Aaron Hadlow

Aaron Hadlow
Personal information
Full name Aaron Hadlow
Nationality British
Born (1988-10-04) October 4, 1988
Sport
Country  England
Sport Kitesurfing
Team North
Turned pro Beginning of 2002

Aaron Hadlow (born 4 October 1988) is a professional kiteboarder who has won the Pro Kiteboard Riders' Association (PKRA) World Championships five times.[1][2]

Despite his stalwart domination of the sport from 2004–2008, the 21-year-old encountered big competition in the form of Ruben Lenten and Kevin Langeree 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.

He also won the Red Bull KitePunks event in 2007, held in La Manga, Spain, beating off stiff competition from Ruben Lenten in 2nd, and Neil Hilder in 3rd.

Hadlow 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 "ole" move, where the bar and lines are whipped over head - the first of which was the Bosch Mobe.

He is sponsored mainly by North, Red Bull, Chiemsee,and Lost Cause Boards.[3]

Hadlow has taken a break from the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association World tour in 2010, he is looking to focus on international promos, and various other events. He also looks to continue his "on the loose" series with Ruben Lenten.

In 2015 and 2016, Hadlow won Redbull's King of the Air in Cape Town, South Africa. [4]

External links

References

Nigel Wintergern

  1. ↑ "Hadlow and Flexifoil". Flexifoil. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  2. ↑ "Aaron Hadlow". www.aaronhadlow.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  3. ↑ "Aaron Hadlow Sponsors". www.aaronhadlow.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  4. ↑ "Two in a row for Aaron Hadlow at the Red Bull King of the Air". Surfer Today. Surfertoday.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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