PKRA%20-%20Canada%20-%20Kevin%202de

wazzaah · 2008-09-02T14:12:09.000Z

PKRA - Canada - Summerside Windvoorspellingen Vorig jaar gecancelled maar dit jaar weer naar Canada. In Summerside, Prince Edward Island zal het hele circus zijn tenten opslaan tijdens het Festival of Wind 2008. In 2005 was Ruben nog winnaar en 2006 was het Hadlow die Kevin versloeg. Na het vele aantal Nederlanders en Belgen tijdens de Duitse PKRA zal het deze keer wel wat tegenvallen, maar voor Kevin en Aaron is het weer een belangrijke wedstrijd in de strijd om het wereldkampioenschap. Ze zullen echter letterlijk vroeg moeten opstaan om de ander te verslaan want de wedstrijden beginnen op donderdag en vrijdag al om 6 uur s ochtends. Disciplines: Freestyle Best Trick Singles Heren Singles Dames Doubles Heren Doubles Dames Monday Sept 8th 16.00h - 18:00h PKRA Registration at the race Office Mandatory for all riders entering the Event. Tuesday Sept 9th 12.00h 13.30 -19.00h Riders meeting and drawing with all athletes (Mandatory) Freestyle competition Wednesday Sept 10th 9.00h 14.00h 14.30 -19. 00h Depart Summerside , Tour of Island (Activities TBA) -Cavendish, Lunch Riders meeting at event site. Freestyle competition Thursday Sept 11th 6.00h 11.00h 6.30 -14. 00h Riders meeting at event site Moment of Silence Freestyle competition Friday Sept 12th 6.00h 6.30 -14. 00h 17.00h Riders meeting at event site Freestyle competition or Best Trick Competition Beach BBQ /Jagermister Fest Saturday Sept 13th 8. 00h 8.30 -14. 00h 16.00 h Riders meeting at event site Freestyle competition or Best Trick Competition Gala Lobster Surf and Turf dinner , featuring TBA Awards reception /Beer Fest Day 1 - Festival of the Wind Canada World Cup 2008 Just a few days after the successful German stop of the PKRA 2008 World Tour, the guys and gals of the only kiteboarding authority in the world are back in action. For the first time, the Tour is being hosted by Canada and will be held until September 13 at Green Shore Park, Summerside at Prince Edward Island. This Tour stop is the only North American venue of the PKRA and is being participated in by professional kiteboarders from seventeen different countries who will be testing the wind and waves of the Canadian shores. The PKRA competition is part of the much larger Summerside International Festival of the Wind which is being held from the 9th until the 13th of September. The festival will also include a visit by tall ships from across the globe, a Round-The-Island race and the top class Summerside Roots Folk Music Festival giving the event an all-week-long showcase of kiteboarding action, fun and entertainment. Day 1 Today marks the debut of the PKRA 2008 World Tour in Canada with the menâ€™s Freestyle out to test the Canadian waters first. The day started out nice, sunny and warm. However, fairly light wind prevailed for most of the day plus there was a low tide which prompted a series of postponements before the Freestyle. As the day wore on, the clouds moved in and so did some small rain showers towards the end of the day. The mandatory skippers meeting started at 12:00 noon. At 2:00 pm, an opening ceremony was held at the park with the Minister of Tourism and other local government officials formally opening the event. After a few wind delays, the menâ€™s Freestyle started at exactly 3:15 pm. However, since the tide was out and there was no possibility of running the heats in front of the competition event, the game was moved 500 meters down the beach where there was more water plus given the wind direction, it was a more favourable spot. The heats were run with only two people in the water (man on man) and the plan was to run the womenâ€™s heats afterwards but Mother Nature didnâ€™t cooperate as forecasted. Heat #4b between Andy Yates (AUS) and Tour regular Madison Van Heurck (USVI) went first with the young talent from the US Virgin Islands taking the win with regular and switch tricks and some grab moves. The first round was ran in very good conditions although the wind was up and down the entire time. By the time heats 9 and 10 started, the wind became really light and marginal. Heat #10b was started but was quickly cancelled since the wind was too far below standards. Race Director Erik Troostheide decided to move the competition back to the original location during the wind delay since the tide was moving back in and was possible to hold the competition once the wind picked up again. When the wind came back, heat 10B was started again through a few more heats to finish off the menâ€™s second round. However, the womenâ€™s heats had to be postponed due to failing wind conditions. In heat 10B, Aaron Hadlow (GBR) had an easy heat against Van Heurck with great switch moves while Van Heurck went for some grab moves but missed out on a few landings. Tom Hebert had a decent heat #12 with some solid switch powered moves. In the last heat of the day, Kevin Langeree (NED) had a close heat against Mario Rodwald (GER) in a 3-2 decision. Rodwald landed some switch moves which gave him th

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