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Tribute to the man that does everything double! What a year so far! 1st at the BAKL Full Power event, 3rd at the Tarifa Big Air event (despite a couple of serious crashes), and now awarded not one but two titles at this year's Qatar Airways GKA Awards; Men's Move of the Year and the most sought after... Male Rider of the Year. Unstoppable!  Giel has taken the Big Air world by storm, going from kite instructor to one of the world's best in a remarkably short space of time. He claimed the first-ever legit double loop and we weren’t...

"The Viking" doubles up at the GKA Awards The kiteboarding equivalent to the Oscars took place on Saturday in the heart of Tarifa, and one man in particular shone through... Ocean Rodeo team rider Giel Vlugt not only took home the Men’s Best Move of the Year Award (having been nominated twice!) for his unbelievably stylish S-Loop that lit up kiteboarding social media around the globe, but he also took home the biggest prize of the night, The Male Rider of the Year Award, for his huge efforts in pushing the sport of Big Air kiteboarding to the next level....

GIEL GOES FULL POWER! A TRUE BIG AIR CHAMPION ON AND OFF THE WATER When the horn sounded to draw a line under a day of high octane action at the Full Power Big Air contest in Tarifa, it was clear that Giel Vlugt had set a whole new standard of riding at this year's event. Pulling off a repertoire of insane double kite loops and tricks that simply haven’t been attempted in competition before, his focus, finesse and accuracy left the audience (both on the beach and those following live on the BAKL YouTube channel) in little doubt who...

The Committed Our good friend Rodri appears in the latest issue of TheKiteMag! A total legend, Rodri is the face of our signature store in Tarifa, and also runs his own kite school, Kite Fun Tarifa. He also happens to be the husband of a certain Carla Herrera!"

BAKL Lords of Tram 2022 Wow, what a way to kick start the season! If this sets the level for the rest of the year we are in for one heck of a ride…  Lords of Tram hosted the first stop of the Big Air Kite League Tour in Barcarès, France and the seriously windy conditions allowed for some of the most impressive kiting to date. Brisk gusts of up to 45 knots swept riders to next level heights and the crowd watched the epic firework display of loops that were performed. Men and women from all over the world...