August 16, 2009

2009 PEGASUS AIRLINES PWA WINDSURF WORLD CUP HAD AN OUTSTANDING FINALE...

Organized by Sportworks, the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup took place with the participation of 64 Men and 19 Women windsurfers at Myga Surf City, Alaçatı. The world’s best and fastest slalom windsurfers have competed for the Pegasus Airlines world championship from Monday, August 10th until Saturday, August 15th. Among these competitors, 14 local windsurfers represented Turkey in the Slalom Mens category. Moreover, 6 local riders were representing Turkey in the Slalom Womens category.

Thanks to Alaçatı’s extraordinary wind charging up their sails, the windsurfers and the crystal clear sea created an extraordinary scene!   

8 eliminations both in Mens and Womens categories took place at the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup. The races had to be cancelled on the last two days of the world cup due to the lack of wind. However, the conditions of the remaining days were superb for slalom windsurfing. Therefore, champions and proprietors of the total prize of 45,000 € both from Mens and Womens categories were awarded pursuan to the results of these 8 rounds.  

2008 World Speed record holder French Antoine Albeau preserved his position since the beginning of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup, Alaçatı, and became champion. Finian Maynard racing from the British Virgin Islands finished the world cup in the second place. Legendary windsurfer Björn Dunkerbeck who raced with a Swiss sail number was the third on the podium. Local windsurfer Bora Kozanoğlu and young talent Enes Yılmazer completed the Pegasus World Cup in the 19th and 23rd positions. Turkish Olympic windsurfer Ertuğrul İçingir completed the cup in the 28th position instead.  

In the Slalom Womens category French Valerie Ghibaudo became the champion of both the Alaçatı stage and the 2009 PWA Windsurf World Championship. Aruba’s Sarah-Quita Offringa, the Freestyle World Cup Champion finished in the second position and the third place was taken by Sarah Hebert, representing Armenia. Turkish windsurfer Çağla Kubat finished the Pegasus Airlines World Cup at the sixth position. Another Turkish windsurfer Lena Aylin Erdil finished the Pegasus Airline world cup in the 10th place instead.

While the overall Women’s 2009 PWA Windsurf World Cup results have been determined after the Pegasus Airlines Cup, prominent Turkish windsurfer Çağla Kubat, who participated the championship in Rozi’s sponsorship and young windsurfer Lena Aylin Erdil finished in the 5th and 6th positions respectively. 

The Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup’s 6th stage was concluded with a magnificent final festival! The award ceremony along with the dance shows and music performances entertained the participants and crowd as well.

The women’s category awards were given by Pegasus Airlines General Manager, Sertaç Haybat. The men’s category awards were given to their proprietors by Pegasus Airlines Chairman Ali Sabancı. The Alaçatı Deputy Mayor Nedim Gümüş was presented with a greetings plaquet.

Surf’n Sound was created in 2005 by the leading Turkish sports marketing firm Sportworks. The festival was envisaged especially for Alaçatı where golden sand meets crystal clear sea and the inspiring wind. Surf’n Sound, witnessing the fantastic competition of the world’s legendary windsurfers became the most sought after and watched annual festival of Alaçatı also with its various activities and musical events.

The ROZI LADIES CUP was held within the Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival agenda. The Rozi Ladies Cup was a team challenge generously organized by one of the event sponsors Rozi. Team Turkey, team France and World team, in a relay battle in front of an enthusiastic and energetic crowd. The teams competed in two series of relay races for a total prize of 4,000 €. 

Team Turkey consisted of Turkey’s finest athletes: Çagla Kubat, Lena Erdil and Melek Toraman. Team France included Valerie Ghibaudo, Alice Arutkin and Marion Raïsi (switched with Morane Demont in the second series). The World Team incorporated three of the event top four, with Sarah-Quita Offringa, Sarah Hebert and Karin Jaggi.

The first series was won by World team, followed by team France and team Turkey. In the second series team World was again in the first position, then followed by team Turkey and team France... Along with the races, the Rozi Ladies Cup was a cheerful event delivering fun and entertainment to the competition platform.

The 2009 Freestyle World Champion, Aruba’s Sarah-Quita Offringa and the ETI MAXIMUS Freestyle crew prepared a special Freestyle Show full of acrobatic movements for the festival audience.

