Whyte’s brilliance The women’s side came down to the two semi-finals. In one, Moona Whyte came up against Zoe Bazile (FRA). The French woman had no answer to the brilliance of Whyte, whose hacks in the critical section of the waves were almost flawless. Her 9.50 wave and 18.43 heat total were easily the biggest…
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Quest for titles set to intensify in desert break
Back on top One man is sadly missing from the line-up, reigning Kite-Surf world champion, James Carew (AUS). He has been out since breaking his leg at the Qatar Airways GKA Big Air Kite World Championships in Tarifa, Spain, in June. On the women’s side, France’s Capucine Delannoy, the current Qatar Airways GKA Kite-Surf World…
JP Freestyle 2011
The JP-Australia Freestyle Team on Maui for the annual JP photo shoot. The Freestyle team Andy Bubble Chambers K540, Yegor Popretinskiy RUS11, Olya Raskina RUS14, Ian Mouro Lemos BRA85 and Antxon Otaegui E169 explain the new JP Freestyle boards. They all show the board’s characteristics on the water. Source: JP-Australia __ International
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.”…
Winners crowned after epic Big Air clashes
After-burners It was then that Principi put on the after-burners and racked up three nine-plus scores, including a 9.13 for a double kite loop back roll board off and 9.10 for an S-loop board off. Jacobs netted an incredible 25.10 for his heat, but was trumped by Principi’s 27.33 that took him to the…
GKA Big Air world champions revel in success
Storms to final Unfortunately, the Surfboard competition was missing the reigning world champion and one of the biggest names in the business. After the opening round, Italy’s Airton Cozzolino had returned to his Cape Verde home spot and aggravated an old rib injury, ruling him out of the title fight. The men’s Big Air Twin-Tip…
Intense Big Air Twin-Tip world title battles in Tarifa
Pole position But it was the old rivals Principi and Whaley who really showed their intent. In his heat Whaley scored 21.66, including a 7.60 and a 7.53 for smoothly executed kite loop board offs, back rolls and front rolls. Pincipi defeated Whaley in the final of the Big Air Twin-Tip world championships last year…
Tag 8, Bilder des Tages
Punkt 10 Uhr öffneten sich zum vorletzten mal die Tore zur Weltgrößten Wassersportmesse. Deutlich mehr Besucher nutzten die Gelegenheit um einen Blick auf das Messetreiben und die auflaufenden Größen der Windsurf- und Kitesurf-Szene zu werfen. Daniel Bruch, Windsurfprofi und Teamfahrer von Starboard/Severne oder Sabrina Lutz, Deutsche-Meisterin im Kitesurfen Team-North sind nur einige der Bühnenbesucher die […]