With the completion of the double elimination during the PKRA Kitesurfing World Tour stop at Pointe Magnin in New Caledonia, we have new world champions for this season!
In the men's freestyle competition, the current world champion Aaron Hadlow lost in the quarter finals, giving way to his opponents Kevin Langeree and Youri Zoon to fight up for the finals. However, Spanish rider Alex Pastor was the man to beat on this day - he won against Langeree in the finals. Today in the double elimination, Hadlow came back with a very strong performance, but lost against Zoon. After Langeree won against Youri Zoon, it was clear that he would be the new world champion 2009, although he lost against Alex Pastor in the final who won his first World Cup ever. Congratulations to Kevin Langeree and Alex Pastor!
In the women's freestyle competiton, it was again a battle between Gisela Pulido and Bruna Kajiya. The single elimination was won by Kajiya with better technical performance. Pulido was very motivated to come back in the doubles, but lost against Karolina Winkowska in the semifinals. In the finals, Brasilian rider Bruna Kajiya could secure her first place and thus becoming world champion. Congratulations to Bruna Kajiya! You can view all the results of the single and double elimination at on the ExtremeElements website.
There is already a video available from ExtremeElements, giving you an impression of the first day:
Thanks to all the riders and the organizers of the PKRA tour for a great season 2009! We hope to see some great action in 2010 again and will continue to cover all the events next year!
