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Day 5 - Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2008

The Fuerteventura Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2008 draws to a conclusion with an
exciting final day of competition under a perfect Fuerteventura weather. The
temperature played between 28 to 30 degrees Celsius but the wind was back in
greater force similar to the conditions two days ago. The wind packed a
sustained speed of 22 to 36 knots with strong gusts which made it more
difficult for some of the riders to land their moves. And if that wasn’t
enough, the strong current also wrecked havoc on the racing buoys set on the
course for the racing event. This prompted event director Olaf Van Tol to
abandon the racing competition in the afternoon.

“We planned two races in the afternoon. In the first attempt to get a
starting sequence, I saw one buoy was drifting so we had to reach for the
buoy and fix it. So I went back to check for a second starting sequence then
I noticed the buoy on the starting line was drifting also so that caused
another delay. Looking at the time it needed to reset buoy #1, the second
buoy would take much longer to reset and in much deeper water. The buoy
probably lost its anchor so, given the time, we cancelled the games and
called it a day. It was a bit disappointing but other than that, we had a
great day,” said Van Tol.

The mandatory skippers meeting was held at 11:00am then the last ten heats
of the freestyle double eliminations were held. After two hours, the
freestyle wrapped up then a short one-hour break was held for lunch. After
the series of technical difficulties on the racing course, the competition
was called off at 3:30 pm.

Freestyle Highlights

Angela Peral (ESP, North) defeated Jalou Langeree (NED, Naish) in the 15th
heat of the women’s freestyle. Peral took the win with a higher technical
difficulty score, landing a raley to blind and back to wrapped over
Langeree’s krypt to surface pass. In the ensuing heat, Peral was knocked
down by Jo Wilson (GBR, Naish) with a couple of high handle passes (although
slightly butt-checked) and a vulcan surface pass. The Spanish kiteboarder
managed a raley to blind and a downloop but no aerial passes which lead to
her loss.

Meanwhile after that heat, Wilson was left out in the water requiring some
rescue from the rescue crew which they didn’t notice somehow so the event
director had to call a 10-minute break to let Wilson setup again and be
ready. She went for her big handle passes again but not landing any and with
only a krypt to surface pass and a few back rolls to match against Susi
Mai’s (GER, Cabrinha) raley to blind heat opener, a big front and back
spins and a big front roll to down loop, Wilson would have to bow down on
this heat.

In the battle for third place podium spot, Bruna Kajiya (BRA, Best)
triumphed over Mai with more power in her unhooked moves and more technical
difficulty level. Kajiya landed a blind judge, front to blind, and a few
front and back rolls while Mai landed a raley to blind, a less powered front
to blind, a one-footer and a high double back.

The first place podium battle ended up between Gisela Pulido (ESP,
Slingshot) and Kajiya. A blind judge with aerial handle pass from Pulido and
a powered blind judge from Kajiya opened up the heat and set the level high
immediately. However, it was only Pulido who could back up her start with a
front mobe, slim and raley to wrapped while Kajiya struggled in the
conditions. Going for more power in her moves she took risks going for
s-bend to blinds and non-inverted slim chances but the risks didn’t pay
off and the crashes set her back. Pulido decided to reduce the risk in each
move and be intent on landing them - a rather important requirement for a
heat. She took the win with more technical moves.

“The event today was really good for me because the conditions here in
Fuerteventura is like in Tarifa which is gusty and strong. I feel
comfortable in these conditions so I kited with a really small kite and so
for me it’s good because when I train home in Tarifa I train with 4-meter
and 5-meter kites,” said the young champion. After Fuerteventura, Pulido
will go back to Tarifa for training and then will be seen at the German stop
of the PKRA.

Meanwhile, Tom Hebert (New Caledonia, Airush) rode very strongly with some
very smooth regular and switch moves in his heat against Cesar Portas (ESP,
North) who landed a nice slim and blind judge with aerial handle pass and
front mobe but crashed several moves. Hebert won on cleaner execution and
more power but lost to Alex Pastor (ESP, Naish) in the next heat because he
crashed several moves in the tough conditions. Pastor pulled out all the
moves in this heat eventually taking an easy win with more technical
difficulty and variation.

Aaron Hadlow (GBR, Flexifoil) too had his share of the difficult conditions
here in Fuerteventura. In a rather tight heat for the world champion, he
eventually would pull this one though based on strength throughout his moves
and switch variety on a 3-2 judges decision against Pastor who bowed out of
the game.

The UK champion appeared to be on a mission today. After getting by Pastor,
he was immediately up against his rival for the PKRA title, Kevin Langeree
(NED, Naish). Both top ranked athletes opened up their heat with a huge
blind judge with aerial handle pass. Langeree went on to a big 313 and then
a super powered KGB where the kite was so low it crashed before he did.
After that first crash, Langeree struggled with the rest of his following
moves including a mobe, non-inverted slim, double back mobe, KGB and s-bend
to blind. However, Hadlow had his eyes set for the top podium spot and
landed a hasselhoff, s-bend to blind, front mobe, regular and switch slim,
front side 3, kiteloop-backloop, shifty-360, mobe and a hooked to unhooked
kiteloop-backloop 3 gaining the win.

ExtremeElements.TV interviewed Langeree after the games and this is what he
said. “The competition didn’t go too well for me. The conditions were
super hard and I got worked a couple of times very badly but some
competitions go very well and some don’t go as well, like this one as the
ones before. But it still okay to have a third place at least I’m on the
podium still,” said Langeree.

In the first final run, Sebastien Garat (FRA, RRD) landed a front mobe,
blind judge with aerial handle pass, 313 and mobe but crashed several other
moves. Hadlow meanwhile, landed a blind judge with aerial handle pass, front
mobe, s-bend to blind air pass, back to blind air pass, regular and switch
slim, shifty-360, mobe and kiteloop handle pass. More technical variety won
Hadlow the first round. Then in the second round of the final event, Garat
continued to have difficulty in the tough conditions which meant that Hadlow
walked away as the winner of the doubles, renewing his hopes for a 5th
consecutive title.

Contragulations to Gisela Pulido and Aaron Hadlow for winning Fuerteventura
Kiteboarding Grand Slam!

Freestyle Doubles Results:

Men:

1. Aaron Hadlow (GBR, Flexifoil)
2. Sebastien Garat (FRA, RRD)
3. Kevin Langeree (NED, Naish)

Women:

1. Gisela Pulido (ESP, Slingshot)
2. Bruna Kajiya (BRA, Best)
3. Susi Mai (GER, Cabrinha)

Course Racing Final Result:

Men:

1. Charles Deleau (FRA, North) – 4.9 pts.
2. Sean Farley (MEX, North) – 13.7 pts.
3. Bruno Sroka (FRA, Takoon) – 17.7 pts.

Women:
1. Fabienne D’Ortoli (FRA, Cabrinha) – 6.2 pts.
2. Steph Bridge (BGR, North) – 10.1 pts.
3. Gina Esteva (ESP, Best) – 21 pts.

Contratulations to Charles Deleau and Fabienne D’Ortoli for winning the
Course Racing event!

ExtremeElements.TV talked to Fabienne D’Ortoli and this is what she has to
say, “We had a lot of wind here in Fuerteventura. I am so happy that I
won. I really like the strong wind and I really had fun and that’s maybe
why I won. This is my first win so I’m very happy. In the ranking, I think
I’m still second or third after this win.”

The Fuerteventura Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2008 was organized by Pro Center
Rene Egli through the efforts of it’s President & Founder Rene Egli. See
you all in Germany!


Day 4 - Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2008

Sotavento, Fuerteventura – The competition started exactly at 11:00 am with two course races. The wind was less strong than yesterday, particularly in the morning but a little bit more offshore which caused the gusts to be more severe and unpredictable. The continuation of the Freestyle doubles elimination started at 1:30 pm after a short lunch break. By the late afternoon, the wind picked up strength again although not as strong as the peak yesterday.

High tide came in and the safety crew had to check everything so the crew had to take off the steps to the judges tower on one side to prevent it from being washed away. It was an exciting and exhilarating day as the competitors could really get close to the tower and the grand stand which provided more excitement to the crowd. The competition wrapped up at 4:30 pm and tomorrow’s skippers meeting is set at 11:00 am with first possible start at 11:30.

Event Director Olaf Van Tol says, “I have to study the whether forecast for tomorrow because I want to make sure we finish the doubles. So if it looks very good in the morning for the freestyle then we’ll do freestyle in the morning and then racing in the afternoon.”

Racing Highlights

Two races were held in the morning under windy conditions with 18 racers on the starting mark. The whole race proved to be challenging especially with the really gusty condition and the racers have to give extra effort to finish the race.

Charles Deleau (FRA, North) won the first race for the men while Bruno Sroka (FRA, Takoon) won the second race with Sean Farley (MEX, North) finishing second in both races. The overall race standings is still unchanged with Deleau still on top followed by Farle, Sroka, Sami Gali (ESP, Best) and Dirk Hanel (GER, North).

Fabienne D’Ortoli (FRA, Cabrinha) won the first race among the women while Steph Bridge (GBR, North) won the second race so the overall race standings for the women still remains unchanged.

Freestyle Highlights

The Freestyle doubles competition which started yesterday continued today under the gusty conditions. There were a lot of crashes which made the games both exciting and unpredictable. As 18-year old Alberto Rondina (ITA, Cabrinha) puts it:

“The conditions were really extreme. I remember last year the wind was also strong but not really gusty. Today was so gusty and it was difficult to jump. When you prepare to jump there was the gust and then after you jump there was no wind so it was really hard.”

In the first notable heat of the doubles, Sebastien Cattelan (FRA) quickly went huge for the crowd close to the beach but could not land his moves against Julian Hosp (AUT) who landed his handle passes and progressed easily to the next round. Previously, Hosp was taken out in the 26th heat by a well-tuned Tom Hebert (New Caledonia) who landed more trick variation and more power in normal handle pass moves. Also in the same heat, both Silvester Ruckdaschel (GER) and Tom Court (GBR) had a tough time in the conditions during their battle, crashing several moves a piece. Ruckdaschel however, landed a KGB, front side 3, slim and 313 against Court’s blind judge, front side 3 and kiteloop with the German kiteboarder gaining the upper hand.

Heat #27 was an exciting heat as well. As Joe Ciastula (ESP) went for his first trick, a kiteloop-backloop, he snapped a line and crashed heavily in the water which then prompted him to run up the beach afterwards to grab another kite. He went back out and did his best but it wasn’t good enough as Petr Tyuskevich (RUS) had enough time to land several moves and took an easy win. Mikael Blomvall (SWE) knocked out Rondina in a tight second round heat (3-2 judges decision) winning with more switch move variety.

Reno Romeu (BRA) lost his kite after crashing a front side 3 in heat #28. He managed to grab another kite and went back out to land a couple of more tricks but he had lost too much time against Court who advanced with some well-executed solid tricks. The second round of the heat was a different story, as Cesar Portas (ESP) took the win against Tyuskevich in a 3-2 decision with slightly cleaner moves and switch variety. The Spanish PKRA athlete landed a regular and switch blind judge, front mobe, back to blind air pass, mobe, slim and front side 3 against the Russian’s blind judge 3, 313, front mobe, slim, back to blind air pass and front side 3.

After the games, Portas took time out to be interviewed and had his own assessment about the conditions. “I was riding on a 7-meter kite in my first heat and the condition were really gusty. In my second heat, the wind was getting really strong. The gust made it all really difficult. I’m used to kiting everywhere but the waves and the gust definitely made the conditions hard.”

