Results are in from Kite Clash that just went down in Squamish Canada including the Canadian freestyle championships.
The Canadian Freestyle Women’s Championship went to Lauren Holman, after landing some solid S-Bend Blinds. This was Holman’s first competition. The Ontario-native entered the competition without any expectations.
words: Rebecca Aldous
cover: Marilys Lacroix Samson / photo: Christopher Rollett
Lauren Holman / photo: Kyle Touhey
“I am looking forward to learning more tricks, so that I can have a more solid heat next time,” -Lauren Holman
Second place went to Marilys Lacrois Samson and the bronze trophy went to Crystal Veness.
In the junior’s, Rieder once again came out on top – for the third year running. Liam Karam snagged the second spot with Simran Kahlon in third.
Annelous Lammerts / photo: Christopher Rollett
North’s Colleen Carroll, European champion Annelous Lammerts of Cabrina, Naish’s Katie Potter and now Canadian champ Lauren Holman battled it out in the Women’s International Open Freestyle. In the end, Lammerts large box of tricks landed her the win.
“Annelous was able to land a wide variety of tricks in very challenging conditions,” – KiteClash judge Geoffrey Waterson
Carroll dropped her kite for a good chunk of the competition. But she came back strong, proving to the crowd why she’s known around the world. Carroll placed second and Potter placed third.
Lauren Holman / photo: Christopher Rollett
The last day of KiteClash was reserved for the crowd-pleaser Big Air. Carroll wowed the crowd with some massive tricks that won her first place. Carroll was closely followed by Annelous Lammerts. Marilys Lacroix Samson placed third.
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