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"2004 Verizon Wireless King of the Cape - Day 1"

June 4, 2004
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

WEST DENNIS -- The opening day of the King of the Cape WindFest started with sun and wind, with winds blowing around 15mph from the SE. The air was quite cool but the sun kept everyone toasty. The Windfest exhibitors completed setting up their tents and the demoers started to line up to try out the latest and greatest gear of 2004. We had Bic Sports, Gaastra, Fiberspar, Gun Sails, Angulo Boards, World Sails, Hot Sails Maui, Arrows, North Sails, Sailworks, Starboard, Ezzy, Chinook, Hi Fly, Exocet, Aerotech, and Real Wind on site. Over 120 demoers took the day off to get an early start on the weekend and beat the weekend crowds.

There were many activities on the beach including learn to windsurf clinics from Jace Panebianco as well as Roger and Ellen's Taste of Windsurfing Tour. A few sailors took advantage of these free clinics, but most were getting warmed up on the water for the next days competition. Sailors from Bonaire, Europe, Asia, and all over the US came to the event to compete. As they started to get ready for the competition you could see that it was going to be a tight race with most of the skill levels at an even higher level than previous years. There were moves going off during the practice day that left most spectators a gag.

Pro Sailors that registered this year include:

Nick Warmuth
Riley Coon
Jamey Clarke
Tyson Poor
Jace Panebianco
Wyatt Miller
Tati Frans
Dioni Guadagnino
Kiri Thode
Whit Poor
Brett Green

When all was said and done, we had 55 competitors registered for this year, with almost third of them in the junior class.

Once registration had completed for the day everyone headed off to Chatham Iso Bar for drinks and windsurfing video party, courtesy of RRD/Sideshore Media/Jace Panebianco. Fun was had by all and much anticipation for the following days competition could be felt.

SPONSORS: Verizon Wireless, Bic Sports NA, Inland Sea Windsurfing Company, Sailworld Cape Cod, Island Sports, WindSnow&H20, Cape Cod Windsurfing, New England Windsurfing Journal, Kontiki Resorts, The Windsurfing Place Bonaire, Chatham Wind and Time, Chatham Seafood House and Iso Bar, Skylight Jewelers, Peter Kimball Construction, AWSI, US Windsurfing, Hyline Cruiseline, and Cape Cod Travelodge.

For more information please contact us at: info@kingofthecape.com, (888)465-2632, or visit our website at: http://www.kingofthecape.com/.