Tijd voor de grote finale van de PKRA in Nieuw-Caledonia. Een mooie plek om een rumoerig PKRA jaar af te sluiten. Hopelijk gaat het volgend jaar beter. De lijst met mogelijke locaties (Thailand, France, Cabarete, Lanzarote, Greece, Tarifa,
Germany, Fuerteventura, Brazil, New Caledonia, Australia) ziet er in ieder geval top uit en beloofd een mooie PKRA tour te worden in 2010.
Maar terug naar nu. Zowel Aaron als Kevin maken nog kans op de titel. Degene die eerst wordt van beide heren is ook kampioen van 2009 en waarschijnlijk ook de "echte" door IKA goedgekeurde kampioen. Youri maakt ook nog kans maar dan moeten zowel Kevin als Aaron hard onderuit gaan.
Nou had HIER natuurlijk de spot informatie moeten staan die Babemaster Jorush aanleverd, maar helaas schiet t niet echt op met hem (waarschijnlijk ook vertrokken naar warmere oorden).
Daarom HIER wel wat spot info
Weersverwachting
Heren Singles
Dames Singles
Heren Doubles
Dames Doubles
Succes voor alle deelnemers natuurlijk
(Kevin en Youri iets meer)
Update 26/11
TERI KITE PRO 2009 - DAY 2
Nov-26-2009
Today would go down in kiteboarding history as the day the PKRA World Championship crown is passed on to two of the most promising kiteboarders in the world. Kevin Langeree (Naish, NED), after many years of battle, finally was crowned the PKRA World Champion in an unprecedented event that saw many upsets and triumphs. Bruna Kajiya (Flexifoil, BRA) would also end the 2009 season with a bang, capturing the women’s World Championship title from Spain’s Gisela Pulido (Airush) after years of reigning the women’s division.
The triumphant second day of the Teri Kite Pro 2009 started right on time with a 12:30 start, but the day would prove different from yesterday. Clear blue skies dominated the scene and was warmer than yesterday’s temperature. It was an extremely action-packed day even though the wind never picked up strength compared to the other day.
At exactly 10:00 am, there was a start for the long distance race which was won by Torrin Bright (Ozone, New Zealand) while the ladies’ division was won by Angela Peral (North, Spain).
The day wrapped up at 5:30 pm at the beach. Although the official prize awarding is not until Saturday or Sunday, today’s game results already decided the overall Tour winners:
Men:
Kevin Langeree (Naish, NED) - World Champion
Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED) - 2nd overall
Aaron Hadlow (Flexifoil, UK) – 3rd overall
Women:
Bruna Kajiya – (Flexifoil, BRA) - World Champion
Joanna Litwin – (Nobile, POL) - 2nd overall
Karolina Winkowska – 3rd overall
Highlights
Highlighting today’s events, A renewed Marc Jacobs (Airush, New Zealand) came out firing in Heat #22a, riding super powered moves knocking out Thomas Paris (North, FRA). Ironically, Jacobs lost to Sebastien Garat (RRD, FRA) in the 26th heat ending his bid for any podium spot this year while Garat lost to Aussie Andy Yates (Slingshot) in the 28th heat via a narrow win.
Local bet Tom Hebert defeated Mario Rodwald (North, GER) in the 28th heat also after a tight game but Hebert’s win would only proved futile after Aussie rider Yates knocked out his hope for a podium spot in the 30th heat. Meanwhile, Cesar Portas (North, ESP) knocked out team mate
Reno Romeu (North, BRA) in a game of switch tricks in the 29th heat.
Reigning 2008 world champion Aaron Hadlow (Flexifoil, UK) defeated Dmclaux in the 29th heat, then Portas in the 30th heat to start his climb up the ladder. The UK champ then overpowered Yates in the 31st heat to keep his title bid alive and then adding Alberto Rondina (Cabrinha, ITA) to the list of would-be hopefuls. It took an ever-determined Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED) to stop the charging Hadlow in the 33rd heat. Zoon won the heat with more powerful tricks and height advantage, landing a regular and switch slim, front mobe, front mobe to blind, shifty 3, mobe 5, hasselhof, an s-bend to blind and a double s-bend.
