9th place DFC France

Round 1 of the first official European Kite Land Boarding Championships (the KLBB) took place from the 19th to the 20th of April 2014 on the beaches of Dunkerque, in the north of France. Many Kite Land boarders came from all over Europe to participate and show their skills in this competition, professionally organized by the DFC-Dunkerque kite club.

The turn-out was awesome, with 45 riders in racing and 35 riders in freestyle, the event was packed! Push kiting, SuperKiteDay, ESSEX crew, Kite Freaks, West Land Kite, Kite Junkies, Kite Unit, CKC, BKT and many more kite clubs and teams came to this first official European competition in KiteLandBoarding history.

We arrived in Dunkerque on Friday morning with my Trampa team mates Ash Garwood and James Tideswell (Floyd) . Most of the riders were already there because the wind forecast was very good, about 20-25 knots side-on shore. We took this epic opportunity to share a huge session with all the riders who were there and it was a good final training for the competition.

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In total there were 34 riders ready to ride their best on competition day! My 1st heat was in a 4 riders group, with 2 persons advancing to the next round. I advanced to the next heat by mixing up my tricks, hooked and unhooked. I managed some nice spins, board offs and good big air moves. In my 2nd heat I was up against French rider Laurent Guyot (Lolo) I knew I had to get some unhooked tricks in. The lack of wind did not help, but after landing some f16s and flat 3s and just missing a dangle pass, I new deep down that Lolo had advanced which left me with 9th place. Super happy with this result at the start of the year!!

Big thanks to everyone who came to this event and made some amazing memories.

Fly safe

Kris Beech.

FINAL RESULTS – KLBB tour Round1, MTB Contest 2014 Dunkerque

RACE women:
1. Luisa Bodem (Ger/Flysurfer)
2. Mathilde Demeester (Fra)

RACE youth:
1. Pascal Schimdt (Ger/HQ Powerkites)
2. Julian Hein (Ger/Flysurfer)
3. Max Lux (Ger/Peter Lynn)

RACE men seniors:
1. Laurent Guyot (Fra/Flysurfer)
2. Yusca Balogh (Ned/Flysurfer)
3. Christophe Guiomar (Fra/HQ Powerkites)

RACE men veterans:
1. Philippe Veyssière (Fra/Flysurfer)
2. Eric Rush (Fra/Flysurfer)
3. Lionel Labouré (Fra/Flysurfer)

FREESTYLE women:
1. Luisa Bodem (Ger/Flysurfer)
2. Lisa Lussigny (Fra)
3. Mathilde Demeester (Fra)

FREESTYLE men seniors:
1. Laurent Guyot (Fra/Flysurfer)
2. Ash Garwood (Gbr/Ozone)
3. Kuhfahl (Ger/Flysurfer)

FREESTYLE men juniors:
1. Pascal Schimdt (Ger/HQ Powerkites)
2. Max Lux (Ger/Peter Lynn)
3. Julian Hein (Ger/Flysurfer)

Unhooked 1080

Board off


Ready to compete
 

360 Board off


Epic weather, lets go kiting

(left to right) Jeroen Pigmans, myself, Haye de Vries and Emmanuel Norman

Rider Briefing

Kite Racing

Great Event

Ready to race


Freestyle winners (left to right) Ash Garwood 2nd, Lolo 1st and Kiting Benny 3rd

 900 down loop

Board off
Big thanks to Ash Garwood and Cristina Murphy for the photos, Flexifoil Kites  Trampa Boards and everyone that made this event so epic!!!

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