Wakestyle now, is a term thrown around pretty loosely these days in kiteboarding, which is unusual because as recently as two years ago, it was a term that essentially only referred to about %1 of the kiteboarding population. However with the recent emergence of bindings on the world tour, you see more and more people throwing that word around. It seems now as if almost all the top pros fall into the same category, what follows can be considered the distinction… In Patrick Wieland’s new short film “Distinction” produced by Mauicio Abreu, riders Alex Fox and Sam Light establish the standard and return the word “wakestyle” to its original roots.
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RIDECairns takes you on a high speed run with World-Cup DH legend and Cairns local Mick Hannah down the newly re-built DH course for the upcoming 2014 Cairns UCI World-Cup in April. The course is truly unique where it also hosted the first world-cup round in the southern hemisphere back in 1994, then culminating with the infamous 1996 World-Championship Trials.
Set deep in the rainforst clad mountains, only 10 minutes drive form the Cairns International Rainforest. At the start line you are greeted with stunning views out towards the great barrier reef.
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