Ross-Dillon Player behaalt de eerste plek in zijn geboorteplaats

Na vele maanden zonder wedstrijden waren kiters over de hele wereld er klaar voor om de spanning van de concurrentie weer te voelen. Eind februari was de 3e jaarlijkse Big Air Kite League-wedstrijd groen verlicht en waren de riders ready for action – de wind was gemiddeld rond de 45-50 knopen en zorgde voor een zware en opwindende dag voor iedereen! Met 5 Naish-teamriders die deelnamen – Ross-Dillon Player, Stig Hoefnagel, Stuart Downey, Philipp Schonger en Dylan Graham, evenals 7 KOTA-rijders, was de wedstrijd bound to be close. Naish teamrijder, Ross-Dillon Player en Stig Hoefnagel namen de eerste plaats mee naar huis in het action packed event.

“The whole event went really well, I began my first heat of the day relaxed, I didn’t want to send my biggest tricks immediately, I wanted to make it through the first few rounds without injuring myself. I won my first heat, taking me straight into the semi-finals. Advancing into the semi’s, I knew I had my work cut out for me competing against Mike McDonald and Giel Vlugt, two amazing riders. I started the heat conservative again and slowly worked my way into bigger tricks, a massive gust of wind came and I swear I did the biggest double boogie loop of my entire life and the moment I landed, I knew I had won my heat. I was stoked to say the least because that meant that I had just landed a spot in the finals against two of my all-time idols, Aaron Hadlow and Steven Akkersdijk, ”zei Ross.

Ross ging de finale in met zijn beproefde methode – start relaxed and as the clock counts down, send bigger and bigger tricks. Ross vertelde dat “the vibe in the water between the three of us was just so good — we had a great riding pattern going and we were all sending it. The crowd was going absolutely insane, you would have thought this was the King of the Air! This day will go down as one of the most memorable days of my career and it feels as if I have just won the Mega Loop Challenge all over again – its truly incredible. “

De Naish 9m Pivot and Drive bleef beproefd en leidde Ross naar de overwinning. Deze wedstrijd was niet eenvoudig, we zijn blij dat het Naish-team took the day by storm. 

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