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19/08/2010 Final Standings in ISAF Sailing World Cup Highlights Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Zhik Team. After seven events across the globe, the Zhik team wraps up the ISAF Sailing World Cup with a majority of Gold. An insane domination by Zhik with more than 5 Gold medals.   Congratulations to the following Zhik Team World Sailing Champions   GOLD Laser Radial Marit Bouwmeester NED   GOLD Laser Javie... [more] 12/07/2010 Olivier Backes & Arnaud Jarlegan – NEW F18 WORLD CHAMPS! New Zhik Team members, Olivier & Arnaud, sailed an unbelievable series to clinch the F18 world championship held in Erguy, France. The “Sail Innovation” team finished on top in an unbelievably strong 159 boat fleet to add an F18 World Title to a growing list of achievements throughout their sail... [more] 10/07/2010 Marina Alabau Wins European RSX Championships Zhik Team rider and current world RSX champion Marina Alabau has just taken out the 2010 European championships in Spigot, Poland. After starting the medal race with equal points to Laura Linares and closely followed by Alessandra Sensini, Marina held strong and covered the Italian riders to seal he... [more] 31/05/2010 Zhik Medal Haul at Holland Regatta Best Ever The fifth tranche of the ISAF World Cup, the Delta Lloyd Holland Regatta, showed a simply brilliant set of results for the Zhik Team.Including new World Number 1 Radial Sailor, Marit Bouwmeester (NED), pictured above, taking out GOLD.Giulia Conti and Giovanna Micol (ITA) taking our GOLD in the Women... [more] 17/05/2010 Zhik Medals Flow at Fraglia Vela Riva Eurolymp Regatta Medals flow for the Zhik Team at "most beautiful sailing venue in the world", Lake Garda Italy. The Sibello brothers (ITA) dominate the Olympic regatta to win in the 49er with ease. In the largest fleet, the laser class, Javier Hernandez (ESP) takes gold, with Adonis (GRE) in silver and Alsogaray (A... [more] 02/05/2010 Team Leroy Matches with Zhik The Womens Match Racing event is new for the Olympics in 2012, and Zhik is making sure it has a hot team ready. Team Leroy (Claire Leroy, Marie Riou, and Eodie Bertrand) from France now join Zhik, and bring in some great experience. They won the world championship in 2007 and 2008 and are recently r... [more] 29/04/2010 Gintare Scheidt joins team Zhik Zhik is proud to announce that Gintare Scheidt (nee Volungeviciute) joins the Zhik Team in the Laser Radial class. Gintare won silver at the 2008 Olympic Games representing Lithuania, to match husband Robert Scheidt's own silver in the Star for Brazil. The Zhik Team now has all three from the Laser ... [more] 26/04/2010 RSX Zhik Team Hits Number 1  Marina Alabau and Julien Bontemps join Zhik TeamZhik is very proud to announce that the current ISAF ranked World Number 1 for both RSX men and women have joined the Zhik Team. Marina Alabau from Spain, and Julien Bontemps from France.Robert Nagy, European sales manager for Zhik explains, "Having r... [more] 12/04/2010 Robert Nagy Joins Zhik Marina Alabau is introduced to Zhik by Robert Nagy at the Hyeres Regatta.Celebrated Olympian in 470, Mistral and Tornado, world champion, and solo ocean yachtsman, Robert Nagy, has joined the Zhik sales team for Europe. "Robert comes to Zhik with perfect timing. He clearly knows how to win, and his ... [more] 06/04/2010 Nathan Outteridge wins 2010 NSW Moth Titles Nathan Outteridge has won the 2010 NSW Moth Titles on Lake Macquarie over the Easter weekend. After an absence from Moth sailing since the 2009 Worlds in Oregon, Nathan’s dominance in the state championships is a clear display of his talent and all round versatility as a sailor.   An honorable menti... [more] 06/04/2010 Zhik Dominates in Palma Zhik once again dominated at the 41st Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofía Mapfre World Cup event in Palma with our champions all over the podium. Zhik team member Javier Hernandez and Mike Bullot excelled in the mens Laser class placing 1st and 3rd respectively. In the 470 Womens, Italians Giulia Conti and Gi... [more] 05/04/2010 Singapore Sailing Team Smashes Asian Sailing Championships The Singapore sailing team has shown that is ready for big performances at the forthcoming Asian Games with excellent results at the Asian Sailing Championships in Shanwei, China.   