The world famous Cabarete World Cup in the Dominican Republic, the Kitesurfing Caribbean capital, returns in 2010 to the PKRA World Tour. This year as a 5 stars, IKA base factor 7 event. The event will be at Bozo beach from June 17 – 20, with registration on June 16th.
The top riders in the world, including 2009 World Champion Kevin Langeree (Naish, NED) and 2010 World Tour leader Andy Yates (Slingshot, AUD) will battle the extremely talented Dominican riders. Cabarete, due to its amazingly good kiteboarding weather condition, has a very high concentration of talented freestyle local riders, and has produced many kiteboarding stars, like Ariel Corniel, Alex Soto, and Manuel Rondon to name a few … Details
Tommy Fields and Damien Leroy were crowned winners of the Freestyle and Racing competitions of the 2010 Miami Kite Masters, held at Crandon Park, in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida.
The event gathered top world kiteboarders like Melissa Gil, Kent Marinkovic, Brandon Bowe, Matt Collins and many more.
In the Women’s division, Stacey Fonas and Melissa Gil took the Freestyle and Racing victories … Details
Kiteboarder Steve Hyma was rescued by surfer Dan Wright in Lake Michigan.
The 23-year-old Hyma was caught close to the rocks south of Bradford Beach, after a wave knocked his kiteboard.
The fellow surfer was … Details
Aaron Hadlow, five-time freestyle kiteboarding world champion, decided not to compete in the 2010 PKRA World Tour and is planning a kitesurfing videogame for the near future.
“I do hope to have a kitesurfing game one day, this will really grow the sport and get it out there, anyone can play the game and when they see how cool it can be for sure they will give it a go in real life”, revealed the kiteboarding champion … Details