Zoon however, would succumb to the riding powers of title contender Kevin Langeree (Naish, NED) in the second to the last heat of the day. Zoon landed a regular and switch slim, mobe, 313, front mobe, blind judge with air pass, grab kgb, hasselhof, front mobe to blind, and a double s-bend. Langeree went all the way with a regular and switch kgb, grab 313, mobe, grab mobe, mobe to wrap, double back mobe, blind judge with air pass, grab s-bend, grab kgb, double s-bend and a blind judge. It was a close heat but the judges ruled a 3-0 decision in favor of Langeree for variety and tech grab moves.
In the men’s final round, Alex Pastor (Naish, ESP) landed a regular and switch slim/kgb, mobe, front mobe to blind, kgb to blind, and hasselhof but Langeree landed a grab 313, regular and switch front mobe/kgb, double s-bend, front mobe to blind,, grab s-bend, and a blind judge with air pass. Langeree took the first round with more technical moves (grabbed) moves.
In the second men’s final, Langeree landed a mobe to wrapped, kgb, grab back to blind air pass, front mobe to blind and a kgb but crashed a double back mobe, kgb to blind, a front mobe 5 attempt and a blind judge 5.
In the women’s 18th heat event, Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP) was well and truly beaten in the heat with Karolina Winkowska landing some powerful moves. In a show of support and true sportsmanship, Gisela’s dad was already packing up her gear before the heat was even finished while the Spanish rider had to be rescued and brought back to the beach.
Congratulations to the new PKRA World Champions!
Update 25/11
Alex Pastor upsets Kevin Langeree; Youri Zoon settles for third in the Freestyle Singles
As exciting as the new PKRA World Tour 2009 Tour Stop, New Caledonia is proving to be the highlight of the 2009 Season. With the top three PKRA riders battling it out for this year’s world championship title, the South Pacific proving grounds heats up with excitement. Two of the top three made it to the final rounds, with Aaron Hadlow (Flexifoil, UK) dropping to 5th place in the Freestyle Singles.
The most exciting opening day of this year’s World Tour started off under a moderate temperature, peaking at 23 degrees Celsius. The 18-knot average wind speed provided the fuel, kicking-off the day’s event to the excitement of the massive crowd on the beach.
The mandatory riders meeting started at 9:00 am at the beach with a lot of local riders making up the 46 professional athletes that registered for the event. The first round saw most of the local riders taking on each other for a chance at going into the second round against the top seeded players.
Heat #3b was won by local kiteboarding hearo Tom Hebert defeating fellow New Caledonian Kevin Vassilev (Takoon) with more variety and power. Mario Rodwald (North, GER) also made it into the second round with a solid win over another local rider Benjamin Rancher (Airush) in Heat #5b despite injuring his ankle.
New Zealand rider Torrin Bright (Ozone) was knocked out in Heat #8b by countryman Marc Jacobs (Airush). Jacobs outperformed Bright with more power moves.
Andy Yates (Slingshot, AUS) opened up the second round with a fairly clinical display against another New Caledonian Michael Dmclaux (Takoon), eliminating another local bet. In the same heat, world title contender Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED) moves into the third round without a hitch against Sebastien Tacheav (Takoon, NewCal) as does Kevin Langeree (Naish, NED) in Heat #10b against local rider Sebastien Nguyen.
Hebert kept the local dream of capturing the New Cal title by winning Heat #10a against Tour veteran Cesar Portas (North, ESP) with a strong performance on his home turf. In the following heat, Alex Pastor (Naish, ESP) performed extremely well, landing super-powered moves plus a lot of switch, taking out Mario Rodwald (North, GER).
Up in the 12th heat, Italian stallion Alberto Rondina (Cabrinha, ITA) put up a good show, defeating French rider Sebastien Garat (RRD) with a lot of switch variation and technical moves for a 3-0 unanimous decision.
As the heats drew closer and closer to the finals, the excitement grew bigger and bigger as current World Title holder Aaron Hadlow (Flexifoil, GBR) defeated Jacobs in Heat #12b. Zoon inched his way one step closer to the finals with a win over Yates and was the first title hopeful to enter the semi-finals. Langeree also cemented his bid for the top slot by knocking out local bet Hebert in heat #13b, thereby getting a chance to go against title rival Zoon for the finals and an advantage in the Doubles Elimination round.
On what was to become the upset of the year, Rondina knocked out Hadlow in Heat #14b with a 2-1 decision. Textbook smooth switch riding with a lot of variation and decent power was enough to beat Hadlow’s own switch and technical repertoire.
