Photo © Chris Ray; more at crayivp.com By Eric Due and Amanda Witherell Gnarly conditions. Epic racing. San Francisco delivered and more for the second day of the 2018 Hydrofoil Pro Tour at the St. Francis Yacht Club. Sunny skies and 20-knot winds blessed the first heats...
Fast First Day for Hydrofoil Pro Tour Posted Thursday, June 07, 2018 by Eric Due and Amanda Witherell Boooom! The horn blasted through the ripping winds on the sunny San Francisco Bay today to start the 2018 Hydrofoil Pro Tour kite racing event hosted by the St....
Photo © Michael Petrokov The skies and waters of San Francisco Bay will be ablaze with the 50 kites of the world’s top hydrofoiling kiteboarders June 7-10, 2018, for the Hydrofoil Pro Tour hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club. “Kitesurfing has just been voted into the 2024...
Finally Guy Bridge has gotten the breakthrough taking an impressive win at the recent Hydrofoil Pro Tour/ Festikite in France. G'day Guy, it looks like the Bridge family had a very productive start to 2018 developing kites with Flysurfer and a stellar team result with both Bridge...
Today saw the big fleet split into gold and silver fleet. Both completed a total of 4 races in light air. The racers were on their biggest kites 18-21m. Out the front Guy Bridge maintained his lead with consistent results scoring another bullet and 3 close second...
4 races completed in 10-12 knots. Riders using 18-21m kites during the first day of the Hydrofoil Pro Tour in France. ...
The classic El Norte finally arrived on day 4 providing strong winds and solid racing. For the first time all week, the races were able to start on time with all riders at the start. The first 3 races were held back to back, averaging about...
Day 3 kicked off bright and early with a standard 9:30am skippers meeting. The riders gathered around with fingers crossed, hoping for more wind than Day 2. The wind gods delivered a breeze, albeit quite light and shifty, but nonetheless enough to hold 4 races. Race 3...
“This never happens here” ➖ The most over heard sentence of the day. Day 2 showed the complete opposite of the wind forecast. As the Race Director set up the buoys for Race 1 our of 5, the wind seemed to hold steady. Unfortunately, due to a false...
Day one of the Hydrofoil Pro Tour kicked off at 9:00am sharp with a skippers meeting at La Ventana Beach Resort, this years event host. The wind filled in at around 1pm, with a light breeze of 7-11 knots- a mere 1 knot above minimum wind...
Racing schedule and social program for the Hydrofoil Pro Tour in Mexico. ...
1: How Was was your winter and time off racing? Olly: This winter has been one of the best winters I have had so far. Started of spending a month in western Australia with my family, kiting pretty much every day. Spending time off the foil...