PKRA Kitesurf Worldcup 2011 - 19. bis 28. August in SPO

[joe]

Vom 19. bis 28. August 2011 findet der Beetle Kitesurf-Worldcup 2011 in St. Peter Ording statt.





Ein Tourstop der PKRA Kiteboarding World Tour
http://www.prokitetour.com/
http://www.prokitetour.com/event.php?id=113
Preisgeld: 52.000 EUR
Disziplinen: Freestyle, Kursrennen, Air Style Show, Junior Freestyle Division
Status: World Cup, Grand Slam

Erster möglicher Start: Samstag, 20. August, ca. 11:00 Uhr
Rennen finden statt ab ca. 12 Knoten im Durchschnitt

Neben der Action auf dem Wasser gibt es diverse Nebenevents. Hersteller präsentieren sich im Kitelife-Village. Testmöglichkeiten von Top-Material, Beach-Parties und mehr.

Jeden Abend Party bis 01.00 Uhr. Freitag und Samstag bis 03.00 Uhr.

Alle Infos unter
http://www.kitesurfworldcup.de/

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Webcams SPO
http://www.st.peter-ording-nordsee.de/webcams.html
http://www.st.peter-ording-nordsee.d...am-ording1.php

Windvorhersage
http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/skt_peter-ording
www.oase.com/wind/

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Und hier noch die Links auf die letztjährigen Worldcup Threads:
2010: http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=94043
2009: http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=77719
2008: http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=63253
2007: http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=47786
Darüber findet man viele Bilder, Videos, Infos usw. falls man bisschen stöbern möchte ...

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[joe]

Mediensammlung
(Bilder, Videos, ...)

gibt es hier:
http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=111659

Wer Bilder hochladen will, kann es in der Galerie machen:
http://surfgalerie.oase.com/showgallery.php?cat=671

Worldcup Bilder-Channel auf Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitesurfworldcup

Worldcup Video-Channel auf Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/kitesurfworldcup

Kitesurfworldcup auf Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/kitesurfworldcup

Kitesurfworldcup auf MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/kitesurfworldcup

Kitesurfworldcup bei Twitter
http://twitter.com/kiteworldcup

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Tageszusammenfassungen Videoclips:
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[joe]

Verabredungen / Treffpunkte

Zum Verabreden empfiehlt sich als Treffpunkt einen der Hersteller im Kitelife-Village auszumachen. Ausserdem bietet sich das Wassersportcenter X-H20 als Treffpunkt an (unverkennbarer Pfahlbau, entweder unten vor dem Aufgang, oder oben auf der Plattform).



Kitelife-Village

Auf dem Event präsentieren sich zahlreiche Hersteller/Marken und stehen teils mit Testmaterial zur Verfügung. Das Ganze spielt sich hauptsächlich im Kitelife-Village ab.

Dieses Jahr dabei:
Best, Slingshot, Airush, Flysurfer, SU-2, Nobile, Liquid Force, Xcel, Core, Carved, Underground, Takoon, Ion, North


Fürs Testen benötigt ihr Personalausweis oder Führerschein und müsst euch im Kitelife-Zelt eine Testkarte/Ausleihkarte ausstellen lassen!



Programm

Freitag 19.08.11
19.00 Uhr, Offizielle Eröffnungsfeier
20.00 Uhr, Live-Konzert "Luxuslärm"
im Anschluss bis 03.00 Uhr, N-JOY The Party

Samstag 20.08.11
ab 11.00 Uhr erster möglicher Start aller Disziplinen, abhängig von Wind und Wetter
20.00 Uhr, Live-Konzert "Jamaram"
im Anschluss bis 03.00 Uhr, N-JOY The Party

bis Donnerstag, 25.08.11
jeden Abend ab 19.00 Uhr bis 01.00 Uhr N-JOY The Party

Mittwoch 24.08.11
20.00 Uhr, Live-Konzert "Prince Alec"