6 days of live music, action sports and beach parties were held at Myga Surf City, Alaçatı, to entertain and cheer up the audience. The Rozi Capoeira Dance Show’s Brazilian war beat was heard from all over Alaçatı beaches... The audience experienced the Brazilian interpretation of battle.

The Festival got even more attractive with FOSTER’S Bikini Dancing Contest! The contestants chosen from the audience danced in order to win the special awards. The awards given to the winners were newest technology cell phones. Every night, Power FM DJ’s Hope and YAKUZA performed in the after race parties.  

On the final day, the entertainment was delivered to the highest level with the additional activities: Pegasus Airlines Salsa Show and Percussion Performance, and the ZUMBA Fitness Party!

The World Champions’ transportation between Alaçatı and İzmir was provided by BUDGET vehicles. Additionally, BUDGET offered special discounts for Pegasus Airlines passengers.

The Surf’n Sound TV Media Sponsor, SHOW TV, broadcasted images of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup everyday throughout the festival. Another Media Sponsor, BOXER Magazine, will publish an exclusive article about the cup in its September press.

Throughout the festival Kahve Dünyası, Feast and Garanti Bankası accompanied the windsurf lovers in the festival premises with colourful promotions.

For Further Details Please Contact:
Gülden Aktugan Sportworks T(212) 347 70 33   0533 520 58 88  gulden@sportworks.com.tr 
 Özlem Ersoylu Mutluer Pegasus Airlines Marketing Manager Tel:+90 212 697 7 777/608
www.surfnsound.org

August 15, 2009

FRENCH DOMINATE AT THE PEGASUS AIRLINES PWA WINDSURF WORLD CUP...

Organized by Sportworks, the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup was concluded today at Myga Surf City, Alaçatı. With the participation of 64 Men and 19 Women windsurfers, the audience experienced a whole week of outstanding races!

Due to the unsufficient wind on the 14th and 15th, the results have been based on the 8 eliminations which took place from Monday until Thursday.

Preserving his first position since the beginning of the championship the 2008 World Speed Record Holder French Antoine Albeau, was again the champion of the Pegasus Airlines Cup.
Finian Maynard representing the British Virgin Islands finished in the second position and twelve times world champion Björn Dunkerbeck representing Switzerland finished in the third position.

Local windsurfers Bora Kozanoğlu and Enes Yılmazer completed the Pegasus World Cup in the 19th and 23rd places.   

In the Slalom Womens category French Valerie Ghibaudo became the champion of both the Alaçatı stage and the 2009 PWA Windsurf World Championship. Sarah-Quita Offringa, the Freestyle World Cup Champion finished in the second position. The third place was taken by Sarah Hebert, representing Armenia. Turkish windsurfer Çağla Kubat finished the world cup at the sixth position. The women’s category awards were given by Pegasus Airlines General Manager, Sertaç Haybat. The men’s category award were given to their proprietors by Pegasus Airlines Chairman Ali Sabancı.

After the awards ceremony, the Foster’s bikini dancing contest and Zumba fitness party delivered fun and entertainment to the windsurfers and audience.

The Eti Maximus Freestyle windsurf showi Rozi Ladies Cup were also among the entertainment. After the awards ceremony, one of Power FM’s best DJ’s, YAKUZA, and Pegasus Airlines Salsa Show continued delivering entertainment at the conclusion of the event.

For Further Details Please Contact:
Gülden Aktugan Sportworks  T(212) 347 70 33   0533 520 58 88  gulden@sportworks.com.tr
www.surfnsound.org

August 14, 2009

Pegasus Airlines World Cup: Approaching the Finals!

Organized by Sportworks, the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup began on Monday, August 10th with the participation of 64 Men and 19 Women windsurfers at Myga Surf City, Alaçatı. The world’s best and fastest slalom windsurfers will be competing for the € 45,000 worth prize until Saturday, August 15th. The Pegasus Airlines PWA World Cup races were paused for the day due to the unsufficient wind. Until today, 8 eliminations were completed. On the final day of the event, the races will be continued according to the wind conditions.

The ROZI LADIES CUP was held instead of the PWA races. A team challenge generously organized by one of the event sponsors Rozi. Team Turkey versus team France versus the World team, in a relay battle in front of an enthusiastic and energetic crowd.

