Full Day Of Action On Final Day Of Aer Lingus Kite Surf Pro // Strapless Kitesurfing
Bad luck with the weather on the second stop of the KSP in Achille Island, Ireland. An unfinished sense for the finals…all the male riders ranked 1st! Congrats. Next stop, I’ll enter the contest (and pray hard the winds gods to be calm) to rank 1 at least once in my life 😉
More serioulsly, big up to to Jalou Langeree 1st, Ines Correia 1st, Milla Ferreira 3d and Kirsty Jones 4th and to all the staff.
Straps hunting is over on the KSP. The scratch and neopren endangered species deasappeared of the Tour, giving to strapless riding a total rightfulness to KSP. Strapless is legit !
Achill Island, Ireland – October 28, 2012: The final day of the Aer Lingus Kite Surf Pro got underway before daybreak when the 6am call was made to move the mobile event to an alternate location north of Achill Island. Overhead surf and 30 plus knot winds with intermittent rainsqualls marked the early morning heats.
Men’s round 2 and 3 standouts included Keahi De Aboitiz (AUS,Cabrinha), who threw some of the biggest airs of the entire competition and Matchu Almeida (CPV, North) who cruised through his early round heats with fluid style. On the women’s side Kirsty Jones (GBR, North) and Milla Ferreira (BRA) battled through the middle rounds, eventually meeting in the 3rd place final with Ferreira taking the podium position.
The women’s final saw reigning KSP world champion Ines Correia (POR, RRD) come up against tour rookie and in-form rider of the event Jalou Langeree (NED, Naish). Deteriorating conditions in the late afternoon prevented the final from being completed, forcing Correia and Langeree to share the event title and world ranking points.
Shot by Hugo Valente
Shot by Hugo Valente
Shot by Hugo Valente
Fading conditions halted the men’s competition at round 5, just one heat after attaining an official result for the men’s ladder. When asked about the erratic conditions on offer today, KSP tour rider and current world number 3 Sebastian Ribeiro (BRA) said, ”The conditions were super hard out there, but we are here to compete and do our best even if it’s not the perfect dream conditions.”
The remaining 12 men still left in the competition will split equal points in the already hotly contested KSP world title race heading into the 4th and final stop of 2012 in Maui, HI next month.
Male Podium Shot by Hugo Valente
Female Podium shot by Hugo Valente
The other pictures of the day are available here.
Staff
Staff
Stay tune in to www.kspworldtour.com/live for the KSP World Championship Tour Finals at Ho’okipa Beach in Maui, HI from Nov. 29 – Dec. 8.
The Aer Lingus Kite Surf Pro 2012, organized by Freeride Ireland, is sponsored by Aer Lingus, ION Essentials, Pure Magic, Hertz, Achill Tourism, Cully & Sully, IKSA, Leader, NDP, EAFRD, SW Mayo Development, DECLG and as well as The Strand Hotel and the Teach Cruachan B&B.
Here’s the wrap up video of the finals
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