New Exocet U-Surf Core tested by Jules DENEL in Fuerteventura north shore. Enjoy!

So I have received my D2 Elite and given its innovative design I am writing a short review to give me thoughts. This is Part 1 of a review of the board that is based upon 3 races in light winds in the raceboard fleet at my local sailing club… read more

DENEL' brothers would like to present you « Jules Denel F41 in V.O » !

Jules, 21 years old, in front of the camera, tells us about his beginnings, his 2011 season, his good results and his 2012 objectives. Justin, 15 years old, was behind the camera and did the edit.

This new production let us realize Jules progression from his beginnings in Wissant to his place of 13th in the PWA world tour and his french Champion title in Waves.

Patrice BELBEOCH, Exocet Director, presents us the New Exocet RS D2 Elite.

Damien Le Guen, commercial Aloha Attitude, présente le prototype de la nouvelle Exocet RS D2.

EXOCET boards and XO sails were on the podium at the first French event of the year (AFF) in Ile Rousse (Corsica)

The AFF 2011 season has already started with the first event being held in Corsica at 'Ile Rousse'. After 2 days of no wind on the 'Beauty Island', the event organiser finally decided to kick of with the wave sailing competition.

In the gusty wind and tough wave conditions, MATHIEU BONNO a new comer to the EXOCET/XO SAILS team imposed his skill in a rather difficult heat ladder.

To take his first victory, he had to beat the 2010 French champion Julien QUENTEL in the quarter final, and then his high flying EXOCET/XO SAILS team mate Jules Denel in the semi final. In the final, Mathieu was up against Antoine Questel, who was himself competing on an EXOCET X-Wave 91 2011.

Mathieu sailed all of his heats using his EXOCET U-SURF Tri fin 84 & U-SURF Tri fin 76 boards with his XO SAILS SHARK 5.3 & SKULL 4.7 rigs.

These combinations allowed him to enjoy effortless wave riding all day long in those rough onshore conditions, and he also managed to land all his attempted jumps perfectly.

These excellent results demonstrated that the Exocet boards, tri fin or single fin, are potent 'podium topping' wave boards that can be ridden comfortably in all conditions.

The entire EXOCET/XO SAILS crew offers thanks and congratulations to Mathieu, plus Jules (sailing with a torn knee!) and all the other member of the team for their efforts to put the Exocet & XO brands up on the podium.

We are now waiting for our slalom team riders to emulate this success in the forthcoming slalom events, using their EXOCET RS boards & XO SAILS GOLD rigs.

We wish you all good wind and a fun ride.

Event photo gallery AFF ILE ROUSSE 2011
http://www.aff.net/photos.php?id=20&start=0

The North Sea Cup is a racing series with events in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and England. Last weekend it was time for 2 days of racing in the city of Oostende at the Belgian coast. This event also counted as the national Belgian championship.

Koen Sonck;
It was quite tricky conditions, with lights winds flirting with the 7 knots limit -and strong currents. I managed to use the current to my advantage, and started off with two port starts and two bullets – also thanks to my great down wind speed. I have been working with my light wind performance all summer, and it really paid off using a new Blade FR 12.5 on my Exocet WF 100.

However, after an early- over in the 3rd. race, I had to re-start and found myself at the back of the fleet – but took some risks and gave it all I had to finish 3rd. That gave me the over-all victory in front of Justin Denel, so I am very happy.

NORTH SEA CUP 2010 - 3rd stage
OOSTENDE BELGIUM - 11 / 12 September
Final Rankings

FORMULA after 3 races ( Discards : 0 ) (17 entries)

Olivia PIANA had an excellent start to her season, with a great performance at the Youth Slalom World Championship at l'Almanarre,

"I raced on the Warp SL 61 and 66. This is my first season with Exocet and I enjoy the boards! Tey are fast, responsive and comfortable. My main competitor was Alice Arutkin.
We "fought" hard throughout the week, but in a peacefull, respectfull and friendly atmosphere off the water. I'm very happy about my results as I did my best .

Next race coming up is the Defi Wind. A big one"