Opening skirmishes The man who can do it on the water and in the mountains, Maxime Chabloz (SUI), will be looking to build on his second-place finish from last year’s Taiba event. Chabloz put in a good shift to reach the quarter-final, along with Brazil’s Davi Ribeiro, another of the first day’s standouts. In the…
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Fight for titles shifts gear as Brazil stop opens
Opening skirmishes The man who can do it on the water and in the mountains, Maxime Chabloz (SUI), will be looking to build on his second-place finish from last year’s Taiba event. Chabloz put in a good shift to reach the quarter-final, along with Brazil’s Davi Ribeiro, another of the first day’s standouts. In the…
Event Champions are Crowned!
Women’s Semi-Final Heats After two days of rest, the women were feeling good going into the semi-final and final heats. We kicked off with women’s heat one featuring: Therese Taabbel (DEN) vs. Claudia Leon (ESP) vs. Bruna Kajiya (BRA) and Alexandra Torres (ESP). The women were on 11-meter kites and the wind delivered a perfect,…
Day Three Action and the Heat Continues!
In the final heat of the day, pure energy and power were on display with Carlos Mario (BRA) facing off against Giamaria Cococoluto (ITA), newcomer Jack Rieder (CAN) and local favorite Juan Rodriquez (COL). Mario delivered insane combos with a tootsie roll into a double Hinterberger 5. As well as a beautiful Crowmobe 5. Juan…
Opening Day at the GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup Colombia
THE COMPETITION 35 riders (27 men and eight women) from 11 countries registered for the second stop on the Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour. Following the opening ceremony, competitors attended a riders briefing that updated the format changes for the 2023 season. We started off with the first heats of the women. Eight athletes…
‘Moments’ Gallery – GKA Freestyle World Cup Colombia
Colombia kicked off our 2022 Freestyle season with a bang! Non-stop wind and a colorful Colombian atmosphere made beautiful photographs. Click here to view the highlight gallery from the premiere South American stop of the season
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Rosa and Martinez win 2016 Freestyle World Championship titles in nailbiting finale
It was a typical start for the second-to-last day of the event, blue skies once again covered the Sardinian coast with a slightly lighter strength breeze than the previous two days. The wind was still very contestable however with most riders using between eleven to fourteen square meter kites. As the finals had all been run the previous day, today was used to complete the heats for the lower placed rankings. The big question for the day of course being whether Martinez could win two heats and come back for a 5thplace finish and secure himself the world title! In his first heat Martinez faced fellow Dominican rider Del Rosario, the heat was a strange one with Del Rosario performing almost all of his tricks outside of the box, both riders on the beach and judges were wondering whether this had in fact been scripted from the start? Del Rosario had a cheeky looking smile on his face which makes us think it likely that it was. Martinez progressed from this first heat to go up against the local Italian rider Contini. This final heat kept everyone on the edge of their seats as it looked like the pressure had …
Martinez and Magaji claim Porto Pollo Big Air titles, while Bridge and Rosa win the Freestyle competition
Day four once again saw sunny skies and twenty knot winds to grace the competition area here in beautiful Porto Pollo. It was a big day with all the finals completed and some unlikely upsets in the Mens disciplines. The Womens Big Air had no real surprises, with tour leader Magaji once again showing her ability to boost big and pull off tricks that not many other Women can do. Magaji strolled through to a deserved first place finish with some high jumps and smooth rotations wowing the judges and crowd. The Womens Freestyle was also no real surprise with round one Brazilian favorite Rosa showing her dominance against the Big Air champion Magaji. Rosa showed the crowd and judges a graceful display of tricks, including; S-bend to Blind, 313, Backside 313 and Back to Blind, proving she’s deserved of the title. It’s great to see Womens Freestyle progressing over the last few years and we can be sure that Brazil will continue to deliver world class riders. The Mens Big Air was intense. Judges had a hard time splitting the difference with what has been dubbed the closest heat of the year. Hoppe, Martinez, Crathern and Burgers all put …