Thanks to Stefano, owner of our on location bar and restaurant, Coco Loco Beach Bar, there will be a Kite Gear Swap Meet here at Kite Beach Inn on Wednesday, April 9th and Wednesday, April 23rd! Great idea and not sure why we didn’t think of it before. Good thing we surround ourselves with great people who have awesome ideas.
Robison Hilario is one of six pro Dominican kiteboarders heading out to the 2nd PKRA event of 2014. Located in Dakhla, Morocco, The Dakhla Kiteboarding World Cup will showcase a mix of freestyle and wave riding on March 18-23. Sponsored by F-one Kites and Chicken Dick Kitesurf, Hilario pulled out a 2nd place finish at the first PKRA event of the season in Punta Chame, Panama hosted at Nitro City Panama. This time, he hopes to top his last performance by bringing the number one trophy back to Cabarete.
March 6-9, 2014 marked the 3rd year for the one of the best local kiteboarding competitions in all of Cabarete, The D.R. Open Kiteboarding Competition. All of the local stars were on Bozo Beach and ready to show off their skills to the crowd and the international riders who also came to compete. Ultimately, hometown Starkites rider Luis Alberto Cruz stomped the competition and rode away with the first place trophy.
As you may or may not know, 8 of the best riders from Cabarete Dominican Republic headed out for the first PKRA event of the season located in Punta Champe at Nitro City Panama. Local Kite Beach rider, Robinson Hilario, walked away from the pro kiteboarding event with a well deserved second place finish! Posito Martinez didn’t do too shabby either and he placed 6th out of the 24 premiere riders that made in into the main event.
On February 18th 8 of the best riders from the Dominican Republic embarked on a trip to the first PKRA event of 2014 located in Punta Chame, Panama and hosted at Travis Pastrana’s Nitro City Action Sports Resort. Luis Alberto Cruz, Posito Martinez, Alex Soto Ciriaco, Elvis Pichardo Hidalgo, Robinson Hilario, Katie Bowcutt, Nico Suriel, and Ariel Corniel would all do their part to remind the kiteboarding world that Cabarete ain’t nothin’ to mess with.