Team Turkey consisted of their finest athletes. Çagla Kubat, Lena Erdil and Melek Toraman.
Team France included event leader Valerie Ghibaudo, Alice Arutkin and Marion Raïsi.
The World Team incorporated three of the event top four, with Sarah-Quita Offringa, Sarah Hebert and Karin Jaggi making up the seemingly invincible dream team.

From the outset, the favorites dominated with Offringa pumping off into an impressive lead. Behind the remainder of the fleet struggled to plane with Kubat making up valuable ground for Team Turkey. Ghibaudo did her best to catch up in a last ditch chance for Team France but she was chasing an unattainable lead from The World team. With the crowd cheering, it was Jaggi that crossed the finish first claiming victory and the majority share of the prize purse. The prizes were given by the Rozi General Manager Yigit Kaya.

As the party kicked off on the beach, the crowds were treated to free FOSTERS beer and the FOSTERS bikini contest. Tonight the music is pumping and it looks like the night will be a long one as the PWA enters into its grand finale.

As it stands, Albeau leads by a comfortable margin, with Maynard and Dunkerbeck scrapping for second and third. In the women’s fleet, Ghibaudo now looks certain to win both the event and the World title. Behind her, the fight for the podium remains breathtakingly close between Offringa, Hebert and Jaggi. Whatever happens we are all set for a nail biting finish.

Additionally on the last day of the event there will be the ETİ MAXIMUS Freestyle Windsurf Show. The freestylers will fascinate the audience with their acrobatic movements. The entertainment will continue with DJ YAKUZA’s outstanding performance.

The award ceremony will be held on August 15th at 18:00. The Pegasus Airlines Chairman Ali Sabancı will distribute the awards to their proprietors.

For Further Details Please Contact:
Gülden Aktugan Sportworks  T(212) 347 70 33   0533 520 58 88  gulden@sportworks.com.tr
www.surfnsound.org

August 11, 2009

THE SONS OF WIND CONTINUE SAILING AT FULL SPEED IN THE ALAÇATI SHORE!

The Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup continues at Myga Surf City, Alaçatı. The world’s fastest slalom windsurfers keep racing for the world championship at the Pegasus Airlines World Cup since Monday August 10th.

Envisaged by Sportworks especially for Alaçatı, the Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival keeps entertaining the windsurfers and the audience not only with the races but also with the fun activities.
The Festival’s Official Beer FOSTER’S Happy Hour Session and Power FM’s DJ Hope continued to deliver entertainment to Myga Surf City after the races. The 7th and 8th eliminations were completed in both mens and womens categories at the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup. Watching the windsurfers accelerate thanks to Alaçatı’s increasing wind is an extraordinary feeling.

At the Rozi Ladies Cup that will be held in the womens category on Friday August 14th at 16:30, the teams formed will be competing for a total of 2000 € prize. The Turkish team captain Çağla Kubat says “I’m doing well in the races. The Alaçatı wind changes its direction constantly, therefore I try to adjust myself accordingly. I will increase my position in the World Rank. In the Rozi Ladies Cup, I hope to win the prize by working together with my team”. The best French, the best Turkish and the best World windsurfers will be competing in the Slalom discipline in a Relay Race format.

Additionally on Friday August 14th there will be the ETİ MAXIMUS Freestyle Windsurf Show at the PWA World Cup premises. The freestylers will fascinate the audience with their acrobatic movements.

Ending on Saturday August 15th, the Surf’n Sound festival will keep surprising everyone with fun activities and gifts.

At the conclusion of the fourth day of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup, the general classification results are as follows:
In the mens category French Antoine Albeau is still in the first place, while Finian Maynard advances to the second place and Björn Dunkerbeck drops to the third... Micah Buzianis keeps his position in the fourth place and Kevin Pritchard rises to the 5th rank. Local windsurfer Bora Kozanoğlu shows great success by advancing to the 19th position in the general classifications. On the other hand, young talent Enes Yılmazer becomes 23rd and Ertuğrul İçingir 28th.
In the womens category Valerie Ghibaudo preserves here position as champion and young talent Sarah-Quita Offringa advances to second place. Sarah Hebert becomes 3rd and Alice Arutkin 4th. Karin Jaggi drops to 5th position and Çağla Kubat remains in the 6th spot.

