Kiteboard Masters 2010 In Photos!

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Here are some more images from the Masters on Saturday, mixing the sequence a little bit ...



Neil conducts the captains meeting



Some of the guys hang out before the race starts



Getting ready, the course involves several reaching runs around two buoys.



The start of the first of four course races



Six seconds later they're ripping past the starting line. Damo is stretching out a lead already.




In another race later on Kent races ahead of Damo, this one's going to be tight.






Tom Fields passes one while Brandon rides out



Damo passes inverted as Brandon rides in to throw some too.



Melissa leads this group with Christophe in close pursuit



Matt Collins tries to catch that ahinga on the fly




Stacey throws a kite loop



Lands it solid




Organizer Christophe Ribot joins in the racing




Not sure what this is called but it looks good



Melissa looks happy and she didn't take out Damo during their head on crossing during the course race!



Damo takes waits for the next heat. Checkout those fins on his Cabrinha course board!




Matt challenges the field in some strapless technique



And again, practice makes perfect. Still, I would get a different board, fins, a nice slice into your Achilles and you could go down for a long time. Once sliced my foot open on a dumb beach dismount on a dinky tt skeg. Those course board fins could do a nasty carving job given the chance.




Matt and Brandon







Two riders up


Still more shots to come, stay tuned ...


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