This past week, REAL Kiteboarding, in affiliation with sponsors Red Bull, John Wayne Cancer Foundation and Outer Beaches Realty, hosted their 2nd Annual Triple-S Invitational. Triple-S stands for Surf, Slicks and Sliders.

REAL Kiteboarding has posted a recap of the entire event:

The Triple-S is the most progressive freeride kiteboarding competition in the world. In addition to the most exciting riding the world has ever seen, the week-long event was filled with opening and closing night parties, extraordinary photo/video opportunities and amazing kiteboarding sessions.

Saturday, June 2: Triple-S 2007 Opening Party, also known as The Party that almost killed the Triple-S! A little late afternoon rain brought the Triple-S Opening Party to the Rodanthe Community Center.

DJ Chela flew in from New York City to spin for the entire event. Fried chicken, pulled pork, corn bread, coleslaw, baked beans and cold beer was enjoyed by all. The dancing and partying was non-stop!

At 11 o'clock, the party moved to an after hours location where DJ Chela spun beats until 3 am! Needless to say, everyone got a late start on Sunday morning....

Sunday, June 3: The first full day of the Triple-S brought heavy southeast wind to Cape Hatteras. Southeast is a wind direction Cape Hatteras doesn't get often. However, when it blows SE, the riding is phenomenal.

A stellar ocean session was had at The Cove, located on the southside of Cape Point. Riders Jon Modica and Damien Leroy could be seen launching huge airs off rolling kickers strapless! If you saw the crowd starting to move, that meant Andy Hurdman was riding from the ocean, across the sand, into the tidal pool and then back out to the waves!

The level of riding was set so high on the first day, everyone was asking how it could get better. Everyone was going huge, continuing to push the limits of kiteboarding.