Tag Archives: competition

TwinTip Racing: Qualifications to the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Dakhla

5. March 2018 kitejoy Leave a comment

I’ve always heard about Dakhla and its amazing kitesurf conditions, but to be honest you can’t imagine how great it is there until you’ve been there! No wonder that Dakhla is a popular spot for kitesurf competitions – like the Continental Qualifications to the Youth Olympic Games for the TT:R (TwinTip Racing) discipline which took place this year from the 20th to 25th of February at Dakhla Attitude. I didn’t expect this format to be so exciting to watch, but it definitely is!

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Articles, Generally, Kitesurf, Travelling around

Valentin Bontus: One year in the World Class Kiteboarding Academy

2. September 2017 kitejoy Leave a comment

Lately I talked to Valentin Bontus, a 16-year-old austrian pro kitesurfer who told me about his experiences traveling one year around the globe with the World Class Kiteboarding Academy. Read more about the experiences he collected during this time, his plans for the next months and his new sponsor.

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Kitesurf Pics

Surf Games Podersdorf: Kite- and Windsurf-Pics, 13. – 14. 5. 2017

17. May 2017 kitejoy Leave a comment

Aloha guys!

So here’s an impression of the Surf Games Podersdorf which has been an awesome event for boardsport fanatics! There has been a 4-Mile-Fun-Endurance-Race for kite- and windsurfers, some windsurf competitions and a freestyle/parkstyle contest. If you haven’t been at the Surf Games, at least you can have a look at these pics. If you have been there, maybe you find yourself somewhere here … Get more information and pics about this Stylehunters event here: Surf Games Podersdorf
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Articles, Generally, Kitesurf

Snowkiting: Why you should go for a session in the snow

16. January 2017 kitejoy Leave a comment

If you live in a country in which you don’t have summer the whole year long, kitesurfing might get difficult during wintertime – at least if you want to go on the water. But who cares – as long as there’s snow! Snowkiting is a proper alternative for those who want to pursue their passion in ice and snow too.

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Articles, Generally, Interviews, Kitesurf

5 questions, 5 answers: Laila Puehringer

14. October 2016 kitejoy Leave a comment

It was 2007 when Laila Puehringer got addicted to kitesurfing. The hometown of the half-austrian-half-moroccan Ozone teamrider from Vienna travels a lot and has also been living in the Dominician Republic. Since 2009 she participates in kite contests, also in the worldcup – in former times in freestyle, now strapless in the waves. In the GKA-Wave-Competition which took place in Mauritius this September she missed out on the semi finals by a single point. But she says: „I am hungry for more!“
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Articles, Generally, Just4Girls, Kitesurf

Kitesurfing and relationship Vol. 2.1: What if …

9. September 2016 kitejoy Leave a comment

After I got so much feedback on my previous article about “kitesurfing and relationship” I decided to focus more attention to this issue. So I will pick out specific situations and problems which kite couples may experience from time to time. And, of course, I will try to offer tips and ideas how best to deal with such situations.

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Generally, Kitesurf

Rider4Rider: A very different wakestyle contest

22. May 2016 kitejoy Leave a comment

From riders for riders

Aloha, here’s a short photo teaser of the Rider4Rider contest which took place from 5th to 8th of May in Breitenbrunn/Neusiedlersee at the Westcoastkiters. The complete post review including all results will be edited in the next issues of the german Kiteboarding-Magazine and the international Kiteworld Magazine (yes, I am super proud to write for those mags ;)). What I can already tell you about the contest is: amazing riders, cool atmosphere, proper organization!

Here some pics from what happened in the wakestyle park (Copyright: Helmut Fuchs – Flickr: helmutfuchs_kitejoy) – with pro riders like Alvaro Onieva, Sandro Haubenwallner, Julia Castro, Malin Amle and more.