Based at the same venue as the Games which will be held at the end of the year, Singapore Sailing Team members Seng Le... [more] 23/03/2010 Julio Alsogaray wins 2010 Central & South American Laser Championships The Zhik team has once again found success at the 2010 Central & South American Laser Championships. The Laser team has showed its strength with 3 of its members finishing in the top 6 places, Argentinean Julio Alsogaray won the event in front of Robert Sheidt who placed 4th and Matias Del Solar... [more] 14/03/2010 Zhik takes a clean sweep at Dubai Moth Worlds Zhik team members Simon Payne, Andrew McDougall and Brad Funk took out  the 2010 Moth Worlds in Dubai today placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively.   After delays due to light winds, the first race of the final day saw a disappointing result from competition leader Simon Payne allowing fellow members... [more] 21/02/2010 Gotta Love It Seven Wins Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship Zhik Team members Steve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Tom Clout won the final race of the Giltinan World Championship lifting them to first place up from 3rd at the start of the day. After a disappointing start, the Channel 7 crew quickly took advantage of their strong downwind performance and held a clear... [more] 02/02/2010 Team Tunnicliffe Wins Miami OCR Zhik Team are again successful at the second round of the ISAF World Cup, held in Miami in the last week of January.In the Women’s Match Racing finals, Zhik Team Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), Molly Vandemoer (Redwood City, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) defeated Lucy MacGregor’s G... [more] 18/01/2010 Anna Tunnicliffe takes out both World and US Rolex Sailor of the Year Anna has taken out the double...she is the undisputed queen of sailing for 2009, after winning the The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Rolex World sailor of the year award she then took the US Rolex Sailor of the year award for the second year in a row. Tunnicliffe was chosen based on her ou... [more] 18/01/2010 Bora Gulari is Rolex US Sailor of the year Rolex Yachtsman of the Year – Bora Gulari (Detroit, Mich.) has been named US SAILING’s 2009 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, earning the coveted award with his very first appearance on the shortlist of nominees.  Gulari had tough competition for the honor:  all but one of the 10 male nominees, Gulari in... [more] 25/12/2009 Zhik Sponsors Australian Championships Australian waters this season sees Zhik again sponsor many classes, supporting sailors right across the nation. "We love to support the national regattas in Australia", said Patrick Langley, Zhik sales manager, "it is full of talent, with a great mix of local and international champions". This seaso... [more] 20/12/2009 GOLD GOLD GOLD Zhik Smashes Heat 1 ISAF World Cup MARIT BOUWMEESTER - Gold Laser Radial MIKE LEIGH - GOLD LaserZhik Team Members Win Gold at the first heat of the ISAF world cup.GOLD  Jo Aleh / Olivia Powrie Womens 470GOLD Marit Bouwmeester Womens Laser RadialGOLD Mike Leigh Mens LaserAlso in the mix at the regatta in Melbourne are bunches of other... [more] 17/10/2009 Mike Krantz Heads Up Zhik USA Mike Krantz began working with Zhik while at Layline, which was then the representation for Zhik in the USA. More recently in June, however, he decided to leave Layline in order to put 100% focus on Zhik USA. “Zhik is on the cusp of some brilliant growth in the US market, and the Zhik USA opportunit... [more] 16/10/2009 Crown Prince Frederik sails in Zhik Some months ago Zhik got a call from World Champ Tasar sailors, Rob and Nicole Douglass. "We are helping Chris Meehan set up a Tasar for Prince Frederik", Rob said, "bring your gear down to the club". Chris tested the gear and loved it. He then suggested Zhik put something special together for the W... [more] 27/09/2009 Zhik Team "Coollit" Douglass Win Tasar World Championships 2009  Zhik Team members Rob and Nicole Douglass have taken out the Tasar World Championships in Japan. Backing up their record from previous championships, they continue to prove to the fleet that they are the world number 1."I had the pleasure to enjoy some training with these guys while they were at ho... [more] 