FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Final Day at the Verizon Wireless King of the Cape Freestyle Pro-Am.

June 8, 2003
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

WEST DENNIS, MA -- Taty Frans (Gaastra/AHD) has been crowned King Of the Cape. Light offshore winds here today prevented any official action that would count towards PWA rankings but instead sailors competed for $10,000 of the prize purse in a light wind freestyle format. Three pro rounds were held this afternoon, each with two semi finals and a final. Today¹s competition here at West Dennis Beach, Cape Cod was watched by around 3000 spectators with the Pro¹s, Novices and Amateurs all putting on an incredible show considering the conditions.

Taty Frans who hails from Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean was undoubtedly the outstanding sailor today, impressed the crowds and the judges with his incredible freestyle trickery. Amongst his maneuvers were inside the boom 360's, pirouette gibes and fin first back to the sail riding. In the testing conditions Taty showed that he is a true all round freestyler able to compete to the highest level in light winds as well as the stronger winds to which he is more accustomed. Hot on his heels in second was his brother Tonky Frans (Gaastra/AHD) who made a strong comeback today after failing to reach the first of the three finals. Taking the final podium position was American freestyle specialist Mike Burns (North) who kept the crowds entertained with his amazing traditional freestyle routine.

Also taking to the water today were the amateur fleet, novice fleet and more fun and games from Nevin Sayre's Kids club, making for non-stop windsurfing action and entertainment for the enthusiastic crowds. Many manufacturers have also been displaying their latest boards and sails have also been available to the public for demos.

Despite marginal conditions the King Of the Cape, windfest put on an excellent show and went down a storm with the New England crowds. Windsurfing is definitely alive on the East Coast of the United States and hopefully the PWA will be back next year for more action.

This event was sponsored by: Verizon Wireless, Red Bull, Bic Sport N.A.(Gaastra/AHD/Fiberspar), Inland Sea Windsurf Company, Sailworld Cape Cod, Island Sports, Hyline Cruisline, Skylight Jewelry, Chatham Pottery, Kontiki Resorts, Jibe City, New England Windsurfing Journal, Windsport Magazine, United Rentals, A.P. Kimball Construction, WindsurfingClassifieds.com, Corsair Crossrip, Cape Travelodge, and American Windsurfing Industries Association.

Event Director: Marc Lefebvre
Event Coordinator: Philip Mann
Windfest Coordinator: Jerry Lamaita
Kids Camp Coordinator: Nevin Sayre
Registration Desk: Ayesha Lefebvre, Kelly Moynihan, Anne Parry, Nancy Liu, Nancy Shealey
Onsite: Charlie Cook, Edward Spencer, Ace Ali, Klaus Michel, Chris Decerbo, Chuck Gerbutavich, Bo Piersonik
Safety Coordinator: Chuck Gerbutavich
Beach Marshals: Steve Saunders, Bo Piersonik
Judges: Klaus Michel, Pietro Porcella, Marc Morales
Time Keeper: Trevor Funnell
MCs: Marc Lefebvre, Platt Johnson, Pietro Porcella
Videographer: Michael Leon
Photographer: Peter Bogucki

Here are the results:

PRO MEN DIVISION:
1. Tati Frans $3,000
2. Tonky Frans $2,000
3. Mike Burns $1,375
4. Jace Panebianco $1,000
5. Riley Coon $675
5. Robbie Swift $675
7. Keke Dammers $525
8. Nick Warmuth $375
9. Jayson Young $250
10. Andy Funnell $125

AMATEUR MEN DIVISION:
1. Jamey Clarke
2. Neil Malik
3. Frederick Vetterlein
4. Peter Kimball
5. Jerry Evans
6. Bill Reid
7. Kevin Green
8. Chris Aldridge

AMATEUR JUNIOR DIVISION:
1. Jeremiah Malina
2. Andrea Gillum
3. Bradley Louw
4. Will Johnson
5. Ben Del Guercio
6. Adam Dannewitz

NOVICE MEN DIVISION:
1. Ed Dehart
2. Chris Caron
3. Francois Dufault
4. Ace Ali
5. Tom Lepak
6. Bob Connor
7. Tom Whittemore
8. Daniel Durbak
9. Clifford Gluck

NOVICE JUNIOR DIVISION:
1. James Sobeck
2. Chris Johnson
3. Kye Wheeler
4. Christopher Schilling
5. Marianna Scandole
6. Solvig Sayre

For more information please contact us at: info@kingofthecape.com, (888)465-2632, or visit our website at: http://www.kingofthecape.com/.