Meanwhile, Blomvall knocked out Michael Schitzhofer (AUT) in heat #29 but only after both riders had some troubles with the small rollers coming in and with the gusty and strong winds. Blomvall landed a front mobe, shifty-3, blind judge with aerial handle pass, slim, kiteloop and late pass mobe while Schitzhofer only managed a blind judge and s-bend to blind.

In the last men’s heat, Hebert took another step up against top seeded Alvaro Onieva (ESP) with super clean and powered moves with a lot of switch variety including a regular and switch slim, regular and switch back to blind airpass, regular and switch front mobe and a mobe. Meanwhile, Portas ended Blomvall’s run in the same heat, winning with more variety, power and a higher technical difficulty score.

In the women’s heats, the big names went through as expected. Heat #13 saw Jalou Langeree (NED) defeating Elena Pitoulis (GRE) with more variety and then defeating Sjoukje Brendenkamp (RSA) in the 14th heat.

Tomorrow’s final day will be a big event and an exciting day to see if Sebastien Garat will be able to defend his Freestyle singles win against the top PKRA riders.



Day 3 - Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2008

Sotavento, Fuerteventura – After battering the competition area yesterday that saw some of the kites crashing down in the waters, the wind is back even stronger, gustier and more unpredictable. The gale-force wind blew at an average of 35 to 45 knots formed perfect kickers that provided some opportunities for some of the athletes to impress the judges and the crowd with spectacular kite moves. The weather was sunny and the thermometer display played between 28 to 30 degrees Celsius.

The competition started right on schedule and had three races during the morning. It took about 13 to 15 minutes for the first place racer to cross the finish line. Really gusty winds and strange wind holes on the course caught a few racers off guard at the windward mark making them tack several times to make the mark, eventually loosing valuable positions. The Course Racing event finished around 1:00 pm.

After a short lunch break, the continuation of the Freestyle singles event kicked off at 2:00 pm which lasted almost three hours. After the single elimination there was another short break for the awards ceremony on the beach. After the podium presentation, the first round of the Freestyle doubles for both men and women started under an even more gusty and intense wind conditions.

The competition wrapped up at 5:00 pm while tomorrows skipper’s meeting is set at 10:30 am with first possible start at 11:00 am.

Freestyle Singles Highlights

An even more intense third day wrapped up the Freestyle Singles with the fury of the wind being felt by everyone both on and off the waters.

The first upset game of the day came courtesy of RRD’s Sebastien Garat (FRA) who took the win against world champion Aaron Hadlow (GBR) in the opening salvo of the men’s Freestyle singles in heat #15. The French champ did have a little luck go his way as Hadlow was down for about 4 minutes during the heat after crashing his kite tangling his lines. Hadlow landed a blind judge, s-bend to blind with air pass, mobe, slim and crashed on a huge kiteloop-backloop. Garat landed a blind judge with aerial handle pass, front mobe, s-bend to blind, slim and mobe. It was a close call but Garat came through with cleaner landings and variety. In the second round of the 15th heat, Kevin Langeree (NED) defeated Alex Pastor (ESP) over technical difficulty level and variety for an easy win.

Heat #18 (Runner-up Final): In the battle for third place, Hadlow retrieved his tangled Flexifoil kite, sorted the mess and headed back out. Hadlow came away victorious after landing a blind judge with aerial handle pass, s-bend to blind with air pass, front mobe, back to blind air pass, a huge kiteloop-backloop, handle pass front mobe, regular and switch mobe, slim and almost a frontside 7 off a wave. Pastor on the other hand, landed a blind judge with aerial handle pass, s-bend to blind with air pass, back to blind air pass, front mobe, non-inverted slim 5, and a mobe. Power, height in the moves and variety were the deciding factors for the heat, giving Hadlow the 3rd spot over all in the singles.

