Francisco Lufinha made it!

Francisco Lufinha arrived at Funchal, yesterday at 6PM after sailing 160 nautical miles in 12 hours! After leaving the Savages Islands to face a tough oceanic challenge, everything got prepared to receive the athlete in the city pier. Hundreds attended the big party to congratulate Francisco and his team after sailing the deep waters of the Read More

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Dec 09,2014

The Odyssey has already started!

Francisco is right now sailing the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean. He and his team left the Savages Islands today at 6AM and have been sailing with at good speed, reaching the 28.90 kph. We can anticipate the exact time they will arrive at Funchal, but if the wind keeps blowing like it is Read More

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Dec 07,2014

Francisco already at the Savage Islands!

Good news! The forecast remained as we wanted therefore Francisco and his team left today, at 5AM, to the Savages Islands. While travelling, in a Navy vessel, we had an opportunity to talk with Francisco and test all the equipment that will be needed to the Odyssey. Around 2PM they arrived at the Savages Islands Read More

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Dec 04,2014

Good wind forecast!

Today we’ve received good news from the Navy Hydrographic Office! If the forecast remains as it looks today we might begin next Monday our Atlantic challenge. Francisco and his team will fly to Madeira tomorrow to prepare the challenge that will connect the Savages Islands to Funchal by Kitesurf, for the first time ever! Stay Read More

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Nov 15,2014

High sea Training – Sines

2014-11-15 | Yesterday, on the 14th of November, Francisco get all his team together for one more training session before the next challenge. With the Savages challenge close it was time to test the equipment and all the procedures at the sea. They had the support of the Navy that lend one of the ISN Read More

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Sep 18,2013

The dream came true!

2013-09-18 | Francisco has arrived!! Francisco, 30 year-old kitesurfer, national champion in 2005, has sailed several times the Portuguese continental coast by boat but he always said: “…doing this with a kite is the thing!” A few months ago he started to think that his dream had at least to be tried. After investigating he found Read More

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Sep 18,2013

New World Record!!

2013-09-18 | SUCCESS! FRANCISCO SETS A NEW WORLD RECORD of the longer nonstop distance in Kitesurf, fulfilling 200 nautical miles and surpassing the previous mark of 199 miles, established by a North American. Francisco who started this NOT NORMAL adventure yesterday, around 3 pm, in the Douro Marina (Porto), has achieved this impressive mark today around Read More

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Sep 18,2013

MKO Documentary premiere

2013-09-18 | Today was the opening preview of the Mini Kitesurf Odyssey 2013 documentary! In front of a full auditorium Francisco and his team managed to show their work and effort necessary to make this goal a reality and achieve a world record! The half hour documentary showed all the stages, training, physiotherapy sessions throughout Read More

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Aug 31,2013

24h pool training

2013-08-31 | It has began today, saturday 31 August, at 14:30h, the 24h pool training. The training consists in staying on top of the light wind board (the biggest) 24h wearing all the equipment that will be used during the Odyssey at open sea. The purpose of this training is to test adaptation to the equipment Read More

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