The first Four Rounds of the extreme big-air kiting contest were completed in epic conditions at Cape Town’s Kite Beach on Thursday 31 January. The ‘Cape Doctor’ Southeasterly combined with a south-west swell offered ideal conditions for the world’s 18 best big air kiteboarders to take to the skies. “We were lucky because we had a very big consistent patch of wind across the entire Peninsula,” commented Sportive Director Sergio Cantagalli after the day. The ‘Cape Doctor’ was in the house © CRAIG KOLESKY / RED BULL CONTENT POOL “It wasn’t too gusty and the wind was out of an south-south-easterly direction which was perfect,” he added. “We managed to get the best out of the day and then when the wind started to drop we made the call to come back on the next good day in the waiting period,” he explained. Don’t let your flag fall © CRAIG KOLESKY / RED BULL CONTENT POOL The judges based their scores on 70% Height and 30% Extremity. Riders needed to go as hard and high as possible – in short, pull controlled, extreme technically moves, at height. The Cape Town faithful came out © CRAIG KOLESKY / RED BULL CONTENT …

The first Four Rounds of the extreme big-air kiting contest were completed in epic conditions at Cape Town’s Kite Beach on Thursday 31 January. The ‘Cape Doctor’ Southeasterly combined with a south-west swell offered ideal conditions for the world’s 18 best big air kiteboarders to take to the skies. “We were lucky because we had a very big consistent patch of wind across the entire Peninsula,” commented Sportive Director Sergio Cantagalli after the day. The ‘Cape Doctor’ was in the house © CRAIG KOLESKY / RED BULL CONTENT POOL “It wasn’t too gusty and the wind was out of an south-south-easterly direction which was perfect,” he added. “We managed to get the best out of the day and then when the wind started to drop we made the call to come back on the next good day in the waiting period,” he explained. Don’t let your flag fall © CRAIG KOLESKY / RED BULL CONTENT POOL The judges based their scores on 70% Height and 30% Extremity. Riders needed to go as hard and high as possible – in short, pull controlled, extreme technically moves, at height. The Cape Town faithful came out © CRAIG KOLESKY / RED BULL CONTENT …