PKRA - Duitsland - St. Peter Ording

Robby Naish ziet pupil Langeree World Cup Duitsland winnen
Wereldtitel komt in zicht voor Kevin Langeree
Kitesurfer Kevin Langeree heeft afgelopen week een grote stap gezet richting de wereldtitel kitesurfen. De 20-jarige Nederlander won in het Duitse St. Peter Ording op indrukwekkende wijze zijn vierde World Cup wedstrijd van het seizoen.


Voor de beste kitesurfers van de wereld was het even wennen om in het koude en regenachtige Duitsland een wedstrijd te varen. Normaal gesproken zijn het vooral de tropische oorden die als locatie dienen voor de World Cup wedstrijden. Maar voor Kevin Langeree was het gure weer een voordeel. “Lekker Nederlands. Ik ben gewend aan vlagerige wind en een beetje regen. Maar een hoop tegenstanders vinden dat niet echt leuk.”
Regerend Nederlands kampioen Langeree kende een geweldige week in Duitsland. Met de overwinning pakte hij de eerste plaats op de wereldranglijst weer in handen en komt de wereldtitel steeds dichterbij. “Voor mij was het ook belangrijk hoe de overwinning tot stand kwam. In de finaleronden stemde de jury unaniem voor mij. Iets wat bijna nooit voorkomt tijdens een finalerace.” Kitesurfen is een jurysport waarbij een vijfkoppige jury via een ladderprincipe stemt voor de winnaar die door mag naar de volgende ronde. De winnaar is degene die de jury in de finaleronde aanwijst als de kiter die zijn trics met de meeste moeilijkheid, souplesse, kracht en originaliteit uitvoert.
De overwinning in Duitsland was nog mooier, omdat surflegende Robby Naish in Duitsland aanwezig was. Naish ontdekte Langeree acht jaar geleden als twaalfjarige tijdens een evenement in Nederland. Sindsdien vaart Langeree voor het Naish-team. “Het is altijd leuk als hij komt kijken. Iedereen heeft het erover als hij er is, maar voor mij is hij eigenlijk gewoon een vriend. En het is leuk als je vrienden er zijn om een overwinning te vieren.”
In Duitsland pakte Langeree zijn vierde World Cup overwinning. Zijn concurrent in de strijd om de wereldtitel, Aaron Hadlow, won drie wedstrijden. De wereldkampioen is degene die na tien wedstrijden de meeste overwinningen op zijn naam heeft staan.
Kevin Langeree boekte in Duitsland nog meer succes. Want nadat de freestyle competitie was afgelopen, won hij ook nog het onderdeel boardercross. Op dit onderdeel moeten de kitesurfers zo snel mogelijk een uitgezet parcours varen en verplichte trics uitvoeren. “Twee jaar geleden heb ik dit ook gewonnen. Het is een leuk onderdeel dat mij wel goed ligt. Helaas doen we het maar een paar keer per jaar.”

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9 dagen knallen tijdens de 7de tourstop in Duitsland. Na de overwinning vorig jaar in Duitsland van Kevin en z'n 3de plek in Fuerte zal hij er vast en zeker op gebrand zijn dit event op zijn naam te gaan schrijven. Ook in de stand om de wereldbeker is het nu zeer spannend, Kevin en Aaron hebben nu evenveel punten.

Omdat het zo dichtbij is, paar uurtjes tuffen met de auto, zal er zowel qua deelnemers als verslaggeving een stevige Nederlandse delegatie aanwezig zijn. Onder andere Eddy Lansink die gaat meedoen met de course racing, we hopen dat het natuurlijk net zo goed afloopt als z'n laatste Duitse avontuur.

Heren singles
Dames singles
Heren doubles
Dames doubles



Nederlandse/Belgische deelnemers:
Christophe Tack
Eddy Lansink
Tijn van Esch & Annie de Jong

Kevin Langeree
Bas Koole
Jelle Hak
Steve Verelst
Johnno Scholte - Netherlands
Michael Meel - Belgium
En Jalou Langeree natuurlijk, helemaal vergeten

