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Tarifa (Spain), 4 – 10 September 2006

bwin.com Kitesurf Pro

Press Kit

bwin Group – Press Release – Monday, 4 September 2006 2

bwin.com Kitesurf Pro

PKRA World Tour

Event: World Kitesurfing Competition

When: 5 – 10 September 2006

Where:

Valdevaqueros Beach, Tarifa

(Spain)

Organiser: bwin

Participants:

32 men and 16 women from

current PKRA (Professional Kiteboard

Riders Association) ranking.

Styles:

Freestyle

Big Air Tricks – exhibition

Highlights:

• The top twelve PKRA official league

riders are taking part, competing

for places in the 2006 ranking. The

bwin.com Kitesurf Pro is the

second-last event of the PKRA tour.

• Competition, side events, including

a concert by Ojos de Brujo.

• Price money: $ 40,000

(€ 30,680).

• Fun and thrills to wind up the

summer of 2006.

bwin Group – Press Release – Monday, 4 September 2006 3

bwin.com Kitesurf Pro brings the world’s best riders

together in Tarifa for a competition packed with

thrills and risk.

This event is part of the PKRA World Championship

The World Kitesurfing Championship is coming to Valdevaqueros Beach in Tarifa

(Spain). A great place for this exciting sport and the second time bwin.com

Kitesurf Pro has been staged. Due to the success of last year’s competition,

the event is now part of the official PKRA (Professional Kiteboard Riders

Association) World Tour.

Kitesurfing combines elements of surfing, windsurfing and paragliding. The

competition is organised by the Austrian-based company bwin, one of the

world’s leading providers of online gaming entertainment, now sponsoring a

series of sporting events throughout the continent.

The event, scheduled for 5 to 10 September, will pit top international

kitesurfers against one another in a competition of courage and skill. The

competition has already attracted 32 male kiters, including the world’s top

twelve, and six female contestants.

Valdevaqueros beach, over 5.5 km

long, is one of the best places in

the world for kitesurfing and other

water sports.

bwin.com Kitesurf Pro includes a competition that counts towards the 2006

PKRA World Tour and a Big Air Tricks day, to be held on the last two day of the

event. At this event riders will showcase their kiteboard jumping skills,

performing risky tricks.

bwin Group – Press Release – Monday, 4 September 2006 4

All the thrills of this young adventure sport make the event a must for

professionals and amateurs alike – there are some 15,000 kitesurfing

enthusiasts in Spain alone – but also for the general public, who can watch the

breathtaking aerobatics from the beach. In addition to this visual treat, extra

entertainment will also be laid on for both participants and spectators.

The world’s best

The best riders on the circuit have already confirmed that they will be

participating in bwin.com Kitesurf Pro. They include the twelve best male

riders in the world, headed by Britain’s Aaron Hadlow, current top ranker.

Spanish participants include Alvaro Onieva, one of the best in the world and

currently third in the ranking, Cesar Portas (10

th

) and Christian Holley

(12

th

).

Alvaro Onieva in top form during the

2005 event.

bwin Group – Press Release – Monday, 4 September 2006 5

Women riders will include Spanish rider Angela Peral, currently 5

th

in the

world ranking, along with five of the six best professionals at the moment,

headed by Polish rider Ania Grzelinska (2nd

).

Angela Peral will be displaying her kitesurfing skills

in Tarifa.

The competition

The PKRA competition will be a freestyle event in which riders will challenge

each other in pairs, kitesurfing before a jury who will evaluate their

manoeuvres, rating riders’ technique and level of difficulty. The winner of each

head-to-head will go on to the next round, and so on until the final.

The twelve men and six women at the top of the ranking are automatically

qualified to participate, whilst the other participants are drawn from previous

heats and trials (16 men and eight women) along with the wild cards (invites)

held by the organisers. The result is a total of 32 men and 16 women

contestants.

Thanks to the innovative spirit of the Tarifa event, the competition will also

feature an additional exhibition round of Big Air Tricks. This focus of this new

round will be on aerobatic tricks, with points for the height at which they are

executed. The manoeuvres are very spectacular, and can easily be appreciated

by spectators watching from the beach.

bwin Group – Press Release – Monday, 4 September 2006 6

This part of the event will be a new departure for the sport: although it will not

count towards the World Championship, big cash prizes will be awarded. Big Air

Tricks participants will include two of the major stars of the kitesurfing world:

Spaniard Jaime Herraiz and Argentinean Martin Vari. This will be a unique

opportunity to enjoy action from two of the greatest exponents of the sport.

Six days of fun and thrills

The entertainment organised in parallel with this exciting competition will

include a concert by Ojos de Brujo in the Bull Ring at 10.30 p.m. on Friday 8

September. This group of 12 musicians will be presenting their newest album,

Techari, launched earlier this year. This will give the audience a chance to enjoy

one of the most innovative fusion groups on the Spanish scene, fronted by

Marina “La Canillas".

Tarifa, a unique location

Tarifa, known as Europe's “wind capital”, is the perfect location for water

sports, especially wind and surf sports such as windsurfing and kitesurfing. The

growing popularity of these sports, particularly amongst younger participants,

has made the town a Mecca for board riders, with many professional riders

living in Tarifa and training on the beaches here.

9th PKRA World Tour 2006 events

1. Margarita Kitesurf.com World Cup, 26 April – 1 May, Coche Island,

Venezuela

2. Euro Millions World Cup Kitesurfing, 24 – 26 May, Knokke-Heist, Belgium

3. Portimao World Tour 2006, 13 – 18 June, Portimao, Portugal

4. PKRA Cabarete World Cup, 28 June – 2 July, Cabarete, Dominican

Republic

5. Fuerteventura PKRA Kiteboarding Grand Prix, 1 – 5 August,

Fuerteventura, Spain.

6. Gard Kitesurfing World Cup 2006, 12 – 20 August, St Peter-Ording,

Germany

7. Iles de la Madeleine PKRA Kiteboarding World Cup 2006, 26 – 31 August,

Quebec, Canada

8. bwin.com Kitesurf Pro, 5 – 10 September, Tarifa, Spain

9. 2006 Super Kite, 19 – 24 September, Paraiba, Brazil

bwin Group – Press Release – Monday, 4 September 2006 7

bwin, the Number One for sports betting on the Internet

bwin is one of the world’s leading providers of online gaming entertainment.

For the second year running, the company is sponsoring a major kitesurfing

event, a sport which many of bwin’s customers can identify with. Sports

sponsoring is an important channel of communication for bwin, making

exciting events like Kitesurf Pro possible in the first place. bwin supports not

only upcoming sports, but also well-established sporting activities. The

Company sponsors many clubs, federations and sporting events in Europe and

throughout the world, including soccer clubs like AC Milan, the World

Motorcycling Championships and FIBA, the world basketball organization.

bwin currently offers leisure

services to over 10 million

registered clients. The

company implements a policy

of total transparency, not

only in its direct relationship

with customers, but also in

its business activities. Listed

on the Vienna Stock

Exchange, bwin is subject to

the Austrian Capital Market

Act and the Austrian Stock

Exchange Act.

bwin was founded in Vienna in 1997 to provide an online betting service

worldwide via the Internet. The entrepreneurship of the founders, their

technological expertise and their broad experience in the world of finance and

marketing allowed bwin to become one of the world’s leading providers of

online gaming entertainment.

For further information on the competition please visit:

www.kite.bwin.com