This Week in Kitesurfing: Freestyle world titles, a 42.6 metre jump, James Carew
KitesurfingOfficial··2h ago·1 min read
Titles were decided in freestyle and kite-surf, and a new height record went into the books. Qualifier spots for Cape Town were handed out in Hsinchu, and one board partnership ended.
The week was about decisions. In Brazil, Maxime Chabloz and Bruna Kajiya closed the GKA Freestyle season by taking both the world titles and the event at Ilha do Guajiru. In kite-surf, James Carew won his fifth world title by 0.2 points. Sylt decided the men's title after the conditions in Cape Verde stopped the final rounds, and the reigning champion Pedro Matos was absent. Big air had its own news. Lewis Crathern jumped 42.6 metres on a Harlem Peak 7m, past the 42.3 metre mark of Jamie Overbeek, and WOO Sports confirmed it. Overbeek also ended his one-year partnership with Roode Boards. In Hsinchu, Alessa Mensch and Hugo Wigglesworth won the King of the Air Taiwan Qualifier and a place in the Cape Town finals.
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