The races begin everyday at 11:00 am.

In the 7th eliminations finals, Finian Maynard racing for the Virgin Islands was first and Antoine Albeau was second. American Kevin Pritchard got the third position and young windsurfer Enes Yılmazer finished in 8th position. In the 8th eliminations, Antoine got back on track and re-gained hir leadership while Maynard dropped to third and Pritchard rose to second position. This time olympic windsurfer Ertuğrul İçingir was eigth.

In the womens category, the 7th eliminations results were as follows: Ghibaudo first, Hebert second, Offringa third, Kubat 7th and Erdil 10th. In the 8th eliminations, Offringa finished first, Ghibaudo second, Fauster 3rd, Kubat 9th and Erdil unfortunately could not rank.

For Further Details Please Contact: Gülden Aktugan Sportworks  0533 520 58 88  www.surfnsound.org

August 12, 2009

SPEED AND COMPETITION CONTINUES AT THE PEGASUS AIRLINES PWA WINDSURF WORLD CUP

The competition of the world’s best and fastest slalom windsurfers continues at Myga Surf City, Alaçatı.

The clash of the windsurfers continues with the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup’s 64 Men and 19 Women entrants.

6 eliminations both in Mens and Womens categories have been completed today since the beginning of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup, Monday August 10th. French Antoine Albeau preserves his leadership and Björn Dunkerbeck his second position in the general Pegasus Airlines World Cup Slalom Mens classifications. Yesterday’s third rank windsurfer Micah Buzianis dropped to the fourth place leaving his position to Finian Maynard. After today’s eliminations local windsurfers Bora Kozanoğlu became 21st, young talent Enes Yılmazer 24th and Ertuğrul İçingir 29th. Valerie Ghibaudo, Karin Jaggi and Sarah Hebert keep their positions as the first, second and third windsurfers in the Slalom Womens classifications. Turkish windsurfers Çağla Kubat is the 6th and Lena Aylin Erdil is the 9th windsurfer in the overall Pegasus Airlines World Cup ranking.

While in the 5th eliminations of the Slalom Mens category, 2008 World Champion and world speed record holder Antoine Albeau remains to be the first, the 2009 World Speed Champion Finian Maynard finished in the second line. Cyril Moussilmani came third instead. Turkish young talent Enes Yılmazer finished in the thirteenth position. Ghibaudo finished first in the Slalom Womens 5th eliminations. Sarah Hebert came 2nd and Sarah-Quita Offringa came 3rd. Lena Aylin Erdil made a great jump today and rose up to the 4th place and Çağla Kubat finished in the 6th position...

In the 6th eliminations, Micah Buzianis finished in the first place, Björn Dunkerbeck finished second, and Steve Allen third. Legendary Antoine Albeau was not able to attend this heat because he started the race early. Bora Kozanoğlu with great success, finished in the 6th place in the 6th eliminations finals. Once again in the womens category Valerie Ghibaudo finished first, Karin Jaggi came second and Marta Hlavaty got the 3rd place. Lena Aylin Erdil and Çağla Kubat were unlucky in the finals and they ended the 6th eliminations in the 9th and 10th positions.

There will be series of races held everyday until the end of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup, August 15th. The races will begin at 11:00 everyday. At the completion of the competition, the windsurfer with the least points will be the champion of the 6th stage.  

Organized by Sportworks, and envisaged in association with the Turkish Sailing Federation and the Alaçatı Municipality, the Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival will end on Saturday August 15th.

Along with the breath taking races, the Pegasus Airlines Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival continues delivering fun and entertainment to Alaçatı beaches!

Another Slalom womens race with a special format called the ROZİ Ladies Cup will be held on Friday August 14th. The best three French, the best three Turkish and the best three World windsurfers will be competing for a total of 2,000 € prize!

For Further Details Please Contact: Gülden Aktugan Sportworks  0533 520 58 88  www.surfnsound.org

August 11, 2009

THE PEGASUS AIRLINES PWA WINDSURF WORLD CUP BEGAN TODAY
AT MYGA SURF CITY, ALAÇATI... 

