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The birth or a new kiteboard discipline.

Out with the old, in with the new.

De Bilt, July 27 2006 – Following the credo “We’ve seen enough Hawaiian floral patterns in kiteboarding” Ruben Lenten, winner of the 2005 King of the Air, and Red Bull are throwing a unique kiteboard competition. From August 7th till 11th the eastern part of the IJsselmeer lake in the Netherlands will be host to Red Bull Kite Punks.

Ruben Lenten is among the youngest competitors on the PKRA World Cup circuit. This doesn’t stop him from winning several World Cups a year or cleaning up the field at the 2005 Red Bull King of the Air. Notorious for his super-charged style on and of his board, Ruben ran into kiteboarding-specific obstacles at a World Cup event in Venezuela. These obstacles are placed in the water and are ridden by kiteboarders much in the way skateboarders or snowboarders ride the obstacles that are placed in skate and snowboard parks.

With only two rideable obstacles in Venezuela, Ruben hooked up with his sponsor Red Bull to see if this could be taken to a higher level. Ruben started sketching and designing some ideas for obstacles and in co-operation with a specialized builder of skate parks they developed a series of floating obstacles that, once put together look like someone has flooded a super-sized skate park.

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There is no better way to see if your new idea is a good one than to test it on some eager crash test dummies, all under the guise of a little competition. Red Bull Kite Punks was born. Ruben has rounded up an impressive shortlist of some of the biggest names in new-school kiteboarding for a big session! Or, as Ruben put it: “Bring a helmet, ‘cause if anyone is going home without a black eye or some bruised ribs, they haven’t been charging hard enough.” Confirmed riders include Aaron Hadlow (UK), Leeshai Miller (ISR), Janek Korycki (POL), Rui Meira (ESP), Nick Jacobsen (DEN), Troels Engholm (DEN), Youri Zoon (NED), Greg Thijsse (RSA), Neal Hiler (UK), Petr Thyuskivich (RUS) and Ruben himself of course.

The wind window for Red Bull Kite Punks is from August 7th till 11th on one of five spots (Minster Klif, Stavoren, Hindeloopen, Workum, Cornwederzand) on the Eastern shore of the IJsselmeer lake in the Netherlands. The final location will be chosen based on wind direction and wind force and disclosed on the day of the competition.

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A great story from the Bay Area:

"As we were leaving from Sherman last Sunday, we spotted what we thought was a scene from the current San Fermines in Pamplona, Spain...

A red kite had blown into a field full of bulls, and the herd was running wild. Several bewildered kiters wondered how they were going to get it back since the kite (it must have been a Best???) was attracting much bull.

I attach some pics for your enjoyment. We left before it was recovered, but suspect that the kite was recovered in one piece but covered with much dung... "

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From Kiteboarding.be

Cerveza Presidente Kiteboarding World Cup Cabarete 2006 – Day 4

The fourth day of competition at the Cerveza Presidente Kiteboarding World Cup Cabarete 2006 dawned sunny and partly cloudy. The press tent was full to the brim in anticipation of the completion of the main event. Around noon, dark clouds started to roll in, turning the skies to gray. The wind fluctuated between 15 to 20 knots for the start of the day’s sequence, and ended up dieing off as afternoon storms approached Cabarete. One of the few riders to take to the water, Alvaro Onieva (Best, Spain) described the conditions as choppy, with fluky and inconsistent wind; “I struggled one moment to hold the kite down where the wind was strong on the outside, but in closer to the beach, it would just disappear leaving me with nothing.” Despite the lack of wind, competitors kept their spirits up by hanging out in the Red Bull tent savoring fresh fruit provided by the event organizers, or watching World Cup soccer matches as they draw towards the finals at nearby local establishments. Others enjoyed the atmosphere of Marabú’s beachside restaurant, thumping DJ and cool chill-out bar next door to Laurel Eastman Kiteboarding – A BEST kiteboarding school and test center. The media took advantage of the downtime to hold interviews with the riders, event organizers and PKRA officials.