Heat #17 (Winner’s Final): Garat would have been stoked to make it to the top four, then to the final round for a guaranteed top 3 and with a good performance here, a definite top 2, but he would have to defeat one of the best competitors on tour and current rankings leader Kevin Langeree. Garat landed a blind judge, hasselhoff, regular and switch slim and mobe 5 while Langeree landed a blind judge, 313, mobe 5, non-inverted slim 5 and back to wrapped. In a 4-1 decision, the switch variety for Garat gave him the edge and his first singles event win.

In the women’s semi-final heats Bruna Kajiya (BRA) had an easy win over Jo Wilson (GBR) in heat #7a with an overall edge on power and technical difficulties.

World women’s champion Gisela Pulido really livened up the crowd in heat #7b with a big handle pass front mobe and kiteloop-backloop right in front and close to the grand stands. The judges were really impressed at the young champion, plus with a blind judge, slim and front mobe, she took the win against Susi Mai (GER) who landed several smooth and clean rolls and big airs but proved no match for Pulido’s technical moves.

Heat #8 (Runner-up Final): Wilson went for a heat winning high handle pass but did not manage to land it and with just a tail grab air and a vulcan to surface pass, it was not enough to beat Mai who landed some more big airs with grabs and spins, as well as a raley to blind and one footer. Variety and technical difficulty level gave the ExtremeElements.TV’s host the 3rd podium spot.

Heat #9 (Winner’s Final): The women’s singles final was a fairly a one-sided heat with a blind judge, front mobe and slim coming from Pulido versus several crashed blind judges, plus a krypt and an s-bend to blind from Kajiya. Technical difficulty level and variety gave Pulido the 1st place podium spot.

Freestyle Singles Results:

Men:
1. Sebastien Garat (FRA, RRD)
2. Kevin Langeree – (NED, Naish)
3. Aaron Hadlow – (GBR, Flexifoil)

Women:
1. Gisela Pulido (FRA, RRD)
2. Bruna Kajiya (BRA, Best)
3. Susi Mai (GER, Cabrinha)

Congratulations to Seb Garat for winning his first singles event and to Gisela Pulido for winning the women’s singles!

Course Racing Highlights

After seven races so far, French racing champ Bruno Sroka is slowly inching his way up the racing ladder, climbing to number 3 overall after finishing 2,3,7 in today’s races powered by a Takoon kite. Sami Gali (Best, Spain) dropped to number 4 overall after finishing 4,9,3 with a total of 15 points accumulated, just one point shy from Sroka. It’s still a pretty much one-two game for the North team as Charles Deleau (France) and Sean Farley (Mexico) still holds the first and second overall places respectively even after Farley failed to finish the last race of the day.

The women’s standing is still unchanged as only the top three racers braved the conditions and went out racing with the pack. Gina Esteva (Best, Spain) didn’t even bother to start the last race due to the extreme gusty conditions.

The Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2008 is being brought to us by Pro Center Rene Egli (www.rene-egli.com) while the official media broadcaster for the event is Extreme Elements (www.extremeelements.tv).

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Day 2 - Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2008

Sotavento, Fuerteventura – After a very successful kick-off games yesterday, PKRA’s Fuerteventura Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2008 moves on to its second day with yet another very windy day and another successful day of kiteboarding contests. Although there were a few lull moments during the morning at the start of the games, everything went on smoothly from 1:00 pm onwards as the wind averaged between 25 and 35 knots. The temperature went to a high of 23 degrees Celsius during the afternoon.

The mandatory skipper’s meeting was held on time at 10:30 am but there was some boat problems which delayed the start of today’s racing events but finally, a second boat was called in and the flags were delivered so the racing started around 12:30 pm. Two back-to-back races were immediately held after the race course was properly marked although in the second race, the wind was lighter which played some havoc at the top marks due to the strong current but the race went very well.

“All went pretty cool. We had a really big upwind leg like the one we had yesterday but it took 13 minutes for each rider to cross the finish line compared to 9 minutes yesterday. The race went smoothly without any protest,” says PKRA judge Carlos Saiz.

