Great success of Tarifa's appointment

Although he did not maintain the good track of victories of the previous days, two seconds, a fifth and a first place in the four trials of the day were used by the German Jannis Maus to maintain his leadership and proclaim himself a winner of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS 2022 Tarifa. In the Advanced and F-one Amateur categories, the young Carlos Espí and Alejandro Gómez defended their leadership in their respective categories and ended up as final winners at the end of the day.

On the other hand, the battle that was taking place in the last two days for the second place between the Spanish Alejandro Citation and the regatist of the Chinese Olympic team of Formula Kite, Haoran Zhang, ended with the Spanish getting the second final place after signing two first, a second and a fourth place on the last day, while Zhang was able to achieve only two third, a fifth and a DSQ penalty on the last sleeve of the day.

In women, Zhang's partner, Jingle Chen, strengthened his leadership of the female classification by crossing the finish line in a seventh place twice, and in a fifth and sixth place in the two remaining sleeves. German Leonie Meyer maintained her second position while British Madeleine Anderson took the third place from Chinese Wan Li.

Category Open Pro

1. Jannis Maus (GER): 17 points
2. Alejandro Citation (ESP): 32 points
3. Haoran Zhang (CHN): 39 points
4. Yanying Wu (CHN): 50 points
5. Tomás Pires de Lima (POR): 63 points

Category Open Pro Women

1. Jingle Chen (CHN): 88 points
2. Leonie Meyer (GER): 136 points
3. Madeleine Anderson (GBR): 141 points
4. Wan Li (CHN): 144 points
5. Chenxue Liu (CHN): 169 points

Category Open Pro Master

1. Pedro Marcos (POR): 140 points

Category Open Pro Gran Master

1. Oscar Barberá (ESP): 215 points

Category Advanced

1. Carlos Espí (ESP): 14 points
2. Angel Candel (ESP): 18 points
3. Juan Manuel Goytia (ESP): 22 points
4. Ignasi Cefre (ESP): 27 points
5. Pau Soler (ESP): 40 points

Category F-one Amateur

1. Alejandro Gómez (ESP): 5 points
2. Pau Cefre (ESP): 6 points
3. Adriá Rabassa (ESP): 13 points
4. Miquel Palou (ESP): 17 points
5. Jose Fontalba (ESP): 28 points

2022-09-03: Maus achieves 4 wins in 6 sleeves of the FKSS 2022 of Tarifa

The Advanced and F-one Amateur categories started their first day of competition with the young Carlos Espí and Alejandro Gómez, dominating their respective classifications

The soft winds of the second day of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS 2022 Tarifa did not prevent the German Jannis Maus from winning four of the six sleeves disputed, thus maintaining his leadership in the classification.

The young Carlos Espí finished the first day of competitions of the Advanced category in first position while Alejandro Gómez was placed provisional leader of the F-one Amateur category.

The current leader of the circuit, Alejandro Citation, managed to take the first place in two of the six tests of the day from Jannis Maus, who achieved perfect results on the previous day. However, Maus crossed the arrival line in the four remaining tests first, and thanks to the minimum of tests needed to rule out two results of the classification, the two Citation wins did not affect him in the final score of the day.

On the other hand, Citation and the Chinese Olympic team regatist, Haoran Zhang, were in second place. The Spanish, with the two wins achieved, stood ahead of the Asian regatist at the end of the day, just one point from this.

On the other hand, in the female category, Chinese regatist Jingle Chen maintained her leadership in the female category, while German Leonie Meyer went up to second, followed by Chen Wan Li's partner.

The young regatist of the Royal Nautical Club of Valencia, Carlos Espí, opened the first day of the Advanced category, placing himself leader of the fleet after achieving two first, two seconds, a third and a penalty in the second test that could be ruled out from the final results. After him, only one point, Juan Manuel Goytia ended up in a second provisional position, while seven points from him, Enrique Moreno closed the provisional podium of the category.

In the Amateur category, Alejandro Gómez, of the Reial Club Nàutic Port de Pollença, was able to rise to the top of the classification with two first and one second in the three trials disputed. Alongside him, José Fontalba and Adriá Rabassa completed the provisional podium in a second and third place.

