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Kevin Langeree lifts the crown as Red Bull King of the Air
Spectators joined the world's kiteboarding elite on Sunday, 2 February, 2014, at Cape Town's Big Bay where Kevin Langeree was crowned Red Bull King of the Air 2014.
For the second year in a row Cape Town's Big Bay played host to 24 of the world's best kiteboarders as they went head to head in a unique "flag out" competition format. It all came down to the final in which Dutchman Kevin Langeree managed to edge out his compatriots Ruben Lenten (second) and Steven Akkersdijk (third) to become Red Bull King of the Air 2014 champion in front of a 12 000-strong crowd.
Image by Craig Kolesky / Nikon / Red Bull Content Pool
"The conditions picked up during the day and I couldn't have hoped for anything better. The final was definitely tough and every one of us was so close to winning. I definitely had my best heat of the day in the final. This is the third Red Bull King of the Air I've competed in and was a title I that I didn't have yet, so I was hungry for it. I'm so stoked," he said.
Judged on height, creativity and style, the participants' manoeuvres were judged by Alex Vliege (Ned), William Bogaards (Ned), Greg Thijsse (RSA), Arkadiusz Jerzelkowski (Pol), Reinier Korstanje (Ned), and Ralf Bachsuster (Ger) who had their work cut out for them.
Innovative technology
An innovative tool available to the judges was Xensr technology. The application measures the height, speed, air time, gravity loading, location and the 3D motion of athletes with all data captured at 400 times a second and is accurate to within 3mm, as soon as they land a jump. All jump data is immediately relayed to judges and a live stream. Frenchman Tom Herbert recorded the highest jump of the day - a lofty 25.04m.
Image by Craig Kolesky / Nikon / Red Bull Content Pool
Head judge Alex Vliege was pleased about how the event played out in the end: "What an epic day! We had the best riders in the world here today with Cape Town and Mother Nature delivered great conditions. We finally got what we were waiting for. Kevin was completely deserving of the title - he did the same moves as the others plus more, with variation and went higher than the others."
Blouberg local Andries Fourie was the highest placed South African in fourth place and landed the second highest jump of the day at 23.37m.
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