More than 50 top UK kitesurfers will visit Cornwall (pic: David Sims)

Top kitesurfers from across the UK will head to Watergate Bay this weekend for the opening round of the British Kitesurfing Association Championships.

More than 50 competitors will aquaplane through the North coast waves from 18-20 April.

"The riders really enjoy competing at Watergate Bay and we have had some great events here," said BKSA chairman Richard Gowers.

It is the first of seven rounds in the BKSA Championships.

"We've got a new crop of really talented young riders coming through in the men's pro division this year," Gowers added.

"There is a group of four or five guys, all under 20, and any of them could win the British Championships this year."

Rounds for the professional men and ladies divisions begin on Friday, with amateur, senior and junior riders joining them in the water on Saturday and Sunday.