The competition then went into a short lunch break then started the Freestyle games with the ladies going out first since they didn’t get the chance to compete in yesterday’s opening events.

The competition wrapped up at 5:00 pm while tomorrows skipper’s meeting is set at 10:30 am with first possible start at 11:00 am.

Freestyle Highlights

Yesterday’s difficult conditions brought out some of the best among the PKRA athletes but proved too challenging for some, much like today’s windy conditions demanded extra efforts among the female competitors as proven by an upset heat of the opening salvo in the women’s Freestyle events. Heat #1 saw Naish rider and 3rd seeded Karolina Winkowska (POL) going down against teammate and 7th ranked Jalou Langeree (NED). Langeree stomped a raley to blind, krypt to surface pass, kiteloop, front to blind and vulcan to surface pass winning with higher technical difficulty and variety over Winkowska’s butt-checked blind judge.

Jo Wilson (GBR), another Naish rider then defeated Langeree in heat #5a with more moves and a higher technical difficulty score, landing a high handle pass, vulcan to surface pass, krypt to surface pass and raley to blind against Langeree’s flat 360.

ExtremeElements.tv host Susi Mai (GER) powered her way to win heat #6a using a Cabrinha kite, defeating North kiteboarder and local favorite Angela Peral (ESP) with huge front rolls with tail grabs and a raley to bind. In fairness, Peral worked hard for her butt-checked raley to blind but crashed several moves and had to concede to Mai’s cleaner moves.

Going over to the men’s heats, Mikael Blomvall (SWE) powered by a Nobile kite went up against Sebastien Garat (ESP) of Liquid Force in the 9th heat of the Freestyle singles. Garat was able to take advantage of the local conditions and landed more clean moves and performed more powered tricks, including a front mobe, blind judge with aerial handle pass, s-bend to blind, KGB, regular and switch slim, hasselhoff, shifty-360, late pass mobe and a front side 360. Blomball slightly struggled in the tough conditions but was able to land an s-bend to blind with aerial handle pass, front mobe, back to blind air pass, mobe and a blind judge. Also in the same heat, Alvaro Onieva (ESP) defeated Cabrinha’s Alberto Rondina (ITA) with more powered moves and a greater variety of tricks.

In the 10th heat, Cabrinha rider Petr Tyuskevich (RUS) lost to North’s Reno Romeu (BRA) after winning a heat in yesterday’s events. Petr landed a slim, s-bend to blind, hasselhoff, back to blind air pass, mobe and 313 but his moves were overshadowed by Romeu’s cleaner landings and bigger moves including a blind judge with aerial handle pass, his own back to blind air pass, front mobe to blind, shifty-360, slim, mobe 5 and front side 360. World champion and Flexifoil’s ace rider Aaron Hadlow (GBR) had more like a warm up heat against Airush’s Jo Ciastula (ESP) also in the same heat that proved to be a no contest as the young Spanish rider was no match for the world champion.

In the 11th heat games, Cesar Portas (ESP) powered his way one step up the ladder defeating Tom Hebert (New Caledonia) who was not in tune in this heat. Controlled by a North kite, Portas’ blind judge with aerial handle pass, front mobe, mobe, back side 180, mobe, blind judge and slim were the winning factors for the heat. Meanwhile, Sebastien Catellan (France) lost his Genetrix kite in the same heat against Naish rider Alex Pastor (ESP) giving Pastor a free run thru.

A close battle then ensued in the next heat with some nice moves from North Kiteboarding’s Tom Court (GBR) but with greater variety of moves and some cleaner switch moves from JN Kite’s Michael Schitzhofer (AUT) who took the win with a blind judge with aerial handle pass, shifty-360, regular and switch slim, hasselhoff and front to blind over Court’s mobe, blind judge, shifty-360 and front side with aerial handle pass. Again, proving the difficulty of the conditions, top ranked Kevin Langeree (NED) had a free pass into the next round powered by a Naish kite after Silvester Ruckdaschel (ESP) broke a leash and lost his Liquid Force kite in the waters.