Organized by Sportworks, the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup continues with 64 Men and 19 Women windsurfer’s competition at Myga Surf City, Alaçatı.

The world’s best and fastest slalom windsurfers will be competing for the € 45,000 worth prize until Saturday, August 15th.

Today under Alaçatı’s superb wind and racecourse 4 eliminations took place in both Mens and Womens category. While the races continue at full speed, 20 Turkish windsurfers are working to be within the top rank. Especially Çağla Kubat is trying to keep up with her performance by staying in the top 5. Lena Aylin Erdil keeps doing her best to compete with the international windsurfers.

Today at the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup, in the Slalom Women category 3, and in the Slalom Men category two heats and 3 eliminations took place. In the overall today 4 eliminations have been completed. The professional windsurfers are are allowed to use 2 surf boards and 6 sails in the PWA Slalom races. Racers use different equipment according to the diverse wind conditions.

In the Mens category, after the 4th elimination, Antoine Albeau kept his leadership at the Pegasus Airlines World Cup rank, while Björn Dunkerbeck became the 2nd, Micah Buzianis 3rd, and Josh Angulo became 4th in the rank. From the Turkish windsurfers Bora Kozanoğlu finished in 26th place, Enes Yılmazer in the 27th and Ertuğrul İçingir in the 30th place.

In the Womens category, French Valerie Ghibaudo keeps her position in the first place while Women’s World Speed Record holder Karin Jaggi is second. Following Karin, Sarah Hebert dropped to 3rd place. Alice Arutkin finished in the 4th place, therefore Turkish windsurfer Çağla Kubat dropped to the 5th place. Young talent Aylin Lena Erdil finished in the 10th place.       

Competing in the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup, the world’s legendary windsurfers define Alaçatı as the best windsurf locations around the world. They’ve pointed on the fact that this organization is greatly planned and the windsurf paradise Alaçatı is a perfect location for Slalom races. Especially, the constant wind and shallow water is suitable for all levels of Slalom windsurfers. 

There will be series of races held everyday until the end of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup, August 15th. The races will begin at 11:00 everyday. At the completion of the competition, the windsurfer with the least points will be the champion of the 6th stage.  

Along with the breath taking races, the Pegasus Airlines Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival continues delivering fun and entertainment to Alaçatı beaches!

The festival’s official beer, FOSTER’S will sponsor the best Turkish windsurfers in each women and men’s category in the PWA Windsurf World Cup’s 7th (last) stage which will be held in Sylt-Germany.

From Thursday, August 13th until the end of the festival, the spectators will be able to follow the windsurfers compete for the cup and in the meantime enjoy the performing bands and the performing POWER FM DJ’s. Moreover, the “FOSTER’S Surf Shuttle” will be offering free shuttle service for the windsurf lovers between Alaçatı town center and Myga Surf City where sport meets music and entertainment. There will be “FOSTER’S Bikini Dancing Contests” held daily on August 14 and 15 available for everybody to join. Apart from these extraordinary activities, Foster’s will also host the “FOSTER’S Happy Hour” everyday from Thursday August 13 until the end of the festival.

Watersports lovers will be able to follow the world’s legendary windsurfers speed race with SEABOB water sleights. ROZI Capoeria Dance Show will deliver the Brasilian music and dance rythms to Alaçatı the beaches. The World Champions’ transportation between Alaçatı and İzmir will be provided by BUDGET cars and busses. Additionally, BUDGET will offer special discounts for Pegasus Airlines passengers.

The registrations for the Pegasus Airlines PWA World Cup began on August 10th and the races will be ongoing everyday. The registrations were held in the organization premises; Myga Surf City. The World Cup will end with an awards ceremony on Saturday August 15th. After the awards ceremony the Pegasus Airlines Beach Party & Salsa Show, Zumba Fitness Party and DJ Yakuza performance will render Surf’n Sound memorable.

Throughout the festival Kahve Dünyası, Feast and Garanti Bankası will accompany the windsurf lovers in the festival premises with colorful promotions.

The Surf’n Sound TV Media Sponsor, SHOW TV, will broadcast images of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup everyday throughout the festival. Another Media Sponsor, BOXER Magazine, will publish an exclusive article about the cup in its September issue.