The first of only two complete heats of the day featured the re-run of the extremely close match-up between the two Frenchmen, Etienne Lhote (F-One) and Mallory De la Villemarqué (North). Mallory, with his expert timing and well rehearsed trick sequence, came out with a big slimchance right on the starting horn. He continued to pound out a variety of other moves including a beautiful slim to blind and a KGB with his kite extremely low, while Etienne struggled, seeming underpowered. Etienne showed of a nice slim also and several mobe variations, however he crashed many of his landings, losing too much time downwind, leaving the door open for Mallory to advance. Etienne did not remain disappointed for long as both he and Mallory celebrated the victory of the French World Cup soccer team over longtime rival Brazil later in the afternoon.

Alvaro Onieva (Best, Spain) and Petr Tyushkevich (Cabrinha, Russian Federation) hit the water next. In spite of the poor kiting conditions, Alvaro pulled out his usual bag full of tricks such as a front mobe, double front to blind, blind judge, and a kiteloop frontloop with a grab. Petr, much larger than his opponent, struggled in the failing wind, but did manage to nail a KGB 180 and a kiteloop slim however, he lacked the variety that Alvaro displayed and will have to settle for a 9th place finish overall. North teammates Cesar Portas (Spain) and Mallory De la Villemarqué made a valiant attempt to start their heat but eventually, after being continually forced downwind and struggling to land a trick, it was abandoned because the wind was not up to PKRA standards. The AP flag went up and the competition went into a holding pattern until 4:30 pm when the event was finally cancelled for the day.

Tonight a special VIP and Beach party is planned at Marabu’s, starting around 9 pm. Adding to the evening’s festivities will be the beautiful Presidente girls and Puerto Rican models flown in just for the event. There will be plenty of refreshing Presidente beer and dancing to hip electronic vibes from top Ibizan DJ, José de Divina, as well as Canadian DJs, Maus and Scoy.

The Skippers meeting is planned for 10 am tomorrow morning with a first possible start at 10:30 am. The Freestyle Main Event is scheduled to wrap up and the Best Trick Contest will be held with an emphasis on kiteloop and downloop maneuvers

Labels: Best Kiteboarding, Cabrinha, Competition, Contest, North, Red Bull

Not to pimp red bull too much, but we've got ourselves an archive of Kiteboarding and others sports thanks to red bull....if you need your kite fix when the wind is down check out these pictures.

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RedBull Illume

Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2006 is the first-ever international photography competition that celebrates the world of action and adventure sports. The spirit, the grit, the edgy perfection - that's what we're here to honor. The top 50 finalists will get their work exhibited in bigger-than-life outdoor venues across the globe, providing the most dramatic compilation of action and adventure sports images ever assembled.

The Image of the Year winner will be commissioned for the photo shoot of a lifetime with one Red Bull athlete of choice*, anywhere in the world. And did we mention the Opening Exhibit Ceremony? It'll be huge. The 50 finalist photographers will join official judges, hero athletes and special guests in honoring the winning photos and kicking off the exhibition tour.

Red Bull Illume is in collaboration with Red Bull Photofiles. Red Bull Photofiles is the largest free sports and extreme sports photo library worldwide offering amazing pictures free of charge for editorial use. The combination of excellent photographers, strict selection criteria, cutting edge digital standards as well as a professional team make Photofiles synonymous with high quality and guarantees support of all photographic and media related requests and needs. Red Bull Photofiles - The cutting edge of sports vision!

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Extreme portal, kitesurfing news: "Dates : June 3-10th, 2006

Sponsors : REAL Kiteboarding, Red Bull, Outer Beaches Realty, Jimmy Lewis, Okespor, Village Grocery.

Schedule of Events
June 3rd, 7pm : Tripe- S Invitational Welcome Party, “Slick Style” Freeride Session
June 4th-9th : Triple-S Invitational riding Surf, Slicks, and Sliders.
June 9th : Triple-S Invitational Awards Ceremony and Party

Triple-S Competitor Invites

Mauricio Abreu
Andre Phillip
Moe Goold
Stav Niarchos
Jason Stone
Davey Blair
Bertrand Fleury
Shannon Best
Greg Norman
Jeff Tobias
Ben Wilson
Daniel 'Balls' Walstab
Ruben Lenten
Hamish Macdonald
Martin Vari
Jason Slezak
Sam Bell
Aimee Raby
Alex LeClanche
Campbell Barker
Daniel 'Beaver' Bevan
Susie Mai
Bri Chmel
Dimitri Maramenides
Julie Simsar
Dylan Thompson
Jamie Herraiz
Booney
Leeshi Miller


