After four days of varied conditions including both the famous Poniente and Levante wind directions to test the riders, the final results are in, spanning eight podiums across several age groups in both Freestyle and Strapless-Freestyle disciplines.
Photos: Samuel Cardenas
Videos: Sundown Entertainment
In total 62 riders from 14 nations competed at this GKA Youth Kite World Cup Tarifa.
The winners in the Kite-Surf (Strapless Freestyle) discipline are now official GKA Youth Kite World Champions. The Freestyle riders now look towards their final event coming up at St. Pierre La Mer in France, 29 September – 02 October, to decide the championship titles.
STRAPLESS GIRLS
U21
1 Camille Losserand (SUI)
2 Sofia Monti (ITA)
3 Kaya Lehmann (DEN)
STRAPLESS BOYS
STRAPLESS U14
1 Leonardo Casati (ITA)
2 Santiago Lima (POR)
3 Pierfrancesco Rizzello (ITA)
STRAPLESS U16
1 Javier Lopez Martin (ESP)
2 Anchor Sosa Kather (ESP)
3 Johannes Sarny (AUT)
STRAPLESS U19
1 Gabriel Benetton (BRA)
2 Keanu Merten (DEU)
3 Noah Nicolas (FRA)
FREESTYLE GIRLS
U19
1 Kaya Lehmann (DEN)
2 Naïs Balbinot (ITA)
3 Phoebe Rocher (FRA)
FREESTYLE BOYS
FREESTYLE U14
1 Finn Flügel
2 Pierfrancesco Rizzello (ITA)
3 Bruno Tundidor (ESP)
FREESTYLE U16
1 Rafael Montero (ESP)
2 Eliott Panet (MTQ)
3 Archie Luxton (GBR)
FREESTYLE U19
1 Leleo Solitro (BEL)
2 Baptiste Jaquemain (FRA)
3 Malo Renaud (FRA)
VIDEOS
DAY ONE
Thursday 8th September
The opening day of the Youth Kite World Cup in Tarifa saw a Poniente wind blowing into the high teens get the competition underway at Valdevaqueros.
U14 Freestyle and Strapless have concluded, with an incredible performance from Finn Flugel, with the highest score of the day with a perfectly executed 317 scoring a 9.3 from the judges.
DAY TWO
Friday 9th September
More action from Valdevaqueros for both the twin-tip freestyle and strapless freestyle riders across age categories from U14 to U21.
DAY THREE
Saturday 10th September
After a longer wait, the wind finally switched to Levante and picked up for the U16 & U19 Freestyle. Plus take a look at the event site at Tumbao.
