Action from Wednesday’s single elimination contest at the GKA Kite-Surf World Tour Dakhla! Get the full report here: https://www.global-kitesports.org/news/kite-surf-world-tour-dakhla-day-two-single-eliminations/ Edit by Mintautas Grigas / Westpoint Hotel Source: GKA KITE WORLD TOUR
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GKA Kite-Surf World Tour Dakhla
The combination wave and strapless freestyle contest at the main event became a shred fest in Dakhla, Morocco yesterday at round two of the GKA Kite-Surf World Tour. The quarter finals are set to bring more fire this afternoon. The event runs from 18th – 23rd July. Hosted at: Westpoint Hotel Dakhla: http://westpointdakhla.ma/ Subscribe to…
Dakhla Day 1
Welcome to Dakhla, and a new combination wave and freestyle format that will push riding development at the GKA Kite-Surf World Tour round two in Morocco this week! Get the scoop on the contest and hear from Paulino Pereira while we await the start of the trials on Wednesday 19th July… The event runs from…
Trials Action in Dakhla
Action from Wednesday’s trials in Dakhla for round two of the GKA Kite-Surf World Tour. The trials format was pure wave and competition was tight for the eight remaining places in the main event, which starts Thursday, with a forecast for more wind and waves. Should be epic! The event runs from 18th – 23rd…
Best Trick Competition
The perfect finale to an epic week – a bonus Best Trick competition at the GKA Kite-Surf World Tour in Dakhla! The main event, combining waves and strapless freestyle ran earlier in the week and was won by Mitu Monteiro from Cape Verde. Watch that action video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5fX20Du_wY The event ran from 18th -…
The Qualifiers Kick-Off On Day Two In Dakhla
A steady wind and a growing swell greeted the GKA crew at Foum La Bouir on Wednesday morning as the riders met in the Dakhla Westpoint sports centre to be briefed by Race Director Juan Antonio Aragon. With eight places still available in the main event, the plan for Wednesday was to complete all of the qualifying heats with a single elimination round, followed by a double elimination in which the 16 riders yet to qualify would compete in four and then two man heats. Rather than split the judging criteria between strapless freestyle and waveriding, the decision was made to keep today’s heats 100% wave-focused and the first riders were on the water at 11.30 am. James Carew Australian James Carew, who competed here in Dakhla last year, attacked the shore break with his customary muscular riding style while Brazilian riders Filippe Ferreira and Sebastian Ribeiro looked perfectly at home in the side-shore beach break conditions, both of them stylishly executing wave-360s and driving their fins free of the lip at every opportunity. Theo Demanez, from St Martin in the Caribbean, also impressed riding with the poise and precision of someone well beyond his years (he’s only 17)! Sebastian …