Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamdan bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE Sailing and Rowing Federation (UAESARF) crowned the winners of the Dubai Kitesurf Open - Heat 1 which was held last weekend in Nessnass Beach in Jumeirah 3.
The event was organized by Dubai International Marine Club under the current sports season 2021-2022 which achieved a success with more than 100 male & female participants from 28 countries all over the world that competed in within the 12 sub categories from Hydrofoil , Twintip & Freestyle.
The stars of our national team made a distinction in this competition as the men & juniors topped various categories for over the two days competition in a kite surfing weather (windy)
A remarkable brialliance for our national team star Mohammed Obaid AL Mansoori who achieved first place in two categories such as the TwinTip and Freestyle in Dubai Kitesurf Open -Heat 1.
Twin Tip
Al Mansoori won the first place in TwinTip against his fellow UAE stars Rashid Al Falasi (first place) and Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Marzoqui (second place) while in the Junior categories , the rising star Abdulla Al Muhairbi took the third place behind the Lebanese Gabriel Kassas the champion and the French Thomas de Mascarel (Second Place)
For the men categories the first place went to the Columbian World Champion, John Perez Torres against the Lebanon’s Nour El Dandachli and the third place went to the Sri Lankan Mohammad Ajmal Khan. On the ladies categories, the Mauritians Charlene Michel took the first place against the South Korean Seohyun Hyun and the third place goes to Mariani Amanda of France.
Freestyle
Our hero, Mohammed Obaid Al Mansoori grabbed the spotlight for the Local category in Fresstyle achieving the first place against Rashid Al Falasi (second) and Salem Al Suwaidi (third) while in the Junior Category, Abdulla Al Muhairbi took the third place behind Fredyryk (first) and Gabriel (second).
It was a tough competition among the men in Freestyle as they all show up their amazing stunt in the air and taking over the first place again is the Columbian John Perez Torrez, who joined the Dubai Kitesurf for the first time. On the women freestyle categories Sara Douglas from Britain took the first place.
Hydrofoil
Abdulaziz Al Marzooqi succeded in taking the first place in the Hydrofoil Local categories against Abdullah Mohammed Harib (Second) and Mohammad Obaid Al Mansoori (third) while in the Junior division Abdullah Al Muhairbi took the third place behind the champion Gabriel Kassas of Lebanon and Frederic Szczesny from Poland took the second spot.
In the Hydrofoil, the French men were in control after the World Champion Theo de Ramecourt took the first place against Lhez Arthur (second) and Christopher Fernhet (third). While in the Women the Czech Paola Mihalova took home the title against the South Korean Seohyun Hyun and the French Mariani Amanda (third).
Awarding Ceremony
The awarding ceremony was held right after the race in the second day with the presence of Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamdan bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE Sailing and Rowing Federation (UAESARF) and Colonel Dr. Hassan Suhail Al Suwaidi, Director of the Ports Police Station accompanied by Mohammed Harib, CEO of Dubai International Marine Club (DIMC) to handover the trophy & medal to all the top three winners in each categories.
28 Countries
The event have brought together more than 100 male and female competitors from 28 different countries all over the world in addition to our champions from the UAE such as from Spain, Germany, Australia, France, Poland, Italy, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Britain, Slovenia, Ukraine, America, Canada, Sri Lanka, South Africa, South Korea, India, Columbia, Mauritius, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Syria , Lebanon , Palestine and Dagestan.
Winners Per Categories
Twin tip:
Freestyle :
Hydrofoil:
