KITESURF COMPETITIONS

Articles, interviews, and some results of the competitions that I like most and that I follow in kitesurfing. No matter what the style, from freestyle to big air, from waveriding to racing.

LORDS OF TRAM 2020 – IN A JUDGE’S HEAD

Simone Timpano2020-12-20T15:17:55+01:00Categories: BLOG, KITESURF INSIGHTS, THOUGHTS|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS, KITESURF LIFESTYLE|

In a difficult year, disrupted by the health care crisis, sporting events are one of the categories that has suffered the most. Restrictive rules and continuous bans have discouraged most of the organizers from giving life to their events. One of the few competitions to have been confirmed in the kite industry, and which [...]

MONDIAL DU VENT 2019 – FREESTYLE IN THE WAVES

Simone Timpano2020-04-01T10:31:09+01:00Categories: KITESURF INSIGHTS|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS|

The 23rd edition of the Mondial du Vent in Leucate hosted the first stage of the GKA freestyle tour and ended on April 25th. As always this event opens the dances of freestyle kitesurfing competitions and is eagerly awaited by athletes. The forecasts, however, were not the brightest, and the calm kept the competitors [...]

GIANMARIA COCCOLUTO, THE BLIND MASTER

Simone Timpano2020-04-01T10:51:45+01:00Categories: KITESURF STORIES|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS, INTERVIEWS|

Interview with the italian champion Gianmaria Coccoluto sponsored by DUOTONE Kiteboarding and representative for the ASSOCIAZIONE KITESURF ITALIANA, exclusively for Kitesurfing.it kitesurf freestyle is evolving fast and the Associazione Kitesurf Italiana can be proud to have Gianmaria Coccoluto among its members, one of the best riders of the World Kiteboarding Championships. To have [...]

FRANCESCA BAGNOLI SECOND IN THE WKC 2018 WORLD RANKING

Simone Timpano2020-04-02T17:48:41+01:00Categories: KITESURF STORIES|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS, INTERVIEWS|

Interview with the italian champion Francesca Bagnoli sponsored by DUOTONE Kiteboarding and national representative for the ASSOCIAZIONE KITESURF ITALIANA, exclusively for Kitesurfing.it After an excellent start of the season in Akyaka, Turkey, Francesca did not disappoint the expectations and proved to be in great shape in the next two stages, in Morocco and [...]

KITESURF: A SPORT WHERE THE INTEGRITY EMERGES IN THE COMPETITION

Simone Timpano2020-05-14T13:49:07+01:00Categories: THOUGHTS|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS|

A competition should be a way to push your own limits and face loyally others atheletes of your discipline. Unfortunately, when other interests, other than sport, come into play, it changes. Competition assumes a prevalently economic value and loyalty and friendship are overwhelmed by deception and grudge, and everything it seemed to be allowed [...]

ITALY WINS HISTORIC GOLD MEDAL AT YOUNG OLYMPIC YOUTH

Simone Timpano2020-04-01T11:49:22+01:00Categories: KITESURF STORIES|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS, INTERVIEWS|

Interview with the young italian champion Sofia Tomasoni national representative for the ASSOCIAZIONE KITESURF ITALIANA, exclusively for Kitesurfing.it Italian female kiteboarding continues to surprise in the most important international competitions. After the amazing performance of Francesca Bagnoli in freestyle, Sofia Tomasoni achieved an amazing goal, she has won an historic gold medal at [...]

KITESURF SET TO YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES: BUENOS AIRES 2018

Simone Timpano2020-04-01T12:03:02+01:00Categories: KITESURF INSIGHTS|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS|

As far as i'm concerned, 6 October 2018 is an historic date for kitesurf. Our discipline indeed joins the Youth Olympic Games. The chosen discipline is TT:Racing, a fast downwind race with spectacular jibe and obstacle's jump. At each turning point the riders push their limits at the next level to get any [...]

WKC – BRONZE MEDAL FOR ITALY IN KITESURF FREESTYLE

Simone Timpano2020-04-02T17:49:59+01:00Categories: KITESURF INSIGHTS|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS, INTERVIEWS|

Interview with the italian champion Francesca Bagnoli sponsored by DUOTONE Kiteboarding and national representative for the ASSOCIAZIONE KITESURF ITALIANA, exclusively for Kitesurfing.it The kitesurf freestyle world tour, organised by World Kiteboarding Championships, is finally started after a long break. The first event took place from the 4 to 9 september in Turkey, at [...]

AIR GAMES: A NEW DISCIPLINE OF KITESURF

Simone Timpano2020-04-01T12:14:48+01:00Categories: KITESURF INSIGHTS|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS|

At the beginning of the 2018 the kitesurf freestyle "new school" seemed to be brought to a halt, so the GKA (Global Kitesports Associations) took the opportunity to launch a new interesting competing format, the Air Games. The goal is to impress and amaze the spectators with the "wow factor" and to identify the [...]

WKC: THE KITESURF FREESTYLE TOUR IS BACK

Simone Timpano2020-04-02T17:46:17+01:00Categories: KITESURF INSIGHTS|Tags: KITESURFING, KITESURF COMPETITIONS|

In the last few years several structural changes affected the kitesurf freestyle's world in order to make the discipline the most attractive as possible and to promote it all around the world. The freestyle kitesurf tour had a rough start in 2018 and the tour seemed like it could never start. But thanks to [...]