Report and Results : Battle of the Coast 2013

Netherland, 1 Star Beach Race, May 18-19 2013

FACEBOOK : BATTLEOFTHECOAST

Report by Hans Schouten :

Battle of the coast 2013

After a wild 2012 edition, with high winds and 4-6ft waves, the battle of the coast race on the west coast of the Netherlands was changed into a two-day event in the city of Haarlem and the beachresort of Zandvoort. On Friday the 17th, a variety of stand up paddling was done on the old river Spaarne in the vicinity of the windmill and the 17th century shipyard. 80 children from a local school were not only taught the principles of stand up paddling but also awareness of cleaning the water with the help of the local watercleaning company. In the afternoon, the full fleet sprint races with scheduled. Men en women paddled 3 heats of 1500 m with several buoy turns. In the field of paddlers, Hawaiian-Dutch long distance paddler Bart de Zwart (Starboard) came out as the glorious winner in all three heats, followed by Martijn van Deth (Naish) and Ike Frans (Starboard). In the ladies division,the Italian Silvia Mecucci and dutch paddlers Emma Reijmerink and Carla Schellart paddled fiercely for the victory in the sprint races. After a win in the first heat and a second place in the second heat, Silvia Mecucci was anxious to beat Emma Reijmerink in the third heat. After a tight buoy turn, Emma Reijmerink (Starboard)came out as the winner in the third heat, resulting in her first win of the city races. Silvia Mecucci (Jimmy Lewis) placed second, followd by Carla Schellart (naish).
In the evening a fancy dress Friday night tour was paddled by a large group of paddlers through the 17th century centre of the city of Haarlem.
The next day, the location was switched from the windcovered city of Haarlem to the open beach of Zandvoort. Even though the wind was still blowing approx 15 knots, the sup-expo was ready and beachgoers and visitors could have a look at the lastest stand up paddle equipment. All major brands were around, such as JP Australia, Fanatic, Hobie, Starboard and Quickblade but also lifestyle related companies such as Maui Jim, Hamboards and Indoboards.
The beachrace was a 4 lap classic beachrace: start at the beach, paddle to the outside, an upwind leg, a long downwindleg and a surfleg back inside followed by a short run. Weather forecast told the wind would die down and sun would show up, so the start was delayed until the conditions were optimal for an exiting race. Approximately 30 paddlers were ready to run at the starting shot by the chairman of the royal dutch watersports federation. After the start Bart de Zwart immediately took off, leaving the pack behind. Only Martijn van Deth and canoe-master Rick Daman could follow. Ricardo Haverschmidt and Ike Frans battled it out with Chase Paans, Joost Duivenvoorde and Dick van der Spek. In the ladies division, Silvia Mecucci was determined to fight for the overall win and created a big gap between herself and Carla Schellart, Emma Reijmerink and Jade Ottema.
After 4 laps of battling in and out of the surf, Bart de Zwart showed his supremacy by lapping almost all competitors. In the ladies division Silvia Shark Meccuci came in as overall 9th, leaving Carla Schellart as 2nd and Emma Reijmerink as 3rd.

Results

Cityrace Men
1. Bart de Zwart (NL/USA, Starboard)
2. Martijn van Deth (NL,Naish, Quickblade)
3. Ike Frans (NL, Starboard, Supking)

Cityrace Ladies
1. Emma Reijmerink (NL,Starboard)
2. Silvia Mecucci (IT,Jimmy Lewis, Quickblade)
3. Carla Schellart (NL,Naish)

Beachrace Men
1. Bart de Zwart (NL/USA,Starboard)
2. Martijn van Deth (NL,Naish, Quickblade)
3. Rick Daman (NL, F-One, Fanatic)

Beachrace Ladies
1. Silvia Mecucci (IT, Jimmy Lewis, Quickblade)
2. Carla Schellart (NL, Naish)
3. Emma Reijmerink (NL, Starboard)

Overall
1. Bart de Zwart (NL/USA,Starboard)
2. Martijn van Deth (NL,Naish, Quickblade)
3. Ike Frans (NL,Starboard, Supking)

