Released on: April 23, 2008, 8:14 pm

Press Release Author: John Gotidoc

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: Leucate, France, April 14, 2008 - The third day of the 2008
PKRA World Tour - Mondial du Vent 2008 drew to a stunning close and saw a
particularly successful competition for both the Freestyle and Course Racing events.
The weather was in good mood, providing a perfect setup to end the doubles and
finish three course races. Clear sunny skies dominated the day with the
northwesterly winds blowing at 16 knots (5 bft.) forming moderate waves, raising the
bar for more challenging tricks and powerful moves.


Press Release Body:
It was a Kevin Langeree-Aaron Hadlow battle to the top podium spot once again as the
two top-ranked PKRA athletes tried to stay on their feet and outperform each other
in the dying winds. Although the wind was dropping out to a point where it was on
the brink of being cancelled, Langeree managed to keep riding and landed several
tricks on the outside while Hadlow struggled on the inside with a downed kite after
messing up a landing. The wind came in strong again for the second half of the heat
and while Langeree managed to survive the lull and land tricks, Hadlow spent most of
it trying to re-launch and get enough speed up for a trick. Even though the wind
came back in and Hadlow stomped trick after trick, it wasn't enough to sway the
judges from their 5-0 decision and award Langeree the first place overall.

A surprising feat came courtesy of Russian kiteboarder Petr Tyuskevich (Cabrinha)
who went out with a vengeance after being beaten yesterday by Michael Schitzhofer
(Naish, Austria) in their battle for third place in the singles. Tyuskevich defeated
crowd favorite Sebastien Garat (RRD, France) and simultaneously silencing the crowd
before having his sweet revenge against Schitzhofer for a chance in the final. "I'm
so stoked," he said. Tyuskevich, who has been kiting for 18 years missed three stops
in the 2007 PKRA World Tour but managed to stay in 13th place overall. His third
place finish in today's competition equaled his best performance of his PKRA career
which happened in Chile last year when he grabbed the third podium spot.

In the women's Freestyle final Gisela Pulido (Slingshot, Spain) pulled her big moves
once again to defeat Bruna Kajiya (Best, Brazil) in two final runs. Susie Mai
(Cabrinha, Germany) settled for third place overall after loosing to Pulido.

In Course Racing, Sean Farley (North, Mexico) continues to dominate the event,
winning both of today's races. The Mexican racer now enjoys a comfortable 6.2
points lead over North teammate Charles Deleau (France) who is currently in second
place. With only a race remaining, Sean is already assured of the top podium
position. Currently occupying third spot is Sami Gali (Best, Spain) who still has a
fighting chance for second place overall if he wins the last race and Deleau
finishes third.

Freestyle Highlights

Having been knocked out early from the singles, Silvester Ruchdaschel (Fone,
Germany) started a steady climb up the ladder by knocking out a powered up and much
improved Ali Barrett (Slingshot, UK) in heat #18 via several powered moves.

Tom Hebert (Airush, New Caledonia) performed for the crowd exceptionally well.
Boosting large right near the beach, very similar to the riding he has in his home
spot at Meridian Beach, Noumea. He could boost right on the shore line as the wind
carried him along the beach and away, far enough to land back in the water. Against
Bjorn Viane (Flexifoil, Belgium) in heat #19, this worked well along with his
powered moves while Viane struggled in the gusty, strong winds. Ironically, Hebert's
run was short-lived as he was stopped by Reno Romeu (North, Brazil) in heat #23
courtesy of several powered moves. Hebert went as big as possible, took too many
risks and did not land enough technical tricks to stand a chance of winning.

Alvaro Onieva (Best, Spain) started his long climb up the ladder against Adam
Withington (Mexico) in the 20th heat before tiring out and loosing to Alex Pastor
(Naish, Spain) in the heat #30.

Rick Jensen (Naish, Germany) stomped some well powered moves to win heat #21 against
Julian Hosp (Best, Austria), including a mobe, KGB, blind judge with aerial handle
pass and a blind judge. Hosp landed a regular and switch blind judge and a higher
kite mobe, slim and back to blind airpass.

Cesar Portas (North, Spain) lost to Alex Pastor (Naish, Spain) in the 29th heat and
struggled at the deteriorating wind conditions. While Pastor managed to continue
landing tricks and stay in the box, a very underpowered Portas had to work hard to
stay upwind before the wind came back in the last few mintues. Portas attempted a
comeback but only managed to land a blind judge with aerial handle pass and slim
against Pastor's mobe, s-bend to blind with airpass, raley to blind and a
slimchance.

Garat continued storming his way up the ladder to the delight of the cheering crowd,
ending Ruckdaschel's run in heat #30 with a mobe, slim, blind judge with aerial
handlepass and hasselhoff. Garat also made some nice moves in heat #31 including a
blind judge, mobe, front mobe, and s-bend to blind with airpass to defeat Pastor.
The tired Garat then lost to Tyuskevich in the 32nd heat ending his run.

Aaron Hadlow (Flexifoil, UK), with his eyes on the top podium spot ended
Tyuskevich's run in the 34th heat via power and consistency before facing Langeree
in the final. Hadlow walked away with the win, landing a s-bend to blind with
airpass, blind judge with aerial handle pass, mobe, slim and a couple of huge
kiteloops. The Russian kiteboarder managed to nail a 313, blind judge with aerial
handle pass, mobe and back to blind airpass.

An upset in the women's double took place courtesy of Caroline Adrien (France,
Naish) defeating current world number 5 and teammate Karolina Winkowska (Naish,
Poland) in heat #11. In the 12th heat, Josie Wilson (Naish, UK) had a very close
heat against Kari Schibevaag (Ozone, Norway) but a handle pass and several kite
loops for Wilson were not enough to defeat Schibevaag's kite loops, backloop to
toeside surface pass and raley to blind.

Mai took out Angela Peral (North, Spain) in heat #17 landing a raley to blind, front
to blind and several big airs with grabs against Peral who landed her raley to blind
and downloop. Unfortunately, Mai got dispatched by world number one Pulido who
busted out several handle passes and a big kite loop, easily taking the win in heat
#18.

Freestyle Results:

Men

1.Kevin Langeree (Naish, Netherlands)
2.Aaron Hadlow (Flexifoil, UK)
3.Petr Tyuskevich (Cabrinha, Russia)

Women

1.Gisela Pulido (Slingshot, Spain)
2.Bruna Kajiya (Best, Brazil)
3.Susie Mai (Cabrinha, Germany)


Race Results (after seven races - overall ranking)

Men:

1. Sean Farley (North, Mexico)
2. Charles DeLeau (North, France)
3. Sami Gali (Best, Spain)
4. Raphael Salles (F-One, France)
5. Herve Kerneur (France)

Women:

1. Steph Bridge (North, UK)
2. Gina Esteva (Best, Spain)
3. Fabienne D\'Ortoli (Cabrinha, France)
4. Angela Peral (North, Spain)
5. Caroline Adrien (Naish, France)
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