Lysa Caval, France and Maximilian Maeder, Singapore crowned 2023 U21 Formula Kite Youth World Champions Bullets all around in the women’s semi-finals from Nina Arcisz (POL), Catalina Torienzo (ARG) and French riders Heloise Pegourie and Zoe Boutang  Riccardo Pianosi (ITA) and Lucas Fonseca (BRA) straight through to the finals The always reliable Gizzeria sea breeze decided to take a break on the last day of the Formula Kite Youth Worlds, sadly making it impossible to complete the women’s final. Singapore’s wonder-boy Max Maeder yesterday said that he wished for a stress free final and his wish came true resulting in…

On the last day of the opening series it was all about who’s going into the Medal Series. Not a lot of drama in the front of the men’s fleet, with Max Maeder form Singapore and Qibin Huang from China continuing their performance and sealing their place in the finals with two and one match points respectively.  "In Singaporean culture” says Maeder, “my bib number, 88 means 'luck' and man, did I get lucky today! I'm going to credit it to being ready, catching the right opportunity and a good dose of fortune". He describes his overtaking move on Riccardo…

Port starts all round…. some successful, some not so much!  Only three of the four scheduled races completed due to light winds  Italy’s Riccardo Pianosi celebrates a bullet in Gold fleet  Two race wins give Max Maeder a 2-points lead over Qibin Huang  Shared bullets amongst dominant trio Pegourie, Caval and Woyciechowska Day 3 saw some riveting Gold fleet racing! A longer starting line, a slalom finish and lighter wind, definitely lifted the drama as the riders took things up a level! The race committee decided to switch things up today, choosing to run a slalom-finish course, opening the door for…

Straight bullets for Max Maeder, maintaining joint 1st with Qibin Huang, China France and Italy rise through the ranks with Lysa Caval, FRA and Riccardo Pianosi, ITA claiming 2 bullets each  A new face at the front as Catalina Turienzo, Argentina leads races for the first time since starting kitefoiling a mere 18months ago  Noteworthy racing from Vojtech Koska, Czech Republic, Flavio Marx, Italy and Dutch rider Jis Van Hees with some impressive top 3 results  End of qualifying series for the boys, fleet split in Gold and silver from tomorrow            

Singaporean Max Maeder and China's Qibin Huang, dominate day 1 claiming all 4 bullets in their respective heats Magda Woyciechoska and Heloise Pegourie take 2 bullets each in an exciting day for the girls  Equal points for Pianosi, Voerster and Fonseca battling it out for third New faces at the forefront with Chloe Revil and Derin Atakan