As I passed by kiting World Cup

• How did the World Cup on kite

Selection of photos with a kite-festival: Peter Tyushkevich, Kiyahi di Aboytiz Jason Poles and the winners of Mauritius Kite Jam ...

Waiting for the wind:

frame from kites not hard as it might seem from the outside. Their inflated to keep the shape of the wing. In the photo Yevgeny Novozheev - four-time champion of Russia on kiteboarding, who was able to go through the Bering Strait and into the Guinness Book of Records:

Off the coast is quiet, but 300 meters from the coast there is a reef where the waves rise sharply:

For starters, kites are often confused - not a very pleasant situation, and the champions easily encircle kites each other:

Generally, we shot kiters from the boat, but the helicopter was organized for some photographers:

Filming kiters challenging himself kite is far away from the man, and without it the story turns out incomplete:

Our Tyushkevich Peter, when he was still 16-year-old student, gave a splash at the Cup of Russia, taking first place and leaving behind a well-known at the time kiters. Now he is the world champion, held a number of international competitions. Many people think that kiting - a real pleasure. That's what Peter said in an interview:

"All paint a picture: the beach, the sand white and the water is so blue is beautiful, and I spend days lying on this sand, smoking bamboo, and at times the mood ride a kite In fact, everything is not so Prior to serious training, I weighed in on.. 15 kg less. I had completely reformed his life to get into the Top 10 kitesurfers. For me, this blue water is a symbol of rest, it's such a beautiful office in which I work every day from 11 to 8. this is hard work. Both physically and mentally ... "

Petya worth seeing once on the board to understand how hard it is:

For the ease with which Peter performs tricks, hide enormous efforts and phenomenal endurance. I often remind Pete that he was smiling at the camera, although with such somersaults not to smile:

But all the same: to photograph Petya - a pleasure:

He rushes past you (or above you) with a jeweler's precision:

During one of the tricks Peter jumped fishermen in a boat:

Ilya Vinokurov - the organizer of the festival:

Jason Poles - one of the legends in the world of windsurfing, the double world champion:

And this is a small selection of the double world champion from Australia Kiyahi di Aboytiz. It was interesting to watch him on the soup-surfing with a paddle. While all surfers were lying on his belly in anticipation of big waves, Kiyahi rushed here and there, not missing any excitement on the ocean surface:

He did not have time to get to the big wave with the legwork, but did not break off with the fact that there is:

It seems that he falls, but, in fact, is based on Kiyahi paddle and rotated 180:

It is carbon guy:

Thus the main discipline in which Kiyahi champion and virtuoso - a kite. It's incredible how he manages with no attachments to keep on a board! In reality, it seems that it is magnetized:

I deliberately made a storyboard jump. It can be seen that the first Kiyahi drowns board back foot, and then, when the water pushes it out, rises to the kite and presses it against the wind: