Kitesoul Magazine #12 English Edition
In this issue: Pre-event Triple S, IKA Kiteboarding World Championship, RC: Colleen Carroll, Kitefoil European Cup, Trip: RRD Cape Town, Australia, Turks & Caicos, ITW: Mikaili Sol, Julien Leleu, Patri McLaughlin in Jaws, Shape Wave: Sky Solbach, Pre-event Kite Babes, F-one Hydrofoil, Focus on products, Wave and Freestyle tutorials.
In this issue: Pre-event Triple S, IKA Kiteboarding World Championship, RC: Colleen Carroll, Kitefoil European Cup, Trip: RRD Cape Town, Australia, Turks & Caicos, ITW: Mikaili Sol, Julien Leleu, Patri McLaughlin in Jaws, Shape Wave: Sky Solbach, Pre-event Kite Babes, F-one Hydrofoil, Focus on products, Wave and Freestyle tutorials.
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48<br />
EVENTS<br />
IKA Kiteboarding World Championships 2016<br />
So far two events have taken place, El Gouna and<br />
Leucate. The event at El Gouna, the first one of<br />
this new season, was held in the Egyptian waters<br />
where Karolina Winkowska normally trains so we<br />
asked her some questions on the new tour...<br />
KS_Hello Karolina, can you tell us something<br />
more about the events that led to the new WKT?<br />
It is really hard to tell what is going on with the<br />
Freestyle World Tour right now. There are so many<br />
organisations claiming to be organising World<br />
Tour events. What I know is that IKA is the only<br />
organisation, sanctioned by World Sailing (former<br />
ISAF) to entitle the ‘official’ world tour titles. Thus<br />
if the event is not sanctioned by the IKA then there<br />
is no official world title.<br />
KS_IKA and KRU, in what ways are you working<br />
together for the tour?<br />
I am not working for the tour, I am a competitor.<br />
KS_Has anything changed in terms of judging<br />
and scoring methods?<br />
During the first two events organised by IKA, the<br />
judging was really good, as all the Judges were<br />
kiteboarders. Ewan Jaspan, Eric Reinstra, Mads<br />
Wollesen just to name few. They all practice freestyle,<br />
and they know the difficulty and the differences<br />
between the tricks. For me judging is the<br />
main element required for running a good competition,<br />
everything else is basically a bonus.<br />
KS_The first event was in Egypt, a bit like home<br />
for you ... what are the characteristics of El Gouna<br />
spot?<br />
Yes, I kiteboard in Egyp quite a lot. El Gouna is
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