| Leroy and Adrien win the 2011 Kite Slalom World Championships |
| Tuesday, 18 October 2011 09:54 |
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Damien Leroy and Caroline Adrien have won the 2011 Kite Slalom World Championships on the Murcia region of Spain’s Mar Menor. The closest finish across the whole competition was in the men’s kiteboarding competition. San Francisco’ Bryan Lake drew level with Miami’s Damien LeRoy but ultimately it was LeRoy who goes home with the first ever Kite Cross World Championship title, winning on countback. This being the first ever Kite Cross Worlds, the organisers were trying out new course formats. “I think it is a good start,” said LeRoy of how this progressed. “We did some tests with different courses in different heats, but what is unique is that we can race in 6-10 knots which is what will help our sport grow and possibly get it into the Olympics". "The boats were out there struggling and we were out there racing. It just shows we have the potential to take it to another level and we had a bunch of guys out there racing hard". “It is a very good competition,” said Adrien, who was also the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association World Tour winner this year. “It is a little bit light but it is technical and I am happy.” Results of the 2011 Kite Slalom World Championships Men: Women:
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