After an eventful six days of competition, the following were crowned the first European Prokids Freestyle champions.

- Filippo Bestetti (Juniors)
- Vittorio Mazzocca (Super Grommets)
- Matteo Testa (Grommets)
- Francesco Cappuzzo (boys)
- Lucrezia Genazzani (girls)

The summary and photos below are courtesy of Steafano Lenati and the AIWS


Everyone stocked after a cool and enjoyable event, photos coutesy Cristina Curti /AIWS

photos courtesy of Windpirus.com/AIWS

Europes ProKids Feestyle Champions, photos courtesy of Stefano Lentati / AIWS

At noon the first heat of the event started, and two hours later we have the first results. Filippo Bestetti is the winner of the double elimination in the Junior group (born in 1989-1990); Vittorio Mazzocca wins the Super Grommets class (born in 1991-1992) and Matteo Testa leads the Grommets class (born in 1993-1995). But the real winner of the day is the perfect spot of Murta Maria: a real freestyle playground that everybody enjoyed.

Day 2
The second day of the Starboard Freestyle Pro Kids Europe 2007 is a kind of deja-vu: strong easterly wind and a new moving to Murta Maria. Wind is weaker than yesterday so the biggest riders are obliged to unroll their 5.9 sails. But the action is hot anyway: everybody is getting more and more used to the Sardinian conditions and high level moves are on the menu. Puneta, E-Slide, Chacho Switch, Funnel, Shaka... but also the younger riders show at least Vulcans, Spock, Grubby and Speed Loops.

With the wind slightly rotating to the east, conditions are deteriorating so that the Race Director decides to stop competition after the single elimination, and winners of the day are: Bestetti (Junior), Fabrizi (Super Grommets) and Testa (Grommets).

Day 3
After two days of strong wind and hard work, finally we stay in Porto Pollo with light winds and the opportunity to enjoy the nice venue. Following a lazy morning, after lunch we start the Gemini Cup, using the new Starboard Gemini, tandem boards which allows two windsurfers to ride the same board at the same time. Pumping is the necessary and everybody wants to win, regardless of rules and fair play... After two hours of real fight, winners are the Testa brothers, in front of Banfo team and other two family teams: Cappuzzo team (Alice riding with his father Antonio) and Nava team (Camilla and his father Franz, which is one of the judges of the ProKids competition).

At 16:00 the wind rotates to the west and with the first gust finally also the kids (born before 1996) can start to compete. In the male group the winner is Francesco Cappuzzo (who in the previous days asked to compete also in the Grommet group against older riders), whilst in the female group the winner is 10 years old Lucrezia Genazzani.

Day 4
Today is the so-called Coluccia Day. The competition moves to Coluccia, a nice freestyle spot nearby Porto Pollo, well-known for the perfect conditions and for being the home spot of the Italian Freestyle Vice Champion Stefanino Lorioli, who today will be part of the judging panel. With the westerly winds starting to blow, Coluccia is the perfect place to be.

Competition re-started from the looser round of the second elimination.

With the wind blowing side shore in the 20-25 knots range, the double elimination comes to a easy end, with Filippo Bestetti, Mattia Fabrizi and Matteo Testa who successfully defend their first position.

But there is still some wind, and the competition goes on with the third round to complete another single elimination, and new winners but Matteo Testa: Fabio Vinante gets his first win in front of Filippo Bestetti in the Junior class and Vittorio Mazzocca gets the led in the Super Grommets.

Day 5
Light wind and a lazy day for the competitors of the Starboard Freestyle Pro Kids Europe. Weather forecast for tomorrow are for strong wind, so everybody tries to get it easy and enjoy another round of the Gemini Cup. Winner of the day is the Nava team, with the westerly wind which already has started to blow. Tomorrow will be a tough day!

Day 6
Strong westerly wind, clear blue flat water, crowd on the sandy beach and a competition to complete: Porto Pollo is on fire.

First heat of the looser round of the third elimination starts at 10.30. Last heat of the looser round of the fourth (!) elimination ends at 16.30. A tough day for the competitors with a lot of suspence.

If the Grommet class has been dominated by Matteo Testa, we have had to wait the last final to know names of the winner of the older classe. After an incredible fight, Filippo Bestetti and Vittorio Mazzocca gets the title of European Champions. But all the riders showed a super high level, and also they improved a lot in their competition attitude during this week.

At late afternoon the beach ceremony crowned the European Champions:

- Filippo Bestetti (Juniors)
- Vittorio Mazzocca (Super Grommets)
- Matteo Testa (Grommets)
- Francesco Cappuzzo (Kids)
- Lucrezia Genazzani (Kids)

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STARBOARD FREESTYLE PROKIDS EUROPE 2007

FINAL CLASSMENT AFTER 4 DOUBLE ELIMINATIONS

JUNIOR (born 1989-1990)

1. Filippo Bestetti
2. Fabio Vinante
3. Marco Vinante
4. Gabriele Varrucciu

SUPER GROMMETS (born 1991-1992)
1. Vittorio Mazzocca
2. Mattia Fabrizi
3. Jacopo Testa
4. Demetrio Genazzani

GROMMETS (born 1993-1995)

1. Matteo Testa
2. Alvise Panzera
3. Francesco Cappuzzo

KIDS Males (born after 1996)
1. Francesco Cappuzzo
2. Calvin Pes
3. Otto Lanzavecchia
4. Lorenzo Perego

KIDS Females(born after 1996)
1. Lucrezia Genazzani
2. Alice Cappuzzo
3. Alice De Andr
4. Lidia Lanzavecchia

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GEMINI CUP
1st Gemini Cup
1. Jacopo Testa / Matteo Testa
2. Demetrio Genazzani / Alvin Panzera
3. Franz Nava / Camilla Nava
4. Antonio Cappuzzo / Alice Cappuzzo

2nd Gemini Cup
1. Franz Nava / Camilla Nava
2. Antonio Cappuzzo / Francesco Cappuzzo
3. Filippo Bestetti / Dario Troiani
4. Riccardo Genazzani / Demetrio Genazzani