For Mak Zakowski the FKSS2021 in Tarifa Alejandro Client is proclaimed champion

For Mak Zakowski the FKSS2021 in Tarifa Alejandro Client is proclaimed champion

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Alejandro Climent recovers his lead in the Circuit (Photo Toni Forqués)

Alejandro Climent has recovered the scepter of the Cutty Sark FKSS circuit champion. The Valencian regatist has been made with the final victory of the six-test calendar of 2021 and happens to Russian Denis Taradin as the winner of the best circuit in Europe for the specialty of Formula Kite. In the open category podium in Tarifa, he was accompanied by the alicantino Sebastián Ducos and the Russian Valeria Garrashchenko who also won the circuit in the female category with Gisela Pulido in the second final position. At the F-One FKSS Amateur the circuit champion has been the Sicantine Paco Peiró.

As for the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa race that has been held since Thursday on the beach of the Lances next to the Carbones 13 chiringuito, the final winner has been the Polish Mak Zakowski who has had a duel in line with the Russian Denis Taradin that has been resolved by only two points after 18 contested sleeves.

It is the first win of Poland's most important regatist on the Cutty Sark FKSS circuit (Photo Toni Forqués)

Today it has not been possible to sail because a wind of Levante has been raised of more than 30 knots in the water that has made it impossible to celebrate more sleeves. In women, the winner was the English Ellie Aldridge while Gisela Pulido ended up in the third final position of the last date of the season.

Classifications of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa


FKSS OpenMaks Class
1.Zakowski (POL), 31 points
2.Denis Taradin (RUS), 33
3.Sam Aben (NED), 72
4.Sven Van de Kamp (NED), 82
5.Nikita Kodanev (RUS), 91
6.Michal Wojciechowski (POL), 140
7.Ellie Aldridge (GBR), 144
8.Sebastián Ducos (ESP), 154
9.Bernat Cortés (ESP), 158

F-One FKSS Amateur
1.Pau Mesquida (ESP), 8 points
2.Jean-Yves Raimond (FRA), 21
3.Ignasi Cefre (ESP), 21
4.Angel Candel (ESP), 33
5.Pau Soler (ESP), 35
6.Paco Peiró (ESP), 51

2021-12-11: Zakowski commands in the general and caresses his first triumph in the FKSS Tarifa

The Polish leads the general of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa with only two points on Taradin, although the part for tomorrow can prevent the two sleeves that remain in the Open class (Photo Toni Forqués)

Mak Zakowski again today augmented to the leadership of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS 2021 Tarifa. The Polish beat Denis Taradin on an impressive and marathon day on the beach of Los Lances in the Gaditana town. Third in the general is the Dutch Sam Aben while the first Spanish classified is the Sicantine Sebastian Ducos. In women the leader is the English Ellie Aldridge while Gisela Pulido is third.

So, for tomorrow, only two sleeves remain to be fought out of the twenty that were planned in the Open category at most. If in the end there is a race, the wind forecast of Levante does not make the Regatta Committee very optimistic, Zakowski and Taradin will play the win in an exciting two-sleeved final with only two points of difference.

The only regatist who has been able to win a manga that is not one of the two of the head duo is the Valencian Alejandro Citation who won that rough first manga today. Citation, which will most likely be declared the FKSS circuit champion tomorrow, is not having a solid race in Tarifa as it is having errors and problems that are not usual in its solid run of competitions. The best Spanish in the general is the dianense Sebastián Ducos, although tomorrow he will have a hard fight with Catalan Bernat Cortés for that milestone.

The regatist of the CN S'Arenal Pau Mesquida continues to roll over the rest of the fleet in the F-One FKSS Amateur. The mallorquin has won eight of the nine trials and today has been made with the victory in the five sleeves that have been held. Mesquida premiered on the circuit in the October test in Formentera in which he was placed in the fourth position. In two months it has already become the reference in the fleet that augurs an excellent future to this regatist who was in 2019 champion of Spain in class 420, although in 2018 he was third in the World Cup by Optimist teams. "Here in Tarifa I have very good sensations and I look very fast in every way. In Formentera, I had been competing for a short time and I made room, but here I am already better thanks to the effort and training I do day by day. My idea is to spend next year to Open." In the podium he is accompanied by French veteran Jean- Yves Raymond and the shooting Ignasi Cifre.

