Inizia proprio oggi la quarta edizione del Dakhla Festival 2010. Nel profondo sud marocchino, al confine con la Mauritania, musica, sport e tradizioni saranno un’occasione per conoscere e scoprire le culture delle genti del Sahara… il deserto che incontra l’Oceano. L’aspetto sportivo quest’anno si esalterà con “The long distance race of Dakhla” quasi 80 km di gara che vedrà windsurfisti e kiters sfidarsi su un percorso che attraverserà da nord a sud tutta la famosa laguna di Dakhla. Punte di diamante della sfida Bjoern Dunkerbeck e Anders Bringal, pronti a rinverdire in questa long distance le sfide del passato. Ma oltre a loro l’elenco delle guest stars per windsurf, kite e surf da onda è lunghissimo cominciando dal mitico Boujmaa Guilloul (windsurf),  Alex Caizergues (kitesurf),  Sebastien Josse, Alexis Deniel (longboard – French Champion), Pascal Toselli, Bieuzy Mauffrey e Cédric Bordes (top 3 French windsurfers), Jochen Krauth (German champion), Sarah Hébert (3rd Windsurfing Slalom World Championships), Sjoukje Bredenkamp (fastest women on the water), Ainhoa Garcia (Kitesurfing World Champion), Fabienne D’Ortoli (Kitesurfing Champion) e tanti altri.

The longest race ever
Windsurf and kitesurf stars will be in Dakhla to take part in this amazing contest : the Dakhla long distance race, with its famous 40 kilometers course from the north to the south of the lagoon. The best windsurfers and kitesurfers in the world are invited to race and challenge each others on the water:who will be the fastest, windsurf or kitesurf?! The race direction will be managed by Phillipe Bru, the famous organizer of the Défi Wind in Gruissan (which actually is the biggest windsurfing event) promising us a great show!

Foum Labouir waves
With the participation of the Morrocan Federation of Surf and Bodyboard, this spot will welcome the 16th best surfers of Morocco and the greatest name of international longboard and shortboard surfing for an ambitious contest mixing together young guns and professionals. On-site some windsurfing, kitesurfing and stand up paddling contests will be organized and our watersports stars will show up to the public during water sports action shows, interviews and signing sessions.

A legendary battle on the water
For more than a decade, Bjoern Dunkerbeck and Anders Bringal, two international windsurfing stars, were fighting for the first place on the windsurfing world cup. Dunki managed to keep really often his sweedish “double” but this edition of the festival will allow us to be backstage of this incredible revival fight! This long distance out of time will stage the best women riders too, with Kitesurf against Windsurf again and the world speed record women Sjoukje Bredenkamp vs top 3 in the windsurfing worlds Sarah Hébert.

More info su http://www.dakhla-festival.com