Triple-S “High Roller” Invites

Dave and Spunk Loop
Llew Simmonds
Kristy Moller
Ken Early
Stephen Drumheller
Corey Neborski
Ted and Heather Beautista
Tony Finn
Jimmy Redmond
Chris Gilbert
Charlie Burwell
Zack Young
Dave Maguire
Sean Martin
Jimmy Lewis
Greg Kish
Dimi
Corky Cullen
Bucky Ashcraft
Gregg 'Tekko' Gnecco
Tonia Farman

Triple-S Invitational Overview
The Triple-S Invitational is an annual freeride event held in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. This event features the best freeriders in the world and is held over a 7 day window to allow for the best conditions for each riding discipline. “Triple-S” stands for Surf, Slicks and Sliders, three of the reasons why Cape Hatteras has become one of the premier Kiteboarding locations in the world !

The Triple-S Invitational is an invite-only freeride event. This event will be a rider-based event, focusing on premium riding locations and conditions, and held over a longer time period to guarantee these exist so that the riders can perform at their peak levels. Some of the events, such as the welcome and awards parties, riding sessions at REAL and others close by will"

Labels: Best Kiteboarding, Competition, North, Red Bull, Ruben Lenten

View topic - 4th Annual KiteXPO May 19 -21, 2006 - Pismo Beach: "tremeBigAir.com and the City of Pismo Beach are pleased to host the KiteXPO 2006: May 19 - 21. The KiteXPO Event is the ultimate opportunity for you to get leading edge information from industry experts about new technology and techniques. Most importantly, you can see and test all the newest 2006 kites and boards back to back. This is the largest kiteboarding event in California and in the country and is growing bigger every year. Best of all, it costs NOTHING/$0 to attend this event!!!

Registration is $0 per person! and includes RED BULL drinks, Bonfire and Party on Saturday night May 20, 2006.

XtremeBigAir's KiteXPO 2006 at Pismo Beach is going to be one of the largest kiteboarding events of the year. Last year we had more than 400 attendants from all over California, and as far as Mexico and Canada. Pismo State Beach is BIG! Our beach is miles long without rocks, reef, and urchins. Nothing dangerous. Just plenty of clean ocean water, soft beautiful sand, great wind and waves for your xtreme kiteboarding needs.

This year XtremeBigAir.com has brought kite designers, company test riders, pro riders, kiteboard builders, and industry experts to the KiteXPO 2006. All the leading representatives of kiteboarding products will be there and will be showing a whole host of new models and accessories. Last year at KiteXPO 2005 , we had Corky Cullen of Liquid Force Kiteboarding, Blake Pelton of Peter Lynn Kites, Flash Austin and Wind Wing crew, Jeff Burton of CAUTION Kites from Santa Cruz, CABRINHA, F-One Kiteboarding, Litewave Designs, David Civiello of SLING SHOTS with the Slingshot Kiteboarding crew ready with the new 2005 MACHINE, BEST kiteboarding crew of Best KiteBoarding, LIT Kiteboarding, CAPTAIN KIRKS Kiteboarding resort, UNDERGROUND Kiteboards, etc.

XtremeBigAir's KiteXPO 2006 will include the traditional dawn till dusk activities, with endless demo kiteboarding actions: inf"

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Ka Leo O Hawaii - UHM kiteboarders get an energy boost: "UHM kiteboarders get an energy boost

By Alyssa Navares
Ka Leo Associate Features Editor
April 20, 2006

The gloomy weather earlier this month didn't keep University of Hawai'i at Manoa kiteboarders from soaring through waters off of Mokule'ia during the Red Bull Kiteboard Clinic. The clinic, hosted by Red Bull athlete Adam Koch, served as a chance to practice with a professional as well as exposure to sponsors and photographers.

Working with a pro

'I was really excited to learn new stuff but wasn't sure if the weather was going to hold up for us,' sophomore business major Andrew Meade said. 'Since I drank some Red Bull, I was even more antsy.' Those who attended received an unlimited supply of Red Bull energy drinks and lunch for the day."

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