Brazilian dominance early on After eagerly waiting to enter the water yesterday, the likes of Guilherme Costa (BRA) and Carlos Mario (BRA) both hit home runs opening their accounts strongly in Round 3. The Brazilian boys displayed style with ease, giving the home crowd plenty of cheers from the lagoon side barracers. Local home knowledge…
Dunkerque
Title race set to hot up in Brazilian lagoon
Title hopes dented Just a few points separate him from the reigning Qatar Airways GKA Freestyle-Kite World Champion, Gianmaria Coccoluto. At 30, Coccoluto is the oldest man on the tour, but he dreams of retaining the title he won in the lagoons of Brazil last year. The Mauritius-based Frenchman, Louka Pitot, sits third in the…
Kite tour heads to Brazil for title decider
Back on track Four-times Freestyle world champion, Mario, who will be competing at his home spot on Cauipe Lagoon, tops the world rankings after three rounds and is hungry for another title. At the last stop in Dunkerque, France, he finished equal first after the conditions meant the final could not be completed. Coccoluto also…
Men’s Finals
The penultimate day of the contest on the North Sea at Dunkerque began with only the men’s semi-finals and final left to complete. The women’s champion, Bruna Kajiya from Brazil, had already been crowned on the competition’s second day. For the men, the wind had been consistently light and incontestable on the third day. However,…
Winners crowned after tricky contest in France
“Everything’s possible” “I feel super-good,” said Guillebert. “I’m happy to perform here in France, because I’m French. We missed a bit of wind at the end to finish the final. But I was happy with my riding as I didn’t train a lot before this competition. So, I got to the final without much training.”…
Day 2
Day two of the GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup in Dunkerque, where the Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour is making its first appearance, dawned with a building north-easterly breeze that provided the 24 men and 10 women from 11 nations with the first opportunity to battle it out in the North Sea kickers. After patiently…
Day 4 Livestream
Athletes amped to throw down in competition in France as tour hits mid-point after five-month break GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup Dunkerque, France 2023. Place du Centenaire, 16—20 August. The leaders in the freestyle discipline of the Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour are set to continue their quest for title glory when the world…