The two next Louis Vuitton Junior Trophies
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Robin Follin wins the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy
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Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy: 20 finalists for WE 21/22 Nov. 09
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Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy : warm up
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The O'pen Bic races alongside the Louis Vuitton Trophy; November 2009
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Hertel World O'pen Cup : Dutch score at home
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New Zealand Herald Junior Pacific Series
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O'pen BIC also racing at the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series! February 2009
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ISAF International Status for the O'pen Bic November 2008
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Pacific O'pen Cup November 08
The inaugural Pacific O'pen Cup was held on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th November 2008. Run by the (...)
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Etoile du Design 2009 awarded to the O'pen Bic
The annual awards ceremony for the Observeur du Design was held recently on 23rd October 2008, (...)
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Eur'Open Cup Italy August 2008
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Swiss O'pen Cup-Very light winds!
15 June 2008. The first Swiss O'pen Cup was held at the Ecole de Voile La Serbache, on Lake (...)
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Italian O'pen Cup-final stages finish in the heat!
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World O'pen Cup : Energized sailing for 65 O'pen Bic riders - July 2008
The O'pen World Cup was a great success! Organised by BIC Sport and the French Sailing Federation (...)
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Lots of fun at U.S. O'pen Cup, August 2008!
Excellent weather and a range of conditions from light to moderate blessed the junior sailors (...)
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UK O'pen Cup takes Scotland by storm!
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Pimaco Challenge 2008, Brazil
Fabio Melchert wins the final round and Denis Tassone is sent to the World O'pen Cup! 14-15 June (...)
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O'pen Bic now Energized!
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North Sails to build the O'pen Bic Class Sails
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Bateau Bleu prize for O'pen Bic, December 2007
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World O'pen Cup : Energized sailing for 65 O'pen Bic riders - July 2008
The O'pen World Cup was a great success! Organised by BIC Sport and the French Sailing Federation (FFV), with support from major telecomms company, Orange, and the Conseil General du Morbihan, it welcomed 65 competitors from 8 countries to the Yacht Club de Carnac, Brittany, France.
Two years after its release, the BIC O'pen, is more and more popular all over the world and continues to attract more and more kids who want to race with maximum fun. The innovative race formats inspired from the pro windsurfing scene keep the kids excited and interested! You can see it on their faces after the races !
During this World O'pen Cup, 4 different race formats were used : downwind slalom, crosswind slalom, adventure racing and O'pen Cross (including freestyle moves). Kids raced and had a lot of fun at the same time!
The success of this World Cup event is also due to the simplicity of the rules : all competitors of all levels could participate, no protests were accepted, but the jury was on the water to check and in case of fault, the offending competitors had to perform a penalty 360°. This rule worked very well and gave the event a very good spirit. As with the pro riders,there were plenty of capsizes during the slalom races, but no problem, 10 seconds later, most kids were back up and racing again !
10 races were run, in a full range of conditions from Force 1 to 4 (5-18 knots) with competitors allowed 2 discards. In the end, the World O'pen Cup 2008 was won by the Brazilian prodigy Denis Tassone, followed by Portuguese rider Santiago Sampaio and the Swede Oscar Pantzare. It's specially worth noting the great performance by Constanza Seguel Tagle from Chile, who won the girl's event and managed to finish in 2nd place in the final overall rankings.
Vianney Bergot was the highest finishing French rider.
All the riders were very excited and will go home with some fantastic memories of this World Cup !
Other summer 08 events :
- EurO'pen Cup at Nautica Sebina on the 29-31 August 08 in Sulzano/Italy,
- German O'pen Cup on the 29-31 August 08 in Kiel/Germany.
See you there for more super-energized sailing !
Check the World Open Cup Video here.
RESULTS
Boys (37 competitors)
- 1st Denis TASSONE (Brazil)
- 2nd Santiago SAMPAIO (Portugal)
- 3rd Oscar PANTZARE (Sweden)
Boys under 12 (15 competitors)
- 1st Tom LAPERCHE (France)
- 2nd Gregory CHARPENTIER (France)
- 3rd Jules DUCELIER (France)
Girls (13 competitors)
- 1st Constanza SEGEL TAGLE (Chili)
- 2nd Liede LAMBRIEX (Holland)
- 3rd Elodie MILLANVOIS (France)
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