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 Plageâ€, 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.
Competitors registration for the event : www.kiteboardpro.com
Media accreditation and FTP pictures services : For media accreditation, please contact : kpwt@wanadoo.fr For pictures, please contact : kiteboarding@wanadoo.fr
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). kiteboarding@wanadoo.fr
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).