Freitag, 26.08.11
bis 03.00 Uhr - N-JOY The Party

Samstag, 27.08.11
19.00 bis 03.00 Uhr - N-JOY The Party

Sonntag, 28.08.11
16.00 Uhr, Siegerehrung

[joe]

Bereits existierende Threads rund um den Worldcup:

http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=111618
Windvorhersage SPO Worldcup

http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread.php?t=111576
Testivalstart auf dem worldcup (schon ab Freitag) ?

http://surfforum.oase.com/showthread...051#post904051
Übernachten in SPO während des WorldCups

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[Ulipet]

..... und siehe da.....

Naish ist dieses Jahr nicht dabei!

[joe]

Day 1 in St Peter Ording, Freestyle Trials
Aug-20-2011

The PKRA riders where very impressed by the conditions in St Peter Ording, Germany today. They hope that it will stay this way the entire week as we enjoyed perfect sunshine and strong winds, with conditions starting from 9-12 knots this morning and improving to 16-18 knots toward the middle of the trials. We had very clear skies to start these nine days of competition ,which will be one of the biggest trials ever done on the PKRA. Fifty six riders competed for the fourteen places left in the ladder of the men’s single elimination, and eight girls out of fourteen made it to the next stage.

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http://www.prokitetour.com/news.php?id=237

[joe]

Second day - Light winds for the Course Racers
Aug-21-2011

The forty five male and six female course riders were welcomed to St Peter Ording today by beautiful sunshine and flat water. The first race of the day started in light wind conditions, the competitors raced with kites up to 18 meters and extended lines.

We met with Adam Koch (Ozone, USA) at the end of the first race, he was leading until the last minute when he crashed just before the finish line. As he got to close to the beach his fins grazed through the sand resulting in him falling into the water. He was disappointed with this first race since he was leading the fleet for a good twenty minutes and saw the two French riders Julien Kerneur (FRA, Takoon), current leader of the 2011 PKRA Course Racing World Tour, and Olivier Dansin (FRA, North) passing him before he got back on his board to go through the finish line in the third place.

Current World Champion John Heineken (USA, Ozone) had a bad first race: “It was a tough one; I had bad luck and got a garbage bag caught around my fins… I had a couple of mistakes and crashed a lot, I’d love to start a new race to start all over again”.

Results Race 1:

Men:

1. Julien Kerneur (FRA, Takoon)

2. Olivier Dansin (FRA, North)

3. Adam Koch (USA, Ozone)

Women:

1. Katja Roose (NED, Airush)

2. Steph Bridge (GBR, North)

3. Caroline Adrien (FRA, Cabrinha)

During the second race it was interesting to see the different strategies that the riders adopted for the last tack to make sure that they didn’t make the same mistake Koch did in the shallow water.

On the finish line the five best riders were very close to each other, Julien Kerneur (FRA, Takoon) took the lead by doing ...

http://www.prokitetour.com/news.php?id=241

[joe]

Third day - Course Racing in very light winds
Aug-22-2011

Day three provided very light winds for us here in St Peter Ording, Germany. The focus of the day was on course racing. The race set up was adapted due to these conditions and the decision was made to start the day with a long course in a square box.

The first starting line of the day was going straight against the wind, which made an interesting decision for the racers who could either chose to start starboard or port.

Judge Anki Knutson explained that the starboard tack is the priority, when you are sailing with your right hand forward. Since the first race was very long we took some time to explore the origin of the words, starboard comes from the early days of sailing. “Before ships had rudders on their centerlines, they were steered by use of a specialized steering oar. This oar was held by an oarsman located in the stern (back) of the ship. However, like most of society, there were many more right-handed sailors than left-handed sailors. (…) An early version of "port" is larboard but when shouted in the wind, was presumably too easy to confuse with starboard[1] and so the word port came to replace it. Port is derived from the practice of sailors mooring ships on the left side at ports in order to prevent the steering oar from being crushed.” (Ref. Wikipedia)

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http://www.prokitetour.com/news.php?id=242

[joe]

Fourth Day in St Peter Ording, Trials and Racing
Aug-23-2011

The fourth day in St Peter Ording began with clouds and rain resulting in an action free morning for the PKRA. Towards midday the clouds began to clear and the wind picked up leaving us with a beautiful sunny beach to begin the first race of the day (Race 7). As the spot was perfectly flat a three buoy course was set with a starting line far out to sea.

