The Bahamas Kite Race 2005 miamikiteboarding team

		France

Christophe Ribot, Miami, Florida - Age: 34 Kitesurfing in Miami since 2001. Owner and co-founder of Miamicatamarans and MiamiKiteboarding school who organizes each year, the now well-known Kite-for-Girls in Crandon Park. Sailing and windsurfing for fifteen years. Chris has already experienced the crossing in 2003 on his 20 foot Race catamaran w/ America's cup sailor Katie Petibone, during his Gulf Stream Challenge: Miami-Bimini-Miami non-stop in 25 knots of wind, hanging on trapeze for 12 hrs at full speed. Christophe has a pretty good idea of what conditions to expect during this crossing.

		France

Fabrice Collard, Miami, Florida Age: 32 Doctor in Oceanography. Lives in Brest and the rest of the world. Kitesurf from 2000, co-founder of Miamikiteboarding. Fabrice was one of the riders of the Key West to Cuba world record distance w/ Neil and Kent in 2001. He makes the trip from France to gather the original Miamikiteboarding team w/ Christophe and challenge the Bahama Crossing. A must-be, as one of the official world record distance holder.

Miamikiteboarding participate in the 1st Extreme
Long Distance Kitesurfing Race - USA/BAHAMAS

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