PKRA - Finals of the 2011 Tenerife Kite Masters

This was a beautiful week of wind and sunshine in El Medano, Tenerife. We’ve had five days of action in which to pick the best four male and best two female riders who got into the finals today. The competition started with 25 knots side shore winds and nice waves rolling into the bay.

The Spanish championship saw the amazing come back of local rider Alexandre Bournay (FRA, Naish) who went from last place (he lost his first heat in the singles) to the finals. Alexandre had to fight through a lot of heats to come back and even had to face the leader of the Spanish tour, Alvaro Onieva (ESP, Slingshot). Alvaro secured his heat with a couple of powered moves while Alex had his kite higher and didn’t land all his tricks. Onieva has now won the Spanish title for the year.

Meanwhile Race Director Olaf Van Tol decided to run the Kite Masters heats which would allow four men to advance into the finals.