John Heineken (USA, Ozone) seemed on form today, he won the first race with a good advantage. John reckons that he is a lot more confident in strong winds and the same thing applies to his friend and challenger Adam Koch (USA, Ozone). “It’s seems like when it’s windy we get away. Adam and I are fighting for first place, just like at home!”

Race 7

Men:

1. John Heineken (USA, Ozone)

2. Adam Koch (USA, Ozone)

3. Julien Kerneur (FRA, Takoon)

Women:

1. Katja Roose (NED, Airush)

2. Steph Bridge (GBR, North)

3. Caroline Adrien (FRA, Cabrinha)

Heineken led race 7 all the way and commented that the conditions were a lot stronger out there on the start line; he claimed to be overpowered on his twelve meters kite. Kerneur had the same problem and estimated 20 to 25 knots on the starting line for Race 8.

Julien took some time to explain to us his strategy to stay within the bands of wind whilst racing: “If you feel that you are losing speed and that you might be leaving the band then you just look on the water surface to see ...

http://www.prokitetour.com/news.php?id=243

[joe]

Day 5 – Fog for the racers and meetings
Aug-24-2011

Foggy weather welcomed the racers to this fifth day in St Peter Ording. Rolf Van Der Vlugt (NED, Airush) commented that he could barely see the buoys on the water whilst racing, “I had to really focus in order to maintain balance on my board instead of looking for the buoys!”

The first race started with an impressive crash, Dirk Hanel (GER, North) came too close to the starting line before the flag was raised which forced him to fall close to the boat committee. The rest of the riders quickly got away from the compressed fleet and the leaders quickly pushed to the front of the pack.

The American riders have continued to lead the group today; John Heineken (USA, Ozone) and Adam Koch (USA, Ozone) have lead most of the races. The French team however is following very close behind.

Results Race 9:

Men:

1. Adam Koch (USA, Ozone)

2. John Heineken (USA, Ozone)

3. Julien Kerneur (FRA, Takoon)

Women:

1. Katja Roose (NED, Airush)

2. Caroline Adrien (FRA, Cabrinha)

3. Christine Boenniger (GER, Flysurfer)

Julien Kerneur (FRA, Takoon) is happy to have finished most of the races in third place in front of his friend Olivier Dansin (FRA, North), he now beats Dansin in the overall ranking of the PKRA 2011. This is now the third event in which we have witnessed the French team go head to head with the Americans, they still lag behind a little but the gap is getting smaller at every event.

The wind actually died during the second race, Theo Sicallac (FRA, North) said: “When the wind dropped I thought about my friend Olivier Dansin who is actually 15 kg heavier than me but was on the same equipment, he must have been struggling but in the end he came seventh”

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http://www.prokitetour.com/news.php?id=244

[Korti7]

Hallo,

habt ihr ein Anfahrtsplan oder sowas ???

[kiteforum.com]

haste Iphone oder Android? Dann lad die kostenlos die SPLOCS app runter.
Dann die Location St. Peter Ording finden, dann auf "Directions" gehen, und du wirst hingeführt

[Kiter2020]

Wellen, Wind, Wasser: In St. Peter-Ording steigt die größte Kiteboard-Veranstaltung der Welt. Der große Durchbruch für die Sportart soll aber erst 2016 erfolgen. Dann könnte Kitesurfen olympische Disziplin werden.

http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,782079,00.html

[Basti2512]

Wo darf ich denn in St. Peter Ording während des World Cups selber kiten ?

