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Andreya Wharry ranked no 9 in the world
nickname: Dragon Slayer
Nationality:British from Cornwall
Real Job:Pro kiter, owner of a kite school
Kit used for crossing: 15m Flexifoil Strike &
standard Strike bar, cyclone 120 board, pro limit seat harness.
Best Moment: mid crossing when we were cruising
Worst moment: There were two one where the kites
were dropping out of the sky and I thought none of us were going to make it and then at the end and being able to see Watergate
Bay for about one and a half hours but not being able to get there.
Sponsors: Flexifoil, Fox Clothing, Extreme
Acadamy
Suzi local girl from St Austel first year in competition
Nickname: Mum
Nationality: British
Real Job: PA for family building firm
Kit used for crossing: 16m boxer, Thorn Twin Tip, seat harness
Best Moment: Ripping her kite so she gets a new one froma real
brand (not her quote)
Worst moment: When my kite ripped
Sponsors: Onfire, Jezza (partner)
Laurel Eastman ranked in the world top 20
Nickname: Auntie Laurel
Nationality: American
Real job: Pro kiter, owner of a kite school
Kit used for the crossing: 16.5 Wipika Matrix, Catman board, Dakine
Wahine waist harness, 21" bar
Best moment: pulling the quick release on my huge kite after fighting
for over an hour to make it upwind to Watergate and finally arriving (one and a half miles offshore with an offshore wind)
Worst moment: watching CJ kite inches away from rocks on the way
out of the Scilly's
Sponsors: Wipika, Dakine, Surf Chick, Seaspecs, Off Da Lip
Top Tip: Use a seat harness and drink lots of water
Claire Bunton ranked no 10
Nickname: Crazy
Nationality: British
Real job: Pilot for British Airways (747-400 the big birds)
Kit used for the crossing:14.5 Takoon Scoop 3w/WSL, Colin McCullough custom twin tip 120
x 35 w/70mm fins, standard 55 bar, Dakine Tempest seat harness, O'Neil FLX wetsuit.
Best moment: My pint of John Smiths' Extra Smooth and Kevin on
the beach when I landed.
Worst moment: loads of those....Getting out of Scilly, the first
Kite to drop out, when we all dumped in and thinking I was finished because of some sodding bit of no wind, the weorst bit
was the elation of getting over it all then watching Laurel let go so close.
Sponsors: Takoon, O'Neil, Dakine, British Airways
Top Tip: use the equipment you know, don't let people talk you
into using a directional
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Cindy Mosey ranked no 1 in the world
Nickname: little Mosey
Nationality: New Zealander
Real job: World Champion Kiter and Yacht First Mate
Kit used for crossing: 14 North Vegas, Cindy pro model, North
seat harness, standard bar
Best moment: Singing right in the middle of it all
Worst moment: When we sailed into a patch of no wind right out
of the middle under the black cloud
Sponsors: North, Balance Vector, Rip Curl
Ceridwen Jones
Nickname: CJ
Nationality: Australian
Real job: kite school owner operator
Kit used for the crossing: 17mSlingshot Fuel, 119SS Misfit, 17"bar,
Dakine Tempest seat harness
Best moment: watching the girls arrive at
Watergate.
Worst moment: Although I was bitterly disappointed when I dropped
out, it wqas when the wind died and the kite dropped and I thought we would not make it.
Sponsors: Kitesurf Gold Coast, Slingshot, Underground
Fiona Wedenig ranked no 6 in the world
Nickname: FiFi Wingding
Nationality: Swiss
Real job: Heartbreaker
Kit used for the crossing: 17m SlingshotFuel, SX122, Dakine Nitrous
17" bar, Body Glove3/2, Extrea heavey duty marigold gloves
Best moment: Kiting part the huge cruiser, that's where the adrenaline
was really kicking into the system.
Worst moment: Freaking out thinking my toes were freezing, afraid
to take the booties off because my toes would be black.
Sponsors: Slingshot,, Dakine, Body Glove, Timezone, TFC, Dwarf
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Top Tip: If possible take a smaller kite and do it in warm water.
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