Keahi and Kari win in Canaries
Keahi Deaboitis and Kari Shibevaag have won the double elimination wave riding world tour in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. This is the same result as in the first stop of the tour in Morocco. Huge congratulations to the both. So now the Sunny Coast is offering the world the top wave rider and the top freestyle [...]
Keahi Smashing the World Tour
Sunny Coast kid Keahi Deaboitis has won the single eliminations of stop 2 on the World Tour. After winning in Morocco, he is now in prime position to take out the 2nd stop in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. In 2nd place after a very close singles final Fabio Nunes from Brazil, followed by another Brazilian Filippe [...]
Sunny Coast topping the world.
Noosa local Keahi Deaboitis has won the first stop on the World tour for wave riding in Morocco. He joins Sunny Coaster Andy Yates to be top performers at the world level for kitesurfing. Andy Yates took 2nd place behind Youri Zoon in the freestyle discipline. Go guys – we are right behind you. Also [...]
Yates in Morocco.
Andy Yates has departed for the 2nd round of the PKRA world tour in Morocco. We wish him well and good luck in the competition and world tour. Go Andy. Andy recently launched his new website to profile his professional career and to help keep his followers posted on the latest from his world. Its [...]
Zoon and Pulido win PKRA 1
The PKRA 2011 World Tour is off to flying start with a full double elimination cmpetition being completed in Thailand Hua Hin. In blustery stormy conditions the riders battled it out with the final in the mens being won by dutch rider Youri Zoon over Kiwi Marc Jacobs. In the womens final 2010 champion Gisela [...]
Wave Nats – Kitethrills Cleans Up
Team Kitethrills has collected a host of awards that any major kite brand would be proud of. Three podium finishes – most impressive was Tom with the national title in the juniors – Numero Uno Tommy Grom! Lisa Hickman had a very impressive heat beating all the other top ranked riders to make the winners [...]
Wave Nationals – Day 2
The Wave nationals are going very well with a fantastic setup from the organisers and helpers her in Warnambool. The first day saw competitors from the Juniors, Womens and Masters divisions competing their first rounds in a single elimination draw. The heats are running for 11 minutes in a really tough break with very heavy [...]
Kitethrills goes National
Tom and Mike are heading to the Wave Nationals today to represent the Sunshine Coast and Kitethrills in Warnambool west Victoria. The event starts this Thursday and runs until Monday. The contest is very similar to surfing competitions, 10 or 15 minute heats in which the riders best two or three waves tally to find [...]