The 2010 European Kitesurf Championship was dominated by the British Girls at the final event in Poland at the end of last month.

Swiss girl Celine Coullaud who has recently relocated to north Cornwall was crowned Womens 2010 European Freestyle Champion, with Flexifoil rider Johara Sykes-Davies taking 2^nd, closely followed by Nicky Rudd on Slingshot in 3^rd.

Back in May, the first ever European kitesurf Championship kicked off in Austria on Lake Neusiedler,  and was followed by stops in Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Poland.

Celine took the win in Austria, ahead of Johara in 2^nd place. Nicky didn’t have the best start after her kite released in her second heat, leaving her with a rather long swim to the judge boat.

Switzerland hosted the highest kitesurf event in the world at 1750m above sea level, on Lake Sliverplanna.  On the Lake, surrounded by snow capped mountains, Celine battled it out in a very close final against Anja Grzelinska, and took second place, followed by Nicky in 3^rd who was hanging on to a 14m determined to be powered!

Poland was the final stop in August. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough wind to run a double elimination. Johara had a good competition finishing in 4^th and Celine and Nicky kept their overall rankings.

The Tour is hoping to have even more stops next year, it is a great stepping-stone between National and World level with a good number of girls competing, for more info on the European Tour check out www.kitesurftour.eu