Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition

The Formula Kite World Championship
took place in Weifang,
China. Sixty athletes took part
to the competition. For the Men
category, the Monegasque
Maxime Nocher conquered the
victory using a "made in Italy"
foil, the Banga BF016WA. As
far as Women are concerned,
the title went to the American
Daniela Moroz. First one among
the Italians, in sixth place,
Mario Calbucci, and in second
place Axel Mazella both from
Banga team just like Nocher.
As is known, there are high
probabilities that kiteboarding
will become an Olympic
sport, with the foil discipline,
already in 2020. Banga foil is
the result of a project started
in spring 2015, which aimed at
developing in 12 months the
fastest hydrofoil for Formula
Kite competitions. The aerodynamic
design was entrusted
to a project team with great
experience over the America’s
Cup and cat C-Class foil. The
design of the structure and the
making of it was supervised by
Luca Filippi. Banga Foil comes
as a branch of PROtect Tapes
using the same logics and the
pursuit of excellence. The initiator
of both activities is Pietro
Parmeggiani who takes care
of the operational aspect, the
management and marketing.
Banga foil production is 100%
Italian, it has specialized suppliers
and partners, since Italy
is an excellence for composite
materials. Banga foil placed
five athletes in the top 10 positions
at the Weifang World
Championship (and in 10th
place, there is the other Italian
Riccardo Andrea Leccese).
Besides Calbucci there are the
French Julien Kerneur (7th)
and Theo Lhotis (8th) and the
Russian Elena Kalinina second
for Women. Next event for Foil
Kite will be the Gold Cup final
to be held in Qatar from 15th to
19th November. Prize money:
€ 20.000.