[Korti7]

Zitat von Basti2512

Wo darf ich denn in St. Peter Ording während des World Cups selber kiten ?

Die frage habe ich mich auch schon gestellt !!!

[oase-news]

Meetings and one race for the sixth day
Aug-25-2011

For the sixth day of action here in St Peter Ording, Germany, the conditions didn’t look promising. Instead of taking to the water, the kiteboarders of the PKRA decided to hold meetings about the judging system in the Freestyle discipline and the rules applying to Course Racing. By the middle of the afternoon the wind picked up to around 8 knots, which was enough to start the only race of the day, Race 11.

The Freestyle-judging meeting was set up to discuss several points:

- Scoring individual tricks from 0 to 10 according to the existing judging criteria but putting more emphasis on the quality of execution. The judges now have to note the name of the trick as well as the score.

- Only taking into consideration the 5-7 best tricks from each rider (Men & Women’s divisions)

- A panel consisting of five judges in which the highest and lowest scores are withdrawn for the final tabulation.

All these different issues were discussed and debated with the riders and final decisions will be made after voting in Brazil.

Meanwhile the Course Racers had a meeting of their own about different rules:

- The wind limit was discussed and set to 6 knots combined with suitable conditions, the current and the direction of the wind being the most important factors.

- The board limitation was discussed (190cm by 60cm) and will be voted at the next AGM (annual general meeting) of the IKA (International Kiteboarding Association) to decide whether to go for a production class only or also accept custom boards.

- The same thing applies for the number of kites to be registered at the event. Right now it’s set to 3 per event for budgets reasons and could go to 4 or 5 kites.





At 3pm the wind was fairly light but higher than 6 knots confirming the new rule to start the course racing discipline. The three leaders of the ranking were on the exact same kite, a 17 meters, and kept on crossing each other throughout the course. Kerneur (FRA, Takoon) remembered pumping with his legs by pushing on the board to gain some speed and managed to go faster than the others on the last reaching tack, he went on to win the race.

Olivier Dansin (FRA, North) tangled right on the start line due to Bram Hoogendijk (NED, Peter Lynn) who looped his kite into Olivier’s as he got blocked by the fleet and tried to get away. When this kind of mistake happens the rider needs to scream “Protest” on the water in order to fill out a proper protest form once the race is over. At the end of the day all protests are discussed with Markus Schwendtner, IKA representative, who then decides the legitimacy of the protest.

In the girls division, Katja Roose (NED, Airush) was happy to finish first again and confirm her recently acquired top spot overall for this event after 11 races. She reckoned that she played well with the shifting winds, tacking as they were changing to get to the upwind buoy. Meanwhile Steph Bridge (GBR, North) commented that she rode well but didn’t go as fast as she thought she should and is now thinking about going on a diet…

Results Race 11:

Men:

1. Julien Kerneur (FRA, Takoon)

2. John Heineken (USA, Ozone)

3. Adam Koch (USA, Ozone)

Women:

1. Katja Roose (NED, Airush)

2. Steph Bridge (GBR, North)

3. Christine Boenninger (GER, Flysurfer)

John Heineken (USA, Ozone) and Katja Roose (NED, Airush) are now sitting in first place on the overall ranking of this event.

Tomorrow afternoon the conditions should be good enough to start the Freestyle discipline again.



http://www.prokitetour.com/news.php?id=246

[Big-G]

Hier noch ein Bericht von RTL Nord:

[joe]

Wind, sun and a storm for the start of the Singles
Aug-26-2011

St Peter Ording saw a massive crowd gather to enjoy the best freestyle kiteboarding action today with epic conditions: wind, flat water and sunshine. After finishing the few heats that were left of the trials, the PKRA organized the Junior championships and moved on to the Freestyle single elimination.

