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Fuerteventura, Spain

20 - 25th june 2018

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@hendrick_lopes , the young Cape Verdean talent! ...

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Mar 23

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@hendrick_lopes , the young Cape Verdean talent! 🇨🇻 @qatarairways 🎥 @mintukass @visit.cabo.verde @bikinibeachcv @barmarleycapeverde @cvmovelofficial @nauticsporteventos @fonekites @manerawatermen #GKAKiteWorldTour #kiteboarding #kitesurfing #GKAKitesurf #GKACapeVerde #qatarairways #gkaxqa #visitcaboverde
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Good morning everyone! 🌞
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Mar 22

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Good morning everyone! 🌞 The action isn't over yet, as we're going to have a supersession here at Ponta Preta. All riders can register at 11:00 AM local time, and the first possible start will be at 12:00PM. It's time to send it and show one last time sick moves in Cape Verde! @qatarairways 📸 @lukas_k_stiller @visit.cabo.verde @bikinibeachcv @barmarleycapeverde @cvmovelofficial @nauticsporteventos @fonekites @manerawaterman #GKAKiteWorldTour #kiteboarding #kitesurfing #GKAKitesurf #GKACapeVerde #qatarairways #gkaxqa #visitcaboverde
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Head over to YouTube and watch the full highlight ...

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Mar 20

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Head over to YouTube and watch the full highlight video of yesterday’s Women’s and Men’s finals! Link in Bio 📲 If you’re a fan of Wingfoil go to the @wingfoilworldtour website to witness live the first day of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Cape Verde 2023! www.wingfoilworldtour.com/live @qatarairways @visit.cabo.verde @bikinibeachcv @barmarleycapeverde @cvmovelofficial @nauticsporteventos @fonekites @manerawaterman #GKAKiteWorldTour #kiteboarding #kitesurfing #GKAKitesurf #GKACapeVerde #qatarairways #gkaxqa #visitcaboverde
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“I have no words for winning here!
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Mar 20

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“I have no words for winning here! It’s the best place ever that I could have won, the waves were just insane, the wind, the crowd, my family, everyone knows me here. Going on a heat with @mitumonteiro which is somebody that I admire so much since kid, is priceless. I’m absolutely stocked to finish here in the first place.” @qatarairways 🎥 @mintukass @visit.cabo.verde @bikinibeachcv @barmarleycapeverde @cvmovelofficial @nauticsporteventos #GKAKiteWorldTour #kiteboarding #kitesurfing #GKAKitesurf #GKACapeVerde #qatarairways #gkaxqa #visitcaboverde
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Hawaii-based shredder @moonawhyte made a ...

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Mar 20

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Hawaii-based shredder @moonawhyte made a triumphant comeback after four years and got the victory in this first GKA Kite-Surf stop of the year despite a challenging last heat up against @capucine_delannoy 🙌🏼🏆 @qatarairways 🎥 @mintukass @visit.cabo.verde @bikinibeachcv @barmarleycapeverde @cvmovelofficial @nauticsporteventos #GKAKiteWorldTour #kiteboarding #kitesurfing #GKAKitesurf #GKACapeVerde #qatarairways #gkaxqa #visitcaboverde
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Sotavento, Spain: 20 – 25th July 2018

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Rene Egli at Sotavento has been playing host to some of the world’s top kiting and windsurfing events for 33 years now! This summer  the GKA Kite-Surf World Tour rolled into town for the third time. 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!

The riders who registered to compete at the GKA Kite-Surf World Tour round five at Sotavento can be found in the gallery below. Click to enlarge the images:

Event Info

Confirmed

Yes

Contest dates

20 - 25th June 2018

Country

Spain

Spot

Fuerteventura

Wind forecast

Host/sponsor

Melia Hotels

Rene Egli Fuerteventura 

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 third time the GKA Kite-Surf World Tour has visited Sotavento.

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