Svetlana Trusova, a student at ITMO University in St. Petersburg, claimed the European Youth Kiteboarding Championship title. The win signals the growing depth of Russian youth talent competing at the top of the European kite racing circuit.
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The Formula Kite Youth Europeans concluded with a dramatic finale at Gizzeria, Calabria, one of Europe's most reliable foil kite venues thanks to its consistent thermal winds. Europe's emerging formula kite stars were crowned after an intense week of racing on the Tyrrhenian coast.
Full overall standings from the Formula Kite Youth Europeans and KiteFoil Open Masters Worlds 2026 in Calabria are now available. The combined event brought together Europe's top youth foil racers alongside masters-category competitors from around the globe.
Calabria's Gizzeria hosted the IKA Youth European Championship and KiteFoil Open World, reinforcing southern Italy's reputation as a premier venue for elite kite racing events. Youth competitors from across Europe converged on the region's famous thermal conditions for high-stakes foil racing.
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Denmark's Fanø Island drew kite enthusiasts from Germany, the US, Australia, Japan, China, and Indonesia for its annual North Sea kite festival, one of the world's largest. The event boosts coastal tourism on the small Danish island and puts European kite culture on the international map.
An estimated 25,000 kites filled the skies above Fanø's wide sandy beaches as around 5,000 participants from 26 countries gathered for the world's largest kite festival. The event, held on a small Danish island off the North Sea coast, is a landmark celebration of kite culture in Europe.
Mykonos, Greece, opened the 2026 GKA Big Air Kite World Cup season, with its consistent Meltemi winds making it a natural fit for the high-flying discipline. The Greek island has firmly established itself as a must-visit stop on the global kite competition calendar.
Maxime Chabloz and Bruna Kajiya took top honours at the GKA Freestyle Kite World Cup held in Germany, with Chabloz continuing his run of strong European results. The win keeps both riders at the sharp end of the overall freestyle rankings as the season progresses.
Overall results from the 2026 Formula Kite World Championships at Viana do Castelo, Portugal, are now published, capping a hard-fought regatta on the Portuguese Atlantic coast. Viana do Castelo's reliable winds and challenging swell conditions made it a fitting venue for kiteboarding's top foil racing title.
2026 Kitefoil World Championship, Day 3: Lukas Walton-Keim books gold fleet berth in Portugal Boating New Zealand
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