June 8, 2011

2011 SUP Race French Champion !

3 races, 3 National titles !
It’s been a little bit of an adventure, my Unlimited board was finished only Friday at 4am… It’s been delivered Friday night at 10pm…in Switzerland…We left Geneva Saturday morning at 2am…And arrived just on time for the 1st race… 20km, 2 laps of 10km with 15knots in the face on the way back.. pretty intense !
In the hurry we didn’t manage to make the rudder work so I did all the race with a fixed fin, it was alright, I ‘ve been lucky that there wasn’t too much side wind.
In the afternoon I’ve won the 3km open race
On Sunday morning I’ve won my second title, the 14′ class 10km, then I took part in the “parents-kids” relay race with my mum, just for the fun !
On Sunday afternoon the 12′6 class title race was a “battle of the Paddle” kind of race, I really like that kind of courses with many turns at bouys and sprints on the beach.

Results :

Unlimited class race :
1 Eric Terrien (Nidecker, Kialoa, Rip Curl, FCS)
2 Gaetan Sene
3 Didier Leneil

14 class race :
1 Eric Terrien (Nidecker, Kialoa, Rip Curl, FCS)
2 Gaetan Sene
3 Didier Leneil

12′6 class men :
1 Eric Terrien (Nidecker, Kialoa, Rip Curl, FCS)
2 Gaetan Sene
3 Thierry Kostka