Exciting kite racing on San Francisco Bay

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Exciting kite racing on San Francisco Bay

The St. Francis Yacht Club is hosting the North American Kite Racing Championships where Friday, June 7th, the best kite course racers in the world are going head to head in San Francisco’s back yard.

The St. Francis Yacht Club is hosting the North American Kite Racing Championships where Friday, June 7th, the best kite course racers in the world are going head to head in San Francisco’s back yard.

On Thursday’s final, some athletes were going thirty-five plus miles an hour at downwind speeds. The kites they use are the size of SUV’s and are being flown with precision while they rocket along on specially designed race boards.

Thirty plus kiters vie for the start line all at once where they rocket towards the St. Francis Yacht Club and Crissy Field for a first hand spectator view.

World Champion Johnny Heineken from San Francisco, CA, races against the likes of Riccardo Lecesse from Columbia, Bryan Lake from Fairfax, CA, Adam Koch from Bellevue, WA, Brian Kender from Westfield, NJ, Joey Pasquali from Sausalito, CA, Blazej Ozog from Poland, Tomek Janiak from Poland, and many others locally and from around the world.

All racers carry over their qualifying standings and add their results for the day to an overall current score.

Race announcer Doc Doolittle expressed his gratitude toward the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for the use of Crissy Field for the venue. “We’re here at a national park taking advantage of that. We are here at their pleasure and we really appreciate the ability to use one of our national parks for this activity.”

For more information, go to stfyc.com.

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The St. Francis Yacht Club is hosting the North American Kite Racing Championships where Friday, June 7th, the best kite course racers in the world are going head to head in San Francisco’s back yard.

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