Fresh Dutch ION teamriders Katja Roose and Rolf van der Vlugt show great result at 1st European kiteboard event!!

A short report from Katja Roose:
After the World championships I was so motivated to do more races. Podersdorf showed a nice combination of strong wind days and light wind days, so we had it all. I had no idea what to expect of the other girls because I never raced with them. So I just focused on my own race and tried to keep up with the guys. And that went really well, because at the downwind mark I was often in 6th or 7th position between the guys. (Girls did one round and guys two)

The event itself was great. There were around 15.000 people visiting the event area and the parties. Lots of things to do in daytime and DJ's and bands in the evening. Not much partying for us unfortunately, because we had a skippers meeting at 7 am on Sunday. Pfff, that was early! BUT, the wind picked up and we had 2 light wind race in the morning sun. Fun!

Rolf had a good event as well. He became second after being third till Sunday. But Sunday he was on fire and won the first race and became second in the 2nd. Enough to overtake Dirk and finish behind Björn.


Results women
1. Katja Roose (NED)
2. Nuria Goma (ESP)
3. Nicky Rudd (GBR)

Results men
1. Björn Rune Jensen (DEN)
2. Rolf van der Vlugt (NED)
3. Dirk Hanel (GER)