The trials didn’t bring any surprises as the highest men in the rankings made it to the main event: Hays (FRA, Cabrinha), Van De Kop (NED, Flexifoil), Paris (FRA, North), Schitzhofer (AUT, Best), Corniel (DOM, Ozone) and Garat (FRA, RRD) were all happy to be advancing into the top 24 and are ready to compete for first place in the biggest event of the year.

For the first time in the history of the PKRA we organized a Junior Championship to showcase the future generation of riders who will be appearing on tour in the near future. The competition was open to under14s years and it was unanimously decided that Tom Bridge (GBR, North) won the Championship. At only 10 years of age, Steph Bridge’s son (2009 IKA Course Racing World Champion) showed an incredible variety of tricks including a powered Front Blind mobe, Back Mobe, Blind Judge 3, 313, etc…

Judge Ian Sleuyter reckons that he will be the next world champion and would have easily qualified into the main event if he was over 14 and therefore authorized to compete in the main competition.

Tom said that: “It was very hard, I had to beat my own older brother but I wasn’t really stressed out. I rode on my 7 meter kite, well powered, the way I like it and I won, I’m stoked!”


Race director Olaf Van Tol commentated that he really liked the fact that the spectators could be so close to the action. Due to the wind being off shore the huge crowds lining the beach could see the riders perform their tricks only a few meters away.

The single elimination started with the youngest rider on tour Liam Whaley (GBR, Airush) beating Marian Hund (GER, North). Liam dominated the heat by riding a lot more powered than Hund who performed his tricks with his kite higher, therefore taking less risks than Liam.

For the next heat we met with Nils Wesch to sum up the action: “I had a good heat, the water was nice and flat, it was just a bit hard with these crazy gusts. I’m happy that the wind finally showed up after a week here in St Peter Ording. I landed all my tricks, rode with a nine meter kite and managed to win my heat against Jerrie Van De Kop who is a tough contender. Next I’m up against Alberto Rondina (ITA, Cabrinha), so it’s going to be another story!”

Head Judge Sami Gali reckoned that the next heat, Corniel (DOM, Ozone) versus Blomvall (SWE, Nobile) was definitely the most exciting heat of the day with two strong competitors. ...

http://prokitetour.com/news.php?id=247

[joe]

Zoon and Pulido wins the Singles in St Peter Ording
Aug-27-2011

After a week of sun and light wind conditions, today the typical German weather returned to St Peter Ording beach. Along with the cloud and rain came a steady twenty knots of wind in which we watched the best PKRA kiteboarders compete on the North Sea.

Once again the Kiteboarding World Tour was proud to have a Livestream operating from the judge’s tower with one of the official judges commenting in the chat room.

The day started with Reno Romeu (BRA, North) facing the youngest rider on tour Liam Whaley (GBR, Airush), Reno claimed his mind was on the wipeouts happening on the ASP but he managed to focus on his heat enough to go for his fully powered tricks. Liam defended himself well but just couldn’t match his more experienced competitor.

Alberto Rondina (ITA, Cabrinha) had a few problems with choosing his kites today as the wind kept changing. During his first heat he went to change from his 9 meter to 11, but as the tide came up his lines became tangled meaning he had no choice but to change back to 9. He unfortunately had the same problem twice today.



The French team had a very bad day as Paris (FRA, North), Hays (FRA, Cabrinha), Garat (FRA, RRD) and Hebert (FRA, North) all lost in the first or second round of the singles. Tom Hebert commented that there wasn’t much to say: “Sometimes it’s just not your day, you’re out there riding and you know you are not doing well and you don’t know why, today was like that but we’ll all be back in the double elimination!”

Sebastien Garat (FRA, RRD) had to verse one of the best riders of the moment, Marc Jacobs (NZL, Switch) who did everything with a little more height and power than Sebastien, and a nice double back to pass secured him his win.

