Wednesday, October 26th

Vendee Kitesurf Pro

2006 Kiteboard Pro World Tour – since 1999
St Gilles Croix de Vie – Vendee - France
26th October / 1st November, 2006
30 000USD PRIZE MONEY


Great event scheduled for the french leg of the 2006 KPWT!!!

Only one day to the kick-off of the Vendee Kitesurf Pro, the only french stop of the 2006 KPWT ! After the 4th first legs of the tour in Italy, Turkey, Greece and Morocco, Portugal, the terrific course of action of the 2006 world cup season will indeed follow in the city of St-Gilles Croix-de-Vie in Vendee, well-known as one of the best water-sports centers of the french Atlantic coast, which has already held a kiteboarding stage last season.

During this event, the whole kitesurf world will be focusing on the World Cup Freestyle, Wave Masters, and Speed Crossing.

35 best Pro international male riders and 15 female competitors are expected on “La Grande Plage”, wave spot where the competition will take place : Freestyle, & Wave Masters will be the main events, with at stake a 30,000 $ prize money and points for the World Title. The Wave event will take place when the conditions will be optimum and this discipline will be completed in one day. A speed crossing and a hang time contest are also scheduled to satisfy the riders’ taste for speed, high jump and for the audience to enjoy a variety of action. We’ll also launch a Junior contest with the best youngest riders from all over the world. For sure the crowd will enjoy the show !

Aside the competition, the spectators will have the opportunity to enjoy various aside activities, like pipe and bungee sessions provided by the UCPA, attend some exhibitions or even try landsailing and surfing during initiations offered by the instructors of the Semvie Nautisme team.


KPWT Team


Thanks to our partners :
Title Partner : Conseil Général Vendée
Institutional : St Gilles Croix de Vie, Semvie, Pays de La Loire
Official suppliers : 4-20-5, DSL, Xtreme Video
Media Partners : Fun Radio, Sport+,
KPWT partner : Hawaii Surf, Windguru

Competitors registration for the event : www.kiteboardpro.com

Media accreditation and FTP pictures services :
For media accreditation, please contact : [email protected]
For pictures, please contact : [email protected]

Media : National and International TV news :
International news available for each day of competition
There will be international news for the final day of event. DvCam PAL tapes with split no music & Effects audio tracks (tapes to be clearly labelled with series title and episode numbers in English). English language time-coded script (to be provided both in hard copy and sent via e-mail).
[email protected]

Media : Highlights TV programme :
26’ highlights for TV, Internet and DVD is available for worldwide distribution .
Betacam SP, Digital or Dvcam PAL and NTSC tapes with split no music & Effects audio tracks (tapes to be clearly labelled with series title and episode numbers in English) Premix or Fullmix english version. English language time-coded script (to be provided both in hard copy and sent via e-mail).

For further information :
please visit : www.kiteboardpro.com
And/or contact Frédéric Gravoille, Promoter of the Tour: [email protected]
or Jean-Charles Joguet, Event Manager and Coordinator : [email protected]
Tel / Fax : 00 33 (0) 1 46 44 46 94
More informations and the 2006 KPWT Calendar :

kiteboardpro.com