For Further Details Please Contact:
Gülden Aktugan Sportworks  T(212) 347 70 33   0533 520 58 88  gulden@sportworks.com.tr
Özlem Ersoylu Mutluer Pegasus Airlines Marketing Manager  Tel:+90 212 697 7 777/608

August 10, 2009

THE PEGASUS AIRLINES PWA WINDSURF WORLD CUP BEGAN TODAY
AT MYGA SURF CITY, ALAÇATI...

Organized by Sportworks, the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup began today with 64 Men and 19 Women windsurfer’s attendance at Myga Surf City, Alaçatı. The world’s best and fastest slalom windsurfers will be competing for the € 45,000 worth prize until Saturday, August 15th.

The competition still goes on! From the 5 events realized from May 2009 on, 4 of them were won by the 2008 PWA World Slalom Windsurf World Champion and the 49.09 mph world record holder Antoine Albeau. Following Albeau are the speed record holder of 2007 Finian Maynard and Ross Williams which have the same points. Moreover, Kevin Pritchard, Micah Buzanis, and the 12 times World Champion Björn Dunkerbeck are in the tail of Finian and Ross. Approaching the finals, Alaçatı becomes a substantial turning point for the competing windsurfers.

Among the 83 windsurfers competing for the Pegasus Airlines PWA World Cup, 14 of them are Turkish windsurfers in the Mens category and 6 of them are in the Womens category. Olympic windsurfer Ertuğrul İçingir, young talent Enes Yılmazer and national windsurfer Bora Kozanoğlu in Mens category, Çağla Kubat and Lena Aylin Erdil in Womens category are using their best skills in the action-packed competition.

The first day of the World Cup started with the registrations and continued with a rapid series of races both in Mens and Womens category.

While French Alice Arutkin daughter the first day in second place, Sarah Hebert racing from Armenia was the first in Womens category. Following Sarah and Alice, the 2008 World Champion Karin Jaggi finished the day in the third position. The prominent names in Turkish windsurfing Çağla Kubat finished in 4th place and Aylin Lena Erdil took 8th place.

In Mens category, the first race was won by English Ross Williams followed by Josh Angulo from Capo Verde. French Antoine Albeau who has the lead in the overall championship finished in third place. Turkish windsurfers Enes Yılmazer and Bora Kozanoğlu finished in the 25th and 29th places.

There will be series of races held everyday until the end of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup, August 15th. At the completion of the competition, the windsurfer with the least points will be the champion of the 6th stage.  

Along with the breath taking races, the Pegasus Airlines Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival continues delivering fun and entertainment to Alaçatı beaches!

The festival’s official beer, FOSTER’S will sponsor the best Turkish windsurfers in each women and men’s category in the PWA Windsurf World Cup’s 7th (last) stage which will be held in Sylt-Germany.

From Thursday, August 13th until the end of the festival, the spectators will be able to follow the windsurfers compete for the cup and in the meantime enjoy the performing bands and the performing POWER FM DJ’s. Moreover, the “FOSTER’S Surf Shuttle” will be offering free shuttle service for the windsurf lovers between Alaçatı town center and Myga Surf City where sport meets music and entertainment. There will be “FOSTER’S Bikini Dancing Contests” held daily on August 14 and 15 available for everybody to join. Apart from these extraordinary activities, Foster’s will also host the “FOSTER’S Happy Hour” everyday from Thursday August 13 until the end of the festival.

Watersports lovers will be able to follow the world’s legendary windsurfers speed race with SEABOB water sleights. ROZI Capoeria Dance Show will deliver the Brasilian music and dance rythms to Alaçatı the beaches. The World Champions’ transportation between Alaçatı and İzmir will be provided by BUDGET cars and busses. Additionally, BUDGET will offer special discounts for Pegasus Airlines passengers.

The registrations for the Pegasus Airlines PWA World Cup began on August 10th and the races will be ongoing everyday. The registrations were held in the organization premises; Myga Surf City. The World Cup will end with an awards ceremony on Saturday August 15th. After the awards ceremony the Pegasus Airlines Beach Party & Salsa Show, Zumba Fitness Party and DJ Yakuza performance will render Surf’n Sound memorable.