The onshore wind caused tension in the judges tower today; as it picked up the riders were forced to perform their tricks very close to the water’s edge where both the judge’s tower and photographers were positioned. There were many close calls when it seemed like we were going to witness kites crashing on the tower however fortunately nobody did. Robinson Hilario (DOM, F-One) however got pretty close when he crashed a 317.

Robinson is new to the tour this year and has been showing very good style with a nice tantrum to blind and very powered front blind mobes. However he was no match for Youri Zoon (NED, Slingshot), current leader of the tour.

Alexander Lewis Hughes reckoned that Youri is riding twice as fast as anybody else on the water, therefore bringing so much more power to all of his tricks. When other riders land their tricks and almost stop or butt check them, Youri pulls of a clean landing and comes down fast taking a lot of risks, which score very well.

Race director Olaf Van Tol said that “the heat between Langeree (NED, Naish) and Zoon (NED, Slingshot) was like witnessing a final of a PKRA event. It took me back to two years ago when the two Dutch riders were fighting over the title together with Aaron Hadlow (5 times world champion)”. What could have been a final happened right in the middle of the single elimination and it was an exciting heat. Both riders had a knee injury, Youri actually had to come back twice on tour before this year where he can now show his full potential.

We met with Kevin after his heat, he commented that he was happy to compete against his friend and did all he could. He was however a little disappointed not to have landed his double passes as consistently as he used to. In contrast he did manage to pull off his specialty one handed tricks and was happy to manage a flat 7 off a kicker.

In the girls division we witnessed a moment which will go down in kiteboading history when Karolina Winkowska (POL, Slingshot) met Bruna Kajiya (BRA, Flexifoil) in the semi Finals. All the judges reckoned that the level was insanely high, both girls landed all of their tricks one after another, Blind Judge 3, 313, back to blind, NIS, kite loop 3, etc. Karolina was the one who finally made the difference by landing her first ever low mobe in a PKRA competition. The judges were literally blown away when she landed this trick and she won with a 5-0 decision. She then had to face Gisela Pulido (ESP, Airush) in the finals.



Legendary rider Franz Olry (FRA, Wainman) who used to compete back in the early stages of kiteboarding and is known for shaping the first twin tip was on the beach of St Peter Ording and happy to see all this new generation of riders killing it on the water. He reported ironically that he was offended to see that the young blood could learn tricks which took him weeks to perfect in just days. Franz also remembered the Dominican riders who are now performing so well in the PKRA being little kids, Soto (DOM. F-One), Corniel (DOM, Ozone) and Robinson (DOM, F-One) are all in the third round of the single elimination.

Unfortunately none of the Dominicans will make it into the top 4 overall ranking of the PKRA: Zoon, Pastor, Rondina and Jacobs have now proven once and for all that they are the best riders and provided a high level of riding for the semi finals of this single eliminations.

Alex Pastor (ESP, Airush) versus Rondina (ITA, Cabrinha) was a very close heat, Alex performed a lot of switches, a low mobe 5 and 315, he won based on his variety in comparison to Alberto.

Youri Zoon (NED, Slingshot) is getting more and more confident at every event, Marc Jacobs (NZL, Switch) had one of his best heats but still remained a lot less powered than Youri who advanced into the finals.

Just before the finals Alex Pastor had a small problem that could have turned out to be a big mess. Whilst launching his kite it flew into the flag pole which left a hole in the edge of it. This was only a couple of minutes before his final, fortunately for Pastor his opponent Youri Zoon is a great sportsman and came to help him out, meanwhile the ladies were having their finals.



Gisela Pulido (ESP, Airush) is a very technical rider and therefore chose to perform trick after trick to secure her heat as she knew Karolina Winkowska (POL, Slingshot) would go for more risky powered tricks but might not land them all. This strategy paid off and she won the single elimination, proving her supremacy on the women’s division with 4 wins out of 5 events this year. But the doubles remains…

The final of the singles was a trick spectacular as expected. All of the judge’s sheets were full after the heat and both riders gave a great show. We met with both riders after the heat and Alex admitted that this wasn’t his best run of the day. Youri Zoon (NED, Slingshot) was on fire as usual and won the single elimination meaning that he remains undefeated after five events!

