KTA Final in Thailand

Pranburi south of Hua Hin is a beautiful place and the wind was better then expected. The Evason 5 Star hotel was a perfect spot for the final of the KTA. The wind blew better then expected and on the first day we finished 2 courseraces. I love my new Anton Raceboard and finished the day with being first in the courserace. The second day brought us crazy conditions with a monsoon with rain, as i ve never seen it before and almost all tents from the setup were flying away. After some freestyle heats the kiters ended the second day with a monsoonpoolparty. Day 3 gave us rideable conditions, which were difficult with quite light wind and big waves coming in still from the monsoon from the day before. No beach was left, which made the launching quite difficult. Super nervous I won against my heats against Alison from Australia, Aya from Japan and Carla from Spain who I trained with on Boracay. Super happy I won the freestyle single elimination, in the afternoon we still did a couple of courseraces and with the Anton Board I am way ahead of the twintips. We couldnt believe when we woke up on the last day, no breeze at all. And so I was superhappy about the two first places (first time in the tour)- freestyle and courserace. A nice event and nice nd of the season, as almost everybody from the Boracayteam went into different directions for the summer.
Rankings:
KTA Thailand Winners

Men’s Freestyle

1. Hironobu Nakano (Japan)
2. Sebastian Bubmann (Germany)
3. Ken Nacor (Philippines)

Women’s Freestyle

1. Kathrin Borgwardt ( Germany)
2. Carla Delmoral (Spain)
3. Aya Oshima (Japan)

Men’s Race

1. Madier Renaud (France)
2. Bjorn Jensen (Demark)
3. Sebastian Bubmann (Germany)

Women’s Race

1. Kathrin Borgwardt (Germany)
2. Aya Oshima (Japan)
3. Vicky Cannaerts (Belgium)



KTA Tour Champions

Men’s Freestyle

1. Narapichit Pudla Yo (Thailand)
2. Ken Nacor (Philippines)
3. Sedat Celenk (Turkey)

Womens Race

1. Kathrin Borgwardt (Germany)
2. Carla Delmoral (Spain)
3. Nuria Goma (Spain)

Men's Race

1. Narapichit Pudla Yo (Thailand)
2. Sedat Celenk (Turkey)
3. Deivis Maciulis (Lithuania)

Womens Race

1. Kathrin Borgwardt (Germany)
2. Nuria Goma (Spain)
3. Carla Delmoral (Spain)

Asian Champions

Men’s Freestyle

1. Narapichit Pudla Yo (Thailand)
2. Ken Nacor (Philippines)
3. Sedat Celenk (Turkey)

Womens Freestyle

1. Hill siu (Hong Kong)
2. Aiyah Oshima (Japan)
3. Diep Anh Thu Julia (Vietnam)

Men’s Race

1. Narapichit Pudla Yo (Thailand)
2. Sedat Celenk (Turkey)
3. Doque Delos Santos (Philippines)

Women’s Race

1. Hill siu (Hong Kong)
2. Aiyah Oshima (Japan)
3. Reiko Kimura (Japan)