Throughout the festival Kahve Dünyası, Feast and Garanti Bankası will accompany the windsurf lovers in the festival premises with colorful promotions.

The Surf’n Sound TV Media Sponsor, SHOW TV, will broadcast images of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup everyday throughout the festival. Another Media Sponsor, BOXER Magazine, will publish an exclusive article about the cup in its September issue.

For Further Details Please Contact:
Gülden Aktugan Sportworks  T(212) 347 70 33   0533 520 58 88  gulden@sportworks.com.tr
Özlem Ersoylu Mutluer Pegasus Airlines Marketing Manager  Tel:+90 212 697 7 777/608

August 9, 2009

WINDSURF PARADISE ALAÇATI HOSTS THE WATER SPEED CHAMPIONS...

PEGASUS AIRLINES PWA WINDSURF WORLD CUP BEGINS...

Organized by Sportworks, Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival will be held in Myga Surf City throughout 10-15 August. Envisaged in association with the Turkish Sailing Federation and the Alaçatı Municipality, the Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival embodies the 6th stage of the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Windsurf World Cup in its agenda.

The PWA Windsurf World Championship which began this May in Austria continues with full adrenaline and action in the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup in Alaçatı. 64 windsurfers in Mens and 18 windsurfers in Womens categories from overall 30 countries will be competing for € 45,000!

From the 5 events realized from May 2009 on, 4 of them were won by the 2008 PWA World Slalom Windsurf World Champion and the 49.09 knts world record holder Antoine Albeau. Following Albeau are the speed record holder of 2007 Finian Maynard and Ross Williams which have the same points. Moreover, Kevin Pritchard, Micah Buzanis, and the 12 times World Champion Björn Dunkerbeck are in the tail of Finian and Ross. Approaching the finals, Alaçatı becomes a substantial turning point for the competing windsurfers.

Among the Turkish windsurfers competing in the PWA Slalom World Championship, Enes Yılmazer is the 27th, and the Olympic windsurfer Ertuğrul İçingir is the 28th in the Mens category. Another Turkish windsurfer Bora Kozanoğlu will be competing in Alaçatı as well.

In the Women’s category Valerie Ghibauda is at the lead followed by last year’s womens champion Karin Jaggi. From the Turkish women entrants Lena Aylin Erdil in the 6th place and Çağla Kubat in the 7th place will be competing with the legendary windsurfers. The special ROZİ Ladies Cup will give a chance to the women windsurfers to compete for the € 2,000 worth special all-star race.

After the registrations in Alaçatı Myga Surf City on Monday August 10th the races will begin at 14:00. At the great event, the windsurfers will be able to use 4 sails and 2 surfboards.
A WEEK FULL OF SURF AND ENTERTAINMENT...
The festival’s official beer, FOSTER’S will sponsor the best Turkish windsurfers in each women and men’s category in the PWA Windsurf World Cup’s 7th (last) stage which will be held in Sylt-Germany.
From Thursday, August 13th until the end of the festival, the spectators will be able to follow the windsurfers compete for the cup and in the meantime enjoy the performing bands and the performing POWER FM DJ’s. Moreover, the “FOSTER’S Surf Shuttle” will be offering free shuttle service for the windsurf lovers between Alaçatı town center and Myga Surf City where sport meets music and entertainment. There will be “FOSTER’S Bikini Dancing Contests” held daily on August 14 and 15 available for everybody to join. Apart from these extraordinary activities, Foster’s will also host the “FOSTER’S Happy Hour” everyday from Thursday August 13 until the end of the festival.
Watersports lovers will be able to follow the world’s legendary windsurfers speed race with SEABOB water sleights. ROZI Capoeria Dance Show will deliver the Brasilian music and dance rythms to Alaçatı the beaches. The World Champions’ transportation between Alaçatı and İzmir will be provided by BUDGET cars and busses. Additionally, BUDGET will offer special discounts for Pegasus Airlines passengers.
The registrations for the Pegasus Airlines PWA World Cup will commence on August 10th and then the races will be ongoing throughout the day. The registrations will be held in the organization premises; Myga Surf City. The World Cup will end with an awards ceremony on Saturday August 15th. After the awards ceremony the Pegasus Airlines Beach Party & Salsa Show, Zumba Fitness Party and DJ Yakuza performance will render Surf’n Sound memorable.

