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.
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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 | HawaĂŻ | 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 | HawaĂŻ | 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-ZĂ©lan 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 | HawaĂŻ | 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 |