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boogie loop. This time going even
bigger and stomping the landing
clean. It was low tide at this point
in the day making it very shallow on
the inside, knee deep at the most.
After a couple of tack up’s following
Ruben’s last trick he came in for a
massive sent S-bend pass in the
shallows. He came in so hot to the
landing and just tucked the tip of
his board into the water resulting
in a crash that we thought would
have left him in a chair. After he
caught the nose of his board in the
water he flipped forward straight to
his face and proceeded to continue
to flip until his leash finally gave way
and the kite flew away. Everyone
on the beach was in awe. Water
support and several friends ran to
assist Ruben in the water. Ruben
appeared to be fine - more upset
and angry then anything. It’s safe to
say Ruben is built like a brick house,
walking away from these crashes
with only a bone dislocated in his
hand.
Like the legend he is, Aaron
Hadlow wowed the crowd in the
final. His mixture of massive
loops, high jumps and technical
massive handlepasses led him
to his victory. You can always
count on Aaron to take it above
and beyond. Within the last two
minutes of the final heat which he
had already put down some of the
best tricks, he continued to push
the limits. Aaron came into the
shallows and launched a massive
sent S-bend pass, we thought that
was it for the trick but he went for
a second pass while still way up
there. Unfortunately he just missed
the bar grabbing the chicken loop
but still rode away from it. For the
trick that had everyone’s attention,
Aaron pulled multiple times through
the event - the mega loop KGB. The
risks of this trick are unbelievably
high. You start with a standard mega
loop back roll but then halfway
through the trick you unhook and
do a backside 360 pass. If anything
goes wrong you’re falling from
very high up, and moving forwards
stupidly fast with little (if any) control
of your kite. Only Aaron had the
balls to pull this trick out and that’s
why he’s the x5 world champion and
the current Red Bull King of the Air
champ! Aaron had a smile on from
ear to ear on the podium. After a
couple quick photos for the media
we all gave him a big congrats
hug and goodbye. He was rushing
off to the airport for a flight he was
about to miss. He was off to Tarifa to
continue training for the first stop of
the PKRA! What a legend.
By Sam Medysky
Epic Photography
Capturing those epic moments...