexander Caizergues last Saturday is safe. Rob Douglas came within a hair of snatching back his number one spot with his run today of 50.54 (93.59kph) knots, just .03 knots off Caizergues' 50.57 (93.65kph).
Movistar Chile Kiteboard World Cup 2008 Day 5
The fifth day of the Movistar Kiteboard World Cup 2008 was off to a quiet day. Then morning started out foggy and cold with air temperature at 13° Celsius. Wind speed was a mere 4-5 knots in the morning with practically no waves.
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