Ladies
1. Silvia Mecucci (IT, Jimmy Lewis, Quickblade)
2. Emma Reijmerink (NL, Starboard)
3. Carla Schellart (NL, Naish)

FACEBOOK : BATTLEOFTHECOAST

Results Elite Men 12’6

1 Bart De Zwart 01:11:40.4 NL 1000pts
2 Martijn Van Deth 01:12:57.4 NL 860pts
3 Rick Daman 01:24:02.2 NL 730pts
4 Ricardo Haverschmidt 01:25:23.2 NL 670pts
5 Ike Frans 01:25:58.5 NL 610pts
6 Joost Duivenvoorde 01:26:08.1 NL 583pts
7 Dick Van Der Spek 01:27:36.8 N 550pts
8 Chase Paans 01:30:01.6 NL 528pts
9 Dennis Van Der Panne 01:36:56.9 NL 500pts
10 Jeroen Van Gessel 01:37:45.5 NL 488pts
11 Jasper Van Overbeek 01:39:38.7 NL 475pts
12 Erik Gerritsen 01:42:05.2 NL 462pts
13 Barry Douma 01:47:24.8 NL 450pts
14 Arno Dekker 01:55:15.4 NL 438pts
dnf Ed Reichman - NL dnf
dnf Mike Bosman - NL dnf
dnf Martijn De Man – NL dnf
dnf Jeroen Boks - NL dnf
dnf Emiel Halma - NL dnf

Results Elite Women 12’6

1 Silvia Mecucci 01:32:48.3 ITA 1000pts
2 Carla Schellart 01:48:00.3 N 860pts
3 Emma Reijmerink 01:57:06. NL 730pts
4 Jade Ottema 01:58:53.6 NL 670pts
5 Mara Van Der Schaaf 01:59:41.3 NL 610pts
Caroline Ammerlaan 02:06:44.0 NL 583pts
7 Josine Schmitz 02:12:06.5 NL 550pts
dns Petra Offerman GER dns

Report and Results : North Point SUP Classic 2013

France, 1 Star Beach Race, May 18-19 2013.
Report by Greg Closier :

“The 5th NorthPoint Stand up Paddle Classic was held at Crozon at La Palue.
20knots wind and 3 to 4 feet beach break made the beach race exiting and challenging for paddlers and spectacular for spectators.
The skills needed to get to the top places were, not only a good paddling technique but also good surfing skills to avoid the close out sets on the way out and stay on the board on the way in.

Rico Leroy who took the advantage on those tricky conditions to take the lead right away followed by young gun Arthur Daniel. Far behind because of a very bad start, the favorite Yoann Cornelis, member of the 2013 Team France and the ISA World Championship, made an impressive coming back from 20th to 3rd.
During the last lap, Arthur took control of the race making no mistakes while behind the battle was hard between Yoann and Rico. Yoann was the fastest to run on the beach and finished 2nd in front of Rico.

Caroline Angibaud won the ladies division in front of Solange Pruvost.”

Results 12’6 Elite Men

1 Arthur Daniel 44’47 FRA 1000pts
2 Yoann Cornelis 44’52 FRA 860pts
3 Rico Leroy 44’55 FRA 730pts
4 Martin Letourneur 47’57 FRA 670pts
5 Mathieu Barbarit 48’39 FRA 610pts
6 Olivier Garet 48’52 FRA 583pts
7 Amaury Dormet 49’47 FRA 550pts
8 Vincent Verhoeven 50’23 FRA 528pts
9 Yves Gondre 53’35 FRA 500pts
10 Jérémy Branchu 53’39 FRA 488pts
11 Renaud Noyelle 57’12 FRA 475pts
12 Denis Llorence 57’26 FRA 462pts
13 Thomas Kimpflin 59’19 FRA 450pts
14 Marc Juliot 59’37 FRA 438pts
15 Sylvain Pladdys 1h00’08 FRA 425pts
16 Jean-Batiste Daniel 1h01’40 FRA 413pts
17 Vincent Guillaume 1h02’16 FRA 400pts
18 Steve Lener 1h02’30 FRA 395pts
19 Fréderic Istin 1h02’40 FRA 390pts
20 Ildut Marzin 1h04’40 FRA 385pts
21 Martin Vitry 1h10’11 FRA 380pts
22 Thomas Hébert 1h12’00 FRA 375pts
23 Christophe Ly 1h12’10 FRA 370pts
24 Jean Letourneur 1h12’30 FRA 365pts
25 Thomas Letourneur 1h18’18 FRA 360pts
26 Florian Meallet 1h20’39 FRA 355pts
27 Erwann Blanchart 1h21’47 FRA 350pts
28 Sébastien Gricourt 1h26’36 FRA 345pts
29 Eric Gricourt 1h29’30 FRA 340pts
30 Ronan Botrel 335pts
=30 Grégoire Vitry 335pts
=30 Jean Marc Roue 335pts
=30 Nicolas Graziano 335pts

