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SeaSailSurfers of 2007
SeaSailSurfer of december : Stephanie Gilmore
Rookie and surfing world champ
dimanche 30 décembre 2007 –
For the first time in the ASP World tour, a rookie has won the championship. Stephanie Gilmore, 19 yo, wins the 2007 ranking ahead of Peruvian Sofia Mulanovich and Silvana Lima from Brazil.
SeaSailSurfer of August 2007 : Michel Desjoyeaux
Third times winner of the Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro : One Vendée Globe, one Route du Rhum, one OSTAR and… three Solitaire ! Mich’Desj, "The Professor" has signed a big schelem in solo offshore racing. And this winter he won again the Solitaire ahead of Duthil and Douguet.
We knew he has the best rangings of the world of solo offshore racing, now he is at the top of the Solitaire rankings. He counts three wins such have done before him Jean Le Cam and Philippe Poupon. Hi just misses Around alone and the Mini-Transat. A race he won years ago… the second leg "only" at the heml of the first offshore racing boat with a canting keel.
At 42 years old, Desjoyeaux is still young even he has begin racing with late Eric Tabarly in the Withbread. At the helm of a one design boat of a prototype, of a multihull or a monohull, Michel has won lots of race. And we will find him again in the next Vendée Globe entry list, at the helm of a new Farr designed Open 60…
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en : SeaSailSurfers of the year
Thomas Ruyant is the SeaSailSurfer of 2010
689 votes made the SeaSailsurfers of 2010. The male winner is Thomas Ruyant, winner of the Route du Rhum in Class40. He did it one year after his win in the solo Transat 650. And he is so popular he wins the title of SeaSailSurfer of the year ahead of the funboarder Antoine Albeau (Sailor of the year for the french federation) and ahead of (…) -
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SeaSailSurfer of December 2010 : Jeremy Flores
Jeremy Flores has won the Billabong Pipe Master, the last event of the 2010 ASP World Tour. Defaiting Kelly Slater in the semis, is the first European surfer to win this great event, the first french to win an event in the ASP circuit. He is the SeaSailSurfer of December. -
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SeaSailSurfer of November 2010 : Thomas Ruyant
Don’t you have a feeling of dejà-vu ? Thomas Ruyant, hands up, with his fetish hat, arriving as a winner in a solo race ? Transat 650 2009 ? Yes. One yer after his win in the Mini-Transat, he has won the Route du Rhum. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month. -
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SeaSailSurfer of October 2010 : Alex Caizergues
On said kitesurfing is not sailing. Other said the Luderitz Speed Challenge’ spot is not deep enough. But the channel in Namibia is a fixed place with 500 meters marks and is more than 80 cm deep. When kitesurfers and windsurfers sail there, there are truly in the spirit of the original Weymouth and Brest Speed Weekds. Their records are not (…) -
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SeaSailSurfer of september 2010 : Russell Coutts
Russell Coutts, the boss of the american Defender, BMW Oracle Racing, has made younger the older sport trophy of the world. As the competition will be sailed aboard wingsailed catamarans, he made the trophy, and sport sailing competition, entering the third millenary. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month. -
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SeaSailSurfer of August 2010 : Bertrand Delesne
August 2010 was rich in events and performances. Many SeaSailSurfers made great performances. We will however retain Bertrand Delesne’s run in the second leg of race to the Azores. On his mini, he covered 304,90 miles in 24 hours. He is SeaSailSurfer of the month !
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fr : ASP World Tour
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en : ASP World Tour
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fr : Longboard
Antoine Delpero vice champion du monde 2010
Le surfer hawaiien de 333 ans, Duane DeSoto, vient de remporter l’Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship. Il s’est imposé en finale devant le Français Antoine Delpero. Il remporte ainsi son premier titre mondial sur le spot de Makaha alors que cela fait 17 ans qu’il écume le circuit mondial de longboard. -
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Duane DeSoto is 2010 World Longboard Champion
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Sidney Gavignet : " the boat capsized almost"
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fr : Route du Rhum
Sidney Gavignet : " le bateau s’est couché à la verticale"
Hier, mercredi 3 novembre, à 16h48 CET (GMT+1), Sidney Gavignet a déclenché sa balise de détresse, bras de liaison tribord, flotteur et mât cassés. Une avarie grave survenu à quelques 250 milles des Açores alors que Oman Air Majan occupait la 5e place du classement et progressait à 18-20 nœuds au près dans une mer peu formée. -
fr : Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale
Franck Cammas file tout schuss sous les Açores
Après trois jours de course, les écarts se sont encore creusés entre Franck Cammas (Groupama 3) qui caracole en tête dans la flotte des multicoques Ultimes et Armel Le Cleac’h (Brit Air) en monocoques 60 pieds qui continue sur une route plus au nord à mener la danse face à Roland Jourdain (Veolia environnement ).
