Binh Thuan Province and Jibe’s Beach Club will hold the 12th NOA Vietnam Fun Cup for windsurfing on February 18 and 19.
“We are expecting between 25-40 amateur riders to enter. There are Vietnamese riders and people coming especially for the event from Taiwan and Thailand,” organizer and the owner of Jibes, Pascal Lefebvre, said
“It will be a mixed crowd – often there are 12-15 nationalities represented,” Lefebvre said
Jibe’s Beach Club Mui Ne will host the opening ceremony on Friday at 10am and the award presentation on Saturday at 7.30 pm followed by a beach party with sails being auctioned for charity.
Main events are figure eight slalom racing for men and women over two days. Official referees from Binh Thuan Province sport department will be ruling the event.
Lefebvre said the people to watch will be a few professional riders that will use the amateur event to train for the big international PWA event that starts at Jibes the following week.
He said the number three windsurfer in the world, Cyril Moussilmani from France, will be competing in the Fun Cup to train for next week’s PWA, but he wouldn’t qualify for any prizes as the Fun Cup is only for amateurs.
The first prizes for both men and women are luxury Swiss NOA watches valued at around US$5000, second prizes are a windsurf board valued at 1500 euros and third prizes are windsurf sails valued atUS$700.
All profits of the event will be donated to charity organizations in Binh Thuan Province.
