Dakhla Attitude have built 2 sliders and one high kicker for the new discipline introduced onto the world circuit this year. The race director ran 2 heats and the 2 riders with the highest score progress to the final heat.
The riders tried their best to hit the sliders as fast as possible, with their kites and bars low and rotations after the slide. This is a definite discipline for the spectators and the riders were launching themselves at the sliders and kicker as hard and high as possible! There was not enough time to finish the …Â Details
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The final round of the BKSA Kiteival at Redcar was the last event of the year.
Over 100 competitors registered for the event on the stunning beach in the Tees Valley.
Thursday kicked off with light Westerly winds; however things soon picked up and the Pros hit the water for the Freestyle.
The Wind hit 20 knots and competitors were on 10 metre kites.
The Pro Ladies managed to get all their heats done with tour leader Hannah Whiteley taking the win ahead of Helen Thompson and Nicky Rudd.
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Back in 1972, Tim Colman of Great Britain took an odd looking boat named Crossbow for a record run in Weymouth, England, and ended up sailing at 26.30 knots over 500 meters. This was an unheard of speed at the time, and his announcement sparked the imaginations of boat designers around the world. Though many tried to best Crossbow’s run in the following years, only Colman was capable of this sort of speed, and he continued to raise his own bar for eight years until, in 1980 …Â Details, Pictures & Videos
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We regret to announce that all future KPWT events are not sanctioned anymore by the International Kiteboarding Association and thus do not count for the world rankings.
The KPWT has been in material and persistent breach of the sanctioning agreement between IKA and KPWT, and has failed to remedy this breach after being requested to do so.
Therefore the IKA had to …Â Details
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