Finally my training in Southafrica is over. I had a absolute great time and I just can’t get enough of this amazing country. The last two weeks my girlfriend joined me and we had a beautiful time with perfect windconditions. We also had a pretty bad experience when somebody broke into our car and stole some stuff out of it…
Now I’m at home. Today I had a nice and long interview at an austrian radiostation and a fotoshooting for a teenagermagazine from Austria, called “MISS”…
Next week I will go to Thailand for the first PKRA worldtourstop in Hua Hin. I hope they have wind there and that we will have a good cometition there. I’ll keep you updated!!!
The last week the wind got a bit tricky here in Capetown. The typical southeaster was not coming through and so we had to drive a lot arround here. Still I had some awesome sessions. On lake Brandvlei we made some sick pictures with perfect light. The next day we drove to Witsand which is a river that disembogues into the sea. The water is super flat there and its just perfect for training. Ok maybe a bit sharky but you can’t have everything. Three days ago we have been lucky and catched one of the rare days in the Milnerton lagune. The wind was unbelievable constant and flat water all over the place. Today its raining and kind of freecing but lets see what happens…
Time is flying… I’m here in Southafrica for more than one week allready. The wind was really good these days and I could also catch some awesome waves. So far the wind is not to strong and I was riding my Prima Donna 9 a lot.
Training is running good and I am very happy so far. Yesterday I had an fantastic freestylesession with onshore wind at Sunsetbeach, the day bevor I was kiting at Shark’s Bay in Langebaan and two days ago I learnd to surf the wave frontside at Dolphinbeach. Was a hard lesson in the beginning but now it rocks to ride like this.
Today I take a day off and try some paddelsurfing but for the following days my plan is to train hard and enjoy my stay here as good as possible.
After being at home for christmas and new year I booked my flight to Capetown and finally made it down here two days ago. The first two days have been very exciting and succesfull. I had lots of wind and I kitet till my body told me to stop.
I hope I can train hard here in Southafrica and that the wind blows every day. I’ll keep you up to date whats going on down here.
We also made some pictures allready. You find them in the gallery
Yesterday ended the last competition for this season. The KPWT tourstop in Marocco/Essauira. After a pretty windless boring week we got some wind on the last two days. The conditions haven’t been to good and there was not to much wind but still we managed to finish the singels in Freestyle. I was not really happy with my prefomance and got kicked out early by Vincent Tiger from France. So I made it to the 5th lace in this comp. After an exhausting year I was also a bit tired of competing. In the end I got a nice 4th place in the Freestyle overall ranking in the KPWT.
Fabian and Iris from JN Kites also showed up here in Marocco and so I could test some new stuff from next year. I can’t say to much but its gonna be sweet stuff…
Tomorrow I’m going home to Austria to spend some time with my girlfriend and my familiy. Holiday at home or something like that…
After a great time in Brasil I’m now back in the cold and foggy Austria. The rest of the competition in Brasil was disappointing. In the doubleelemination, in my heat for the 3rd place, my leash broke after 3 minutes and I was swimming 100 meter away from the shore. So I was swimming arround for the rest of my heat thinking about how unfair live can be… But after some bad minutes I recogniced that I am healthy and that I have everthing I want in live so I got happy again and enjoyed the rest of my time in Brasil. And what a time it was… I had some of the best kitesessions ever and I’ll never forget these days…
Yesterday we had the singleelemination of the KPWT worldcup in Brasil. The event took place at the famous Cauipe-lagoon. The spot was just perfect like always and everybody could show hi-level freestyle. The heats have been really hard and the lokals were ripping the place. I had some good runs and adwanced some heats till the semifinal. There I had to go against the best Brasilien guy called Evandro Da Silva. This kid is killing it with an endless pool of tricks and he showed just too many against me. I lost that heat but could go for the small final. I was against the number 2 here in Brasil - Tomas Taixera Gomez. I had a awsome heat and could beat him. So I am current 3rd… I hope I can keep it in the doubles but its gonna get hard!!!
I also had my own crazy fan club with me. They cryed even louder than all the Brasilien fans here and pushed me a lot. Thanks for that and I’ ll spend some tea for their voices…
I’m allready one week here in Cumbuco/ Brazil and its like a dream. Its my 3rd time here now but its impressing me again and again. The spots are so unbelieveable perfekt for kiting… All the tricks are working way easier and its so good to learn new stuff. My girlfriend and I are enjoying the time here and just love this place. Next week the KPWT worldcup starts and I hope that I’m well prepaired for it. Wish me good luck and I’ll keep you updated if there are news…
This is a short video a friend of mine edited after our trip to Rhodes. We have been there for two weeks and did some filming as well. Hope you like it.
In the moment I am in Dakhla/ Maroc for the KPWT competition here. I heard a lot of stories about this place here, how awsome it is and so on. And really it turned out to be a really good spot for a competition and also for training. They have lots of different places to kite here and you can choose from wave till absolute flat water. The event is held on a littlbit choppy place but its still pretty nice for freestyle and the level in the comp was very high.
I had some good heats but unfortunatly also some bad and so I endet up on 6th in the Freestyle dicipline. After the heats I went straight for training because I was not satisfied with myself. I can train on a super nice flatwater spot with almost perfect conditions. I train here with Peter Tyushkevich, Stefan Permien and Viktor Borsuk and they are pushing me a lot. So my kiting gets better here and I’m quit happy to be able to be here. I hope to have some more good days…
After to relaxing weeks on Rhodes I am now at home, prepairing for the next KPWT tourstop in Marocco.
We had two weeks with good wind in Fanes and I had a wonderfull time. We had all possible conditions and so it was a good training for me as well. Dani, a friend of mine took some great pictures and we also filmed some action - so we try to make a video. Let’s see how it works out.
After a lot of competition I have to relax a bit and come down from the stress of the events. So my girlfriend, a friend of mine and myself took a plane to Rhodes island. We are staying and kiting in Fanes and I really love that place. The friendly and familar atmosphere here is perfect to chill a bit and its windy every day. Sometimes strong and with waves and sometimes bit lighter and good for freestyle. My father and his wife are also here for holidays and so we have a good time here in greece…
