Whether there’s wind or not (which hardly happens) there are always kites raising out from behind the palm tress, by 5 pm yesterday we counted 88 kites up in the air and for sure we missed another 10 or more that were moving up or down the moment we counted.

Cabarete is kiteboarding heaven, wide sandy beaches, cross shore trade winds from the right that build up slowly as from 11 am till 2 pm and back off by the end of the day giving us peaceful evenings in the bar or just chilling out on the beach! 

During the weekend of the12 and 13^th of June there was a local Dominican event down at Kite beach, first place of that event received a direct entry into the main event together with the 12 pre-seeded men or the 6 pre-seeded women.

Wildcards:

Luciano Gonzales
Jose Luis Ciriaco 

Daphnee Laliberte
Katrin Lindeman

Best kiteboarding wildcard: Will be decided after the trials, the rider that does not pass the trials will get the wildcard. 

Winner of the local event: Jerson (Chongo) Sanchez

Pre seeded men:

Aaron Hadlow (UK)
Gianni Aragno (ESP)
Martin Vari (ARG)
Abel Lago (ESP)
Jaime Herraiz (ESP)
Andre Phillip (ANT) 

Mark Shinn (UK)
Christiaan Brouwer (NED)
Alvaro Onieva (ESP)
Jeremy Eloy (FRA)
Mark Doyle (USA)
David Tyburski (USA)

Pre seeded women: 

Cindy Mosey (NZ)
Petra Goeschl (GER)
Ingrid Köllbichler (AUT)
Kristin Boese (GER)
Susi Mai (GER)
Gabriele Steindl (AUT)

Today 51 men and 23 girls registered for this event; here is the list with all registered riders. 

Female:

Michelle Baillot (GUA)
Kristin Boese (GER)
Bri Chmel (USA)
Fabienne d’Ortoli (FRA)
Carol Freitas (BRA)
Michelle Glazman (ARG)
Petra Goeschl (GER)
Ania Grzelinska (POL)
CJ Jones (AUS)
Kristina Karlsson (SWE)
Ingrid Köllbichler (AUT)
Morgan Skipperdene (USA)
Daphnee Laliberte (CAN)
Katrine Lindemann (GER)
Susi Mai (GER)
Cindy Mosey (NZ)
Angela Peral (ESP)
Elsa Saintville (FRA)
Julie Simsar  (FRA)
Anne Sparre (SWE)
Gabriele Steindl (AUT)
Jo Wilson (UK)
Emma York (UK)
Aurelia Herpin (FRA)

Men: