Beyond Boarders

Aaron Hadlow won the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) men's World Kitesurfing Championship in 2005 for the second year running and on the women's tour, Kristin Boese from Germany has been crowned number one.

Aaron, from Cornwall in the UK, now spends more time in Cape Town, South Africa, than anywhere else. Big Bay, Cape Town, is the destination of choice for the world's top kiteboarders and most days, they can be seen training there.

The 2005 PKRA Final Seedings is:

Men

1. Aaron Hadlow
   
2. Ruben Lenten
   
3. Etienne Lhote
   
4. Kevin Langeree

Women

1. Kristin Boese
   
2. Ania Grzelinska
   
3. Bruna Kaiya
   

Dates and venues for the 2006 tour :

1. Apr 26 - May 1, Margarita Kitesurf.com World Cup, Coche Island, Margarita, Venezuela
2. May 24 - May 28, Euro Millions WorldCup Kitesurfing VVW Heist Sailingclu, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
   
3. Jun 13 - Jun 18, Portimão World Tour 2006 Praia de Alvor, Portimão, Portugal
   
4. Aug 1 - Aug 5, Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Prix, Sotavento, Fuerteventura, Spain and Canary Islands


5. Aug 15 - Aug 20, Kitesurf World Cup 2006 St. Peter-Ording, Germany
   


6. Aug 26 - Aug 31, Iles de la Madeleine PKRA Kiteboarding World Cup 2006, Iles de la Madeleine, Québec, Canada
   


7. Sep 5 - Sep 9, PKRA Betandwin Kitesurf Pro, Tarifa, Spain and Canary Islands
   


8. Sep 19 - Sep 24, 2006 Super Kite, Brazil
   

We will update this post with results of the World Kitesurfing Championship tour and post reports of each event in our Beyond Boarders blog.