Today was the second day of the PKRA-event here in Mexico. Conditions have been much better than yesterday…

Skippersmeeting was at 9 and we startet at 9. 50. I warmed up and then I had my first heat against Mark Jacobs. He is a very good rider from New Zealand and it’s very hard to ride against him, as nobody knows, what he will do next… ;.) The conditions here are “super-hard”. Gusty an soooo choppy. My arrival was on Tuesday and because of this fact I had no possibility to check conditions here before my first heat. I was really happy to land a lot of tricks and to win this one.

My second opponent was Julian Hosp from Austria. I know that he can ride really powerfull and so I tried to give my best. Jules did a good job too but in the end the judges gave me the better end.

In round 3 I was against Kevin Langeree. Actually he is number 2 in PKRA-ranking and at the moment his shape is excelent! It’s clear that every rider tries to give his best and a little bit more when he’s against Kev in the same heat. I had a good run and sticked a lot but at this early time of the season he could do a little bit more - that’s it… It’s no shame to lose a heat against Kev in this shape (he won the Single today) and hopefully I can improve my performance during the long season 2008.

Tomorrow we will start the Double and I have to wait fo my opponent. Lets hope it’s getting not too hard.

Thanks for all your wishes and please wish me good luck for tomorrow.

Day 1: 

Yes. I finally made it o the first tourstop of the PKRA this year. We are here in Mexico on Playa del Carmen, south of Cancun. It was a long trip and I was pretty tired when I arrived. I came just in time for registration and today was the first day of the event. Unfortunatly there was to less wind for freestyle but they did some courseracing. We did the drawing for the freestyle-event and I am against Mark Jakobs from New Zealand. Hard draw!! He is really crazy and a very good rider but I will give everything to beat him.

So there should be more wind tomorrow and I hope we can start the single elemination.

I will give yo more infos tomorrow. Wish me good luck and cross your fingers!!

My newest video from Capetown/RSA - “chicks & cars” is ON. Enjoy!

For wmv in HDV (ca. 76MB) click here

For Quicktime (ca 100MB) click here (sorry - we have to compress the file to make it smaller and because of this fact some artefacts may happen…)

I’ m sorry for not updating my homepage the last days,  but my girlfriend Carina arrived some days ago and so I was travelling around and do a lot of sightseeing… I also have been on the water and yesterday we shot some pictures at Brandvlei. I also made a lot of photos at sightseeing. Some you’ll find in my gallery. The day after tomorrow we have to leave and go back to Austria. The wind was not the best the last days but here are so much other things to do - so it never becomes boring!!

Day 20:

 In the morning we made a downwinder from Dolphin- Beach to Big Bay. The wind was perfekt for the 8 and i really enjoyed it. I landed some super nice tricks and was so happy with them. I also surfed some waves and all in all it was an almost perfekt session. After a break I went out in Big Bay with the 7 but i was totally overpowerd and did only big air. It was to crowdy and after a while i quited for this day.

Day 19:

Nothing special. A session at Dolphin- Beach. And later i went to Big Bay for another session. There have been to much people on the beach and in the water today so it was a bit annoying. It’s always bad on weekends but i’ m sure its better on monday.

Day 18:

Actually I’m sittig in an internetcafe waiting for wind. Looks not so good today. No sun no wind, just rain and clouds. It looks a little bit better for tomorrow, but the chance for wind late in the afternoon is still alive…

Day 17:

We went to Brandvlei because there was no wind in Capetown. When we arrived there was wind but it seems to be gusty like hell. 12- 35 knots!!! I went out on my 8 but must of the time it was a battle to survive. Later the day it got better and better. The 8 fit perfect and the Langeree- Family joined us. We had a very nice session and we took some pictures for the gallery.

Day 16:

This day was really a little bit useless. Absolute no wind and very, very hot. We chilled the whole day and in the evening we deceided to go jogging on the beach - was nice but kiting is much better! Lets hope that there is wind tomorrow…

I am sorry for the problems with my homepage today. The sever broke and we had to wait till it got repaired. But now everything got fixed an it should work again.

Day 15:

Unusual… The wind looked good, the weather was perfekt but something was wrong. I went out at Dolphin- Beach with my 10 and it was not so bad. Than I made a downwinder to Big Bay but there was a strong current everywhere and it was almost nearly inpossible to keep upwind. I could do a lot of fine tricks but the hole time I struggled to get back to the place I startet… Perhaps my 8 was a little bit too small - the better idea would be to stay on 10… Some pics will follow soon.

Day 14:

We waitet really long for wind today and in the afternoon we decidet to go to lake Brandvlei, because we thougt there could be wind. So it was, but we came there little bit to late. After half an hour on the water, the wind droped and we had to quit.

 Day 13:

The 13th day was a rainy one. There was absolutly no wind but a lot of rain. We decided to go shopping to Waterfront, a big shoppingmall in Capetown. The rest of the day we chilled, rested on the couch and surfed in internet.

Day 12:

A really nice day. The forcast looked not good but fortunately they where wrong and we had a good session. We went to Dolphin- beach and pumped up our tens. I was out with Kevin, Aaron and Ruben. Its so motivating to be out with these guys. I sticked some nice tricks and tried couple of new ones.

We took some pics out of the videotakes we took. The quality is not as good as the one from a normal camera but they are still ok. You’ ll find them in the gallery

Day 11:

We went to Langebaan because this day it was too windy in Capetown. First I went out at Friday-Island and we filmed a little bit. Later we went to Sharksbay and we had a quiet nice session there. I could do a lot of tricks and was pretty happy with this day.

Day 10:

BIG waves!!! The forcast predicted 5,2 meter and they did not lie! I don`t know the exact high but we had a perfect downwinder from Bigbay to Hakat. The wind was very strong (up to 40kts), but this gave us the “extra lift”. I’m sure that there are less places on the planet where you can jump higher than between Capetown and Melkbos. Perhaps it’s because of the cold water or the perfect angle of the waves. Between all the freestyle training-sessionsan we enjoyed a Big-wave day in RSA!!

On the 9th day of my training in Capetown I decided to start earlier in the morning to ride in lighter winds but when I was standing on the beach at 9 o’clock it allready blew with 30 kts. So I went to Bigbay, took my 8 and had a good session. After lunch my father and I went to Brandvlei to train Freestyle. Overall it was a good day and I had lot of fun. We also took pictures. You find some of them in the gallery.

This day was not so good… The wind was very gusty and strong, the current was bad and I felt like a beginner on the water. My father and i went to Langebaan because we thought it would be nice for training but it wasn’ t. So lets hope that it’ll be better tomorrow. There are some pics of this day in the gallery.

Day 6:

No wind and a lot of rain. So we chilled in our house and worked on my new homepage. Silvester really helped me a lot and made this all happen. Big thanks to him.

Day 5:

This day Silvester, my father and I went to Langebaan because the wind in Capetown was to strong. When we arrived it looked not that good but after some waiting and a spotchange we went out on our tens. I landed some nice and powerd tricks and was pretty happy about that.

Day 4:

Today Silvester Ruckdaeschel, Henning Nockel, my father and I went to a lake called Brandvlei. When we arrived the wind was pretty bad and it was to less to kite. We waitet about one hour and then the wind came. Silvester and I went out on our 12m kites. Henning shoot some pics and my father filmed for our next video. Silvester did some really nice Slims and Backmobes. He did it with bindings so it looked really powerd. Wakestyle at its best. I also tryed some new stuff like Nukegraps to 313 and Nukegraps to blind. I sticked some of them. Some pics of this incredible day in the gallery. After this nice session we went back to Capetown for dinner.