Disciplines: Freestyle
Course Racing
Boardercross


Windverwachting

Friday 22nd August	17.00 - 20.00h	PKRA Registration at event site Mandatory for all riders entering the Event.
Saturday 23rd August	10.00h 11.00 - 18.00 12.00 - 18.00 12.00 - 18.00 14.00 18.00 19.00	Riders meeting at the Riders Lounge Mandatory First Possible start all disciplines BMX Dirtjump Show "QUIKSILVER mini shred", Mini-Ramp Session Opening Ceremony - (if no wind) Opening Concert at the Beach, presented by WE LOVE with Stefanie Heinzmann and Band N-JOY NACHTSCHICHT with live DJ's
Sunday 24th August	10.00h 10.30 - 18.00h 12.00 - 18.00 12.00 - 18.00 19.00	Riders meeting at the Riders Lounge First Possible start all disciplines BMX Dirtjump Show "QUIKSILVER mini shred", Mini-Ramp Session N-JOY NACHTSCHICHT with live DJ's
Monday 25th August	10.00h 10.30 - 18.00 19.00	Riders meeting at the Riders Lounge First Possible start all disciplines N-JOY NACHTSCHICHT with live DJ's
Tuesday 26th August	10.00h 10.30 - 18.00 19.00	Riders meeting at the Riders Lounge First Possible start all disciplines N-JOY NACHTSCHICHT with live DJ's
Wednesday 27th August	10.00h 10.30 - 18.00 19.00	Riders meeting at the Riders Lounge First Possible start all disciplines N-JOY NACHTSCHICHT with live DJ's
Thursday 28th August	10.00h 10.30 - 18.00 19.00	Riders meeting at the Riders Lounge First Possible start all disciplines N-JOY NACHTSCHICHT with live DJ's
Friday 29th August	10.00h 10.30 - 18.00 12.00 - 18.00 12.00 - 18.00 19.00	Riders meeting at the Riders Lounge First Possible start all disciplines BMX Dirtjump Show "QUIKSILVER mini shred", Mini-Ramp Session Live concert at the Beach with WIR SIND HELDEN and more, presented by N-JOY N-JOY NACHTSCHICHT with live DJ's
Saturday 30th August	10.00h 10.30 - 18.00h 12.00 - 18.00 12.00 - 18.00 19.00	Riders meeting at the Riders Lounge First Possible start all disciplines BMX Dirtjump Show "QUIKSILVER mini shred", Mini-Ramp Session N-JOY NACHTSCHICHT with live DJ's
Sunday 31st August	10.00h 10.30 - 16.00h 12.00 - 16.00 12.00 - 16.00 16.00h	Riders meeting at the Riders Lounge First Possible start all disciplines BMX Dirtjump Show "QUIKSILVER mini shred", Mini-Ramp Session Award Ceremonies (Freestyle, Course Racing and Boardercross)

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Day 3 - Colgate Kitesurf World Cup 2008

After two days of waiting, the weather finally cleared to kick-off the Freestyle events and continue the racing competition for the third day of the Colgate Kitesurf World Cup 2008 co-sponsored by We Love, TV Today, Gard and Chevrolet. The clouds came in during the morning and provided an hour of drizzle but it was all smooth sailing (or kiting) for the rest of the day. Wind speed was between 9 and 12 knots cross-shore left forming small waves with fairly frequent white horses, while the temperature was a bit warmer than the past two days at 18-19° Celsius.
The mandatory skippers meeting went right on schedule at 10:00 am with the course races in the morning and freestyle in the afternoon. The first race of the day started as planned at exactly 11:00 am then the second race followed about an hour later at 12:00 pm. After that, there was a brief lunch break but the scheduled race after lunch was postponed because the wind didn’t really pick up so another race was held at 2:30 pm which by then, the wind started to show some strength. After the races, the freestyle event kicked-off at 3:15 pm with the men’s division and managed to finish five heats out of the planned six. The last heat had to be abandoned because the wind started to drop, the current got stronger plus the tide came in so the day was called off at 5:00 pm.

Course Racing Highlights

A total of three races were held at different time intervals during the day with none other than Fuerteventura racing champ Charles Deleau (FRA) winning all three races. Deleau came in second yesterday but swept the competition early on today to grab first place overall from Sebastian Bubmann of Germany. Bubmann finished 3rd, 2nd and 6th in races one to three respectively, dropping to second place overall. Local racer Ron Reimers (GER) remains in third place after finishing 5th in two races and 3rd in the second race
No change in the overall standings in the women’s event as Gina Esteva of Spain was the first to cross the finish in two races while Germany’s Kristin Boese celebrated her come back to the PKRA with a first place finish in the third race. Fabienne D’Ortoli grabbed two second-place finishes and a third place finish in today’s races.
Freestyle Highlights

Round 1 of the men’s freestyle event had a total of five heats (the last heat had to be abandoned because of lack of wind) with ten riders already advancing to the next round. Heat #1 was won by Mikael Blomvall (SWE, Nobile) with higher technical difficulty level and more variety against local kiteboarder Jan Erichsen (GER, Liquid Force). Blomvall’s indy KGB, regular and switch slim, front mobe, mobe, double front to blind won against the German’s 313 and blind judge.

Heat #2a was a tight heat in the light conditions between top-ranked Alvaro Onieva (ESP, Best) and Christophe Tack (BEL, Slingshot). Onieva won with a higher technical difficulty level and cleaner execution, landing a mobe, front side 360, KGB, hasselhoff and slim against Tack’s front side 360, blind judge, hasselhoff and 313. In the same heat, Stefan Permien (GER, North) knocked out PKRA tour regular Silvester Ruckdaschel (GER, Liquid Force) with a front mobe, slim, blind judge 360, mobe and 313.

