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1st Place for Yannick Schwickert at German Kite Land Board Masters

28/04/2010

Congratulations got to Yannick Schwickert for finishing 1st in the German Kite land boards Masters in Munsterappel this last weekend.

The following words have been taken From Yannicks own website which can be seen at    www.yannickschwickert.de

2010 Season begins in Muensterappel

Last weekend was kickoff for the German kite land boarding tour 2010 at the kite area in Münsterappel.

Unfortunately, the weather forecast was not looking too enthusiastic for this event.
Low winds of 1-2 bft. were predicted but in exchange the temperature was suppose to rise up to 23°C on both days.
Together with our new team rider Pascal Schmidt and his father Maik, I set off to the kite area in Münsterappel to have a look at the terrain and to perform the license check-up.
Saturday began just as predicted, low winds and warm temperatures. Still, the organizers decided to launch the race contest.

Finally, the new Prodigy size 10,5 m² was allowed to show what it’s made of. Also ready to launch were Peter, Matthias and Christian who have chosen the Montana size 12,5. For three individual races we had to compete with the size 19 Speed, of which the second race went successful for me even by using a smaller kite. In this race I was able to cross the finish line first. For the other two runs I had to admit defeat due to low winds.
Sunday began just like Saturday with low winds but we still decided to go for two racing runs. By achieving similar results to the day before, I was able to get 3rd place in the overall ranking. Peter and Christian were able to achieve 7th and 8th place.

Because the wind was getting up, the decision was made to start the freestyle contest. Constant changing conditions however really gave all participants a hard time to show their moves.

Our youngest team member Passi achieved a great result and got the same ranking together with Nico Fehrenberg on 12th position. Matthias and Peter achieved 5th and 8th place.
Fighting my way upwards I found myself competing against the German champion of 2008, Joey Oldenbürger for the final run of this race. At the end I was able to win this race and finish on 1st place.

Looking back now it’s been a great weekend with lot’s on sunshine and a nice sunburn. I’m already looking forward to the next contest.

Greeting,