Freestyle in Capetown

19/02/2024

The 1st event of the Freestyle Pro Tour season, the FPT Capetown ended at the end of last week in South Africa, a competition in waiting period which saw the victories of Lisa Kloster and Jacopo Testa.

As the first freestyle competition of the season, the Freestyle Pro Tour set up camp in Capetown, South Africa at the start of the year for the FPT Capetown, a waiting period event with 5-star Proving Grounds Series status.
With a window between 6 and 16 February, it was on Saturday 10 that the hostilities began on Lake Rietvlei, north of Cape Town, with winds of up to 30 knots at the best of times. Italian Jacopo Testa, who had suffered a head injury during the day in the previous rounds, showed his selflessness and went on to win one race after another. Despite his injury, he excelled in the final, winning the single elimination against Niclas Nebelung. Nebelung took 2nd place after a fine run, beating FPT champion and PWA world vice-champion Lennart Neubauer in the semi-final. In the women's event, of which there were 4, Germany's Lisa Kloster came out on top...

A few days later, on February 16, there was a change of scene for the double elimination, with the competitors this time meeting up on the Paternoster spot in very different conditions, and with waves to spice up the game. In the women's competition, Heidi Jabbari, 3rd in the single elimination, met up with Lisa Kloster in the final, against whom she was powerless. Lisa Kloster also made life difficult for some of the men by taking 9th place overall. Niclas Nebelung was unable to take part in the double elimination and was able to defend his 2nd place from the first leg. Lennart Neubauer took advantage of the situation and met up with Jacopo Testa in the final. But the weakening wind was not enough for a final worthy of the name, and Testa retained his 1st place acquired in the single elimination...

 

Results FPT Capetown
Women

1/ Lisa Kloster
2/ Heidi Jabbari
3/ Katja Haslinger

 

Men
1/ Jacopo Testa
2/ Lennart Neubauer
3/ Niclas Nebelung
4/ Sam Esteve
5/ Jamie Howard

 

Source: Freestyle Pro Tour
Photos: PROtography

tags: Freestyle Pro Tour FPT Capetown Lisa Kloster Jacopo Testa

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