Results 12’6 Elite Women

1 Caroline Angibaud 1h12’10 FRA 1000pts
2 Solange Pruvost 1h19’01 FRA 860pts
3 Anne Crozet 1h40’57 FRA 730pts

Other Results :

Under 18 years old :

1) Arthur Daniel
2) Martin Letourneur
3) Martin Vitry
4) Thomas Hébert
5) Jean Letourneur
6) Benjamin Perrot
7) Erwann Priol

Surfboard class (3km) :

1) Arnaud Tressens
2) Benjamin Perrot
3) Erwann Priol
4) Céline Salles

Massilia SUP Race in EuroSUPA Calendar

The 2nd edition of the Massilia SUP Race is making a late entry in the EuroSUPA Calendar.
This 1 day event will take place in Marseille, France June 29th 2013, just a week after the Happy Summer Namur International SUP Race (Belgium)
5000€ prize money is announced for the Massilia SUP Race.
Please stay tuned for more details.

Port Adriano SUP Race, Report and Results

The race took place April 26-28 and featured a Long Distance Elite 12’6 4 Stars as well as sprint races, kid races etc…

Most of the best European paddlers competed the long distance race in very technical conditions, a good mix of flatwater, choppy water and rain.
Roman Frejo took 1s in the long distance Elite men and Sonni Honscheid starts her 2013 season very strong with a 1st place in Elite Women. Special mention goes to Laura Quetglas who had to wear the double hat of co-organizer and racer, finishing 2nd in the women Elite division.

We are also happy to see a new country on the list with Branislav Sramek from Czech Republic finishing 5th in men Elite, not bad considering it was his first international race.

The top european Elite paddlers such as Fabrizio Gasbaro and Paolo Marconi from Italy, Peter Bartl from Austria, Jean Luc Malfroid from Switzerland, all did a good job as usual.
Good job as well for all the local riders of Mallorca.

See the official report (in spanish) below.

Results Elite 12’6 Women :

Sonni Hönscheid 1:25:35 GER 4000pts
Laura Quetglas 1:32:27 ESP 3440pts
Barbara de la Maz 1:39:34 ESP 2920pts
Mireia Rabal 1:41:11 ESP 2680pts
Cristina Rozalen 1:42:26 ESP 2440pts
Susanne Lier 1:45:56 CHE 2332pts
Sigrid Baumgartner 1:53:21 AUT 2200pts
Petra Offermans 1:53:27 GER 2112pts

Results Elite 12’6 Men :

1 Roman Frejo 1:20:54 4000pts
2 Peter Bartl 1:21:15 3440pts
3 Paolo Marconi 1:22:20 2920pts
4 Fabrizio Gasbarro 1:22:53 2680pts
5 Branislav Sramek 1:23:41 2440pts
6 Daniel Ruiz 1:23:49 2332pts
7 Pere Sureda 1:24:07 2200pts
8 Victor Blanes 1:26:15 2112pts
9 Bernat Castell 1:27:30 2000pts
10 Jean-Luc Malfroid 1:29:44 1952pts
11 Taka Llinas 1:30:04 1900pts
12 Roman Riera 1:30:15 1848pts
13 Ramon Blanco 1:30:24 1800pts
14 William Doering 1:30:39 1752pts
15 Tomas Sanchez 1:30:45 1700pts
16 Kristian Dimitrov 1:31:04 1652pts
17 Javier Sanchez 1:31:1 1600pts
18 Marcelo Barreto 1:31:43 1580pts
19 Natxo Riera 1:32:14 1560pts
20 Antonio de la Rosa 1:34:28 1540pts
21 Saul Viadero 1:35:11 1520pts
22 Jose Sanchez 1:35:12 1500pts
23 Antoine Badin 1:35:45 1480pts
24 Carlos Forteza 1:35:46 1460pts
25 Billy Palmer 1:36:09 1440pts
26 Tolo Canellas 1:36:27 1420pts
27 Benjamin Swails 1:36:32 1400pts
28 Javier Bartra 1:40:47 1380pts
29 Paulino Cayon 1:42:02 1360pts
30 Victor Rozalen 1:42:17 1340pts

