{"id":32860,"date":"2016-07-22T14:06:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T14:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/?p=32860"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:07:02","slug":"maitai-freestyle-invitational-cabarete-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/maitai-freestyle-invitational-cabarete-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Linus Erdmann: \u201cThis was my MaiTai Freestyle Invitational 2016\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"evm-last-updated\"><em>Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">NEWS<\/h3>\n<p><b>Perhaps it is the most exciting watersport event and definitely my personal highlight of 2016. In this comment you will read, why I love the premiere of the World Kiteboarding League and what it has to do with \u00a0the with the women\u2019s final.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a day that will go down in history because of the crazy action during the final and the successful closing of the World Kiteboarding League (WKL) which was made by the athletes themselves. <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What inspired me the most as a longtime Kiteboarder: The athletes showed the world what a Kiteboarding event that\u2019s organised from athletes is about.<\/span> <strong>Pure action at the final<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 women and 30 men were registered for the WKL. Especially the women have shown how an excellent final has to be.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round about 3 o\u2019clock p.m. the action began. The four finalists were fighting hard for the winner\u2019s podium. The very best athlete of the event was the brazilian ex world champion Bruna Kajiya. She rode the waves with full concentration and resolution, did a perfect back roll and had the lead with 8.4 points.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closely followed by Paula Novotna on the second place with an amazing back to blind and a closing S-mobe.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Briton Hannah Whiteley got the third place with a great performance. The second brazilia, Estefania Rosa, leaved regrettably empty-handed.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The crazy motivation of the women convinced me to be a part of the World Kiteboarding League again next year. This event brimmed over with ambition, motivation and fun &#8211; a fantastic experience.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Picture source: Youtube \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kJitxCdMbb8\" target=\"_blank\">World Kiteboarding League<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>You might also like<\/h4>\n[custom-facebook-feed]\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">LINUS ERDMANN<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">STATEMENT<\/h4>\n<p><b>What I did on the event?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The WKL was over for me on the fourth day. The wind was slow on this day but I was able to show some tricks and cheer for my fellows. At the next event I will be at full throttle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this comment you will read, why I love the premiere of the World Kiteboarding League and what it has to do with the with the women\u2019s final.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"World Kiteboarding League","_yoast_wpseo_title":"WKL: MaiTai Freestyle Invitational Cabarete 2016 - InspiredBySports","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"In this comment you will read, why I love the premiere of the World Kiteboarding League and what it has to do with the with the women\u2019s final.","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":0,"ibs_difficulty":"","_wp_old_slug":["linus-erdmann-so-war-meine-world-kiteboarding-league-2016"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[416],"tags":[578,575],"class_list":["post-32860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-sports-en","tag-events","tag-kitesurfing"],"wpml_language":"en","wpml_translation_of":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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