Official Results of the Single Eliminations:

Men:

1. Youri Zoon (NED, Slingshot)

2. Alex Pastor (ESP, Airush)

3. Alberto Rondina (ITA, Cabrinha)



Women:

1. Gisela Pulido (ESP, Airush)

2. Karolina Winkowska (POL, Slingshot)

3. Bruna Kajiya (BRA, Flexifoil)



The conditions remained suitable into the afternoon so we started the double eliminations on nice flat water as the tide began to go out. The highlight of this stage was Tom Hebert (FRA, North) who was killing it in his heats. Before the weather turned again and action was postponed we witnessed Tom power through, firstly his heat against Mike Blomvall (SWE, Nobile) and then Ariel Corniel (DOM, Ozone). Tom is locked in a close fight for fifth overall place with his team-mate Reno Romeu (BRA, North). Since Tom won his heat he now has the advantage over Reno who is in a pending heat against Kevin Langeree (NED, Naish)… not the easiest competitor…

Tomorrow will be the last day in St Peter Ording and the conditions look very promising, we will finish the doubles and you can follow all the action LIVE on: live.prokitetour.com


http://prokitetour.com/news.php?id=249

[joe]

Finals – Zoon and Pulido World Champions 2011
Aug-28-2011

The final day of the Kitesurf World Cup in St Peter Ording took place during ideal, windy conditions. The event site was flooded from last night’s storms but it didn’t cause any changes to the day’s plan which included finishing the last heats of the double eliminations and possibly crowning two world champions.

We started the doubles where we left off yesterday. Reno Romeu (BRA, North) was on a mission to win against Langeree (NED, Naish) this would get him to fifth place overall depending on Tom Hebert’s (FRA, North) results as both riders from the North team are neck and neck at the moment.

Unfortunately for both Hebert (FRA, North) and Romeu (BRA, North), Langeree’s reputation held strong and the Dutch rider was on fire. His intense training after his knee injury paid off as he proved that he could still beat the top guys after a year out of the tour. Kevin and Reno felt that they had a pretty bad heat and the very strong current they battled throughout made it painfully obvious to both that they should have gone with a bigger kite.

It was a very close heat but Langeree (NED, Naish) made the difference by landing a powered Hasselhoff (front side pass 180) and demonstrating more trick variety.



Two very good friends and top riders were up next, the locals of Cabarete (Dominican Republic), Robinson Hilario (DOM, F-One) and Alex Soto (DOM, F-One) had to battle each other. Alex Soto has been teaching all his moves to Robinson, so it was interesting to see if the student was going to be able to beat the master. It resulted in a very close heat as expected but Alex showed a little more variety overall and won the heat.

In the girls division Joanna Litwin (POL, Nobile) beat Hannah Whiteley (GBR, Wainman) and kept her fourth place, easily advancing against Bruna Kajiya (BRA, Flexifoil).

A lot of riders reckoned it was very hard to pick the size of their kite today as the wind kept increasing and the current was very strong. Unless they went in the water to try out their size they ended up in the heat with the wrong kite.

This is what happened to Bruna Kajiya (BRA, Flexifoil) who had to change her kite during her heat as she was overpowered. This resulted in the loss of a lot of time while Litwin (POL, Nobile) was charging with no fear and landed a Blind Judge, Sbend pass, 313 and Slim. Kajiya landed some decent tricks but didn’t find enough time to match the variety and power of Joanna’s and this allowed her to advance against her good friend Winkowska (POL, Slingshot) who is currently sitting in third place.