Results Men 14′

1 Christopher Parker 1:21:23
2 Miguel Martorell 1:23:08
3 Daniel Ruiz 1:23:49
4 Ruben Salvador 1:24:52
5 Romke Loopik 1:29:49
6 Tolo Canella 1:36:27
7 Ahmet 1:46:53

All Results (Event Overall, allround boards etc…) + SUPracer’s com report CLICK HERE

More info about this event : www.marbalear.com

Official Report :

Empezaba la tarde del viernes 27 con un cielo plomizo y amenazando lluvia. Las nubes aguardaban impacientes a que empezara la presentación de cómo iba a desarrollarse la competición para descargar una fina lluvia y obligarnos a trasladar el briefing al interior del local de Mar Balear. Después se procedió a entregar la bolsa a cada corredor con su correspondiente dorsal, camiseta y regalos por parte de Bodymanía, Pepper y Duet Sport.
Debido a los constantes cambios climatológicos se emplazó a los corredores para el briefing definitivo de la long distance que se celebraría la mañana del sábado.

El sábado amaneció gris oscuro. El viento desapareció y nos dejó un mar tranquilo y apacible para el desarrollo de la prueba. Las salidas se sucedieron en orden, 14´, 12,6 masculino y femenino todos a una, y 5 minutos después se daba la salida de la categoría all round.
La salida se daba desde la cala de El Toro, protegida de cualquier inclemencia y donde los palistas pudieron buscar su posición alcanzando velocidades de vértigo. La salida de la cala se estrechaba y debían poner rumbo al primer punto de giro en la Isla de El Toro. En ese punto los grupos estaban hechos, Christopher Parker lideraba el grupo de cabeza con su Pepper 14´ seguido de Peter Bartl, Román Frejo y Fabrizio Gasbarro. Luego apenas unos metros por detrás iban el resto de corredores en solitario o formando pequeños grupos que intentaban no alejarse de la cabeza. Llamaba la atención la corredora de Sic, Sonja Hönscheid (Sonni) colocada justo detrás del grupo de cabeza y que en apenas 4km ya había puesto mucha agua de por medio con la local Laura Quetglas, metida en otro grupo perseguidor.
Tras el giro de la primera isla empezó un fuerte chaparrón que sirvió para refrescar y espabilar a los corredores, que se dirigían a las Islas Malgrats, empujados por un ligero viento y negociando unas pequeñas y cortas olas que venían totalmente de lado que obligaban a los supers a sacar todo el repertorio de trucos para hacer deslizar la tabla rápidamente.
En ese largo se cambiaron algunas posiciones si bien el grupo de cabeza lo formaban los mismos riders. Después del giro de estas islas ya encaraban rumbo a Port Adriano, donde la linea de llegada aguardaba el desenlace final.
La entrada a la cala prometía emociones, un choppy importante formado por olas que iban y venían de todas partes iba a demandar el máximo a unos palistas que llegaban con las fuerzas muy justas. Peter Bartl, en cabeza en ese momento, pagaba tributo y se caía al agua en un momento donde la escasa distancia a la meta no le permitiría recuperarse ante Román Frejo, que después de ir a la ola durante toda la carrera esprintaba con todo lo que tenía para cruzar la meta en primera posición, seguido de Peter y Christopher Parker, primer clasificado en 14´.
Uno tras otro fueron entrando corredores y Sonni entraba en 7ª posición en la general, ¡para quitarse el sombrero!.
Los corredores de allround fueron entrando también y mezclándose con las otras categorías, todos agotados y felices por terminar.
Para finalizar la jornada se celebró la carrera de la prueba infantil. Era una vuelta a la cala de 1km, donde los niños de 6 a 12 años corrían en una multitudinaria carrera de 25 paricipantes.
Los corredores iban pasando por la zona de masajes a cargo de Fisio Planet mientras se ofrecía una comida a base de pasta y productos locales mallorquines para deleite de todos los participantes. Al acabar, traslado de los corredores al hotel y los organizadores a preparar las Sprint Series.

