Islamorada Invitational 2003 - Day Two
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Day two of the Islamorada Invitiational kiteboarding competition was notable for many reasons. Including incredible riding from both the amateurs and the Pros. Some of the amateurs should slide easily into the Pros in the near future. We had fair to a bit too strong winds, a squall during the later part of the day and the arrival of a strong cold front with STRONGER offshore winds into the high 30 mph range. It was an exciting day full of dazzling moves on and over the water and the ... Winners of the Pro Division: 1st Place - ANDRE PHILLIP, Antigua 2nd Place - PETE WEISBERG, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 3rd Place - JEFF BIEGE, Lake Worth, Florida ANDY HURDMAN, was doing very well but broke TWO kite lines in honking winds during that over powered final heat. Andy won this event last year. Winners of the Amateur Division: 1st -TRAVIS DETWEILER & BETO HILLMAN tied for first. Further competition was called because of severe weather. 2nd - ZACK HLEPPE and with that, lets look in on some images from the event ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Rider_no_2.jpg Early kiter http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...akeup_time.jpg Riders tumble out of the sack and rig up for a great day of wind! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...ites.sized.jpg Wind is on, riders are ready ... Fabian rides into a game of aerial "Pac Man!" http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/Judges.jpg Judges roost http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Beto_leaps.jpg Beto without feet? Beto tied for first with Travis in the amateur division. http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Slide_over.jpg Travis (?) jumps ... IF this is Travis, he tied for first in the amateur division. http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/.../Zack_flys.jpg Zack flys ... Zack is a very promising 16 year old competitive rider out of the panhandle who took SECOND in the amateur competition. http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/Beto_1.jpg Beto has at it! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/Ben.jpghttp://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/Ben_Up.jpg Ben, Zack's brother goes to it! HTTP://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...er_pops_up.jpg Lots of strong young talent in the amateurs. This Jupiter 16 year old pops a jump. http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/.../Beto_flys.jpg Beto turns off gravity and floats for a while. http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/No_feet.jpg Travis (?) flips in space http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Riding_out.jpg Toby shreds along and dreams of icebergs back home! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/Break.jpg The crew shoreside gears up. http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...X_Shooters.jpg Toby shows off some new boards AND the latest concept in flipping hardware, the backpack kite! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...2/Bar_time.jpg The Pros shred out to do battle ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/Going.jpg Driving hard ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...2/Blasting.jpg Andy Hurdman a Gaastra rider, rips loose a jump ... He is a strong Florida rider and the FKA Delray AC (area coordinator) http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...isco_leads.jpg Francisco Escudero and friends shred in ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/..._Levitates.jpg Kent Marinkovic of Adventure Sports ignores gravity and drifts through space ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Transition.jpg Transition! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/OLIVER.jpg Oliver Butsch, a Cabrinha rider shows great style and the power of cocoa butter in better shredding technique! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Have_at_it.jpg Blasting in review ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...reg_n_Jeff.jpg Greg Kuklinski of Globerider kites and Jeff Beige, an F One rider, take it all in. Both are FKA Area Coordinators. Jeff came in third in the pro division. http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...aaaa.sized.jpg Jeff Beige pops one! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...bian_saves.jpg Fabian blasts in for an expert one handed assisted relaunch of this kite on the fly. Way to go! He is sponsored by Globerider kites, Lightwave Designs kiteboarders, Hype, Eycatcher, Blue Planet Surf (the yellow kite pants people!). Fabian is originally from Germany but now calls Hawaii home, sounds good! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...ver_shreds.jpg Oliver blasts along ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...2/Strategy.jpg Describing a new kiteboarding trick ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...oving_out1.jpg What a day! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/out.jpg Mystery rider #1 flys one foot free ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/LW_Dave.jpg Lightwave Dave shreds on! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Hamish_Air.jpg Hamish MacDonald throws a nice one! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...2/Wipe_out.jpg Shredding ... SPLAT! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...side.sized.jpg Toeside ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/Launch.jpg Back at the beach ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...ndy_shreds.jpg Andy Hurdman flashes by ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...r_comes_in.jpg Walking in ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/albuo42/Twisted.jpg Twisted http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/.../Out_there.jpg Out there ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/..._the_beach.jpg Kite fans ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...ent_stalls.jpg Cabrinha Kent takes a seat! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...yles.sized.jpg Rob Hassle makes it seem easy ... Rob is a strong Pro rider from Sarasota and is the FKA AC for the city. http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...r_it.sized.jpg Up! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Andy.sized.jpg Andy flys, Mina shoots! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...hree_to_go.jpg Pete WEISBERG, second place winner, rips on out with company ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/..._sequnce_s.jpg Rob Hassle floats ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...sequence_s.jpg Brad Lange, event organizer of SevenSports shows off some moves ... WITH A LEASH - WAY TO GO BRAD!!! http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...andle_Pass.jpg Hamish shows the proof of it ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/..._and_Andre.jpg Andre, winner of the pro division, talks to Brad Lange and the crowd ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Dave_watch.jpg Kent floats, Oliver and Dave watch ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...the_middle.jpg In the middle ... http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...Island_Way.jpg Toby hanging out at the end of a GREAT DAY! Lots of shots to be sure. More to follow along with a squall and some INTENSE riding during the Pro division's final heat. Also, there are a number of sequenced shots to be assembled and posted (thanks for your expert input on PS tactics Blow Me!). More shots will appear in this post and others, so stay tuned ... NOTE: If you can supply missing names or improperly identified riders, sponsor information, etc. PLEASE DO. If you would like you can respond to this post or contact me by private email at: flkitesurfer@hotmail.com Copyright 2003 FKA, Inc. More photos from this event and a great video appear at: New Islamorada video on KiteFlix.com http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8747 MORE PHOTOS from WIND in Paradise, Day Two ... http://www.kiteforum.com/index.php?p...5&button=forum Action shots from Islamorada ... http://kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8565 Shredding in Paradise - Day One, Photos and Story http://kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8478 Andre Phillip of Antigua wins in the keys http://kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8390 Kite Leashes Suck ... ? http://kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8395 Islamorada, FL - Kiteboarding Events and Prime Riding http://kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7272 Originally posted at: http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8718 |
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