Here’s a quick wrap from ‘that day’ at the most extreme event kiteboarding has yet seen. Kite Show team were behind the scenes for the King of The Air, featuring interviews with Aaron Hadlow, Jesse Richman, Kevin Langeree and Le…
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King of The Air 2016
Contrasts of King of the Air
The visual story of Red Bull King of the Air 2016 in black and white. Bright, multi-coloured kites, boards and gear. Colour-coded lycra competitor’s vests. Matching flags. 13 000 spectators in summer uniform. A day at Red Bull King of the Air is a dazzling affair of many flashy hues. Photographer Tyrone Bradley took a step back and documented it in monochrome. Launch Capetonian Oswald Smith – who was recently crowned SA freestyle champ – throws some style as he launches into his Round Three heat, mid afternoon on Sunday 7 February 2016. No matter what, you can count on Ozzy to throw some style. The gear took a beating Ozzy would eventually crash out of the comp in Round Three – going down awkwardly and breaking his binding. Disappointed. You could say that… Got your back Ozzy’s ‘pit crew’ scramble to replace the binding on his board to try get him back in the mix. All focus Sam Light (UK) studies the conditions ahead of his Round Two heat. Half of the elimination Round Two was completed on the Wednesday prior, with the remaining two heats taking place on Sunday. Sam – an early favourite – was upset in …
What can’t Aaron Hadlow do?
2015 champ pulls off his signature Megaloop KGB on day one of Red Bull King of the Air. Day One of Red Bull King of the Air fortunately came in the first week of the waiting period and the 5000+ spectators on Big Bay beach, Cape Town were not dissapointed. 2015 champion Aaron Hadlow came out with his ‘go big or go home’ attitude once again and pulled off this epic Megaloop KGB. Aarons talks us through his signature move: ‘Last year I did a move that helped me to win the title but I have not attempted it since. The risk is high and it is something I am reluctant to practice for the risk of injury. During the first round I was not sure I would attempt it but I was lifted by the crowd and the energy of the heat. In the end I wanted to get the trick out the way so I knew I could be confident to attempt it further down the line.‘ ‘It is always nice to lay down the benchmark in the earlier round but in all honesty it’s probably not the best strategy although in the moment it felt great and …
Who is the best big-air kiter in the world?
Classic Cape conditions as Rounds One & Two of Red Bull King of the Air go down at Big Bay. The Cape Doctor (Southeasterly wind) draped the ‘table cloth’ over the iconic Table Mountain fashionably late on Wednesday 3 February. When it did show up though (at around 16:30 local time) the world’s best big-air kiters launched their kites and hit the 3-4 foot (1 – 1,5m) ramps (waves) of Big Bay and gave the faithful crowd everything they had been waiting for from early on in the day. It was all systems go for Red Bull King of the Air 2016! Recently-crowned South African freestyle champ Ozzy Smith started with a bang but lost out to big wind specialist Lasse Walker. Both would advance to round three through, with the third and fourth-placed riders being religated to the elimination Round Two. Riding in the opening heat of any event is always a challenge and they showed that it was going to be the riders who could best adapt to the conditions – ‘lighter’ winds – and produce variety were going to come out on top. Tom Herbert provided some of the biggest highlights of the day. He won his …
