Impressive tricks from the world's best kitesurfers on day 3 at the GKA Freestyle World Cup Salinas del Rey 2022

On day three, the men's rounds 4 and 5 ended with standout moments including a "Seatbelt Mobe 5" by Maxime Chabloz (SUI) and a big " Completed Slim 9 to the moon by Luis Cruz (DOM). Juan Rodriguez (COL) put on a strong run in an impressive manner and thus made it into the semi-finals together with Manoel Soares (BRA). In the last round of the day, Gianmaria Coccoluto (ITA) scored the highest score of the day with a 9.3 for a "massive 319". The first surprise of the competition is the elimination of reigning World Champion Arthur Guillebert (FRA) in the quarterfinals, who now has to wait for the next competition to defend his title. The women's final was postponed to the next day as wind conditions became too strong to guarantee a fair process