Snowkite d’avril au dessus du Col de la Croix de Fer, et en dessous du Glacier de Saint Sorlin, le 13 avril 2017
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Out of seven editions of Red Bull Ragnarok, 2017 really turned out to be a battle to remember. Contestants had to complete five laps in five hours, meaning the total distance was 130 kilometers – the longest course in the history of the event. Luckily the weather gods kept that in mind for the day, providing what the veterans describes as the best wind conditions ever, reaching almost 44 knots.
This was a pretty gnarly video. It’s amazing what the guys can accomplish with a few days of good waves. A couple of noteworthy moments are the kick flip attempts montage; that was the beginning of a challenge to land one re-entry, blair’s backside 3’s re-entry were some of the first that he had landed and Rothe’s bigspin starting at 1:01: he started that wave by dropping switch and doing a switch bigspin on the sand and carrying the speed for that one. Regrettably I missed the first part of the ride and I still remember it 5 years later as one of the sickest combos I’ve seen.
So this year Solaire and Blue Palawan hosted the 1st stop of the rapidly growing Kite Park League world tour. Palawan has so many great locations for Kiteboarding, but none are quite as good for wake style and park riding as the water in-front of the Blue Palawan beach resort. With the full HDPE private kite park, it was the perfect spot to kick off the 2017 KPL season.
Riders from all over the world, more than 13 different countries, joined us on the beautiful island of Palawan. There was wind every day and we got the 2017 Kite Park League under way.
In this video you can see how the event ran and some back ground on the heats, tricks and riders that attended.