La noche del sábado se presentó muy ventosa y lluviosa. La zona de exposición amaneció asolada por el viento, no quedaba nada en pie. A pesar de que no se presagiaba nada bueno todos los corredores aparecieron a la hora indicada. Contra todo pronóstico a la hora de las salidas dejó de llover y paró el viento, por lo que las pruebas se desarrollaron en muy buenas condiciones.
La prueba consistía en 3 sprints, de 600, 400 y 200m, con salida desde la orilla de la playa, giro en boya y llegada tras una corta carrera en la arena.
Como era de preveer con unas distancias tan cortas y explosivas las llegadas se prometían complicadas y muy ajustadas por lo que se entregó un chip para controlar de manera automática y sin error el orden de llegada a la meta.
La prueba de 12,6´ masculino fue la más espectacular con una treintena de palistas luchando por conseguir buena posición en una distancias tan reducidas.
Todas las categorías fueron pasando con un ritmo dinámico y sin paradas hasta completar, todas ellas una distancia. Seguidamente y en el mismo orden corrían las otras dos distancias que harían media para sacar una sola puntuación final que se sumaría a la obtenida en la long distance.
Los sprints fueron celebrándose uno tras otro. La salida era sumamente importante y cualquier error se pagaba a precio de oro. Eso sirvió para que cambiara un poco la clasificación final y que Peter Bartl subiera a la primera posición y Román tuviera que conformarse con la segunda plaza. En féminas, 14´y allround no se produjeron cambios significativos en la general y los niños volvieron a deleitar a todos los presentes con un gran espectáculo de esfuerzo y compañerismo.

Al acabar la competición, todos duchados y descansados, llenaron sus estómagos con una barbacoa mientras esperaban los resultados finales y la esperada entrega de premios amenizado por un concierto en directo de los Plash 47.

La entrega se desarrolló según lo previsto y en presencia de las autoridades, se entregaron los trofeos, obras de arte hechas a mano por Pepper Surf, premios cedidos por las marcas colaboradoras y los cheques para los 5 primer@s de 12,6.

Como colofón final hubo un sorteo con numerosos obsequios por parte de los colaboradores y todos los asistentes, corredores y público se despidieron con buen sabor de boca.

Tan sólo añadir un profundo agradecimiento a todos los que han apoyado este evento:

Port Adriano Ayuntamiento de Calviá Mar Balear
La Caixa Pepper Institut Calvianer d´Esports
Oshutterpro Pipeline Windsurf Paradise
Ticket to the Moon Amida Catering Mercanautic
SunProjectOptica Oakley Bubble Custom Boards
Nah Skwell Club de sup Mallorca Bodymania
La Oca 2 Podoactiva Mallorca Residencia
S´Aigua Blava Fanautic Dali Pala
Deep Family Acciona Aio Inflatable Boards
Duet Sports Fisio Planet Suping Mallorca
Sps Inflatable Boards

Mención especial a todo el equipo de voluntarios que nos ofrecieron su ayuda altruísta y a Bea Canudas, Directora General del Departamento de Problemas de Última Hora, a Sol de la Pizzería la Oca y, sobre todo a Laura Quetglas, corredora, organizadora y alma mater de todo este festival.

Tan sólo queda despedirme, dar las gracias a todos otra vez y emplazar a todo el mundo para la Port Adriano Sup Race 2014, que esperamos que sea incluso mejor que la de este año.

Accomodation Lost Mills Race

We have had some feedbacks from riders who are struggling to find accommodation for the Lost Mills SUP Race in Germany.
There are some infos on the official website : www.lostmills.com (go to ” Housing ” )

And you can also contact the official tourism office :
www.pfofeld.de
E-Mail:  info@pfofeld.de
for english speaking people please ask for Alexandra Williams
There are several Flats for up to 8 People/house for a very affordable price.
This flats are only 500 m from the race area.

