11/7/2023 0 Comments Formula of a kite“The fun is the same, cause sailing is the fun part, the battle on the water is what everyone is here for”. “It is a really good starting kit for the youth with a shorter mast and easier to handle kites, so they can get their first few races in on the course, get experience around the marks, and then hopefully step over to the Formula Kite and go a bit faster” explained Formula Kite rider Sam Aben (NED). The kites of the A’s have the traditional inflatable tube, which provides an extra bit of safety and easier training and coaching possibilities with support boats. Both are high performance equipment, both give plenty of adrenaline to the rider, but in the equipment that will be used in Paris 2024 it is all about performing to the max, going faster at wider angles, while the Youth Foil equipment cares more about the development of the young competitors, being slightly slower, with less lift from the easier to control foils. Two different youth classes are sailing in Gizzeria this week, the fast-and-furious Olympic Formula Kite class, registered series production foiling boards with super fast hydrofoils combined with paragliding-like foil-kites for the extra bit of power, and the new one-design A’s Youth Foil class, all equipment being exactly the same red board with less sharp foil and inflatable tube kites. Only the battle on the racecourse was just as fiery as the previous days, with the young ones as fierce as the older athletes, this is what everyone comes here for: tight, fast races on foiling, super-fast boards, pushed by the wind on the water. ![]() On day three of the U19 and A’s Youth Foil World Championships in Gizzeria, Italy, the conditions were back to classic, with a thermic breeze going from 12 knots in the first race to around 20 in the afternoon, flat sea and the air much cooler than the previous days for everyone’s happiness. ![]() GENTLER CONDITIONS OPEN UP THE GAMES IN THE A’S FLEETįour more races are on the scoreboard tonight for all of the three fleets of young athletes from 25 countries. Jis Van Hees walks us through the differences between the Youth Formula and new Youth A’s racing class during day 3 of the Youth Worlds.Ģ021 FORMULA KITE U19 AND A’S YOUTH FOIL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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