Crozon, race two: Kai Thompson and Marnie Bertram win again, Philippe Axmann takes the over-40s

Two races, the same three winners. In the second downwind race of the Crozon Foil Festival on 17 October, Kai Thompson won again, Marnie Bertram was again the first woman home, and Philippe Axmann again won the men's over-40s.
18 km across the Baie de Douarnenez
With the north-east wind building through the afternoon, the race director sent the fleet of 71 off from Morgat at 14:30, across the Baie de Douarnenez to the Pointe de Brézellec. Kai Thompson crossed the line first in 48:51.9, 1 minute 3.9 seconds ahead of Axel Pham, who took the French Downwind SUP Foil title, with Jarrod Snow third. The AXIS riders from Tahiti were close behind: Raiarii Fadier seventh, and the Haumani twins, Toaura and Haunui, eighth and ninth.

Kai races on the AXIS Kaiwi, the gold ultra high modulus mast in the first picture.
Marnie Bertram, two for two
Marnie Bertram, 16, won the women's race in 1:03:12.8, 32.7 seconds ahead of Naumi Eychenne, with Mélanie Lafenêtre third and French champion. It was Marnie's second downwind win in two days, and her second final of the day: that morning she was runner-up to Naumi Eychenne in the women's Surf Foil final at La Palue, in waves of nearly two metres.

On Sunday she finished the week on the top step: she won the women's dock start pump foil final in the harbour at Camaret-sur-Mer, and with it the festival's overall women's title. She took the podium with her AXIS Dock 880 pump board.

Philippe Axmann, over-40s again
Philippe Axmann, who runs AXIS in Europe, won the men's over-40s in 59:55.1, his second category win in two days.
The first race and the Foil Drive downwinder, won by Luke Atkinson and Holly Pye, are in our report from Friday. Congratulations to the whole team.
Photos Loïc Olivier and Jeanne des Vallières / Crozon Foil Festival. Results from the organisers' timing on Webscorer and the festival's press releases.
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