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Cabrinha Stacks the Top Ten...
For Immediate Release:
Cabrinha Stacks the Top Ten in Gulf Coast Kiteboarding Challenge Tuesday, December 7, 2010 The 2010 Gulf Coast Kiteboarding Challenge was supposed to take place early in the 2010, but was delayed by poor conditions and eventually left to run this Fall. The notice came on Friday Dec 4 that race was on for Sunday with a perfect forecast of strong NW winds. 45 competitors from all over Florida traveled to Sand Key Park in Clearwater to battle it out with their peers on the pristine waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The finish is downwind at the Undertow in beautiful St. Pete Beach. Although the course starts out as a downwind reach, the coastline curves throughout the race to end nearly straight downwind. The conditions were perfect with 15-20 knots of wind. Most competitors used stock kites and some type of directional board that is both comfortable to ride on a single tack for long periods of time, but super fast as well. Local Mike Hall won the race the previous year in under 45 minutes, so he was the obvious favorite for the 2010 running. But with racing veterans Damien Leroy and Kent Marinkovic in town, anything was possible. After gaining a nearly insurmountable lead, Leroy struggled towards the end where the course goes almost straight downwind and the winds let up just a touch. Kent Marinkovic on a 16m Crossbow with 28m lines and a custom downwind board was flying through the bottom of the course. Mike Hall kept things interesting in the top three by staying close to Leroy and Marinkovic. Damo stepped on the gas at the end to hold off Marinkovic and preserve the victory in 51:40:07. Leroy is a world cup professional kiter and chose the Cabrinha Switchblade 12m kite with a custom downwind directional board. Marinkovic finished by himself in second position and the race’s favorite, Mike Hall (a native of the area), finished in third place also flying Cabrinha’s and using a custom directional. Cabrinha riders tore it up in the Juniors as well with Naples’ own Jan Lucas Gianello taking top honors and 4th place overall on the Crossbow, while Chaz Lawrence grabbed 2nd and 6th overall. I hate to sound like a broken record, but Cabrinha riders once again shined in the Masters with Naples’ ripper Richie Gardner taking top honors and 8th overall and Enrique Gianello taking 2nd and 10th overall. Once again Chris Moore, Steve-O, Jon and all the crew in the Tampa/St. Pete area put on a killer race and we’re all stoked for the next one!! Congrats to all the competitors, especially the 33 that finished the grueling race. There were a lot of new faces at the finish line and that is a good sign of things to come in racing. Cabrinha racers took 7 of the 10 top places in the overall standings – a big CONGRATS!! Cabrinha Results Overall: 1st Damien Leroy 2nd Kent Marinkovic 3rd Mike Hall Juniors: 1st Jan Lucas Gianello 2nd Chaz Lawrence Masters: 1st Richie Gardner 2nd Enrique Gianello
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Well done guys!
Here's the layout of the course. Glad the winds stayed side onshore for the entire race.
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FKA, Inc. transcribed by: Rick Iossi |
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cabs are not even in the top 5 kites.
IMO they are way too expensive and slow and too much bar pressure. no offense too cab drivers. stick with best, flexi, ocean rodeo, slingshot, flysurfer. truth be told...mike and damien could prolly win on peter lynns.
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Looks like riders on Cabrinha kites did well in this race, first, second and third Overall, first and second in both the Junior and Senior categories. Your are correct, they didn't win the first five positions in all these categories.
There is a perception that Cabs are expensive, this was posted on another forum: "Just so you guys can see here are some prices for 2011 kites. Naish Park 8m K/C = $1469 Cabrinha Swichblade 8m K/C = $1579 North Rebal 8m K/C = $1599 Best Taboo 8m K/C = $1617.99 Slingshot Rally 8m K/C = $1679 Liquid Force Havoc K/C = $1599 Huh Isn't that funny Cabrinha seems to be one of the cheapest on that list!!!" Given the speed race in Namibia, it is hard to say they are slow. There are lots of fast kites out there, likely more on the way too. People should ride what good kites they like. Try different kites, form your own well informed opinions. Cabrinha had a good run this time, next race, we'll see. Each race as they say "is up for grabs."
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FKA, Inc. transcribed by: Rick Iossi Last edited by ricki; 12-07-2010 at 06:03 PM. |
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If your referring to late model cabs Bayflite then your spot on. Seems your opinion is old. My guess is you haven't ridden the newer cabs. One thing I've learned in this country about being on top in anything.....your gonna have the haters. It's human nature.
Seems alot of great riders out there have no clue but you. What a slap in the face IMO.
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Just for the record since it was posted, I must point something out.
A Best 8 meter Taboo with their latest control bar is $1419 full retail cost. Not $1617.99 as posted. Making it the most inexpensive on the list. http://www.bestkiteboarding.com/Taboo Thats not including the Buy 2 get the 3rd kite free deal they just had on the Taboo. Like I said, just correcting a posting |
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