Aaron Hadlow
Aaron Hadlow (born 4th Oct, 1988) is a professional kitesurfer who has the Pro Kiteboard Riders' Association (PKRA) World Championships four times. [1] [citation needed].
Despite his stalwart domination of the sport from 2004-2007, the 19-year-old encountered big competition in the form of Ruben Lenten and Kevin Langaree in 2006. The other riders are catching up to Hadlow's vast trick vocabulary, offering Double Handlepass Mobe 7's (or "Mobius 720s") in competition. [citation needed]
Aaron started the 2007 PKRA by dominating the first two events in El Yaque , Margarita, Venezuela in April, followed by Austria in May - winning both events in both the single and double eliminations. The next event is in Italy on the 29th May. He also won the Red Bull KitePunks event, which this year was held in La Manga, Spain, beating off stiff competition from Ruben Lenten in 2nd, and Neil Hilder in 3rd.[citation needed]
Aaron has continued to expand his repertoire of tricks to keep him in front of the competition. A lot of these tricks have stemmed from influences by Lewis Crathern and Neil Hilder, who are a part of recently-created Team Bosch alongside Hadlow. Many of his new tricks involve an "olay" move, where the bar and lines are whipped over head - the first of which was the Bosch Mobe. [citation needed]
He is sponsored mainly by Flexifoil, Red Bull, Chiemsee and Prolimit.
External links
- Official site
- Official Website of the PKRA World Kiteboarding Tour
- Live Results for the PKRA World Tour
References
Nigel Wintergern
- ^ Hadlow and Flexifoil www.flexifoil.com