13-year-old Finn Flügel (GER) reaches the semifinals for the first time at GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup Colombia

Day 3 of the GKA Freestyle-Kite World Cup in Salinas del Rey, Colombia: with three days in a row of consistent wind, the crew is thrilled with the conditions. After yesterday's action-packed day, the judges and the audience are expecting another day full of tricks worth watching, interesting combinations and one of the strongest demonstrations of power and execution in kitesurfing! One of the youngest competitors, Finn Flügel (GER), advanced to the semi-finals. At only 13 years old, he has been dreaming of making it to the top eight. This was his dream, and after learning about the new format at the last event in Qatar, he trained for two weeks on his toe-side tricks so he could meet these new criteria. The emotions were written all over his face and he couldn't find the words to express the achievement of his (intermediate) goal. (in the video from 1:48m