2017 Summer Kiteboarding Competitions

For kiteboarders in the Tampa Bay area, summer time has a slow, casual, vacation-type mood associated with it. With our many days of light wind, we find other summertime things to do; frequent our local beaches, go fishing, learn something new while wakeboarding, get adventurous and go sky diving, or take a vacation. Well, its not all pina coladas and mini umbrellas for kiteboarders elsewhere. The summer season for most other areas of the country means kiteboarding competitions. 

Across the Globe, the summer time kiteboarding season is packed full of competitions and events and some of the best are right here in the USA! Not only are these events close to home, making traveling to them totally do-able, but these events host some of our local friends and fellow riders! Making them a ‘Must Do’ on any kiteboarder’s summer hit list! This year’s summer fun has come to an end, but mark your calendars for the 2018 lineup; you’ll thank us later! 

2017 Summer Kiteboarding Competitions

• CKA National Championship
  • • Outer Banks/Salvo, NC: May 27-June 3
    • Collegiate Club Sport of Kiteboarding, governed by the Collegiate Kiteboarding Association. The CKA holds competitions throughout the year and the summer time’s National Championship is the end result! Competitors must be High School or College age.
    • 2017 Results
    • Video below is from 2016; stay on the look-out for the 2017 edition!
    • 2018 CKA National Championship: TBA

• • • Wind Voyager’s Triple S Invitational 
      • • Outer Banks/Hatteras, NC: June 3-9
        • The event features an amazing lineup of talented riders who compete in Surf, Slicks and Sliders for the overall Triple-S Crown. With the best riders in the world, plus 7 Parties/7 Bands and all events open to the public, the Triple-S will reign supreme as the #1 kiteboarding event in the world.
        • MEN’S FINAL RESULTS
          Ewan Jaspan – $12,000 | Naish | Australia
          Sam Light – $7,500 | Slingshot | Great Britain
          Brandon Scheid – $5,000 | Liquid Force | USA
          Billy Parker – $3,000 | BEST | USA
          Eric Rienstra – $2,000 | CORE | USA
          Alex Maes – $1,500 | Cabrinha | Belgium
          Pierre Vogel – $1,200 | Takoon | France
          Noè Font – $1,000 | North | Spain
          Aaron Hadlow Official Page – $800 | North | Great Britain
          Craig Cunningham – $600 | North | Canada
          Ramiro Gallart – $500 | Liquid Force | Argentina
          Axel Tack – $400 | | Liquid Force | Belgium
          WOMEN’S FINAL RESULTS
          Colleen Carroll $5,500 | North | USA
          Annelous Lammerts $3,300 | Cabrinha | Netherlands
          Karolina Winkowska $2,000 | Slingshot | Poland
          Sensi Graves $1,000 | Liquid Force | USA
        • 2018 Wind Voyager Triple S Invitational: June 2-8, 2018

• Kiteboarding 4 Cancer (KB4C)
  • • • Hood River, Oregon: July 14-16
      • Kiteboarding 4 Cancer is dedicated to harnessing the healing power of wind and water with the determination of the human spirit to benefit lives affected by cancer through funding of advocacy, prevention, and survivorship programs.
      • 2018 KB4C: TBA
• Bridge of the Gods (BOTG)
  • • Stevenson, Washington: July 19-23
    • 2018 BOTG: TBA
• Spornado Hood Jam
  • • Hood River, Oregon: July 22-28
    • The Spornado Hood Jam brings together 33 total riders, 24 men and 9 women, at the Gorge in Hood River, Oregon for a key event in the Kite Park League.
    • 2018 Spornado Hood Jam: TBA

Congrats to all those who competed in these awesome events! Big shout out to all of our local Tampa Bay riders who killed it this year! 

The summer fun across the nation might be over, but the fun in Tampa Bay is about to get started!!! Stay tuned for some stellar events planned for this 2017-2018 season, brought to you by Elite Watersports.