Kitesoul Magazine #13 English Edition

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EVENTs
2016 Wind Voyager Triple-S Invitational
Ewan Jaspan
For the women, Colleen Carroll and I had qualified in first
place, Karolina Winkowska in third and Bruna Kajiya in
fourth. For men, Brandon Scheid, Christophe Tack, Jake
Kelsick, Maciek Lewandowski, Eric Rienstra, Billy Parker,
Ewan Jaspan, Axel Tack, Sam Light, Noe Font, Craig
Cunningham and Aaron Hadlow qualified to move into the
finals. Everyone was eager to battle for the top spots.
On day 2, the organizer threw a wrench in the gears and
decided to switch the direction of every feature in the
park. This meant that if the rooftop rail was left foot
forward yesterday, it would now be right foot forward
today. For anyone that had planned their tricks out,
this meant a quick restructuring of how they would be
approaching each feature. And this time the women
would be up first.
It was awesome to see the high level of riding that the
women brought to the table. We all started on the rooftop
rail and with each hit, you could tell everyone meant
business. On day 2, the organizers decided against crisscrossing
and we moved directly from the roof top to the
right foot forward kicker. Once again, the level was high.
Because I qualified in the top spot, I hit each feature
last. On my run, I landed a heelside, front-side 540 and
immediately following me, Bruna threw the same trick.
And then Karolina came in and did one as well! The ladies
were stomping tricks and the crowd was getting hyped
up. After the first two features, the men took the water to
do the same thing.
At this point, the wind started to pick up and squalls
started coming through. I soon found myself huddled
under a kite to shield myself from the rain. Luckily the
squalls passed and the contest continued on. Christophe
Tack had the kicker hit of the event, throwing down
the first ever 900 to be landed off a static kicker in