Category Open Pro
1.Jannis Maus (GER): 10 points
2.Alejandro Citation (ESP): 24
3.Haoran Zhang (CHN): 25
4.Yanying Wu (CHN): 38
5.Tomás Pires de Lima (POR): 47

Category Open Pro Women
1.Jingle Chen (CHN): 63 points
2.Leonie Meyer (GER): 98
3.Wan Li (CHN): 104
4.Madeleine Anderson (GBR): 108
5.Chenxue Liu (CHN): 118

Category Open Pro Master: 1 Peter Mark (POR): 107 points
Category Open Pro Gran Master: 1st Oscar Barberá (ESP): 162 points

Category Advanced
1.Carlos Espí (ESP): 9 points
2.Juan Manuel Goytia (ESP): 10
3.Enrique Moreno (ESP): 17
4.Ignasi Cefre (ESP): 18
5.Pau Soler (ESP): 24

Category F-one Amateur
1.Alejandro Gómez (ESP): 4 points
2.José Fontalba (ESP): 11
3.Adriá Rabassa (ESP): 12
4.Miquel Palou (ESP): 13
5.Sergi Cantallops (ESP): 20

2022-09-02: China machada that puts two podium on the FKSS 2022 in Tarifa

Maus dominates the first day of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS 2022 Tarifa

After his participation in the first race of the year in Mallorca, the German Jannis Maus has returned to the Spirit of Adventure FKSS 2022 Tarifa declaring himself a provisional leader of the queen category with a full on the first day of competition. The Chinese Hoaran Zhang and the Spanish Alejandro Client finish the day with a second and third provisional position respectively with a tie to points between them.

The infinite beach of Los Lances welcomed the Olympic kitefoil fleet with an encouraging forecast of west component winds and intensity of between 13 and 15 knots. In the morning the mayor of Tarifa, Paco Ruiz, and the tourist councilwoman, Lucía Trujillo, came to Carbones 13 Beach Bar, where the press conference for the presentation of the event took place with the regatists Alejandro Citation, No. 1 of the national ranking, Margot Folgado, the current leader of the FKSS 2022 in the female category and Tomás Pires de Lima, the most in the form of the national team of Portugal. Sergio W. Smit, director of the Formula Kite Spain Series, presented the event and David Gadea, manager of Carbones 13, again offered this fantastic venue for the event.

After starting out in a conservative way next to the entire fleet, Maus quickly took advantage of his rivals by crossing the finish line in the first place in each and every of the disputed evidence.

Following Maus, the regatist of the Chinese Olympic team Hoaran Zhang and the Spanish Alejandro Citation, held a battle for the second temporary post. Zhang crossed the line of arrivals with three seconds and three third, while Climent achieved three seconds, two third and a fourth place, applying the discards system, both finished the first day in a tie to points, with Zhang in a second provisional position and Climent closing the podium.

On the other hand, the first provisional podium of women had Asian rule, with the regatists of the Chinese team Jingyue Chen and Chenxue Liu in first and second place respectively and with the German Leonie Meyer in a third provisional place.

The Advanced and F-one Amateur categories will start the competition today, so they took advantage of the good weather conditions to set up their equipment and go into the vicinity of the race field.

2022-08-30: Even China will be on Tarifa's quote at the Spirit of Adventure FKSS 2022

Citation, winner of three of the five tests, will arrive in Tarifa leading the general classification of the queen category with a distance of more than eighty points from its closest rival, the Swiss Margot Folgado, who consequently dominates the female classification of the main category (Photo Toni Forqués)

China's kit team will travel to Spain to compete for the first time in the country's most important Formula Kite circuit. Chinese athletes will test the next 2, 3 and 4 September at the Spirit of Adventure FKSS 2022 Tarifa along with regatists coming from other corners of the world like England, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States, among others, among which are the top world-class Riders such as the American Daniela Moroz, five times the world champion of Formula Kite, or the Spanish Alejandro Climent, the current circuit leader and the current champion of the Spanish Cup.

If Folgado had good results in the Spirit of Adventure FKSS 2022 Tarifa he could take home his first female champion title of the Kite Spain Series while Citation would accumulate his second consecutive title. The British Jack Mckendrick is third in the general, so he will have to make the most of his efforts to maintain or improve his position and be able to get on the final podium of the year.

As for the Advanced category, Catalan Pau Soler is the leader of the fleet just one point away from the young promise of the Reial Club Nàutic Port of Pollença Angel Candel, who comes from winning the last races of Castellón and Palamós. The Spanish Enrique Ortiz closes the provisional final podium of the category. On the other hand, the team partner of Candel, Pau Cifre, will enter the field of Tarifeño regats leading the classification of the category F-one Amateur in tie to points with Catalan Victor Buenavida, and both at just three points away from the also partner of Cifre and Candel, Alex Gómez, who is currently third. So both categories get to Tarifa by seizing great expectation to see who finally goes up to the highest drawer of both pods.

The next 2, 3 and 4 September the beach of the Lances, next to the chiringuito Carbones 13, will again be the national and international epicenter of the Olympic kitefoil, where in addition to fighting for the victory of the Spirit of Adventure FKSS 2022 Tarifa, athletes will have to make the most of their efforts to crown champions in their respective categories of the Kite Spain Series 2022.