A look into how KOTA 2022 was won and lost. Colin’s technical analysis of the 10th edition of @redbull King of The Air.

Featured riders: @lorenzocasati1 , @marcjacobskite , @andreaprincipi6525 , @sejalipe , @Gielvlugt and @LiamWhaleyChannel

The technical analysis in this video is from this bloke (genius) https://www.instagram.com/loicdeconinck/
and you can get coaching from him here: https://www.dckitesurfing.com/

Thumbnail: Redbull content pool 2022 (Craig Kolesky)

KOTA is sponsored by https://northkb.com/
and them red wetsuits are from https://www.mysticboarding.com/

and for more analysis tune into the podcast:

xoxoxo

Series 2: Cape Town. 8 Big Air kites. All 9m. All blank. Unbiased testing by three of the biggest names in big air.

Big thanks to the brands that took part in this. Props to them for believing in their product and trusting us to do a fair job. And thanks to Ocean Rodeo, Ozone and North for being open minded and letting their riders test for us. Legends.

Next episode: the remaining 4 kites are reviewed
Last episode: the top3 go through to the final
Boom.

Follow the pros here:
https://www.instagram.com/marcjacobskite/
https://www.instagram.com/gielvlugt/
https://www.instagram.com/rubenlen10/

Height tracking provided by @woosports

WOO 4.0 Homepage

with FPV footage from @JanekGrzegorzewski
and drone footage from https://www.instagram.com/arlinladue/

Videography by
https://www.instagram.com/kinas_photos/
https://www.instagram.com/miriam_joanna_art/ and
https://www.instagram.com/nonoise_media/
(it’s the stuff that is actually good)

Stills by
https://www.instagram.com/miriam_joanna_art/ and
https://www.instagram.com/arlinladue/

Source’s of the @RubenLenten footage (worth a watch):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnDY6tSk9Ng (storm jees 3.0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp9iRj4m0yk (storm jees 2.0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibxrdsR9728 (Code Red)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QujxX0Svv18 (Life story)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaDAgSxqcCA (Junior profile)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD9Y1mwGy3U (Painkiller)

thanks to the caddies:
https://www.instagram.com/hamzawykiteboarding/
https://www.instagram.com/youssef_kiteboarding_/
https://www.instagram.com/loicdeconinck/

thanks to Steezy Pete for beach management
https://www.instagram.com/steezy_pete_official/

thanks to the microphone caddies: https://www.instagram.com/gabby_pioraite/
https://www.instagram.com/domas_life/
and the legend (his words) himself: https://www.instagram.com/kitesurf365

and thank you to me as always. now scroll down for individual kite models:

https://northkb.com/products/orbit-2023?variant=41894805897388
Code V1
https://ozonekites.com/kites/kitesurf/edge-v11-freeride-bigair/

Lift Kite

TRIGGER

https://ridecore.com/us/kite/kites/nexus-3
https://harlemkitesurfing.com/products/harlem-go-v5/

see u in the next one. xoxoxoxoxo

Tom Bridge’s GKA Freestyle debut.

p.s. his boot broke on the first trick of heat 1 and he had it wrapped up in duct tape for the remainder of the competition.

Tom’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom_rocco_bridge/
Tom’s kites: https://northkb.com/pages/freestyle-riderstyle
Tom’s wetsuits and harness: https://www.mysticboarding.com/

Additional footage from: https://www.instagram.com/kinas_photos/
with help from https://www.instagram.com/daniangelss/

Nils Frahm full performance: https://youtu.be/e1mHyj3lubQ?t=2490
Song on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4LkejFo7l7D36wrUfgs10W?si=e23c9637f909495c
another banger on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4W5UoSfOnb1cx8ZNVUTPne?si=6bea7f2f338a47d7

See Nil’s live dates (he’s touring now) here: https://www.nilsfrahm.com/concerts/
+ @NilsFrahmOfficial’s youtube

xoxoxoxo

The Contra Doobie BO, The Double, The Unhooked Megaloop and the S-loop, all explained by the reigning king, Marc Jacobs.

Rider clips featured in order of appearance: @lucaceruti1533 , @marcjacobsissosexy2101 and @Gielvlugt

First possible start is probably Saturday 24th. Hold onto your hats. Follow the @NorthKiteboarding2022 KOTA webpage for updates and KOTA content: https://northkb.com/pages/kota

Marc’s KOTA kite quiver (6,8,8,9,9,10,10,11): https://northkb.com/products/orbit-2023

Marc’s wetsuit and harness: https://www.mysticboarding.com/

big up xoxoxox

A video analysis the 2022 final, where Andrea beat Lorenzo in what was one of the most wild heats of all time.

Full stream is from 4:19:30 on the @coldhawaiigames channel.

Massive thanks to Filip Bertram for dishing out the footage. We’ve bought him some beers.

Want more analysis? Weekly kite podcast is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7B4ebC9wUjjAgK0RErYLj8?si=fd4852d794f94785

xoxoxoxo