French Open Downwind SUP Foil Race

The turn out at this years French Open Downwind SUP Foil race showed how rapidly the sport is growing. After the M2O this was the next SUP Downwind Race and only the second this year all together. Considering how difficult this sport is, having 53 starters is quite a number. If these are the top athletes we can only question how many more are out there that already mastering this sport.

The race attracted participants from all over the world. Even there were mostly French athletes, we did see some international names, such as the Australian Oscar Johannson who came second at the M2O this year. There were some of the Hawaiian stars like Jack Ho from Honolulu, Mateo Ell from Kauai and Cash Berzolla from Maui. We even spotted Steve Fleury from Switzerland on the result sheet. There was also Lukas Schuler from Germany and even one person from Denmark.

One of the great things to see is how SUP Foiling is attracting athletes from the SUP community as well. We recognize Ludovic Teulade current world number 2 in SUP Longdistance. Both ladies in the race have their roots deep in the SUP Sport: Olivia Piana for example a longtime SUP athlete, world record holder in SUP Downwind Foiling and winner of the 2023 M2O. On her side was Amandine Chazot a known name in the SUP community, she won the Fort Boyard Longdistance race just a few weeks ago but was otherwise not very active this year.

Having this kind of participation shows the momentum this brand new sport has. We are looking forward to many more races like this and can only speculate if SUP Foiling is following the same path as regular SUP. (We save this topic for a later article.)

	Name	Team name	Time run 1	Time run 2	Time run 3	Total time
1	Etienne Fleure	Tahiti	0:41:46	0:58:35	0:33:25	2:13:46
2	Oskar Johansson	Australia	0:42:51	0:58:16	0:34:07	2:15:14
3	Jack Ho	Hawaï	0:43:21	0:59:01	0:33:06	2:15:28
4	Raiarii Fadier	Tahiti	0:43:52	0:59:54	0:33:06	2:16:52
5	Mateo Ell	Hawaï	0:43:10	0:58:48	0:36:28	2:18:26
6	Tom Constant	Sud Ouest	0:44:04	1:05:19	0:33:49	2:23:12
7	Tom Aubert	Normandie	0:46:02	1:03:23	0:37:48	2:27:13
8	Thomas Goyard	Méditerrannée	0:47:13	1:03:29	0:37:12	2:27:54
9	Alexandre Janin	Calédonie	0:45:08	1:04:47	0:39:31	2:29:26
10	Cash Berzolla	Hawaii	0:45:51	1:05:36	0:39:30	2:30:57
11	Yann Quilfen	Bretagne	0:46:26	1:08:26	0:38:12	2:33:04
12	Romuald Mamadou	Guadeloupe	0:50:35	1:09:29	0:36:50	2:36:54
13	Paul Rozier	Méditerranée	0:47:08	1:07:44	0:44:31	2:39:23
14	Ludovic Teulade	Sud Ouest – Suisse	0:51:40	1:07:58	0:41:31	2:41:09
15	Tiago Campos	Portugal	0:50:27	1:10:48	0:42:22	2:43:37
16	Olivia Piana	Portugal – France	0:48:43	1:11:07	0:43:49	2:43:39
17	Aidan Nicholas	Nouvelle-Zélan de	0:47:10	1:04:20	0:53:27	2:44:57
18	Yoann Cornelys	Bretagne	0:48:11	1:12:57	0:44:06	2:45:14
19	Greg Closier	Bretagne	0:49:56	1:13:00	0:42:37	2:45:33
20	Boris Jinvresse	Bretagne	0:47:42	1:14:57	0:43:21	2:46:00
21	François Prévost	Pays de la Loire	0:46:38	1:17:48	0:42:17	2:46:43
22	Richard Boudia	Méditerrannée	0:49:35	1:13:33	0:46:00	2:49:08
23	Chucho Nonnot	Sud Ouest-Hollande	0:46:57	1:12:42	0:50:13	2:49:52
24	Jonathan Mann	Pays Bas – Hollande	0:49:19	1:12:27	0:49:10	2:50:56
25	Melvyn Mouret	Guadeloupe	0:48:44	1:12:52	0:50:39	2:52:15
26	Mickael Nedellec	Bretagne	0:49:57	1:13:37	0:49:43	2:53:17
27	Alexandre Rouys	Calédonie	0:57:13	1:16:14	0:41:36	2:55:03
28	David Foster	Tahiti	0:52:27	1:11:00	0:52:48	2:56:15
29	Xavi Masdevall	Espagne	0:52:56	1:16:20	0:47:41	2:56:57
30	Erwan Pannetier	Sud Ouest	0:55:12	1:15:45	0:51:13	3:02:10
31	Albert Asenjo	Espagne	1:05:04	1:14:33	0:50:13	3:09:50
32	Philippe Axmann	Méditerranée	0:51:32	1:12:05	1:06:21	3:09:58
33	Amandine Chazot	Bretagne	0:55:52	1:21:38	0:52:57	3:10:27
34	Gilles Bruzac	Méditerrannée	0:49:50	1:17:21	1:03:23	3:10:34
35	Fred Bonnef	Espagne – France	0:52:10	1:16:40	1:01:53	3:10:43
36	Aday Cabrera Medina	Tenerife – Espagne	0:51:39	1:21:49	0:58:32	3:12:00
37	Mathieu Raimon	Bretagne	0:54:47	1:21:55	0:57:39	3:14:21
38	Mathieu Mautalen	Méditerranée	0:54:09	1:13:20	1:11:35	3:19:04
39	Sibren Tadema	Pays Bas – Hollande	0:54:36	1:19:41	1:09:51	3:24:08
40	Simeon Kepaloma	Hawaï	2:06:06	1:16:02	0:44:01	4:06:09
41	Maxwell Bourgeois	Etats Unis	0:52:58	1:10:14	2:11:35	4:14:47
42	Karsten Krongaard	Danemark	0:52:50	1:11:08	2:11:35	4:15:33
43	Steeve Fleury	Suisse	0:55:07	1:20:57	2:11:35	4:27:39
44	Lukas Schuler	Allemagne	0:55:38	1:23:24	2:11:35	4:30:37
45	Sam Esteve	Méditerranée	1:04:44	1:22:53	2:11:35	4:39:12
46	Ruben Salvador Morte	Mallorca – Espagne	0:58:57	1:34:13	2:11:35	4:44:45
47	Marius Auber	Normandie	0:48:54	1:09:37	3:11:35	5:10:06
48	Bastien Escofet	Pays de la Loire	0:49:26	1:17:37	3:11:35	5:18:38
49	Christophe Guerin	Bretagne	0:56:08	1:14:58	3:11:35	5:22:41
50	Laurent Nevarez	Bretagne	0:58:26	1:21:14	3:11:35	5:31:15
51	Fred Istin	Bretagne	1:00:09	1:48:16	3:11:35	6:00:00
52	William Vernack	Pays de la Loire	1:06:06	2:48:16	2:11:35	6:05:57
53	Erwan Tabarly	Bretagne	3:06:06	1:19:56	3:11:35	7:37:37