Pedro Alexandre: Un corazón de oro de Cumbuco🇧🇷 a Tarifa🇪🇦

Pedro Alexandre: A heart of gold from Cumbuco🇧🇷 to Tarifa🇪🇦

September 8, 2024

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Tarifa has crowned the first champions of the 2024 GKA Youth World Kitesurfing Championships. On a day marked by a gentle easterly wind that intensified, the competition enjoyed an intense day that saw the winners emerge in the strapless and kitesurfing categories for men under 14, under 16, and under 19, in the unparalleled beach setting of the Tarifa coast.

In the under-14 category, Spaniard Rodrigo Vargas García took the victory, followed by fellow Spaniard Juan Moreno. Third place went to Australian Fina Kyngdon, and fourth place went to Carlos Montans.

The U16 men's category went to Italian Leonardo Casati, in a round where he demonstrated a much higher level in his heat. Second place went to Spaniard Santiago Moreno, followed by Italian Perfrancesco Rizzelo and Australian Ben Gerhardt.

Noah Nicolas, U19 kitesurfing/strapless world champion

In the event's senior category, under 19, the victory went to Frenchman Noah Nicolas, followed by Spaniard Domingo Moreno. Third place went to Spaniard Javier Martín López, and fourth place went to Austrian Johannes Sarny.

Some of the winners of the Tarifa competition.

In addition to an excellent competition, the Spain Kiteboarding League, organizer of this world-class event, is committed to training its youngest competitors. Participants were able to attend a clinic led by Lorenzo Casati, two-time Spanish champion, 2022 Red Bull King of the Air champion, and 2023 runner-up. The competition continues this Friday with the remaining categories, with good wind forecasts, and another clinic led by industrial engineer Fabian Muhmenthaler.

In the Freestyle GKA category:

@gkakiteworldtour Yesterday afternoon, Friday, September 6th, we were able to complete the U14 Freestyle Kite event with a perfect westerly wind. Congratulations to the winners:

1st @henry.tom.gerhardt 🇦🇺

2nd @gonzalo.capela__kite 🇪🇸

3rd @figokitetarifa 🇳🇱

4th Carlos Montans 🇪🇸

The wind is blowing hard today, Friday, and two more divisions have closed.

U19 women:

1st @phoebe_rocher 🇫🇷

2nd @ella.nowodzinski 🇫🇷

3rd @vera_vzq 🇪🇸

4th @charlotte_losserand 🇨🇭

U16 men:

1st @flyfinni 🇩🇪

2nd @pedromoraisalex 🇧🇷

3rd @ben.felix.gerhardt 🇦🇺

4th @leo_kite_ 🇫🇷

Images by 📸 @samuucardenas @spainkiteboardingleague

Pedro Alexandre: A heart of gold from Cumbuco🇧🇷 to Tarifa🇪🇦.

Let's meet Pedro Alexandre, world runner-up in U16 freestyle.

We hear from Patry Mueller from Cumbuco, Pedro's teacher and an expert on his parents' kitesurfing school.

Pedro was my student at school, where I taught him art and physical education. He was always a good student and a wonderful boy.

Pedro's father runs a kitesurfing school and an incredible project in Cumbuco. Every day, on my way to and from school, I saw Pedro with his parents on the beach, dedicated to their kitesurfing school and the project that teaches the children of Cumbuco.

An anecdote about Pedro: one day, the sea was rough and I lost my board. I couldn't get it back, but Pedro, with his big heart, came to my aid and saved me. I've always struggled with headwinds, and he saw me struggling in the sea. I told him, "Pedro, I can't." With the utmost humility, he encouraged me and helped me overcome the challenge. Pedro has a heart of gold.

Here's the Instagram of her mother, Cassia Morais, and her father's school, Marcelo Eré Kiteschool. The kitesurfing school on Cumbuco Beach has ABK-certified instructors.

The most beautiful part of this story is the school Pedro's parents created, @juvenilkitecumbuco_ Juvenil Kite Cumbuco. They teach kitesurfing for free to the children of Cumbuco, many of whom were my students at the city school. I lived in Cumbuco for two years and saw them every day on the beach.

Money to travel and achieve great things is hard to come by for parents, but the community, friends, and everyone pitched in, even holding raffles, to support this youth kitesurfing volunteer program. During the season, Pedro's father also teaches kitesurfing to tourists.

Thanks to @sueltalabarra, God bless you.

I hope this story leaves a mark on you and that you remember Pedro Alexandre and his family in Cumbuco 🇧🇷

U19 Freestyle Final

And to round off this great weekend in Tarifa, the U19 freestyle grand finale showcased the future of this discipline, a battle between the top four riders, with the following result: