![]() ![]() In heat #2, Alvaro Onieva (Best, Spain) who missed the Portugal round defeated another North rider Pedro Bueno (Brazil) who seemed to have ran out of “buenoâ€Âĭay 2 - PKRA - Fuerteventura Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2007 His opponent, Brueckmann landed a slim, mobe, blind judge with aerial handlepass and kiteloop handlepass. Jacobs displayed more technical difficulties, variety and power to pass on to the next heat. In the same heat, rookie Marc Jacobs (North, New Zealand) defeated Carved rider Philipp Brueckmann (Germany) with a blind judge with aerial handlepass, s-bend to blind with airpass, 313, kiteloop handlepass, slim and mobe. Ogar won with a blind judge and slim claiming the heat over a frazzled Van Heurck who struggled to land his moves in the gusty winds and chops. First up were young rider Madison Van Heurck (Naish, USVI) and Gleb Ogar (North, Russia) in heat #1. The wind gradually increased phase as the men’s freestyle event got under way under choppy water at exactly 1:30 pm which made for some challenging conditions. One notable stand out from the trials was tour newcomer and recent North Young Blood camp winner Marc Jacobs (New Zealand) who had an awesome heat and secured a place in the main event. The rest of the racers were left to battle it out behind the top three guys as they weaved their way through each other while rounding the marks and heading to the next one.Īfter the course racing, the competition went on to the men’s trials then the drawing of the competition ladder. ![]() With a friendly and fast course on nearly dead flat water, Sroka had a substantial lead by the first mark. Sean Farley (North, Mexico) still leads the race along with Sami Gali (Best, Spain) who went to the waters on borrowed equipment. ![]() Bruno Sroka (Takoon, France) continued his winning streak, fresh from Portugal. After the skippers meeting at 11:00 am, kiteboarding action went underway at exactly 12:15 pm for the racing event. Fresh from the Portugal stop, some of the riders were already hot on trail as some of them showed off their kiteboarding talents to the delight of the cheering crowd on the beach. The northwesterly wind blew at an average of 22 knots (6 bft) during most of the day creating choppy waters, while the temperature was a bit cooler compared to yesterday at 25° Celsius. The Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2007 kicks off to an exciting start under an overcast Sotavento skies. Day 1 - PKRA - Fuerteventura Kiteboarding Grand Slam 2007 ![]()
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