In the next heat, Mallory De La Villemarque (North, France) defeated Kevin Langeree (Naish, Netherlands) who both went out on their 5-meter kites. Both guys displayed an awesome show for the crowd, landing several powered passes in the lulls and busting huge air and kiteloops in the gusts. It was a close battle until De La Villemarque threw down a back-breaking kiteloop in the last minute to clinch the win. He also stomped a back to blind air pass, front side 360, slim and blind judge while Langeree landed a 313, blind judge with aerial handle pass, back to blind air pass and mobe along with some very high jumps but displayed less power overall in his technical moves which cost him the game.
Meanwhile, Madison Van Heurck (Naish, USVI) was defeated by Aaron Hadlow who executed a crowd pleaser in a show of kite mastery, unleashing an incredibly powered and high hooked to unhooked kiteloop/backloop 360 and stomping a blind judge, raley to blind and a massive air to triple downloop and two huge double kiteloops. Van Heurck on the other hand struggled to stay on the
water but managed to land a blind judge and went for some really powered moves, including a slim and mobe with a low kite angle but missing the bar on both attempts.
After a good show yesterday, the flying Dutchman Ruben Lenten equally displayed a stunning game today and even gave everyone a lesson on how to do crazy loops. He came unstuck on a massive jump and destroyed his 5-meter kite which ripped in half and drifted on to the buoy in the semi final round. Luckily, Hadlow came to his aid and lent him his Flexifoil kite allowing Lenten to finish the heat and claim the win. During the rest of the heat, Hadlow sat on the rescue boat waiting for Lenten to finish before
finally getting his kite back to face De La Villemarque in the next round of the semi final. Trucking upwind in the few minutes before his heat, Hadlow didn’t seem too worried and opened the heat with a massive kiteloop and a blind judge while De La Villemarque stomped a nice mobe and a few kiteloops but Hadlow had him on height and technical difficulty. After defeating De La Villemarque, Hadlow went on to defeat Lenten in the final round with massive jumps, kiteloops and downloops, mobe, s-bend to blind with air pass and blind judge. Lenten went on to bust out some more big kiteloops and a sent front mobe to downloop and a blind judge but that proved no match for the world champion. In the battle for third, De La Villemarque threw down some more back-breaking kiteloops to seal the win against his opponent Jacobson who went for his big airs to downloops and huge airs with grabs.
In the women’s division, Kari Schivebaag’s (Ozone, Norway) raleys and small jumps proved no match to Gisela Pulido (Slingshot, Spain) who landed a few unhooked moves and a kiteloop in heat #7 while Bruna Kajiya (Best, Brazil) defeated Ania Grzelinska (North, Poland) with superior technical riding. A blind judge and raley to blind along with several other unhooked moves defeated Grzelinska’s raley, rolls and small kiteloop. In the final rounds, Kajiya proved superior against Pulido, landing a blind judge,
powered rolls and raley to blind against Pulido’s unhooked moves and a couple of kiteloops. In the battle for third place, Grzelinska barely defeated Schivebaag with a kiteloop in what would be known as a battle of the rolls, with both riders landing front to blind, back to blind, raley to blind and grabs.
Single Elimination Results:
Men:
1. Aaron Hadlow
2. Ruben Lenten
3. Mallory De La Villamarque
4. Nick Jacobson
Women
1. Bruna Kajiya
2. Gisela Pulido
3. Ania Grzelinska
4. Kari Schivebaag
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