20/09/2009 Zhik GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE in ISAF World Sailing Cup The innaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup is a year long composition of 7 grade 1 events, across Sail Melbourne in Australia, Miami OCR in USA, and followed by five top regattas Europe. It is a effectively a second ranking of the Olympic athletes with highlights for stamina and consistancy.In this first... [more] 27/08/2009 Goodison is both Olympic and World Champ. Bullot takes silver. Picture : Michael BullotFollowing Paul's amazing form, after taking Gold at the Olympics, winning each major World Cup event he competes in, he has quite rightly taken out the Laser World Championship. He does this and firmly stamps his ownership of the world number 1 ranking in the Olympic Laser cl... [more] 24/08/2009 Conti and Micol, ITA 470 European Champions Join Zhik Team  Zhik is happy to announce that the current world number one ranked Olympic 470 Women, Giulia Conti and Giovanna Micol from Italy, have joined the Zhik Team. They begin their campaign for 2012 with a brilliant win at the European Championships in June this year, at Lake Traunsee, Austria. “Zhik has ... [more] 22/08/2009 Zhik UK National Championships, 420, Cadet, 29er Zhik is supporting over 400 young sailors this week in the UK.  More than 200 boats will take to the water at their Zhik sponsored national championships.  Zhik has chosen to support three prestigious youth classes with championships currently taking place across the country.  The Cadet, 420 and 29e... [more] 17/08/2009 Bora Wins 2009 Moth World Championship As Reported by Michelle Slade   11:18 AM Sun 16 Aug 2009 Photo above by Meredith Block33-year old Bora Gulari handily took two races in the final day of the 2009 CST Composites Moth World Championship, winning the event and becoming the first American in 33 years to win the title. Racing got underwa... [more] 30/07/2009 The Rise of Zhik New Zealand While many established businesses in the boating industry are struggling to pull through the economic crisis, there are also some success stories emerging from the shake up. Until very recently, Patrick Langley headed the marine products division of Line 7, and now he finds himself taking the lead f... [more] 21/07/2009 Bertrand becomes Perth 2011 Ambassador, Zhik Sponsor 'Brian Conolly, John Bertrand, John Longley (R)'       Event Director John Longley AM today announced Skipper of Australia’s historic 1983 America’s Cup winning challenger Australia II, John Bertrand AM, as an Ambassador to the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Mr Longley welcomed Mr Bert... [more] 18/07/2009 Singapore's Best Ever Performance at the Volvo ISAF Youth World Sailing Championship  The seven Youth Worlds titles went to seven nations as Australia, France, Great Britain and Singapore join Brazil, Hong Kong and New Zealand as gold medal winners on the final day of the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Buzios, Brazil. Local sailor Elizabeth Yin did Singapore pro... [more] 04/06/2009 Zhik Totally Smashes the ISAF World Rankings  "If you check out who is on top of the ISAF World Rankings then they are most likely on the Zhik Team and wearing our gear to the podium" cheered Brian Conolly, Managing Director of Zhik.In the latest listing, Zhik Team member Rafa Tujillio takes the number one spot in the Finn Class, adding to the... [more] 29/05/2009 Zhik comes onboard to support Singapore sailors The Singapore Sailing Federation has announced today a new partnership with Zhik, one of the world’s leading sailing performance brands. The up and coming sailing gear brand will be fitting the Singapore national sailors in its performance apparel and this significant partnership will put them in go... [more] 01/05/2009 Zhik Team take half the ISAF World Number 1 Olympic Rankings  The Zhik Team now totally dominates the GOLD position in the ISAF World Rankings.