Classifications of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa


FKSS OpenMaks Class
1.Zakowski (POL), 31 points
2.Denis Taradin (RUS), 33
3.Sam Aben (NED), 72
4.Sven Van de Kamp (NED), 82
5.Nikita Kodanev (RUS), 129
6.Michal Wojciechowski (POL), 140
7.Ellie Aldridge (GBR), 144
8.Sebastián Ducos (ESP), 154
9.Bernat Cortés (ESP), 158

F-One FKSS Amateur
1.Pau Mesquida (ESP), 8 points
2.Jean-Yves Raimond (FRA), 21
3.Ignasi Cefre (ESP), 21
4.Angel Candel (ESP), 33
5.Pau Soler (ESP), 35 p.Paco Peiró (ESP), 51

2021-12-10: Russian Taradin dominates with great authority in FKSS Tarifa

The Russian wins the five sleeves of the Open Class of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa while Pau Mequida is the first leader in F-One Amateur (Photo Toni Forqués)

Denis Taradin is the new open class leader of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa after being able to impose authority on the rest of the fleet of 40 participants. The Russian-based Tarifa won the five sleeves today in the Open category and surpasses the Polish Mak Zakowski in general when the final race of Europe's most important circuit of Formula Kite has reached its equator... to the third position of the podium has ascended the Dutch Sam Abe. As for the female classification, the first classified is the English Ellie Aldridge (which is also seventh in Open) ahead of the Dutch Lammerts and the Russian Garrashchenko.

As far as the F-One FKSS Amateur class is concerned, the competition started today with four tests for the participants who gave an example of override and hobby when going out to sail under conditions that were not simple for anyone. The one who best sailed was the regatist of the CN S'Arenal, Pau Mesquida, who took the victory in three of the four sleeves that could be held before the day was over. After Mesquida, he finished Jean- Yves Raimond who won a manga and the boy of the RCN Port de Pollensa Ignasi Cifre. The current leader of the circuit, the Dianense Paco Peiró, ended up in the fifth position of the general waiting for tomorrow's Saturday and Sunday's races that will close the season.

Classifications of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa


FKSS OpenDenis Class
1.Taradin (RUS), 13 points
2.Mak Zakowski (POL), 16
3.Sam Aben (NED), 35
4.Sven Van de Kamp (NED), 36
5.Nikita Kodanev (RUS), 38
6.Sebastián Ducos (ESP), 76
7.Ellie Aldridge (GBR), 82
8.Bernat Cortés (ESP), 90

F-One FKSS Amateur
1.Pau Mesquida (ESP), 5 points
2.Jean-Yves Raimond (FRA), 9
3.Ignasi Cefre (ESP), 10
4.Pau Soler (ESP), 17
5.Paco Peiró (ESP), 24

2021-12-09: Polish Zakoswki first leader of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa

Tarifa consolidates its fruitful relationship with the FKSS by betting on a long-term link

Mak Zakowski is the first leader of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa. The Polish command after today's dispute of the first five tests of the race that closes the 2021 edition of Europe's most important circuit of Formula Kite. Mak finished the first day with two partial wins in the five sleeves that were carried forward in fantastic conditions on the beach of Los Lances in the town of Gaditana.

In second position is another of the great favorites to the final triumph, Russian Denis Taradin, who won the first three sleeves while the podium is completed by Dutch Sven Van de Kamp.

In the female classification the first classified one is the British Ellie Aldridge, one of the clear candidates for the female victory, who finished seventh in the general, something very meritorious seen at the level of the participating boys, only one square ahead of the Gisela Pulido car who after making a first bad sleeve recovered in the following to finish the first day in the eighth place of the general.

The third classified is the Russian Valeria Garrashchenko who remains firm in her intention to finish the season in the third place of the FKSS 2021 drawer.

Tarifa has shown her best face. There were the best conditions to make Kite Foil with about 15-20 knots of wind and an almost flat sea. All day long the famous fan was plugged in next to the Carbones 13 chiringuite which allowed for a pull and without having to make a change of tour to be given the five planned exits for the first day of competition that is scheduled to be up to 20 from today until next Sunday.

The race had excitement during the two hours the regatists were in the water. The pressure to take a good position among the 40 regatists who met in the Open category motivated some incidents of kite and fall ties. One of the most damaged was the current leader of the circuit, Alejandro Citation, who was unable to point out in the first three sleeves of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS Tarifa... by tomorrow the same good wind conditions are expected in Tarifa so that the Committee will be able to give out both to the Open category (there are planned up to six sleeves) and will also premiere the F-One FKSS Amateur with a ten participants in liza and in which the Alicantino Paco Peiró defends his accumulated leadership throughout the season. The races can be followed from the beach of Los Lances next to the chiringuito Carbones 13.

Spirit of Adventure FKSS Rate 2021

1.Mak Zakowski (POL), 6 points
2.Denis Taradin (RUS), 8
3.Sven Van de Kamp (NED), 12
4.Sam Aben (NED), 19
5.Bernat Cortés (ESP), 28
6.Sebastián Ducos (ESP), 31
7.Ellie Aldridge (GBR), 36
8.Polished Gisela (ESP), 40
9.Angelo Soli (ITA), 40
10.Jan Koszowski (POL), 43