The most exciting heat of the day came in Heat 15a – the money heat, between Zoon and Langeree. The Dutch rider took the big win, taking the distinct advantage in the Doubles with less heats to ride. However, in the history of the PKRA, there have been several riders who came back from the depths of the ranking through a double, but with Zoon and Langeree out on a mission to de-throne Hadlow, it’ll prove to be a tough job to accomplish. The second semi-final event belonged to Pastor, defeating Rondina with a lot of powerful moves.
In an unprecedented turn of event, Pastor emerged on top of the podium, defeating Langeree in the final heat, albeit the judges were not surprised at all. Langeree missed the ultimate chance to solidify his title chances but nevertheless had the advantage among the three title contenders. His 313, double back mobe, mobe to wrapped, regular and switch back to blind air pass, blind judge with aerial handle pass, kgb, front mobe, double s-bend to blind, blind judge 5 and s-bend proved futile against what Pastor unleashed in the game. Zoon however, made up for his defeat against Langere by landing 3rd overall in the Singles.
In the women’s heat, Karolina Winkowska (Naish, POL) automatically took the 3rd spot after Asia Litwin (Nobile, POL) dropped out of the game because of an injury. Bruna Kajiya (Flexifoil, BRA) solidified her top title bid, overpowering Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP) in the final heat. Pulido settled for 2nd place but is bent on winning in the Doubles Elimination.
Singles Freestyle Result:
Men:
1. Alex Pastor (Naish, ESP)
2. Kevin Langeree (Naish, NED)
3. Youri Zoon (Slingshot, NED)
Women:
1. Bruna Kajiya (Flexifoil, BRA)
2. Gisela Pulido (Airush, ESP)
3. Karolina Winkowska (Naish, POL)
The Single Elimination finished around 4:00 pm. There was a short 30-minute break for the awarding ceremony on the beach before PKRA event director Olaf Van Tol proceeded to start the women’s double elimination rounds. The day wrapped up at 5:30 pm. Tomorrow’s schedule will have the long distance race first thing in the morning, where the athletes will compete in a 20-km race on a downwind reach to the event site.
The Freestyle riders meeting will commence at exactly 12:30 pm local time.
For a detailed analysis of the New Caledonian Tour stop, register or logon to http://www.extremeelements.tv for live results, photos, videos and commentaries or visit http://www.prokitetour.com for tour schedule, rider profiles and world rankings.
Update 24/11
Three PKRA Riders in Contention for the 2009 PKRA World Cup Title
The last leg of the 2009 Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA)
World Tour happening from November 25 to 29, 2009 is the most anticipated
event in kiteboarding this year. The final Tour stop will be held at the
beautiful South Pacific Island of New Caledonia, which will host the first
ever PKRA competition. Dubbed the “Teri Kite Pro 2009,†said event will
be held at Pointe Magnin, Nouméa – home to the world’s largest enclosed
lagoon with remarkable, crystal clear, and perfectly flat water.
Not only will the new location add to the excitement of both local and
international kiteboarding fans, but this year’s PKRA World Title for the
Freestyle event is still up for grabs and is being contested by three of the
most prolific and extreme kiteboard riders in the world.
British champion and current PKRA World Title holder Aaron Hadlow
(Flexifoil) remains on top of the overall ranking with 2,540 points and is
enthusiastic more than ever to win his sixth straight world title. Hadlow
won the men’s Freestyle events in France and Fuerteventura but came in
third place in Germany after loosing to two Dutch riders, Youri Zoon
(Slingshot) and Kevin Langeree (Naish) in the finals.
Langeree won the German Tour stop and trails Hadlow in the world rankings
with 2,454 points overall. The Dutch champion is focused more than ever in
winning his first ever World Title. Both Langeree or Zoon needs to win the
New Caledonia event in order to capture the PKRA World Title. There are no
other options.
The mixture of high intensity kiteboarding action, the eagerness of the
three riders to capture the World Title and the excitement of the new Tour
stop will surely make kiteboarding history as only the Professional
Kiteboard Riders Association can delivery.
Be part of the action and logon to www.prokitetour.com for the latest news and
updates or tune-in to www.extremeelements.tv for live results.
Current PKRA World Rankings (Top 3)
1 Aaron Hadlow, United Kingdom – 2,540 pts.
2 Kevin Langeree, Netherlands – 2,454 pts.
3 Youri Zoon, Netherlands – 2,363 pts.
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