Both rounds of the 13th heats were also tightly fought given the difficult conditions and leniency on landings. In a 3-2 decision, Garat managed to win by a narrow margin and was able to climb another step up against Onieva with greater power, more technical difficulty score and more variety of moves.

“I’m a little bit disappointed but that’s how it is. The judges with the most experienced gave the heat to me but the other judges probably they went for technical stuff,” lamented Onieva. He also talked about the day’s conditions, “The waves did not cause any problems. The wind is not bad this year and we have good swells which we can use for kickers which makes it more fun to ride in the waters.”

Meanwhile, Romeu really threw down everything he had on this heat in an attempt to beat Hadlow. A blind judge with aerial handle pass, front mobe, back to blind air pass, s-bend to blind with air pass, slim, mobe 5, front side 360, and a 313 were not enough though. Against Hadlow, an opponent really needs power and variety that few can do. Hadlow landed a blind judge, front mobe, s-bend to blind, back to blind air pass, blind judge with aerial handle pass with grab, regular and switch mobe, s-mobe, kite loop handle pass, slim, front side 5 and a hooked to unhooked kiteloop 360. With this technical variety and difficulty plus power, it would be extremely hard to move in against the world champion.

In the last heats, Portas crashed heavily after a huge kiteloop, tangling his kite lines and had to change kite in the process loosing precious seconds. He goes down to Pastor who landed a few more moves with greater variety, power and higher technical difficulty score.

Probably the best heat of the day was the final heat between Schitzhofer and Langeree. The Austrian rider was on the verge of an upset as the winds came in stronger and even gustier than earlier in the day. Landing powered moves fairly clean including a blind judge, front mobe, s-bend to blind, shifty-360, and slim, he had Langeree on the ropes who crashed several moves and got caught up each time he went for a trick with a huge gust or a lull. Landing a blind judge with aerial handle pass and 313 5 and having only a minute on the clock, the top ranked PKRA athlete had it all to do. Landing a hasselhoff, s-bend to blind, front side 360 and a huge late pass mobe, he narrowly took the win with more powered moves making it into the next round.

Course Racing Highlights

North Kiteboarding’s Charles Deleau (FRA) and Sean Farley (ME

Lekker bezig daar!!!!

Succes!

Gefeliciteerd katja!!!

Tja

Gefeliciteerd Katja

 

 

 

 

gefeliciteerd!, top!   en van Rolf mooi balen natuurlijk, klote man... 

Ik vraag me altijd af of met die snelheden een helmpie niet verstandig is.

Gaat anders wel ff kneitertje hard :P

Meeste hebben wel een of andere bescherming dacht ik. Vest, helm etc. want gaat toch wel hard

feli Katja!!

dat youtu- filmpje. Check de move op 2:35.... lekker.... al een naam voor deze move ?(vind "railey" daar beter bij passen trouwens)

ik dacht al dat filmpje, ruben letnen met 07 fuel is van 2007 zeker,

Iedereen heeft inderdaad een vest aan. Soms is een helm verplicht, maar bij deze wedstrijd niet. Een helm is fijn om de eerste klap op te vangen, zeker voor je oren. Maar met een grote snelheid kan bij een crash je helm ook water vatten, waardoor je een extra kracht op je nek krijgt bij de crash.

totaal prijzengeld: $ 77.000

Hoe is dit eigenlijk verdeeld onder de prijzen?

Hoeveel krijg je als je 1e freestyle wordt? en 2?

En hoe zit het bij de speed?

Het freestyle event is begonnen.

Wel een beetje vreemd dat er een extra singles ronde aan toegevoegd wordt

Jalou doet het in elk geval doet,
die heeft eventjes Karolina eruit gekicked!