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The Dutch coastal resort of Scheveningen prepares to host its debut event on the O'Neill Kitesurf World Cup circuit this week.

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The Dutch seaside resort of Scheveningen, is getting ready to play host to its first-ever O'Neill Kitesurf World Cup event this week.

14 women and 48 men will be representing 22 nationalities.

The eight top seeded men and four top women will be pre-qualified for the next event , but otherwise the winner of a heat advances into the next round, until there's only two riders left in the finals.

Mauricio Toscano's the PKRA Tour manager and he thinks it's great Holland's hosting the event.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Mauricio Toscano, PKRA Tour manager:

"I think everybody is super-excited to come to Holland for the first time. I mean, the Dutch guys have been, for the last 10 years, always in the top five we have the Dutch guys. So the Dutch guys have consistently been the best kiteboarders in the world so it is really cool to come to the place where the best guys are actually coming out from. So it is really good I think and I think everybody is excited to really have an event in Holland and I think it is going to be a great event. I think the forecast is looking good, the wind is coming up right now and tomorrow is going to be an even better day, so I think it is going to be good action."

The kiteboarders are always judged on the quality of the execution of each individual trick, with the judges looking at technical difficulty, power, height of the jump, risk factor, variety, smoothness, style and innovation.