Breiana and Max's path to success in kiteboarding and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Australian kiteboarding star Breiana Whitehead has achieved a stunning victory in the women's Formula Kite event, overcoming pressure from American favorite Daniela Moroz, who made two false starts. Breiana thus becomes the second Australian to win the overall prize at the 53rd Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar, which concluded today in the Bay of Palma.

After Moroz's consecutive errors, a surprised Whitehead only realized her triumph minutes after the final race, when she met with her trainer.

Unlike Moroz, a five-time world champion who admitted to pushing herself too hard, Whitehead maintained a clean start in each race to win the event.

"It's incredible to win the Princess Sofia Trophy, I'm speechless," said Whitehead, who grew up in North Queensland and converted to the new Olympic sport in the junior 29er class. "With so many great sailors here, I'm in awe. And to join great sailors who have won in the past, like Matt and Will, is incredible."

On the kite beach, after being informed of her victory, she expressed: "Winning the Princesa Sofia regatta in general is so cool, it's incredible. It's a world-class event, it's amazing! I had a regatta the week before, the Europeans, and it didn't go so well, so I worked on the things I didn't do so well there and put them into practice here. My number one goal was to get off the start line cleanly, and I achieved that. I analyzed a lot of video and got myself mentally prepared on what I wanted to do, and I did it. Today was great, a whole day of waiting, and then everything happened in the last few hours, in the last few minutes. We got a bit of wind, and then you just have to go for it."

Moroz admitted: "I'm not that disappointed, no. We learned a lot this week and as a team we took away many valuable lessons. Although it wasn't the end result I wanted, I'm in a very good place both mentally and in my racing on the water. The lesson today is what I've been working on with my sports psychologist, which is to push hard when it really matters, when the pressure is on. And today was good to find that upper limit."

1. Breiana Whitehead (AUS) - 65 total points

2. Daniela Moroz (USA) - 63 total points

3. Leonie Meyer (GER) - 143 total points

4. Maggie Pescetto (ITA) - 173 total points

5. Gisela Pulido Borrell (ESP) - 153 total points

6. Alina Kornell (AUT) - 198 total points

7. Jingyue Chen (CHN) - 180 total points

8. Lysa Caval (FRA) - 166 total points

9. Chenxue Liu (CHN) - 219 total points

10. Wan Li (CHN) - 192 total points

11. Si Wang (CHN) - 190 total points

12. Heloise Pegourie (FRA) - 233 total points

Last year's Formula Kite men's champion, 17-year-old Max Maeder of Singapore, secured his second consecutive title triumph in Sofia.

1. Maximilian Maeder (SGP) - 68 total points

2. Riccardo Pianosi (ITA) - 99 total points

3. Denis Taradin (CYP) - 125 total points

4. Toni Vodisek (SLO) - 138 total points

5. Martin Dolenc (CRO) - 143 total points

6. Jannis Maus (GER) - 120 total points

7. Valentin Bontus (AUT) - 123 total points

8. Qibin Huang (CHN) - 125 total points

9. Lorenzo Boschetti (ITA) - 147 total points

10. Florian Gruber (GER) - 144 total points

11. Bruno Lobo (BRA) - 177 total points

12. Alexander Ehlen (MON) - 154 total points

So, dear readers, I have learned a lesson after reading Breiana and Daniela's comments: remember that in kiteboarding, as in life, every wave and every gust of wind are opportunities to learn and grow.