{"id":12758,"date":"2022-08-22T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/windsurfing-40th-anniversary-of-the-mahe-praslin-crossing"},"modified":"2022-08-22T15:30:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:30:17","slug":"windsurfing-40th-anniversary-of-the-mahe-praslin-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/windsurfing-40th-anniversary-of-the-mahe-praslin-crossing","title":{"rendered":"Windsurfing: 40th anniversary of the Mah\u00e9-Praslin Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span><b>Praslinois surfboarder Jean-Marc Gardette is the winner of the traditional Mah\u00e9-Praslin crossing held on Saturday, while his fellow islander, 13-year-old Jules Kandasamy shocked everyone to finish third overall.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s crossing gathered 33 boarders who competed in both windsurfing and kitesurfing.<\/p>\n<p>Gardette completed the crossing in one hour, five minutes and 19 seconds (1h 05:19), which is not even close to the crossing\u2019s 20-year-old record of 57 minutes and 51.62 seconds set by Stephen Stravens in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Jacquelin Languila was second overall in 1hr 15:41, while young Kandasamy finished third in 1hr 15:46.<\/p>\n<p>In kitesurfing, it was Mauritian Richard Patrick who finished first in 1hr 20:30, finishing ahead of his compatriot Jean Leopold who took the runner-up spot after clocking 1hr 22:39.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Gappy finished third overall in 1hr 23:09.<\/p>\n<p>Other than the crossing which is celebrating its 40th year, a series of windsurfing and kite-surfing has been programmed to take place on Praslin.<\/p>\n<p>The Airtel Praslin Slalom \u2013 one week slalom on Praslin with a number of races \u2013has been sponsored by local telecommunication company Airtel Seychelles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\">Seychelles<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Seychelles. Praslinois surfboarder Jean-Marc Gardette is the winner of the traditional Mah\u00e9-Praslin crossing held on Saturday, while his fellow islander, 13-year-old Jules Kandasamy shocked everyone to finish third overall. Saturday\u2019s crossing gathered 33 boarders who competed in both windsurfing and kitesurfing. 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