Groen licht voor zaterdag 27 januari! Gelijk de eerste de beste dag van het windraam lijkt gelijk een beste dag te worden met in het begin van de middag al een straffe 30 knopen, dus waarom dan ook niet gelijk doen? 

(Check gelijk de poll op de voorpagina, wie wordt de kampioen in 2018?)

We have a green light for Saturday! First day of the King of the Air 2018 just 2 sleeps away. And as it's on a Saturday, you won't need to be watching it on your phone under your desk. Find the biggest screen you can, figure out which cable you need to connect it to your internet machine, and put a few beverages in the cooler, because this show is going to be unreal!

Red Bull gaat ook in 2018 door met de King of the Air in Zuid Afrika. Dat wordt dan de 6de editie. Er zijn nog 5 plekken open voor riders die een video insturen. De andere 18 spots zijn gevuld met de top 9 van KOTA 2017 en 4 wildcards.

Beetje rekenaar mist dan nog 4 spots...weet niet wat ze daarmee van plan zijn  

Enter now for Red Bull King of the Air 2018!

(Cape Town, South Africa) – The most extreme big-air kiteboarding contest on African soil is back in 2018! Red Bull Kind of the Air will return for the sixth time in 2018 and entries are open now. Kiteboarders who have what it takes to compete with the world’s best aerialists in the most epic conditions Cape Town has to offer need to drop a one-minute edit of their biggest airs on redbullkingoftheair.com. 

Entries are open to riders from anywhere in the world, but there are only five spots available. The 2018 rider list will be made up of the top 9 from the 2017 event, four invited wildcards, and, the top five from the ranking of the online video competition. Entries for the video submission close on 30 November 2017.

The video doesn’t have to be an edited masterpiece, each entrant should just do enough to clearly show off their potential.

The 2018 event will once again have a two-week weather window (27 January to 11 February) and competition will take place only when conditions are perfect. The sixth edition will run on the compact format introduced in 2017 which sees only 18 riders in total rather than 24 as in past years, meaning less time to complete the event and best use of available wind and swell conditions.

The 2017 edition saw popular Danish rider Nick Jacobsen win one of the most closely-contested finals yet, ousting two-time champ Aaron Hadlow (UK) and Ruben Lenten from the Netherlands who made a huge comeback as wildcard entry.

According to Sportive Director, Sergio Cantagalli, heats will once again be run on the now-familiar ‘flag-out’ format and – as in 2017 – with only three riders per heat.

In terms of what the judges are looking for, Cantagalli noted: “Riders need to convince the judges that they have what it takes to compete amongst the world’s best big air kiters. For this we need to see big, completed aerials. In short, Innovation, risk, power and variety equals reward.”