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In a gripping finale at the Aspire Zone, Doha, the Queen & King of the Court Doha Finals marked the conclusion of the 2023 beach volleyball season. The title of Queens went to Katja Stam and Raisa Schoon, while Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler became the Kings. The Dutch duo, Stam & Schoon, secured back-to-back victories, adding the Doha title to their Royal Championships triumph in Rotterdam. Facing tough competition from Ishii & Akiko, the Dutch pair's relentless performance earned them the...

Presenting the highlights from the thrilling Matches on the third day of the Queen & King of the Court Crown Series Finals 2023 in Doha. Relive the best moments and unforgettable plays as the competition continues to heat up!

Here are the best moments of the Matches from the second day of the Queen & King of the Court Crown Series Finals 2023 in Doha.

The 2023 season gets a finish worthy of kings and queens. From December 13th to 16th, 2023 Doha, Qatar hosts the Queen and King of the Court Finals at Aspire Zone. The ultimate fight for the crowns is contested by the best teams of this year's series in both genders.

Worldclass Beach Volleyball is presented at the Finals of the Queen & King of the Court Crown Series 2023. The Queen & King of the Court Crown Series Finals is taking place for the third year in a row in the Aspire zone of Doha in Qatar from December 13 – 16. Queen & King of the Court established a whole new experience in the existing sport and entertainment market. Presenting the perfect blend of sports and entertainment. The court is divided into a winning and challenging side, and points...

The ITF Beach Tennis World Cup 2023 in Brazil, formerly known as the Beach Tennis World Team Championships, was held December 5-10 on the beaches of Maserias, São Sebastião (BRA). Historical moment at the ITF Beach Tennis World Cup – due to extreme rain, the final decisive mixed double (after one point for each nation) never was resumed and both captains agreed to share the title, a historical moment in the competition with Italy and Brazil being crowned World Cup Champions. Spain receive...

It was the Queen & King of the Court Beach Volleyball highlight of the year, the first-ever Royal Championships, the biggest title in the game and the biggest King of the Court event ever, took place in Rotterdam (NED) from September 5-10. Queen & King of the Court is a Dutch innovation that started six years ago and has since become a new discipline in beach volleyball. Now, six years later, the inaugural World Championship for Queen & King of the Court is taking place. More than 100 athle...

The first Royal Championships from the BetCity Queen & King of the Court tournament in Rotterdam saw the last games of the quarter-final matches and semi-finals played. Now it´s time for the finals. In the men's event, three Dutch teams made it to the final. After Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen had already made it to the final two days earlier, Leon Luini/Yorick de Groot and Dirk Boehlé/Mees Sengers followed suit. In the women's final there are four nations ready to take the crown: Anouk V...

The first Royal Championships from the BetCity Queen & King of the Court tournament in Rotterdam saw the quarter-final matches played and more teams earn places in the semi-finals. On the men's side, the Dutch Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen and the two-time Kings (Utrecht 2023, Doha 2022) David Åhman (SWE) and Jonatan Hellvig (SWE) already secured a place in the semi-finals. The two Latvian beach volleyball aces Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins also manage to reach the semi-finals at...

On the second day of the BetCity Queen & King of the Court, the Royal Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands quarter-finals were played and first teams have reached the semifinals. In the men's event the Dutch home favourites Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen directly secured a place for the semi-finals. Two-time Kings (Utrecht 2023, Doha 2022) David Åhman (SWE) and Jonatan Hellvig (SWE) also prevailed in their quarter-final matches to secure a semi-final spot. In the women's quarter-final m...

For the first time the BetCity Queen & King of the Court, the Royal Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands has started with the group stage. First dominant teams have reached the quarter-finals.Big names and home favorites Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen advance directly to the quarter-finals. The two-time Kings (Utrecht 2023, Doha 2022) David Åhman und Jonatan Hellvig also prevail and advance directly to the quarter-finals. In the women's singles, the German team of Karla Borger and San...

For the first time it is on for BetCity Queen & King of the Court, the Royal Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This tournament is larger than ever before, the best players in the world come to ‘Manhattan on the Maas’ September 5-10. A 'royal' stadium right in the city center on Henegouwerplein is the spot and side-courts throughout the suburbs frame this event.

The fourth and final edition of the ITF Beach Tennis World Tour Sand Series Classics 2023 took place in Saarlouis. Located on the western side of the country in the state of Saarland, the setting for this tournament is not the usual paradise beach. Instead, the organizers take advantage of this picturesque traditional German marketplace to host one of the four biggest beach tennis tournaments in the world.

After a pulsating May which saw the Sand Series Gran Canaria Classic and the Beach Tennis World Championships take place in back-to-back weeks, players headed to Brazil for the third edition of the Sand Series Brasilia Classic. The third out of the four majors, the Brasilia event is not only the only one outside of Europe, but is as well in the country, not where beach tennis was born, but where it now lives: Brazil! 64 teams played for the titles and in the men tournament the local hero And...

Finally perfect conditions at the GKA Big Air Kite World Championships in Tarifa, Spain for the Surfboard and TwinTip Finals. In the Women`s Twintip Big Air competition, nobody could stop the US- American Mikaili Sol – only 18 years old- winning her 7th world title, solidifying her status as a true champion. She secured victory in the women’s Big Air Tip-Twin division. Her dominant performance echoed her win at the tour’s first stop at Lords of Tram in France, in April, and gave her the c...

In the women’s three-rider heats, each athlete had seven trick attempts with the best three counting. The winner of each heat advanced to round three, while the losers get to battle for survival in round two. Spain’s Liam Whaley and Italy’s Andrea Principi threw down the gauntlet in the much-anticipated opening clashes in the men’s Twin-Tip division of the Qatar Airways GKA Big Air Kite World Championships in Tarifa, Spain. The pair, who head the standings in the race for the title, racked...

The opening of the GKA Big Air Kite World Championships in Tarifa (ESP) starts with the Surfboard and Hydrofoil Big Air competitions. Swiss Camille Losserand manages the big surprise in the Surfboard discipline. Frenchman Charles Brodel defends his title from last year in the Hydrofoil Big Air discipline.

In the Men tournament the most decorated Beach Volleyball team in recent years, the Beach Volleyball Vikings, Anders Mol and Christian Sorum claimed the title. In a thrilling final they beat the Chilean Grimalt cousins and the Durch duo Yorrick de Groot and Leon Luini.

The second stop of the ITF Beach Tennis World Tour Sand Series Classics took place in Gran Canaria (ESP). An increased prize money from $35,000 to $50,000 has attracted all the top athletes from 20 countries across five continents. After saving two match-points the Italian duo Tommaso Giovannini and Doriano Beccaccioli defeated Gianotti/Spoto (FRA/ITA) in three set and raised the trophy! In the women competition Patricia Diaz (VEN) / Rafaella Miller (BRA) won the final against the all Brazili...

The GKA Big Air Kite World Cup 2023 season kicked off in Barcarès (FRA) from April 1st to 2nd. The event was 100% dedicated to the twin-tip Big Air discipline for a total of 24 men and 12 women from 13 different nations. The final offered challenging conditions for the riders and plenty of excitement for the spectators.

At the opening of the Lords of Tram GKA Big Air World Cup in Bacares (FRA) reigning world champion Mikaili Sol (USA)putting on an assured performance that saw her advance to the semi-finals in nuking conditions in the south of France. The 18-year-old multiple world title holder took no prisoners, throwing down massive mega-loops with back rolls as the wind headed towards 50 knots approaching the end of the day in Barcarès. But in a sign that the teenage prodigy may not get things all her own...

The first event of the GKA Twin-tip Big Air season is about to kick-off at the famous Lords of Tram event at Barcarès in southern France. Twenty-four men and 12 women are registered for the event, including most of the top names in Big Air kiteboarding, promising a spectacular show. The “green” light alert was given to the selected riders, telling them to get to Barcarès as the competition would begin at least three days later.The forecast strong Tramontana winds have shown up right on cue....

King of the Court kicked off its 2023 Crown Series in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Some of the biggest stars of Beach Volleyball were present from March 10th-12th, 2023. Originally a popular training format, King of the Court has developed into an exhilarating new beach volleyball format. Canadian Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes are the Queens of Miami Beach, although they didn’t realize it in the moment. But when it sunk in, they celebrated the emphatic win. Estonians Kusti Nõlvak...

Carlos Mario (BRA) showed the best performance of the men’s heat. Mikaili Sol (USA) was unbeatable once again at the women’s fleet. The crowd on site could follow world class kitesurfing with lots of big air combos at a wonderful beach in Salinas del Rey, Colombia.

Third day of the GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup in Salinas del Rey, Colombia: With three days in a row of solid, building wind, the crew is stoked on the conditions. Coming off an action-packed day yesterday, the judges and crowd are looking for another day of big tricks, interesting combinations, and one of the most powerful displays of strength and execution in kiteboarding!

Second day of the GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup in Salinas del Rey, Colombia began with the men's first heat - the seeding round - where the hungry competitors try to make a name for themselves. The tension was rising as the competitors were eager to get on the water. Jack Rieder (CAN) and Posito Martinez (DOM) were the two standouts of the Second Round and were among the riders that utilized the wave kickers the most. They also executed handle passes in both directions demonstrating excellent...

On Day 1 the first heats of the women started off. In the first round, Nathalie Lambrecht wasn’t messing around, putting down four solid scores and taking the heat win over Alexandra Torres. In the quarterfinals, Estefania Rosa overtook Therese Taabbel securing her place in the semi-finals and Alexandra Torres laid down a huge S Bend Back 180 to beat out Matilda Roux. The highlight moment of the day, was Mikaili Sol who took home the top score, scoring a solid 8.0 for a stylish Hinterberger 5...

Day 3 of the Copa Kitley GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup in Taiba, Brazil was the third and final round of the Freestyle discipline with lots of technical tricks. The new GKA Freestyle Kite World Champions 2022: Mikaili Sol (BRA) and Gianmaria Coccoluto (ITA).

The women were up first and Bruna Kajiya got the day started with her ever impressive clockwork style. But it was women’s tour leader and reigning world champion, Mikaili Sol, who hit the alarm for what was to come, opening her account with a huge stalefish slim 5 and then a 317 on trick four. In the men's race, Manoel Soares had the chance to win his first world title. As the draw would have it, he faced second ranked rider Gianmaria Coccoluto in that quarter final, as well as Valentin Ga...

The final freestyle stop of the Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour season at Taiba got off to an incredible start on day one. The men took centre stage with all eyes on the five title contenders and notorious Brazilian wildcards who were in action in round three. It didn’t take long for the conditions to show their worth and for the competition firsts to start dropping. There’s no forgetting that there’s a world title up for grabs, with Manoel Soares and Mikaili Sol in the driving seats for th...

For all four riders (Gianmaria Coccoluto (ITA) / Juan Rodriguez (COL) / Arthur Guillebert (FRA) / Manoel Soares (BRA)) in the final, this wasn’t their cleanest performance, but that can of course be the result of the pressure in the final. There was no doubt though that Soares dominated the final and deservingly took the win. His best trick was the heart attack 7 he threw on trick three, scoring 8.73, right at the moment that the other riders in the heat were really starting to have words wit...

2021 World Champion Arthur Guillebert put on one of the best performances we’ve ever seen from him, not only locking Maxime Chabloz from the final, but he also kept the two in-form Brazilians at bay. Guillebert pulled out the highest heat score of the day in the second semi-final with all four of his counting scores in the high 8 point range. Current tour leader Manoel Soares is a definite contender here and followed Guillebert through to the final in second. The Brazilian stomped a 9 point s...

The second day of the Qatar Airways GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup in Saudi Arabia, Neom offered riders a real mix of conditions: A mix of very challenging winds in the morning, which gradually died down and became perfect freestyle conditions at the end of the day when the men's quarterfinal round was completed. Making it through as top performers in the men’s division, we can’t look past the Brazilians Manoel Soares and Carlos Mario, clearly at home in these lagoon and warm wind conditions....

The GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla had its third day of competition. Carew and Delannoy turn up the heat at just the right moment to defeat all comers in Morocco! Re-joining the competition at the quarter final stage, this was always going to lead to a day of intense action. The GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla is the first round for the Kite-Surf discipline on the Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour that culminates in Brazil in December.

The GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla had its second day of competition. This is day Men’s Round 5 and Women’s Round 4 were completed. Brazilian Sebastian Ribeiro has given us several high 9 point scoring waves in his career. His round five heat performance was once again from the top drawer, with two high 9s. However, it was perhaps Mohamed-Ali Beqqali who delivered the individual high performance of the day as he fought back impressively through the losers round 4 to meet Gabriel Benetton i...

Day one is complete at the GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla 2022 and waves are definitely back on the agenda as 41 male and female riders from 15 countries assembled to battle it out at Westpoint in Morocco. The opening rounds of the men's event saw conditions build through the day, peaking with an incredible wave ride by Sebatian Ribeiro, earning the highest score of the day: 9.0. Watch the full, all-action highlight summary video now! The GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla is the first...

Here are the highlights with incredible airtime and tricks of Qatar Airways GKA Big Air World Championships Men's Twin-Tip competition from Balneario, Tarifa.

Here are the highlights with incredible airtime and tricks of Qatar Airways GKA Big Air World Championships Men's Twin-Tip competition from Balneario, Tarifa. The young guns in the big air scene met their icons; the riders that paved the way for the competitive extremity and popularity of big air kiteboarding. In the end a rising Italian star claimed his first World Championship title! RESULTS: QATAR AIRWAYS GKA BIG AIR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN'S TWIN TIP: 1. Andrea Principi (ITA) - Worl...

WOMEN'S FINAL: In the Women’s Finals, Bruna Kajiya (BRA) took on Rita Arnaus (ESP), Mikaili Sol (BRA) and Estefania Rosa (BRA). Conditions were strong and the women were powered on 6-9meter kites. The heat started with Estefania Rosa landing a solid 313 and Hinterberger mobe. It was a close heat with Rita Arnaus landing a super clean Slim Chance scoring a 7.37 and backing it up with an S-bend to blind with an air pass. Veteran Bruna Kajiya laid down a solid heat with a Slim Chance followed u...

On Day 3 Round 4 and 5 of the men was completed with standout moments such as a seatbelt Mobe 5 from Maxime Chabloz (SUI), and a massive Slim 9 to the moon from the Luis Cruz (DOM). To everyone’s surprise, Juan Rodriguez (COL) threw down a solid heat, demonstrating to everyone that home court advantage is real, advancing along with Manoel Soares (BRA) into the Semi-Finals. In the final heat of the day, Gianmaria Coccoluto (ITA) scored a 9.3, for the highest score of the day for a massive 319....

It was a mellow morning as super stars such as Mikaili Sol (BRA), Bruna Kajiya (BRA), Jeremy Burlando (ESP) and Carlos Mario (BRA) started filling in to confirm their event participation. Welcoming ceremonies began and spectators flooded the event site, eager for the action. Riders began warming up with the current world champion Arthur Guillebert (FRA) throwing huge tricks . The competition of 22 men and 6 women representing over 10 countries started following the freestyle format of the G...

It's been another day of 40+ knots howling Levante. Each and every rider showed up with courage, bringing everything they had to the nuking shores of Tarifa for the final battle of this event. Watch this video to see the finals and who took the podium wins! The GKA Freestyle World Cup Tarifa 2021 | BIG AIR podium MEN: 1. A. Guillebert (FRA) 2. J. Burlando (ITA) 3. E. Jaspan (AUS) 4. A. Corniel (DOM) WOMEN: 1. M. Sol (BRA) 2. P. Van Iersel (NLD) 3. H. Whiteley (GBR) 4. R. Arn...

On Day 2 in Tarifa, the wind blew the riders into action right away as the riders began to set up their quivers and were blasting their zone-in playlist upon arrival. Although the wind was nuking beyond expectations, bearing in mind this was a Freestyle competition the judges tried to maintain the Freestyle element as primary as they continued with the Mixed format applied from the previous day at first (7 trick attempts, best 4 counting: 2 Freestyle 2 Big Air tricks). Nico Franco (ESP) and R...

After a long wait, the GKA Freestyle World Cup Tarifa is back! What better place to hold the first event of 2021 than the OG Mecca of kiteboarding. Sitting on the most southernmost tip of Spain where the Mediterranean and Atlantic meet. Because of its unique position, Tarifa is the wind capital of Europe and is constantly buffered by two conflicting winds: the Levante from the east and the Poniente from the west. The energy of Tarifa is electric. Kilometers long white sandy beaches, and throu...

We have our first ever GWA Super Foil Brazil Champion! Day 3 has been action packed here in Fortaleza. The wind was up and down and judges decided on heats of 9 minutes to compensate for the lulls, thankfully there was enough to run the competition. During the first Heat in the semi finals between Titouan and Fernando, we saw Titouan shine in both freestyle and surfing. He oozed confidence on his foil, with quick turns, catching wave after wave, sometimes coming very close to the risky shore...

Day 3 at the GKA SuperFoil Brazil 2020 - Hydrofoil Surf event in Fortaleza. Today was finals day here at the SuperFoil Brazil event. Our athletes have battled hard the last three days, to get their place in the Finals and Mini finals. We’ve seen some incredible action on the water and in the air too, the last Rounds of the competition were just as thrilling. In the mini finals Titouan and Maxime battled for the third place podium finish. The heat was exciting to watch as both riders put on a...