And there are also still rooms available at info@sonnenhof-brombachsee.de on the lake Brombachsee

News and Calendar updates

Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Czeck Republic, Austria, France and Spain, those are the countries that were represented in Mallorca at the Port Adriano SUP Race.
As we are preparing the report, you can go to SUPRacer.com for the first results and stories of the 4 Stars Long Distance Elite 12’6 as well as the other races they had during this successful event :
http://www.supracer.com/2013-port-adriano-sup-race-results/

And as we are talking about events, here is a good news : There will be a EuroSUPA SUP Surfing event this year.
This European SUP Surfing contest will take place in Somo, North of Spain thanks to the “Federación Cantabra de Surf” October 19-20 2013 (save the dates)
It will enter the 2013 Calendar as a “Special Event” , The goal of this event will to set the standard for future European SUP Surfing events. Most of the focus will be on providing serious judging and serious competition.
Judges working during the contest are all familiar with SUP and have a strong background of pro surfing contests, national and international (ISA, ASP etc..)
We will keep you updated with this event.

For now, the next events are May 18-19 in France with a 1 Star Beach Race at the North Point SUP Classic and on the same week end in Holland the Battle of the Coast with also a 1 Star Beach Race.

End of May will be super hot with the SUP Race CUP 25-26 May, 4 Stars Beach Race and 3 Stars Long Distance Elite 12’6 (tbc) as well as open races and a Bic One Design Race.
Following this huge event, the Lost Mills in Germany May 27- June 2nd with a 6 Stars Long Distance Elite 14′ will be another highlight.
Not only the best European SUP Racers will be at those event, but many top international racers are organizing there trip from overseas to take part in the biggest European Events of the year.

We also have great news from Italy with 2 new events in our calendar :
July 6-7 2013 SUP Cup Beach Race, with a 3 Stars Beach Race in San Cataldo and August 23-25  2013 : Surf’s Up , a 4 Stars Beach Race in Monopoli.
So there will be a lot of action this summer in Italy (don’t forget the Italia Surf Expo July 26-28 2013)

Check out the events calendar page for all the updates

See you at the beach !!

Report and Results : Jade Paddle Race 2013

Jade Paddle Race, 20th- 21st April 2013
Report : Michel Terrien, JPS44

http://www.jps44.fr

The South of Brittany (France, West coast) was the theater of this 3-star EuroSUPA event. Forty-six paddlers participated in the Long Distance Race.

The course of this Elite Race (12’6) was delimited by the edge of the coast. The paddlers had to find the best way according to the wind and the waves.The orientation of the three first kilometers was upstream and upwind (light wind at this moment, a few knots), so most of the paddlers chose the option of staying very close to the cliff, taking advantage of some shelter. There was no danger for the paddlers, the ocean was rather calm, but they had to stay careful for their fins.

After turning around the Pointe Saint-Gildas (the farthest western point of the course), the conditions changed as well for the stream (from there it was downstream) as for the wind (more or less downwind). The wind strenghtened gradually, following perfectly the weather forecast, and in the last part of the course the racers benefited from both downwind and small well-oriented bumps.

Two racers took the lead very soon, Eric Terrien and Gaétan Séné. The gap between them and a group of five racers increased gradually, reaching about four minutes on the finish line. Regarding Gaétan and Eric, each one led according to the choice of his way among bumps, and also to a few falls. The last kilometer was decisive, the two paddlers accelerated and Eric finished first, twenty-four seconds before Gaétan. Four minutes later, Sébastien Gramont won the third place on the podium.
Martin Letourneur was the first junior, with his eighth place in the Elite ranking. Thomas Hébert was the second junior and Martin Vitry took the third place in this ranking.

Cécile Gondre was the fastest lady in this race, five minutes before Anne Crozet and ten minutes before Karine Dormet.

