MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

To qualify for the Kitefoil Open Masters World Championship, you need to be born in 1987 or before for the Masters competition or before 1977 for the Grand-Masters competition. In the men’s fleet watch out for a good battle between Mexico’s Xantos Villegas and Denmark’s James Johnsen. In the women’s fleet there are entries from Czech Republic, France, Thailand and Latvia. Aija Ambrasa (LAT) is only in her third competition having taken up kitefoil racing just last year. “My first time in Torregrande and I hope to learn a lot this week and have a really good time competing in this fleet,” said the Latvian rider.

Mirco Babini, President of the International Kiteboarding Federation (IKA), is looking forward to another successful event in Oristano. “We always get great feedback from competitors who race at this beautiful venue. Once again the local Eolo association can be relied on to deliver a fantastic event and will show its logistical, organisational and sporting skills to the whole world with a strong participation from many nations from around the world.”