PKRA - Playa del Carmen (Race/Kite Masters) / 19 april - 22 april 2012
Following its raving success in 2011 Mexico is back on the 2012 PKRA Racing Calendar with the MINI Kiteboard World Tour.
The best-seeded racers in the world will have a chance to compete in Riviera Maya, Mexico’s warm turquoise waters in what will be the first Racing event of the season.
This is an epic Kiteboarding destination famous for its consistent winter winds, sunny days and endless parties.
Plus this year, celebrating the now world renowned 2012 Mayan Calendar fenomenon, a Long Distance Race will be held in Tulum, where we will be shooting and filming to showcase the Mayan culture to fans world wide.
As an added attraction we will hold a Freestyle Pro Competition in which with Top Ranked PKRA riders will be invited to compete.
As last year the Freestyle Pro Competition holds a $10,000 USD Prize Purse.
2 Top ranked PKRA riders will be invited, all expenses paid.
3 wildcards will be awarded by the organizer to outstanding Mexican riders.
7 spots left will be granted to the top 7 riders from the trials.
The Freestyle Pro will be judged using the kitemasters format which takes into consideration both old school and new school tricks, rewarding the rider that can perform both tricks in the most outstanding style and fashion. Basic new school and old school tricks will be expected but not requited. The Freestyle Pro will be run in a Round Robin elimination format described below with 12 participating male riders:
The round robin freestyle elimination format means the 12 riders will be divided into two groups of 6 riders. The 6 riders in each group will compete in men to men heats 5 times. Each heat will be against a different rider of the group. Two judges will be scoring the heats, each giving a winner or a looser. Therefore each rider will get 2 points for winning each heat (both judges giving it to the winner), 1 point for tying (each judge giving the heat to different riders), and 0 points for loosing.
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