James Carew and Matchu Lopes would contest the 2022 world championship on day three of the Copa Kitley GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Brazil, the second and final event of the season.
Carew was the reigning champion, but Lopes was the GKA’s first World Champion in 2016.
Both were on the hunt for their second title.
This event in Taiba is a double header, where Kite-Surf and Hydrofoil-Freestyle World Champions will be crowned. Competing this week are 13 male Hydrofoil-Freestylers, 28 male Kite-Surf and 16 female Kite-Surf riders.
The Copa Kitley GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Brazil is round two for the wave & strapless-freestyle riders. Round one ran in Dakhla, Morocco in early October. Find that live event page here: https://www.gkakiteworldtour.com/events/copa-kitley-gka-kite-surf-world-cup-taiba-2022/
The Copa Kitley GKA Hydrofoil Freestyle World Cup Brazil is a one-off, winner takes all event, find all event info, heats and livestream:
Copa Kitley GKA Hydrofoil-Freestyle Kite World Cup Taiba 2022
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