GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup - Cauipe (BRA) - Day 2 - Highlights

GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup - Cauipe (BRA) - Day 2 - Highlights

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Published 10 November 2023

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Anticipation levels were sky-high as the heavy hitters took to the playing field at the Copa Kitley GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup Brazil, being fought out in near-perfect conditions on Cauipe’s storied lagoon.The leaders in the Freestyle discipline on the Qatar Airways GKA Kite World Tour, Brazil’s Carlos Mario and Bruna Kajiya, kept their dreams of adding another world title to their trophy haul alive when they advanced up the ladder. Battling on home waters, the Brazilian pair who have seven Freestyle world titles between them, gave the vocal crowds lining the lagoon much to cheer about as they booked places in the quarter-finals and semi-finals with big performances. Day two of the world cup in Cauipe, the fourth and penultimate stop of the Freestyle tour which closes out next month in Fuwairit, Qatar, saw all the main title contenders among the 28 men and 14 women competitors take to the water.
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