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Snowkiting Championships in Russia

Snowkiters ride on the ice of the Finnish gulf during the All-Russian snow kite championships being held in St. Petersburg, Russia. 09/03/2011

by Yury Goldenshteyn in Russia on 09/03/2011

The 4th round of the Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) was held in Boracay Island, Philippines last February 24 to 27 2010.
  
KTA is professional and amateur level kiteboarding competition held in several countries across Asia from October 2009 until March 2010. This is the first competition tour in the region and is the third largest after the two professional world tours. It is open to all international riders and also provides an opportunity for Asian competitors to showcase their talents and skills. This is sanctioned as a full continental tour by International Kiteboarding Association and the winning riders for each discipline will be awarded world ranking points. 

The next round of the KTA will be held at Pranburi, Thailand on March 25 to 28 2010.

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Kiteboard Tour Asia Round 4

DMTX. The 4th round of the Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) was held in Boracay Island, Philippines from February 24 to 27th 2010. KTA is professional and...

by Erik Lacson in Philippines on 02/03/2010

Eurocup 2009, held in the seaside town of Weston-Super-Mare and hosted by STACK UK (The Sport Team and Competitive Kiting – UK committee) 
This competition brings in competitors and spectators from all over the world, the beach at Weston makes a wonderful backdrop to the competition. Great flying and aerial acrobatics made for a really entertaining few days, and of course the colorful kites brightening up the beach and sky above it. 

World renowned competitors including Chris Goff (UK), Carl Robertshaw (UK) and Steff Ferme (Fr) compete in solo or pair events while the teams will provide a great show for the spectators, theses included Flame (UK) and Start’Air (Fr).

The weather this weekend was overcast with occasional sun and a mild wind to cool the temperature, this made for a good combination for the flyers and spectators alike. With a good turnout of flyers kites were up flying all weekend displaying technical acrobatic tricks. 


Day 3 and the last day of the Eurocup, this is the festival gala day and the competition rules didn’t apply. Competitors showed off to the crowds and also performed the winning routines from yesterday.
The prizes for the children’s competition were announced and the winners given there prizes, along with this the raffle was drawn and the winner received the massive prize (many kites, training sessions, Eurocup merchandise and a portrait photo session with Caron Photography)

This being the best day for the weather as we had blue skies and sun with a good wind all throughout the day. This attracted the crowds and they cheered on the flyers as the watched in amazement at the skill level shown from Europe’s best.  The finale for the weekend was the megateam, consisting of 8 flyers (Team flame, The Airheads, and Stephen Versteegh) flying together for the first time.

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Eurocup 2009- Weston-Super-Mare Day 3

Eurocup 2009, Weston-Super-Mare, Sept. 18-20 2009, kiting, gala festival day, children's design a kite competition and winner flying kite (green...

by Tom Dudziec in United Kingdom on 20/09/2009

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09/03/2011 - Snowkiting Championships in Russia - Russia - Snowkiters ride on the ice of the...
02/03/2010 - Kiteboard Tour Asia Round 4 - Philippines - DMTX. The 4th round of the Kiteboard...
20/09/2009 - Eurocup 2009- Weston-Super-Mare Day 3 - United Kingdom - Eurocup 2009, Weston-Super-Mare, Sept....
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