The first day of competition in Akyaka was a huge success, with Round 1 for both the men and women completed. Akyaka is well know for its summer trade winds, which kicked into action at midday for the first day of Elite Freestyle Competition. The day commenced with Men’s Round 1, as the wind speed reached 13 to 16 knots average. This was a challenge for the riders in Heat 1 who generally perform better with stronger wind conditions. Youri Zoon, former World Champion from the Netherlands put on a strong performance despite the light wind, and landed all 7 of his trick attempts, placing him in 1st place and opening the door directly to Round 3. Val Garat from France rode confidently on his new Duotone equipment and landed a nice Slim 7 on his last trick attempt, placing him in 2nd. Joselito del Rosario from the Dominican Republic landed an impressive BS315, but 3 crashed trick attempts placed him 3rd. Alex Pastor, Former World Champion, was dominating from the get-go, clearly eager to be back at freestyle competition. He landed each of his 7 trick attempts with good scores and cleared his way to Round 3. Young French …
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WKC Akyaka – Registration Day
Registration for the first World Kiteboarding Championship of the year took place today in Akyaka, Turkey, a location well know for its reliable summer winds and optimal freestyle conditions. This Elite League event saw 24 males and 11 females, of 15 different nationalities register for this first freestyle World Cup event of the season. This is the second consecutive year that Akyaka Kite Beach hosts the World Cup, and spectators and athletes are all looking forward to five days of outstanding freestyle action. The top kiteboard athletes in the World are all present, including our current World Champion, Carlos Mario, runner up Set Teixeira, as well as former World Champions Youri Zoon and Alex Pastor. The Men’s Elite division will also see some new faces such as Valentin Rodriguez from Colombia and Louka Pitot from France. Liam Whaley is unfortunately injured so will be missing this first event of the season. The female event will also see some new faces, such as the up and coming Brazilian talent Mikaili Sol, who at just 13 years of age is anxious to show what she can do up against the Elite mix. Claudia Leon from Spain is another new young face ready …
Battle For The Lake 2018 – Trailer
Kite Clash 2018
2018 Patagonia Hood Jam finals show
The World Kiteboarding League is ready to hit Akyaka
The World Kiteboarding Championships is returning this September. The 2018 Tour will kick-off in Akyaka, Turkey, on the 5th to 9th of September. WKC Media The picturesque town of Akyaka, Turkey, will welcome the World Kiteboarding Championships for the second consecutive year, on the 5th to 9th of September 2018. Akyaka makes an ideal choice for the start of the WKC 2018 season, offering warm, clear waters and reliable thermal winds at this time of year. The season will kick off with this ELITE World Kiteboarding Championship event, seeing the top 24 men and 12 women in the World come up against each other in these optimal flat-water, freestyle conditions. All of the biggest names will be present, such as our current World Champion Carlos Mario from Brazil, as well as fellow Brazilian Set Teixeira, former World Champion Alex Pastor from Spain, or Austrian Champion Stefan Spiessberger…all of whom are focused on succeeding this season! Current number 2 Liam Whaley will sadly miss the first event of the season due to an injury which he recently sustained, we will hopefully see him recovered in time for Dakhla for our second tour stop. For the Women, current Queen of Freestyle Bruna …
2018 Patagonia Hood Jam – Final Results
Brandon Scheid and Karolina Winkowska are the big winners of the 2018 Hood Jam! Check here the final results of this year’s event. Press Release and Final Results: It would be an understatement to say this years Hood Jam event scored epic Kiteboarding conditions. Ian Daly (local rider and judge for the event) said it best, “These are the best conditions I’ve ever seen for an event here”. With great conditions came excellent riding, the level was the highest and tightest in KPL history. NBDs (Never Been Done Tricks) were thrown in both the Mens and Womens competition, whilst the top three Men were separated by a mere point. Guessing the order of the top five in the Mens competition was a hard task but it was clear that Brandon Scheid, Ewan Jaspan and Sam Light all had the overall consistency across features to take a podium spot. Ultimately though it was the hometown hero Scheid who ranked first on four of six features and took out the top spot, Scheid closely followed 0.03 points behind by Jaspan then Light. Scheids local knowledge and ability in the Slider Project park is second to none and it’s no surprise to many …