A super tough 3rd heat ensued between Mario Rodwald (GER, North) and Sebastien Garat (FRA, RRD) with the latter emerging victorious dealing a hefty blow on Rodwald’s event hopes. The French athlete won with more tricks and more power in his moves.

Tour regular Jo Ciastula (ESP, Airush) had a shocker and went down to un-seeded Jan Schiegnitz (GER, Liquid Force) in an upset heat #4. A blind judge, slim, and front side 360 for Ciastula were not enough to beat the German’s mobe, slim, regular and switch KGB, raley to blind and flat 360. The last heats were easy wins for Tour regulars Cesar Portas (ESP, North) and Tom Hebert (New Caledonia).

Tomorrow’s forecast looks quite promising so the plan is to start the freestyle event early. Skippers meeting is scheduled at 10 am with a first possible start at 10:30 am.

Colgate Kitesurf World Cup 2008 is also co-sponsored by the local government of St. Peter-Ording, Quicksilver, SevenOne Intermedia GmbH, Naish Kiteboarding, Jever, and Kitelife. Media partner ExtremeElements.tv is the official webcaster of live results, high-definition event footages, photos and press releases.


Day 2 - Colgate Kitesurf World Cup 2008

A lot of the fans on the beach were eager to see their favorite kiteboarder in action but day 2 of the Colgate Kitesurf World Cup 2008 in St. Peter-Ording, Germany didn’t go quite as expected. The day started out with the clouds moving in early with the temperature at 16° Celsius and looked like it was not going to improve. Eventually the sun showed up by mid-day and has remained sunny for the rest of the day.
The wind was below 10 knots during the morning and having a Freestyle event was out of the question so race director Olaf Van Tol decided to go ahead with the Racing competition. However, due to some technical difficulties, the games were delayed for more than an hour. The planned race start of 11:15 am was delayed until 12:15 pm but eventually got started at 12:30 pm under marginal conditions.

“Early morning in the beach, we were doubtful if we were going to do Racing or Freestyle but then I decided to go with Racing since the wind tends to slip. From there it was quite a tiring process to get the race course out of the water due to problems with the boat not being able to transfer from land to the beach. Once it was on the beach and then in the water they couldn’t get it over the next sand bank so we lost like 1 ½ hours before we could actually get it started but at that time the wind was really getting marginal but we managed to pull off one marginal race. Better than nothing.”

Powered by a Flysurfer kite, Sebastian Bubbman of Germany was the first racer to finish after 28 minutes followed by North Kiteboarding team mates Charles Deleau (FRA) and Ron Reimer (GER). Race veteran Sean Farley (MEX) also of North Kiteboarding who came in fourth place aired his sentiment during EETV’s interview:

“The conditions were real marginal and kind of unfair when it’s like that. You can’t really do much of it but just go and try to make it upwind. I went around the course (but I don’t know how) there were times that I wasn’t even moving but I managed to do it. I came in 4th behind two foil kites and Charles. He [Charles] did real well for these conditions but other than that I didn’t see anybody else. When I looked back when I was finishing there was nobody else coming. They were all just in a mess trying to go upwind.”
Gina Esteva (ESP) powered by a Best Kiteboarding kite lead the women to the finish line. A total of 37 kiteboarders competed in today’s race but only 15 managed to finish the course within the time limit. After the first race, the wind died down causing a 3-hour delay waiting for the wind to return. Without luck, the race director finally called the day off at 5:00pm.

Tomorrow, there is a very good looking forecast with the wind coming from the left cross-shore which is quite nice for Freestyle. The skippers meeting is set at 10:00 am with first possible start at 10:30 am.

Day 1 Highlights

The day started with the men’s trials elimination under a rain-soaked kick-off day. The rain came in early in the morning at 6:00am and by 10:00am for the skippers meeting, the event site was flooded from the amount of rain that had dropped. The wind was marginal for the course racing while the mandatory skippers meeting was delayed by about an hour to allow for more competitors to make their way to the meeting. Finally at 11:00 am, the skippers meeting started but the wind had fallen off a little so the competition went into a series of postponements until 3:00pm when the wind picked up considerably. Event director Olav Van Tol decided to start with the Freestyle Trials instead of the originally planned Course Racing.

At exactly 3:30pm, the red flag for heat #1 was raised and the games went into a sequence for an eight-heat elimination series with the first round having six heats and a double elimination (round two) of two heats. It took a total of one and half hours to finish the eliminations under a 15° Celsius cold weather condition so the day wrapped up at 4:50pm. The wind speed ranged between 15 and 20 knots in the early heats but gradually dropped off in the later heats. It rained until the last heats were done so the competition was a total washout for the day.

Immediately following the final heats of the trials, mother nature decided to provide some brief sunshine and the skies started to clear so everyone is looking forward to some sunnier and warmer conditions for day 2.

A mini-concert presented by WE LOVE was held in the evening at the beach featuring Stefanie Heinzmann and Band.
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