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A very big congratulations goes out to the Ozone Race Team who have dominated the 2011 Course Racing World Championships held in Sylt, Germany, racing their Ozone EDGE kites. |
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OZONE RACE TEAM DOMINATES AT THE WORLD RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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After 12 races and 3 discards in more than challenging conditions, with winds up to 25 knots and breaking seas of 3+ meters, Johnny Heineken is the new world champion in kite course racing, closely followed by 2010 world champion Adam Koch in 2nd, both riding the 2011 Ozone EDGE kites. Johnny kicked off the first event day with 3 bullets and a RDG for second place. Adam came out of day one with one bullet, two seconds and one third place. Day two the wind turned onshore and the sea became more choppy. Unfortunately after the first race of the day, the committee boat had an engine break down which resulted in the remaining schedule for the day being canceled with not much change in the rankings. Day 3 conditions remained excellent with onshore wind, breaking waves on the starting line and some nice shore pound to giving the extra challenge of getting off the beach. With a late start and 20+ knots of wind the Ozone team all pumped up their 9m Edges and charged out through the big onshore waves. Some real carnage was happening in the fleet, but their training made the difficult conditions fun. Johnny and Adam continued to dominate with Johnny taking 2 firsts and a 2nd followed closely at every turn by Adam with a 1,2,2 for the day. Day 4 came, and it started to become survival training, not only for the competitors but especially for the boat crews of the race committee and the rescue jet ski drivers. Waves were rolling in at 3 meters high and breaking up to 200 meters from the beach. Another 4 races were completed leaving not much room for changes. Day 5 and 6 forced the race committee then to abandon any racing as it was impossible to get the boats out of the harbor and drive them up to the event side 15 km against wind and waves which in the meantime had built up to 25+ knots and 4-5m high at the south tip of the island. As there was no way that the results would change significantly on the podium so the racers were not too disappointed to be allowed to stay on shore. In the end, Johnny Heineken took the 2011 world title winning all races except two! Well done to the Ozone team! Ozone Team Top 15 Results |
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OZONE DOMINATES EUROPEAN RACE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 |
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GO... IMP THE PERFECT START |
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PRO... THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING EDGE |
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Ozone Newsletter December 2010
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Thanks for choosing Ozone, we all wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. |
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OZONE DESKTOP BACKGROUNDS >> |
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OZONE 2011 WATERKITES>> |
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CATALYST >> ACCELERATE YOUR KITING |
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C4 >> A NEW DEFINITION FOR ALL TERRAIN KITEBOARDING |
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EDGE >> ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE |
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ZEPHYR >> YOU RIDE… THEY WATCH, YOU LAUGH… THEY CRY |
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OZONE 2011 SNOWKITE VIDEOS >> |
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The Southernmost Kitesurfing Centre of Africa now opening in Cape Agulhas!
The Southernmost Kitesurfing School, Kitesurfing equipment rental, and Demo centre in AFRICA is opening in Cape Agulhas, and it's a OZONE Kite centre of course! Come and enjoy the exclusive beach activities in Struisbaai (Cape Agulhas) for a day, a week end, or your entire holidays, you will not regret it! Besides being the southernmost point of Africa, the Cape Agulhas offers plenty of activities, such as Kitesurfing of course, but also Stand-up paddling, Surfing, boating, fishing, baking in the sun, or any beach activity. Accommodations for all are available, from house rental, hotels and backpackers (do not miss the amazing vibes of the Cape Agulhas Backpacker!).
Surfstore Africa is the first Ozone Kitesurfing School, Rental, and Kiteshop in Southern Africa. With two major Kiteschools and Demo centres already in place in Cape Town and Struisbaai, Surfstore Africa is proud to offer the best of Kiteboarding in some of the most exclusive sports in Africa, with the Southernmost Kiteschool of Cape Town (Muizenberg, South Peninsula), and the Southernmost Kiteschool of Africa (Struisbaai, Cape Agulhas), respectively!
Southern Sea Xtreme Sunglasses
The water sports sunglasses SOUTHERN SEA have finally been released! Truly unbelievable perfomances, especially noticeable when the conditions become extreme. With their unique AFR system, these glasses DO NOT fogg up in cold waters.
Proof tested hour after hour in the cold waters the South Peninsula of Cape Town, these glasses have proven not only to be comfortable like sleepers, but also tough like steel. For the little story, during my last Kitesurfing session at Witsand, the rail of by board hit me violently in the face as I wiped out in a wave. Well, lucky me the board hit me right onto the Southern Sea water sunglasses I was wearing. It did not only save my nose from being fractured, but I could not believe it when I realized that the glasses were fine. I have been wearing many pairs of Water Sunglasses throughout my 12 years of Kitesurfing, and I can tell I have spent a lot of money purchasing product which all ended up breaking, fogging up like hell, losing their lenses and other crap like that. Even more, instead of coming with a cheap nylon sock, Southern Sea Water Sunglasses come with a shock-proof case that I use to protect my cell phone from the spray, sand and wind while kiting...really awesome!
All I can say is that so far the Southern Sea Sunglasses really impressed me, big time!!
Cheers, Patrice
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Wind Chasers Instant ChatRoom
Hi All!
Since I realized how much I spent on Wind report SMSs and Cell phone airtime simply to find out where is the best spot to go kiting day, after day, after day, in order to satisfy my addiction to the Wind&Waves, I decided that it’s time to do something about it!
I thought, the best way to get the most accurate Wind & Waves report is obviously not to ask the question to machines, but rather to people who can give a much more accurate opinion about the kiting conditions. I have therefore put in place an Instant Chatroom on our official DSK/Surfstore website J
It’s very simple to use, just click on the following link to enter the Chatroom, and either read what other users report about their local spot, either tell others how are the conditions on your side, or simply ask for a question, such as “How is the wind right now in Kitebeach” for instance.
Everything is of course 100% for free!!
Circulate this email to all of your friends and fellow Kiters, Windsurfers, Surfers, and buddies! The more people using the Chatroom, the more real time info available for all of us !
Let’s keep in touch then !
Cheers
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- Ozone Catalysts 2010
- Kitesurfing Cape Town Academy
- WHAT A WEEKEND!
- Accelerate Your Kiting!!
- SURFSTORE AFRICA on FACEBOOK
- The New Ozone C4 now available in SA!!
- Ozone Team
- Ozone Zephyr is released!
- LEARN Kitesurfing in 4 days with Surfstore Africa!!
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