Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Words: Jim Gaunt / All photos: Ydwer van der Heide
Welcome back to the second day of this first double discipline event of the 2019 GKA Kite World Tour season.
Today it was the turn of the Kite-Surf riders to register. Over 70 riders have signed up across both disciplines for the GKA Kite World Cup Tarifa this week, so there are a lot of heats to get through between now and Sunday!
There are two event pages for this double event, both featuring live tickers with information: Kite-Surf / Freestyle
The riders in sequence for the first possible start later this afternoon are the Freestyle riders.
Tarifa is the third stop of the 2019 season for the Kite-Surf riders, who competed in epic waves at round one in Cape Verde back in February, and just last week at Sylt in Germany.
Find the 2019 season rankings for both tours here.
The Instagram stories from today will be updated on our @GKAkitesurf channel
Hashtags to follow for this event are:
#GKATarifa #GKAfreestyle #GKAKitesurf #GKAkiteworldtour
#TarifaKitePro #BIBOwatersports #WetWatersports #OZUtarifa
@tarifakitepro @mvmt @ion_spain @andaluciajunta @diputaciondecadiz
@ayuntamientodetarifa
Yesterday the Freestyle riders registered and went on hold for a first possible start to round three of their 2019 season. Although the building afternoon thermals showed promise, they didn’t reach competition strength. Click here to visit the Freestyle event page to find links to the livestream video interviews, the competition heat ladders and more info.
Freestyle Instagram stories @GKAFreestyle
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