After the successful inaugural year, NeilPryde Racing Series will start the 2012 world tour in Pattaya, Thailand on the 5th and 6th May and will provide a spectacular display of close-quarter racing at Ocean Marina during the Top of the Gulf Regatta, Asia’s largest sailing regatta.[more]
NeilPryde Racing Series is a tour featuring the ISAF universal one-design windsurfing class, RS:One. The RS:One Class features an attractive and dynamic race format making racing a spectacle for the watching crowds and allowing windsurfers of all levels, ages and genders to compete together. Top Asian athletes will compete on the RS:One along with local windsurfing heroes and London Olympic Games representatives from Thailand. The winners of each division will share the US$3000 prize money.
The NeilPryde Racing Series is delighted and honored to be associated with Istanbul, Porto, Cardiff, Trapani, Nice and Rio de Janeiro legs of the action-packed Extreme Sailing SeriesTM renowned for its unique stadium racing format that delivers all the action close to shore, right in front of the spectators. The global circuit spanning three continents brings together the best skippers on the planet, from Olympic medalists to round-the-world record holders, competing against each other in state-of-the-art 40-foot catamarans.
2012 NeilPryde Racing Series schedule:
Pattaya (Thailand) – 5th and 6th, May
Istanbul (Turkey) – 9th and 10th, June *
Porto (Portugal) – 7th and 8th, July *
Cardiff (UK) – 1st and 2nd, September *
Trapani (Italy) – 15th and 16th, September *
Nice (France) – 20th and 21th, October *
Hong Kong – 24th and 25th, November
Rio (Brazil) – 1st and 2nd, December *
*Powered by the Extreme Sailing SeriesTM
For more info on the RS:One click here.
For more info on the Top of the Gulf Regatta click here.
For more info on the Extreme Sailing SeriesTM click here.
