Zhik Team Rider, Peter Burling, has led NZL Sailing Team with ETNZ to victory at the first Red Bull Youth America’s Cup.

The victorious crew of young kiwis on the NZL Sailing Team with ETNZ, which includes five of New Zealand’s top Olympic campaigners, were picked by many as favourites from the start yet the overall field was tight across the opening two days.

But after solid wins and placing’s through the middle and end races Burling and his crew took home the title with cool precision and skill.  

Peter Burling explains what it means to win the title; “It’s amazing for us to take the win, we haven’t done that much sailing together as a crew but we all really grew into it this week and I think our results showed that as well. It was pretty humbling for me to do it under the Emirates Team New Zealand banner as well.”

“It was really cool that we could get a lot of the Olympic guys together and with a few other keelboat guys to help the mix. It is really amazing for us to have taken this thing out and I think it’s really good for our futures.”

Reflecting on the year Burling says, “It has been an amazing twelve months of sailing for us, winning the silver medal in London was a high point for us,” says Burling. “And then we heard that there was a youth America’s Cup going on.”

Zhik is proud to have sponsored all its teams in this great event and congratulates everyone on a hard fought and thrilling set of races. The determination, training and skill of all the young sailors has been amazing to watch and we can only hope to see more great things in the future.

Congratulations to NZL Sailing Team and everyone involved!

Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Final Results

1 NZL Sailing with ETNZ - NZL
2 Full Metal Jacket Racing - NZL
3 ROFF/Cascais Sailing Team - POR
4 Team Tilt - SUI
5 American Youth Sailing Force - USA
6 Swedish Youth Challenge -SWE
7 Objective Australia - AUS
8 Next World Energy - FRA
9 All In Racing - GER
10 USA45 Racing - USA