Kitesurf Atlas

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Final results

• Slideshow of the event

• Day 1: Trials
  
• Day 2: Single Elimination
  
• Day 3: Single Elimination Finals and first round Double Elimination
  
• Day 4: Double Elimination Final Results Freestyle
  
• Day 5: King and Queen of BoardOff

• Slideshow of the event

The international competition - Kitesurfing Open Cup of Russia - O`NEILL KITE CUP 2008 - held in Egypt from 26th to 30th of May has been finished.
It is hot in Egypt in the end of May and the wind statistics traditionally attracts professional kiters from all over the world. This time Hurghada has gathered strongest Russian riders who have just returned from Venezuela lap of PKRA. Among them were Evgeny Novozheev from Moscow Russian champion in 2006 and 2007, bronze winner of the Black Sea Cup 2007 Sergey Belmesov
from Solnechnogorsk and winners of Russian Cup brothers Ogar from St.Petersburg.

Russian Open Cup O`Neill Kite Cup 2008 which was supported by Tez Tour company had two disciplines: freestyle and long distance. Perfect wind conditions has allowed to perform both two disciplines in three days.

Watch the photogallery of the event.

The Velocity Games, the city's kiteboarding, skateboarding and windsurfing competition, is changing its name just two months after a new sports marketing firm acquired rights to the event.

Jessica Davila-Burnett, president of Epic Sports and Entertainment LP, announced the event will be renamed the U.S. Wind & Water Open beginning with the 2007 competition on May 11-13.

The name change is a further evolution of an event that started in 1987 as a windsurfing competition. It has been known as the Velocity Games since 2003, reflecting the additional sports events and providing an umbrella name for the U.S. Wind and Water Open, the 20th annual Cheniere Energy U.S. Windsurfing Regatta, the AT&T Kiteboarding Open, The Port of Corpus Christi & F-2 Speed Challenge, and the Texas Skate Jam.

Davila-Burnett said the new name reflects Epic Sports and Entertainment's goal of placing emphasis on the sports and national title championships at stake.

The Austrian round of the PKRA held at Neusiedl See closed with only one day of competition. After a slow start peaking out at 18 knots, the wind kept holding back since the second day of the competition, picking up speed in the morning and dying in the afternoon. Scattered clouds and morning showers kept the temperatures low. Spectators, judges and athletes managed to enjoy their time with off-competition activities and leisure activities as bungee jumping, paint ball shooting and awarding ceremony.

Here are the final results both for men and women:

Men's doubles results:
1. Aaron Hadlow (Flexifoil, UK)
2. Kevin Langeree (Naish, Netherlands)
3. Youri Zoon (Slingshot, Netherlands)

Women's doubles results:
1. Gisela Pulido (Slingshot, Spain)
2. Bruna Kajiya (Best, Brazil)
3. Karolina Winkowska (Naish, Poland)