Thank you so much for your feedback on the event, great insight into the wave riding aspect of kitesurfing, and the interesting overview on Mitu and Airton’s background. This really is an inspiring story, and one that I am sure many of us will keenly follow going forward.

Clearly we are entering a new era in kitesurfing. The future for kitesurfing is looking bright, with quality wave riding and events like this taking things to the next level…

The live streaming of the event was amazing to be part of and has set the trend for the future. The wave scoring was shown live and as a viewer you knew who had won the heat before the competitors and I think even before the individual judges themselves. Edited video clips don’t even come close to what you see live. Honestly next to none of the good footage is shown in the videos but we hope it does get released later and it will be worth whatever price they are asking.

But the highlights must be the riders themselves. As pretty as the waves were, it is an intimidating place to ride. Serious live coral reef, strong cross-off wind, big hollow swell far out to sea and the worst a push to have you ride strapless.

Well done to everyone. Special appreciation must go to the two Cabo Verdian locals who made the mens final. If you know the story of these two guys then you appreciated this even more. In a sense this was the final scene of a “rags to riches” type story. Mitu and Airton, best of friends but more like teacher and apprentice. They first came into the limelight during the exposure of the Cabo Verde point break known as Ponta Preta. Mitu had found a way to make riding this place look supernatural and the kitesurfing world latched onto it. It seemed gimmicke at first like he had just found a technique and was milking it. Kind of like the discovery of a new move in freestyle kiting. Sometime after that a short “documentary” of Mitu was made and for the first time we got to see Mitu riding in cross on-shore conditions and damn he was fine. In this video a youngster featured as part of the story line, non-other than Airton.

So Mauritius came along and from the start Mitu was set to do well as the break was simply the reverse of Ponta Preta. What was not expected was that Mitu would ride it strapless and on his switched stance. Not only did he ride it so naturally that it was hard to tell if he was goofy or not but he changed stances continually in the critical part of the wave and to add to it was breaking out surface tricks. Airton on the other hand must have been nervous and his slow start in the final maybe showed it. Mitu opens with and 8.17 like he had been out all day and with the knee injury. Airton answers back only on his fourth wave with an 8.93 and after that was unstoppable even though Mitu found two more big scores. It was close but Mitu must have been super proud of Airton.

Well they never came in after the heat and missed the intended interview just proving that their love and passion for the sport is what has gotten them here.

The next KSP events will be interesting but these two guys have undeniably set the standard – respect.

We look forward to seeing you both in action at the next event!

I am absolutely blown away by the wave riding conditions at One Eye… Solid wind and waves almost consistently… I think Mauritius just got bumped up to number 1 on my list of places to kite…

I hope it holds up like this to the end… and we see an awesome showdown at the final…