Results :

Long Distance Elite 12’6 Women

1 Cécile Gondre FRA1h39mn47sec 3000pts
2 Anne Crozet FRA 1h45mn10sec 2580pts
3 Karine Dormet FRA 1h49mn49sec 2190pts
4 Valérie Vitry FRA 1h55mn55sec 2010pts
5 Catherine Letourneur FRA 2h07mn34sec 1830pts
6 Béatrice Gastineau FRA 2h12mn25sec 1749pts
DNF Nadège Le Cor FRA

Long Distance Elite 12’6 Men

1 Eric Terrien FRA 1h14mn38sec 3000pts
2 Gaétan Séné FRA 1h15mn02sec 2580pts
3 Sébastien Gramont FRA 1h18mn40sec 2190pts
4 Amaury Dormet FRA 1h18mn54sec 2010pts
5 Vincent Verhoeven FRA 1h19mn15sec 1830pts
6 Grégoire Vitry FRA 1h19mn25sec 1749pts
7 Florent Dode FRA 1h19mn35sec 1650pts
8 Martin Letourneur FRA 1h20mn45sec 1584pts
9 Franck Le Ven FRA 1h20mn45sec 1500pts
10 Thomas Hébert 1h21mn18sec 1464pts
11 Marcelin Sautour FRA 1h22mn39sec 1425pts
12 Jérémy Branchu FRA 1h23mn35sec 1386pts
13 Pascal Pouget FRA 1h23mn58sec 1350pts
14 Fred Istin FRA 1h24mn52sec 1314pts
15 Robin Dorval FRA 1h25m48sec 1275pts
16 Martin Vitry FRA 1h27mn24sec 1239pts
17 Ludovic Bertho FRA 1h27mn55sec 1200pts
18 Lucas Le Bayon FRA 1h30mn15sec 1185pts
19 Ronan Botrel FRA 1h30mn23sec 1170pts
20 Jean Marc Roue FRA 1h30mn30sec 1155pts
21 Eric Sery FRA 1h31mn10sec 1140pts
22 Benjamin Vaure FRA 1h32mn17sec 1125pts
23 Sébastien Gricourt FRA 1h35mn07sec 1110pts
24 Sylvain Lefèvre FRA 1h35mn10sec 1095pts
25 Jean Letourneur FRA 1h37mn15sec 1080pts
26 Eric Paul FRA 1h38mn38sec 1065 pts
27 Jean Marc Hébert FRA 1h39mn19sec 1050pts
28 Eric Gricourt FRA 1h41mn03sec 1035pts
29 Alain Geffrault FRA 1h41mn47sec 1020pts
30 Paul Harriet FRA 1h44mn29sec 1005pts
31 Christophe Blervaque FRA 1h45mn27sec 990pts
32 Tanguy Richard FRA 1h50mn07sec 975pts
33 Hervé Molinero FRA 2h00mn53sec 960pts
34 Patrice Remoiville FRA 2h06mn30sec 945pts

Long Distance Men 14′

1 Yves Gondre 1h20mn00sec
2 Pierre de la Monneraye 1h21mn58sec
3 Nicolas Fayol 1h27mn05sec
4 J.P Letourneur 1h28mn20sec
5 Sébastien Billois 1h34mn48sec

Photos : Nicolas Beauvivre, Michel Terrien

The Jade Paddle Race event consisted of three races, and the total of participants (at least in one race) amounted to about seventy.

The Saturday morning was dedicated to a beach race.

Results Beach race :
Ladies : 1. Caroline Angibaud 2. Cécile Gondre 3. Anne Crozet
Men : 1. Eric Terrien 2. Gaétan Séné 3. Vincent Verhoeven

In the afternoon there was another important event, the first stage of the BIC SUP One Design 2013. Heats of twelve racers were organised, with quarter of final, semi-final and final. The juniors and the ladies had directly their finals. The racers appreciated these short sprints, taking a lot of fun while competing for the win !

Results BIC SUP One Design :
Ladies : 1. Caroline Angibaud 2. Cécile Gondre 3. Valérie Vitry
Men : 1. Eric Terrien 2. Gaétan Séné 3. Florent Dode

Next Race is a 4 Stars Long Distance race, part of the Port Adriano event in Mallorca, Spain, April 26-28 2013 !
http://www.marbalear.com