O'Pen BIC Mid Winters at Shake A Leg Jan 17-18 2010 Miami warmed up just in time MLK weekend with (...)
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Following the previous updates of this exciting new series, on December 6th, Key Biscayne Yacht Club (...)
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The first Italian O'pen BIC Class Championships were held from 29th to 31st August 2009 near Silvi (...)
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Kids called it "the funniest event I've ever done! ". The U.S. O'Pen Cup "Un-Regatta" soared to new (...)
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The Garda O'pen Cup was held on 16th & 17th May at the Fraglia Vela Yacht Club in Desenzano, at (...)
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The Italian 2009 O'pen Cup season is well underway, having started in Livorno on 25th April. 24 (...)
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Deuxième étape de la National Cup, deuxième victoire pour Lucas Valenza ! Dans (...)
> Leggi l'articoloThe O'pen BIC is known for its innovative O'pen Cup events. A guideline is now published so that you (...)
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Last weekend (May 9th/10th), the sailing club Scheppen (SKS) run the first official O'pen BIC Cup in (...)
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Joli score pour la première épreuve de la National Cup qui a eu lieu à Viry (...)
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PRESS RELEASE- March 30th, 2009 By Tomas Nores, M.Y.C. For more information, please contact Tomas at (...)
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The full calendar is now available with all the dates of the Dutch O'pen Cups throughout 2009.
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Here are the dates for the Italian O'pen Cup for the year 2009 - Three exciting dates : 25-25 April (...)
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A ticket to ride - Chris Steele from the Wakatere Sailing Club owns a new boat today (...)
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We are very pleased to confirm the dates and location for the 2009 World O'pen Cup. This years event (...)
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The Chilean O'pen BIC season got underway recently with the first event being held on Lake (...)
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The 2009 O'pen BIC "Un-Regatta" Mid Winters once again turned up the fun meter for hot-shot Opti (...)
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04 February 2009. The Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, currently being held in Auckland, New Zealand, (...)
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The O'pen BIC Class has achieved ISAF International Status following the 2008 ISAF Annual Conference (...)
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The inaugural Pacific O'pen Cup was held on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th November 2008. Run by the (...)
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Excellent weather and a range of conditions from light to moderate blessed the junior sailors (...)
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The Euro'pen Cup 2008, held on the picturesque waters of the Lac d'Iseo in the North of Italy, was (...)
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World O'pen Cup : Energized sailing for 65 O'pen Bic riders - July 2008 The O'pen World Cup was a (...)
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15 June 2008: Very light winds; The first Swiss O'pen Cup was held at the Ecole de Voile la (...)
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Fabio Melchert wins the final round and Denis Tassone is sent to the World Open Cup!After six months (...)
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The Kid Race IDF, held at Viry Chatillon from 24-25 May, showed that there is a strong Open BIC (...)
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Euro Training Camp shows growth of Class in Italy - 12-13 April 2008 The Open BIC Euro Training Camp (...)
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30 March 2008 CHILE : Copa Audi Mall Sport attracts 27 participants! After a series of 3 events held (...)
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A.K.A. The "Un-Regatta" Mid Winters : While the big kids were playing down in Key West, the first (...)
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O'pen BIC achieves ISAF Recognised Status In the final days of the 2007 ISAF Annual Conference at (...)
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The inaugural Euro'pen Cup was a great success ! Organised by Bic Sport and the French Sailing (...)
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World O'pen Cup : Energized sailing for 65 O'pen Bic riders - July 2008
The O'pen World Cup was a great success! Organised by BIC Sport and the French Sailing Federation (FFV), with support from major telecomms company, Orange, and the Conseil General du Morbihan, it welcomed 65 competitors from 8 countries to the Yacht Club de Carnac, Brittany, France.
Two years after its release, the BIC O'pen, is more and more popular all over the world and continues to attract more and more kids who want to race with maximum fun. The innovative race formats inspired from the pro windsurfing scene keep the kids excited and interested! You can see it on their faces after the races !
During this World O'pen Cup, 4 different race formats were used : downwind slalom, crosswind slalom, adventure racing and O'pen Cross (including freestyle moves). Kids raced and had a lot of fun at the same time!
The success of this World Cup event is also due to the simplicity of the rules : all competitors of all levels could participate, no protests were accepted, but the jury was on the water to check and in case of fault, the offending competitors had to perform a penalty 360°. This rule worked very well and gave the event a very good spirit. As with the pro riders,there were plenty of capsizes during the slalom races, but no problem, 10 seconds later, most kids were back up and racing again !
10 races were run, in a full range of conditions from Force 1 to 4 (5-18 knots) with competitors allowed 2 discards. In the end, the World O'pen Cup 2008 was won by the Brazilian prodigy Denis Tassone, followed by Portuguese rider Santiago Sampaio and the Swede Oscar Pantzare. It's specially worth noting the great performance by Constanza Seguel Tagle from Chile, who won the girl's event and managed to finish in 2nd place in the final overall rankings.

Vianney Bergot was the highest finishing French rider.
All the riders were very excited and will go home with some fantastic memories of this World Cup !
Other summer 08 events :
* EurO'pen Cup at Nautica Sebina on the 29-31 August 08 in Sulzano/Italy,
* German O'pen Cup on the 29-31 August 08 in Kiel/Germany.
See you there for more super-energized sailing !
Check the World Open Cup Video here.
RESULTS
Boys (37 competitors)
* 1st Denis TASSONE (Brazil)
* 2nd Santiago SAMPAIO (Portugal)
* 3rd Oscar PANTZARE (Sweden)
Boys under 12 (15 competitors)
* 1st Tom LAPERCHE (France)
* 2nd Gregory CHARPENTIER (France)
* 3rd Jules DUCELIER (France)
Girls (13 competitors)
* 1st Constanza SEGEL TAGLE (Chili)
* 2nd Liede LAMBRIEX (Holland)
* 3rd Elodie MILLANVOIS (France)
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