JUPITER KITE INVASION 2006 - LOTS OF PHOTOS !!!

[ricki]

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Back to Jupiter, FL, USA for the THIRD Jupiter Kiteboarding Invasion!!!


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Riders are rigging up and ripping loose.


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The judges are ready, Greg Norman, Neil Hutchinson, Damien Leroy and Jon Modica (left to right).


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So, let's take off. Mikey Bradley moves out on a surfboard, defies gravity without footstraps. Mike rides for RRD.


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Andy with Best and Francisco with Kitebanditz get off the beach. Francisco is carrying a custom Waterboards kiteboard. Lloyd of Waterboards is also the guy that whipped out all the great board trophies for the competition.


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Clinton Bolton with Best
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Damien Wright of East Coast Kiteboarding throws one
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Melissa riding for JN Kiteboarding


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Three riders, three choices of boards ... twin tip, surfboard and none?


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Billy Blackman looking good as he rips along. Special thanks to Billy for dropping everything and helping us out by maning our chase boat during the Kite Crossing to the Bahamas.


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Sonya riding for Cabrinha turns inside Stacey with Best. Stacey recently became the first woman to cross the Straits of Florida to the Bahamas.


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Jeremy event organizer with Jupiter Kiteboarding (http://floridakiting.com/) gets out looking good shredding through the waves


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Bobby Jaxtheimer hucks one

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Andrea walks her pet, kite. She definitely wins the stylin fashion award for the weekend. Great looking wet gear coordinates and looking good in the waves too!


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A MYSTERY rider erupts from a wave.


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Jessie of MTV fame and riding for Cabrinha rips across a lip


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Rick in from the SW coast. Rick has been working hard to keep us fllying off Tiger Tail Park at Marco Island, FL. Thanks and good luck!


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Damien T. is impressive in being able to throw near perfect kite loops all day, strong coordination and energy to spare. There was some trouble keeping sufficient distance from shore and bottom at times. There is a interesting sequence to follow in the next post when he wiped out nearshore in shallow water, a third time too many. Absorbing the impact of a speed of light kiteloop landing gone bad in inches of water? Glad he came through OK. The sand may not recover from the impacts however.
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Mikey on a never ending barrel quest or is he just angling for the rinse cycle?


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There was a LOT of wave riding talent at this event, footstraps optional!


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Laura riding for JN Kites jumps inside Stacey


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There was one fella who threw a jump TOO close to shore, LANDED onshore with forward momentum ...


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right in front of these ladies, fortunately he jumped up and over them rather than plowing through ...


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and ended up just in front of all these trees.


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Back to the water and stay there!


THANKS to Jacqui Camacho, wife of Dereck (DC Kiteboards) and Pro Photographer for the above three images

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Did somebody call the Jupiter Kite Cops?



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Zack and Mike move out


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Bobby Jaxtheimer jumps


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Maria of KITE4GIRLS Fame (http://fksa.org/viewtopic.php?t=731) rigs up


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Jeremy shows how to tear it up in the waves


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Hamish does a handle pass while wave riding, easy ...?!
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Big thanks to Jeremy of JUPITER KITEBOARDING (http://floridakiting.com/) for working hard to bring this unique event off for a THIRD YEAR RUNNING!


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Bye from Jupiter for now, there are quite a few more interesting and unusual images to come. It takes time to go through select and process images out of a group of over 3000 photos. Stay tuned ...




NOTE -> IF you know the name of someone that is unidentified or worse, misidentified please set me straight by posting the info. Also, if there is someone you are looking for or a type of shot you favor, again let me know and I'll see what I can come up with. INPUT is welcome.



Copyright FKA, Inc. 2006

[ricki]

Here are the final results for the event from head judge Neil Hutchinson:

FREESTYLE COMPETITION

Women ->
1. Melissa (JN)
2. Bri (Best)
3. Stacey (Best)

Men ->
1. Mike B. (RRD)
2. Clinton (Best)
3. Andy H. (Best)

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Andy, Mike and Melissa


KITELOOP COMPETITION

Women ->
1. Melissa (JN)

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Melissa, Judge Damien and Clinton

Men ->
1. Andy H. (Best)
2. Mike B. (RRD)
3. Jessie (Cabrinha)


WAVE RIDING COMPETITION

Women ->
1. Sonya (Cabrinha)

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Men ->
1. Mike B. (RRD)
2. Shawn Cole
3. Andy H. (Best) tied with Shawn Jackson

There are a ton of photos to come from this great event. No end of kiteloops, wave riding on tt and surfboards, aerial moves and the odd inland excursion, ouch!

So, stay tuned ...


NOTE: If any of the names are mispelled or if I have missed sponsors please PM ricki with the corrections.

Andy, Mike and Melissa showing off their trophys. Lloyd with Waterboards is making these things up like hotcakes for kiteboarding competitions. I think Kent wants to modify his into trick water skies.

[freddy85]

Nice photo's Rick. Always enjoy them...

[ricki]

It's back!