On the second day of the main event only a few heats were completed at Playa de Vargas, in Gran Canaria. GKA Report: Friday 14th June Report: Matt Pearce / All photos: Svetlana Romantsova Yesterday the riders made it close to the semi-final rounds here at the GKA Gran Canaria after a full day of heats and now, on day two of the main event, they’re ready to get back into the action. The wind’s been keeping them waiting this morning, building up to 14-16 knots at points, but it’s not been consistent enough to get the heats rolling. Now the wind’s filling in though and the riders are on standby waiting for green light. First heat to run will be heat 15 – men’s round three. After men’s round three’s complete, the women will be up for round two. Check the heat order below. Conditions update 17:50: Riders out warming up on 12-13 metre kites Heats about to start HEATS BEGIN HEAT 15 J. Del Rosario / L. Cruz / L. Whaley / P. Martinez Luis Alberto Cruz leads from early on with a 317 for his first trick that earns him 7.3 points. The lightest rider in the …
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14. Juni 2019
GKA Gran Canaria 2019 – Day One
GKA Gran Canaria 2019 got underway at Playa de Vargas. Find out all about the completed heats. GKA Report: GKA Gran Canaria begins EVENT BEGINS TODAY – 11:30 FIRST POSSIBLE START – UPDATES BELOW Thursday 13th June Report: Matt Pearce / All photos: Svetlana Romantsova The action gets underway this morning here at Playa de Vargas and we’re counting down to a first possible start as the wind builds. At this morning’s riders briefing the heat order was confirmed with the men on the water first in three and four man heats followed by the women who’ll be competing with two to three riders per heat. Riders will be judged purely on freestyle this morning, with the chance to do seven tricks per heat and the top four high scoring tricks counting towards their heat score. We’ll be updating you round by round once the heats kick off. MEN’S HEAT ORDER HEAT 1 J. Rodriguez R. Guillano G. Coccoluto HEAT 2 J. Burlando A. Rosslee V. Rodriguez HEAT 3 A. Guillebert N. Delmas A. Corniel HEAT 4 L. Casati J. Ouahmid M. Chabloz HEAT 5 L. Cruz J. Krikken L. Whaley HEAT 6 K. Mahmoud P. Martinez S. Teixeira HEAT …
