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2006-06-29 14:00:00 | 40 views | 1 Comments

Erik Beale, Alex Aguera and Jacque Pauvert

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  The Navman Maui Speed Challenge kicked off with a bang, drawing over 50 competitors to Kanaha Beach Park in pursuit of their fastest speeds. “The conditions were really good today, but the high tide made conditions really challenging”, noted Alex Aguera, who recorded the top speed of the day at 36.5

Alex Aguera

knots. Former speed world record holder Erik Beale was stoked to see sailors make significant improvements after participating in his speed clinic earlier this week – “The kids are doing especially well –some of them have made gains of three knots or more!” said Beale. Kai Lenny led the pack of youngsters with a speed of 29.5 knots.
       The top speed in the Men's division was recorded by Mark Boersma - the recent high school grad clocked 33.4 knots on the course. Karla Aguera made speed a family affair, matching her husband's victory with her own in the women's division. In the fun division, daughter Kristin Orth was just a few knots behind her father, Ken, and taking top honors in the Master's division was local Micheal Warmuth.

OFFICIAL EVENT WEBSITE: www.mauispeed.com

EVENT INFORMATION:
Dates for the Navman Maui Speed Challenge Series, presented by Naish Sails are July 9 and 30, August 13 and 27, and September 10 and 24, to be held from Naish Beach, near Kanaha Beach Park, between the Canoe Hale and Kite Beach. Each competitor will be provided with a Sport.Tool M300 GPS unit, provided by main sponsor Navman. The competition is open to the following categories: Open Class (in which those with specialized speed sailing equipment will compete), Men, Women, Masters, Youth, Fun and Kite.

This event series is part of the Naish Speed Party.  Naish Windsurfing is proud
to introduce the Naish Speed Party, a series of amateur speed events in
locations all over the world. The first event is in Leucate, France - the Speed
Party then heads to Miura, Japan followed by Kanaha, Maui and finally to
Langebaan in South Africa. Keep checking for new information and possible
additional events on the Naish Sails website. 
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For more information on the Navman Sport.Tool M300, visit www.navmanusa.com and
www.sport-tool.com. www.naishsails.com.

EVENT SPONSORS: Navman, Naish Sails Maui, Fred Haywood Realty,
WindsurfingClassifieds.Com, Kanaha Kai, Freestyle, Waki Jaki and THE POINT,
Ocean 7, Maui Sports Net, and Sign Solutions.