Kevin Langeree (NED, Naish) kept making his way back, winning against Alex Soto (DOM, F-One) and Tom Hebert (FRA, F-One). Both riders crashed a lot; Tom went with too much commitment, crashing a slim, mobe and front mobe with incredible power. Alex Soto also crashed too many tricks and ended up in the downwind area. Meanwhile, Kevin has been competing for a long time now and knows the game play, he was able to secure his heat first with regular mobes, 313 and Blind Judges to then get into double handle passes: a front mobe to blind against Hebert and a Back mobe to wrapped against Soto allowed him to get into the fight for fourth place against Marc Jacobs.

Marc Jacobs (NZL, Switch) stopped him in fifth place as the judges were incredibly impressed by the power and commitment shown in all of Jacobs tricks, “he had so much more power than Kevin and he managed to keep his kite much lower to the water, he deserved the win!” said judge Carlos Saez.

Finally, it was time for the last heats of the day and the fight for podium places.

Joanna Litwin (POL, Nobile) lost by landing only one trick against Winkowska (POL, Slingshot) who was secured with four powered tricks. She observed the dangerous crashes that Joanna was experiencing close to the shore as the tide was now high enough to reach the public lined up on the beach.

The same danger was felt when Alberto Rondina (ITA, Cabrinha) crashed his kite into the public in the downwind area, tangling his lines around the flags and losing some precious time while competing against Alex Pastor (ESP, Airush), who landed a lot of tricks with better overall execution and consequently advanced into the finals against Youri Zoon (NED, Slingshot).

The women’s final took place in strong wind conditions and Pulido (ESP, Airush) pulled out a very nice heat, landing seven tricks in total including a front blind mobe, slim and 313. Winkowska couldn’t match the variety of tricks, nor the execution shown by the triple crowned world champion Gisela Pulido (ESP, Airush).



In the finals of the men, there was unanimously one moment to be recorded when Youri Zoon completed a massive back mobe off a kicker with the kite low. He had to steer the kite up to ease his landing, it made a massive spray but Zoon managed to land the trick clean. On his side, Pastor did a very nice blind judge 3 to start off his heat, and later landed a blind judge 5 and a very powered front blind mobe.

The speed going in and out the trick gave Zoon the edge in this very close final.

By winning this event and the fifth one in a row, Youri Zoon takes home his first world champion title! Youri commented “I couldn’t be happier, it’s hard to believe, I’ve been fighting for so long now, I had my knee injuries that have held me back for a while but now, finally I got it! Super stoked!”

The same thing happened in the girls with Gisela Pulido (ESP, Airush) taking her fourth PKRA World Title.



Congratulations to all the riders and we will be back soon for the Freestyle event in Brazil, 14th to 18th of September. Youri Zoon is expected there to be the first rider winning every single event on a PKRA for a year!

Official Results Kitesurf World Cup St Peter Ording 2011:

MEN FREESTYLE

1. Youri Zoon (NED, Slingshot)

2. Alex Pastor (ESP, Airush)

3. Alberto Rondina (ITA, Cabrinha)

4. Marc Jacobs (NZL, Switch)

WOMEN FREESTYLE

1. Gisela Pulido (ESP, Airush)

2. Karolina Winkowska (POL, Slingshot)

3. Joanna Litwin (POL, Nobile)

4. Bruna Kajiya (BRA, Flexifoil)



MEN COURSE RACING

1. John Heineken (USA, Ozone)

2. Adam Koch (USA, Ozone)

3. Julien Kerneur (FRA, Takoon)

4. Olivier Dansin (FRA, North)

WOMEN COURSE RACING

1. Katja Roose (NED, Airush)

2. Steph Bridge (GBR, North)

3. Caroline Adrien (FRA, Cabrinha)

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Tom Bridge (GBR, North)

2. Denis Zurik (POL)

3. Guy Bridge (GBR, North)



Ergebnisse:

Men Overall Racing
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Women Overall Racing
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Men Production Racing Results
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