#1 STAR  Robert Schiedt / Bruno Prada (BRA)#1 49er  Pietro and Gianfranci Sibello (ITA)#1 LASER RADIAL  Anna Tunnicliffe (USA)#1 470 WOMENS  Ingid Petijean / Nadege Douroux (FRA)"We are very proud of our Zhik Team, and... [more] 27/04/2009 Zhik Takes Multiple Gold Again at Hyeres 2009  The Zhik Team shine again at the next ISAF World Cup event, Hyeres.Two Zhik rock star teams, The Sibello brothers (ITA) in the 49er and Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) in the Laser Radial continue their dominance in the World Cup to take Gold again. Other great members of the Zhik Team placed in the top ten... [more] 13/04/2009 Sibello Brothers take 49er Gold at Sailing World Cup Heat 3 The Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma, Spain is the third heat of the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup. Each heat is a training event towards medal glory, Weymouth, 2012. This regatta marks the beginning of the next quadrennium in the European circuit for many of the Zhik Team.The Zhik Team continues ... [more] 03/03/2009 Bertrand's Team Triad Gears up for Worlds John Bertrand teams up with Andrew Palfrey and Ben Ainslie for his Etchells Worlds Campaign. After recently winning the Australian titles last month in Adelaide, he is now tuning up for the local conditions on Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. The Etchell is one of the most hotly contested classes, and th... [more] 06/02/2009 Zhik Top Nation in the ISAF World Rankings Zhik counts seven on the Podium in the ISAF World Rankings, with 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze. This includes Gold and Silver Star class sailors, with Rob Scheidt / Bruno Prada BRA (pictured) and Mateusz Kusnierwicz / Zycki Dominik POL respectively."There are more sailors joining, so we are on targe... [more] 25/01/2009 Outteridge wins Australian Moth Championships Nathan Outteridge takes out the Zhik International Moth Australian Championships in Geeling today. Competing in his first Moth event, after only 20 or so hours of training in the boat, he proved what a great sailor he is. He mastered the complexity of a foiling craft and showed great skill in the he... [more] 29/12/2008 Ichi Ban is Third to Hobart Matt Allen steered Ichi Ban to its third podium finish in the blue water classic Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The last three years has seen Ichi Ban take a second and two thirds. Ichi Ban is also second in division 0, for yachts with canting keels, this year."We are thrilled with Matt's success in t... [more] 21/12/2008 Matias Del Solar Hikes to the Top of the ISAF Sailing World Cup Zhik Team members in the laser fleets continue their winning ways at Sail Melbourne. This time it is Matias Del Solar, from Chile, that rose to the top, with an outstanding performance to take Gold in the Laser at the first regatta of the new ISAF Sailing World Cup."Our Zhik Team in the Laser and La... [more] 20/12/2008 Zhik Announces New ISOTAK Gear At this years METS in Amsterdam, Zhik gave a sneak preview to what's coming in 2009 to the dealers. New gear from Zhik in 2009 is all in the Dry Gear range, and will include some wonderful racing jackets, smocks and salopettes in the remarkable Zhik Isotak material.It's all new, and not quite availa... [more] 13/12/2008 Zhik sponsors a dozen Australian National Championship regattas  Zhik shows the lead in supporting Australian sailing with more than a dozen Australian National championships sponsored this season, in addition to many clubs, and other local regattas."This year Zhik has chosen to support more regattas, clubs and individual sailors. We do this with pride, and the ... [more] 09/12/2008 Leigh Fires Up Zhik Team to begin next Quadrenium  Mike Leigh (CAN), the highest ranked Laser at the Sydney International Regatta, proved his status with a clear win in the Sydney International Regatta. "It is clear to me that this guy means business for the next quadrenium" remarked Brian Conolly, founder of Zhik, "he has been resting since Qingda... [more] 20/10/2008 Oliver Grogono Optimist UK Junior Champion  Having had tremendous success this summer becoming UK Junior Optimist Champion, Ollie Grogs has just secured his place on the covetted GBR Squad with a good result at the ‘End of Season’ Championships held on Rutland Water 11th/12th Oct.   