Keiichi Kobayashi Takes Top Spot at the 20th Neil Pryde Boracay Cup

From 2003 to 2005, Keichii Kobayashi of Guam gave professional windsurfers a run for their money on the slalom course of Bulabog Beach on Boracay Island, finishing as the top amateur sailor for three years in a row, but always a hair behind the dominant pro riders. In 2008, after five rounds of slalom racing, Keichii came back to the island to win it all at the 20th Neil Pryde Boracay Funboard Cup.

Armed with the latest Neil Pryde RS Racing sails, Keichii took two rounds early to snatch victory from a field which included top Filipino racer and SEA Games medalist Vingo Moreno, and Neil Pryde team riders Robby Swift (who unfortunately arrived a day late costing him two rounds) and freestyle specialist Fabrice Beaux.

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