Was just checking the latest on the belgium competition which is on at the moment check www.carribeanwinds.com or www.pkra.info and i saw this.

"At 1 pm the first heat took to the water to warm up and try and get underway. The wind was 20-25 knots gusting to 30 knots. PKRA head judge Sami Gali and race director Olaf Van Tol decided to postpone once more due to dangerous conditions. Kites would be powered, then fall from the sky with a drop in the wind and then power up again yanking the competitor when trying to launch. Turbulence on the water kept kites going up even when competitors, such as Christian Holley, pulled down on their bar. His comment on the conditions was that they were “criminal.” Mallory De la Villemarqué, another of the first riders on the water, said it was super gusty and he feared possible collisions with other riders.

The skies partially cleared and the sun peeked out at 3 pm with competition getting started again at 3:30 pm. The wind continued to gust and pick up, sending poorly secured kites flying across the beach and most riders rigging up their 7 meter kites. Many competitors had trouble staying in the competition area and even pulling off or landing a trick. Christian Holley (Best, UK) and Mallory De La Villemarqué (North, France) advanced from heat one, both displaying solid performances given the increasing wind and tricky chop. The sand blasted onlookers and fellow competitors as riders struggled to perform in the gusts and small, irregular waves. Alvarro Onieva (Best, Spain) fought against being overpowered, loosing his board on an early move and having to run up the beach and get ripped into the water with several extreme body drags to finally retrieve it. He still managed to advance, pulling a big air one foot can-can in the last seconds of the heat. Meanwhile Randy Hereman (F-One, Netherlands) had an awesome heat, advancing, seemingly used to the conditions. He pulled one of the sickest tricks of the day: a huge kite loop right with a gust, ripping down wind and sticking the landing, as well as an awesome double kiteloop, his first in competition.

Mikeal Blomvall (JN Kites, Sweden) pulled another trick of the day, a powerful slimchance in the last minute of heat three, to give him the edge as he struggled with being overpowered as well. Eli Zarka (Wipika, Isreal) also advanced, nailing a 3-1-3 between some brutal body drags. And in the final heat before the event was called for the day, Kevin Langeree (Naish, Netherlands) was the “last man standing” on the water, the rest were literally blown away! After only a few minutes, all three other competitors, including Keene Rodolphe (F-One, Belgium) who managed to advance, were pulled out of the competition area as the wind picked up to 40-45 knots, gusting to 50 knots. Kevin, treated the conditions like old hat, used to training in the North Sea. He pulled the most incredible, huge air giving the crowd a reason to cheer as he went as high as 15 meters in the sky then landing and riding away effortlessly. "

Now my question is why do people want to hold competitions in such sh1tty cold places. Look at the surfing tour they go to all the best spots in the world, why can't this be the same for kiting. The last comp in Coche was awesome- because it was an awesome place. To get all the worlds best kiters to compete they should hold the comps in better places because that is just rediculous.