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Fuerteventura, Spain

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Would you like to win two signed lycras from our Big Air event in Tarifa? It's easy. Just drop a comment tagging your favourite kite buddy, and we will send you guys one lycra each from the event, signed but all of the best Big Air riders in the world!

The winner will be chosen at random and announced on the 16th of June. Good luck!

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It’s now time to shift our focus to the next generation as we get ready for the GKA Youth Kite World Championship Tarifa 2023!

We can’t wait to follow all of the latest up and coming shredders in each discipline and age category, and where better to host everyone than in Tarifa!

So get ready, it’s going to be an amazing week!

🗓 20 - 25 June 2023

📌 Tarifa, Spain

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This was certainly a night to remember! The Qatar Airways GKA Awards in Tarifa 2023 🫶🏼

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Another year on top 🥇Congratulations to our Qatar Airways GKA Big Air World Champion in the surfboard discipline - @jamesscarew 

Wishing you a fast recovery 🙏🏼 

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GKA Freestyle World Cup Fuerteventura 2019

Rene Egli and Melia Hotels at Sotavento have been playing host to some of the world’s top kiting and windsurfing events for 34 years now! This summer  the GKA Freestyle World Cup Fuerteventura will take place from 19 – 24th July. The pumping, cross-offshore winds can blow up to 40 knots during the season so it’s a prime spot for some Big-Air action. It’s also a spectator-friendly location with a viewing gallery right on the shoreline and epic parties by night at in the World Cup Tent, simply known as La Carpa!

Event Info

Confirmed

Yes

Contest dates

19 – 24th July 2019

Country

Spain

Spot

Fuerteventura

Stars

5 stars

Prizemoney

€ 30.000,-

Livestream

Yes

International TV Coverage

Yes

Prevailing winds

Around 80% of the time the wind blows cross-offshore in Sotavento and it's at its strongest from May - September. In the high-season (July and August) the wind can ratchet up to 40 knots, so you can expect a real show here if the event coincides with a properly windy week. The conditions play right into the hands of some of the tour's most powerful riders such as Airton Cozzolino, Paulino Pereira and Gustavo Arrojo and the Big-Air comps are always something to behold!Conditions can be challenging though, and that underlines the skill of the riders when they're competing here. 

Water conditions

Fuerteventura is littered with some truly World Class wave spots but you'll find no surf in Sotavento. There's flat water on the inside and short chop a little further out which makes for perfect take-off ramps for the riders.

Competition history

This year will be the fourth time a GKA Kite World Cup is organized at Sotavento

Race Notice

Pre-Registration Dates

7th June - 5th July 2019

Pre-Registration

Registration is closed. For questions please contact the Tour Manager Tom Hartmann at tom@global-kitesports.org