The Surf’n Sound TV Media Sponsor, SHOW TV, will broadcast images of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup everyday throughout the festival. Another Media Sponsor, BOXER Magazine, will publish an exclusive article about the cup in its September issue.

Throughout the festival Kahve Dünyası, Feast and Garanti Bankası will accompany the windsurf lovers in the festival premises with colorful promotions.

For Further Details Please Contact:
Gülden Aktugan Sportworks  T(212) 347 70 33   0533 520 58 88  gulden@sportworks.com.tr
Özlem Ersoylu Mutluer Pegasus Airlines Marketing Manager  Tel:+90 212 697 7 777/608

August 5, 2009

SURF’N SOUND SPORTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL IN ALACATI; THE WINDSURF HEAVEN OF TURKEY..

Being one of the most popular windsurf locations of the world during the day, Alaçatı becomes the entertainment anchor of Turkey during the hot summer nights. Alaçatı will be hosting the Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival for the third time with the title sponsorship of Pegasus Airlines.

Organized by Sportworks, Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival will be held in Myga Surf City throughout 10-15 August. The Surf’n Sound Sports and Music Festival embodies the 6th stage of the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Windsurf World Cup in its agenda.

While windsurfers from 35 different countries will be attending the World Cup, such as one of the best Slalom Windsurfers around the world Antoine Albeau with the world speed record of 49.09 mph, the 12 times World Champion Björn Dunkerbeck, Finian Maynard and Kevin Pritchard placed among the tops of the world ranking and in the womens category windsurfers such as Karin Jaggi, Valerie Ghibaudo, the Turkish National windsurfers Ertuğrul Içingir, Bora Kozanoğlu, Çağla Kubat and Lena Aylin Erdil will be competing for the PWA Windsurf World Cup reward of  45,000 €.

Additionally, Turkish and international windsurfers will be competing for the ROZI Ladies Cup in women’s category with a reward of € 2,000.

The festival’s official beer, FOSTER’S will sponsor the best Turkish windsurfers in each women and men’s category in the PWA Windsurf World Cup’s 7th (last) stage which will be held in Sylt-Germany.

From Thursday, August 13th until the end of the festival, the spectators will be able to follow the windsurfers compete for the cup and in the meantime enjoy the performing bands and the performing POWER FM DJ’s. Moreover, the “FOSTER’S Surf Shuttle” will be offering free shuttle service for the windsurf lovers between Alaçatı town center and Myga Surf City where sport meets music and entertainment. There will be “FOSTER’S Bikini Dancing Contests” held daily on August 14 and 15 available for everybody to join. Apart from these extraordinary activities, Foster’s will also host the “FOSTER’S Happy Hour” everyday from Thursday August 13 until the end of the festival.

Watersports lovers will be able to follow the world’s legendary windsurfers speed race with SEABOB water sleights. ROZI Capoeria Dance Show will deliver the Brasilian music and dance rythms to Alaçatı the beaches. The World Champions’ transportation between Alaçatı and İzmir will be provided by BUDGET cars and busses. Additionally, BUDGET will offer special discounts for Pegasus Airlines passengers.

The registrations for the Pegasus Airlines PWA World Cup will commence on August 10th and then the races will be ongoing throughout the day. The registrations will be held in the organization premises; Myga Surf City. The World Cup will end with an awards ceremony on Saturday August 15th. After the awards ceremony the Pegasus Airlines Beach Party & Salsa Show, Zumba Fitness Party and DJ Yakuza performance will render Surf’n Sound memorable.

The Surf’n Sound TV Media Sponsor, SHOW TV, will broadcast images of the Pegasus Airlines PWA Windsurf World Cup everyday throughout the festival. Another Media Sponsor, BOXER Magazine, will publish an exclusive article about the cup in its September issue.

Throughout the festival Kahve Dünyası, Feast and Garanti Bankası will accompany the windsurf lovers in the festival premises with colorful promotions.

For Further Details Please Contact:
Gülden Aktugan Sportworks  T(212) 347 70 33   0533 520 58 88  gulden@sportworks.com.tr 
Özlem Ersoylu Mutluer Pegasus Airlines Marketing Manager  Tel:+90 212 697 7 777/608