Racing against 225 sailors competing for Championship title... [more] 28/08/2008 Bigger at next METS  Zhik invites all existing and new dealers to visit us at METS again this year. Zhik has a bigger booth this year, and will be previewing new products such as the new yachting range.Book your time to meet with us at Booth 04.501.... [more] 17/08/2008 Gotta Love It Seven Wins 18ft International Regatta San Francisco Zhik Team 18 foot skiff adds to its World title by taking out the International Regatta in San FranciscoArticle from Yachts and Yachting online follows:Aussies ease up for survival, outlast Hamlin by 3 points Sometimes you battle the competition, sometimes the elements, a distinction Australia's Sev... [more] 18/07/2008 Gabrielle King Successfully Defends Volvo ISAF Youth Worlds Title Gabrielle King is a sailing legend in the making. Most youth that win gold at the ISAF Youth World Championships are from a very select club of world champions and are generally considered Olympic-sailors-elect and potential Olympic medallists. Winning gold twice, however, promotes the sailor into a... [more] 04/07/2008 Twenty Zhik Teams in Top Ten For Olympic Games Twenty of the Zhik teams campaigning for a medal at this years Olympic Games are ranked by ISAF in the worlds top ten. Within this ranking, four are in Gold, three are in Slver and three are in Bronze position."The count down to the Games is on", said Brian Conolly, founder of Zhik, "and it will be ... [more] 30/06/2008 Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Bronze, Bronze, at Kiel Week  The Zhik Team blast through Kiel with two medals in each colour this week.Pont Miarczynski shows his dominance again, and takes out another ISAF class1 event in the mens RSX. Robert Schiedt/Bruno Prada take Silver in the Star class, Rafa Trujillo takes Silver in the Finn. Lijia Xu takes Bronze in t... [more] 19/06/2008 Proust and Motteau win Archipelago Raid French Team Kalix Wins Archipelago Raid 08Eric Proust and Romain Motteau, Team Kalix, have completed an outstanding six day Formula 18 catamaran race through the Stockholm, Åland and Finnish archipelago. Since the first day the highly experienced duo has been difficult to beat, showing great tactics... [more] 12/06/2008 Ichi Ban wins 7th Koh Samui Regatta  Matt Allen lead his team on Ichi Ban to take out the 7th Koh Samui Regatta, Chewang Bay, Thailand. After one drop, they took five bullets to tally a perfect score in the IRC 2 division, the largest fleet at the regatta.... [more] 09/06/2008 Schiedt and Prada win Eastern Hemisphere Star Championships A star studded field of Olympic contenders attended the Eastern Hemisphere Star Championships in Croatia this weekend. With just the four races to count and no drops possible, there was absolutely no room for mistakes. With Zhik World champion Mateusz Kusnierewicz (POL), and other world champions fr... [more] 03/06/2008 Proust and Motteau take on the Archipelago Raid The French Kalix team catamaran is set to sail in the Archipelago Raid 2008 from June 13 to 18. Eric Proust and Romain Motteau will navigate on the Kalix catamaran around the 100,000 Scandinavian islands of the Swedish and Finnish archipelagos for the 8th edition of the Archipelagos Raid 2008. This ... [more] 23/05/2008 World Champion Star Joins Zhik Team World Champion Star sailors Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Tomosz Holc, representing Poland, are the latest to join the Zhik Team. Mateusz has previously been world champion in the Finn class, and won Bronze in Athens in 2004. His migration to the Star class has been nothing but sensational, with dominat... [more] 01/05/2008 Zhik Smashes the World Rankings - Getting Ready for GOLD  Latest ISAF World Rankings released today show Zhik Team members with its best showing to date. In total, there are now 21 Zhik teams in the top 10. Of these, Zhik has 5 in GOLD, 4 in SILVER and 1 in BRONZE.”With the addition of some fantastic Polish sailors recently our totals in the number 1 posi... [more] 26/04/2008 Zhik Team Take Four Gold at Hyeres With the addition of some new riders, the Zhik Team strike Gold four times at the Grade 1 Olympic class regatta, Hyeres, France.Michael Leigh takes Gold in the laser class, a very well deserved award for his amazing consistancy. Siren Sundby (Norway), with Alexandra Koeford and Lisa Fredriksen, take... [more] 25/04/2008 Top Polish RSX Sailors Join Zhik Team Zofia Klepacka, world champion RSX Women in 2007, and Pont Miarczynski, current world ranked number 1 RSX male, have both joined the Zhik team. “This is a fantastic endorsement for our wet gear”, said Brian Conolly founder and managing director of Zhik. “To have RSX world champions join our team is ... [more]