Red Bull Tarifa 2 - Actually a windsurfer won.

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Red Bull Tarifa 2 - Actually a windsurfer won.

https://www.surfertoday.com/kiteboarding/kitesurfers-beat-windsurfers-in-red-bull-tarifa-2

Headline blares: Kitesurfers beat windsurfers in Red Bull Tarifa 2

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After several no-wind days, the competition finally started placing a hundred of windsurfers and kiters face-to-face in a massive speed race.

The goal was to solve one of the premises of the event - decide which of the two disciplines is the fastest in 2019.


Okay, kites can be amazingly fast. Sounds like "we" got beat.
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The healthy confrontation was captained by 42-time world windsurfing champion Björn Dunkerbeck and 10-time world kitesurfing champion Gisela Pulido.

Dunkerbeck? Like, he retired fifteen years ago. I mean, he's still an amazing windsurfer but...

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The battle was spectacular and gave the victory to the kitesurfers team, who first managed to place 20 of their participants on the finish line.

Ouch. Okay.

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Despite this global result, the individual winner of the eight-kilometer race was a windsurfer.

Current world foil windsurfing champion Gonzalo Costa was followed by current PWA World Tour top 10 Sebastian Kördel, relegating the local heroine Gisela Pulido to the third position.

Gisela dominated all the race, but she had to settle for the bronze after a very tight final that was only decided in the last sprint on the finish line placed on the sand.

hmmmm.... but you said...

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Red Bull Tarifa 2 | Results

Kitesurfing vs. Windsurfing
1. Kitesurfing
2. Windsurfing

Singles
1. Gonzalo Costa (Windsurf) 13:22:45
2. Sebastian Kördel (Windsurf) 13:25:80
3. Gisela Pulido (Kitesurf) 13:26:80

Congrats to the kiters. However, it seems like foiling has put windsurfers back in the game. Next year! Biggrin

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