Last weekend, the GKA crowned Charles Brodel 2021 Hydrofoil Freestyle World Champion in Fortaleza, Brazil!
The Men’s Final was an intense match-up between Charles Brodel and Maxime Desjardins. As Maxime had explained earlier in the competition, Charles has always been a big inspiration for him and one of the main reasons that he got into freestyle hydrofoiling. This made the final even more exciting. Charles showed his experience and confidence from the very start. He rode with plenty of control and showed great speed and variety in his wide array of tricks. Young athlete Maxime battled his way through with some impressive trick attempts, but failed to land several of his tricks. At the end of the day, Charles Brodel was crowned event winner and GKA Hydrofoil Freestyle World Champion with a winning overall score of 30.02 points.
"I’m super stoked to win this event. I’ve been training a lot for this,” said Charles. “I loved sharing the final with my close friend Maxime, and I know he is going to continue doing really well.”
-- Charles Brodel
Men’s Results:
1st Charles Brodel (FRA) 2nd Maxime Desjardins (FRA) 3rd Robby Stewart (CAN)
On the women's side, a big congratulations goes to Italy's Samuela Mule who finished in 3rd overall. Samuela started strong against Kylie Zarmati, gaining good scores for her first-ever competition, but Kylie managed to gain the advantage with some good tricks that allowed her to advance to the next round.
It was an incredible week of action for this new, rapidly-evolving discipline, and we look forward to seeing even more incredible tricks next year, as each rider is really helping to push the sport further and further each season.
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