2020 Risung Star Angely Bouillot
Red Bull may have been criticised for the predictability of familiar faces that have populated its field of competitors in the past, but that’s all about to change for KOTA 2020. The format has split so that just 12 riders (down from 18) will compete on the final day at Kite Beach (including the top six from last year). Prior to that, giving an expanded opportunity for fresh blood, four satellite event winners, 13 video entry winners and a wildcard will do battle in rounds one and two the week before, from which six will go forward to compete in the final rounds at Kite Beach.
Strapless freestyle phenomenon and four-time wave world champion, Airton Cozzolino, has earned a wildcard and will compete in rounds one and two, but so too will Angely. Susi Mai won the Queen of the Air three times when Red Bull first ran the ‘King of the Air’ on Maui in 2000 - 2002, but Bouillot will be the first woman to try to become... ‘King’. Airton and Angely stole the headlines when the line-up was announced in November.
