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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...

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 Women’s competition there was a commanding victory for Americans Emily Stockman and World U19 Champion Megan Kraft. They managed to defeat the impressive Sunniva Helland Hansen and Emilie Olimstad from Norway and the Brazilan’s Larrisa and Lilli, who took second and third respectively.

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...

The second week of January marks the second annual King of the Court Crown Series Finals. The best teams of the 2022 season come together in the Aspire Zone to battle for the ultimate titles: Queens and Kings of 2023! Throughout the year teams are able to gather points and the best performing teams travel to the finals taking place in the Middle East. Here are the Highlights of the Finals!

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 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...

The biggest ever Beach Wrestling World Championship at the Black Sea in Constanta, Romania came to an end on Sunday. The 2022 Beach Wrestling World Series thrilled fans in five stages that began at Ortaca Beach in Turkey at the end of May. In Sunday's final, hosts Romania took three world titles in the women's event, while the glorious Georgians secured two gold medals in the men's event.

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...

No heats were run today, but we have winners nonetheless – winners in the waiting game for wind, that is. The ladies were more than ready to battle it out in semi-finals and finals today, but it wasn’t meant to be. Wind was too light to provide good conditions for our world class athletes, so after calling the first possible start for 9.30am but having to postpone the competition time and time again, the wind decided not to show up and the race direction decided not to run the competition to...

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...

Today we had the final day of competition here at the GWA SuperFoil Brasil 2020. We ran a Best Trick/ Best Surf Super Session Competition for our WingFoil athletes, it was the first expression session the GWA have run in Brazil. The first heat saw Dudu Mazzocato, Fabian Muhmenthaler, Yann Rifflet, Maxime Chabloz and Balz Müller head to the water. Balz and Maxime both rode well. Balz landed a blind to toeside 360 and surfed some nice waves, which he attacked with style. He advanced into the fi...

Day two is complete at the GWA SuperFoil in Fortaleza. So far we have been blessed with great conditions for the competition, today we had light rain in the morning, which thankfully cleared in time for the event to begin. The weather made for a smooth run, enabling the team and athletes to get through two complete rounds of heats. Our first round winners from today went directly through to round three, while runner up athletes from Round One face each other in Round Two. French rider Maxime...

That's Day Two in the bag at the GKA SuperFoil 2020 Brazil. Good wind and nice waves have made for a great start to the main event. Getting through two complete rounds on the water and right into the semi finals in one day, we couldn’t have asked for more! The format for the elimination ladder in the SuperFoil Brazil event is a dingle elimination, which means the top riders from Round One are bumped directly into Round Three. In Round Two the runner up riders from Round One face each other, o...

The Global Wing Sports Association is holding its first ever WingFoil event in Fortaleza, the SuperFoil Brasil 2020. On Day 1, it saw Balz Müller demonstrating that he is a master of not only freestyle, but at filling in his time in between tricks, with non-stop flowing dance-like moves on the water. The young athlete may come from a landlocked country, but today he proved that riding waves is no problem for a Swiss men. He performed outstandingly in both Waves and Freestyle, landing tricks h...

The Global Wing Sports Association is holding its first ever WingFoil event in Fortaleza, the SuperFoil Brasil 2020. On Day 1, it saw Balz Müller demonstrating that he is a master of not only freestyle, but at filling in his time in between tricks, with non-stop flowing dance-like moves on the water. The young athlete may come from a landlocked country, but today he proved that riding waves is no problem for a Swiss men. He performed outstandingly in both Waves and Freestyle, landing tricks h...

Last year we had barrelling waves here in Cape Verde, but this year it seems that the wind, and wave gods wanted to test our rider’s and team’s nerves, sending some challenging conditions our way. Lighter wind and a lack of swell, saw the crew pack up the event site not once, but twice, and move to a new location. Proof that we go to great lengths to bring you the best possible action here on the GKA Kite World Tour! Ines Correia and Peri Roberts, two event favourites faced each other in the...