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Stoooked!

I arrived in Marbella on the 1st of July late at night after missing my plane from Gatwick to Malaga because of the short time I had between Heathrow and Gatwick. The next day I drove down to Tarifa and registrated for the PKRA with my 12 hour jet lag. As the forecast looked light for the single eliminations I went to Marbella because I had some stuff to do there, but the wind picked up, so I missed my heat… In the doubles the wind was very light again. I had no opponent in my first heat, so I just went to the water and had some fun on my bindings, doing one of my best heats ever. The wind dropped afterwards so we continued the competition the next day. Wind was even lighter and I was way underpowered on my biggest kite against Madison Van Heurck, one of the lightest riders on the tour. I lost…

Then they did the Big Air Best Trick where I didnt compete because it was very light wind and I didnt wanna do High Airpasses, (actually never even learned them cause I despise them). Mario Rodwald got the victory, congratulations to him, he did a fine job!

The wind machine was on. And conditions got better and better. I had some amazing time at Kitebeach, riding together with the LF Troops.

Days were mental, we’ve been working 24/7 for the new catalog through all the week, set up some nice lifestyle action with suits and shinn, we really put all our energy into that week, but I’m sure it was worth it. The riding was dope. At kitebeach the conditions were begging for powered stuff and punished technical tricks. What we didn’t get though, were those typical Hawaiian kickers.

On our last day we went to Lanai, which gave the trip the last touch. We kited in front of a huge ship wreck, a spot that I only knew through a Wipika video featuring Dave Tyburski in 2002 or so (that video was dope!).

Now I’m back home (Marbella) & tomorrow I will move my Benz to Tarifa, PKRA time… Once that thing is over, I have some sick plans for this month, among them the Legit Jam in Mid July organised by German Bindings & Slider Pioneer Kim Albrecht. We will have some sliders, we will be 6 riders or so & the format is going to be similar to Kite Punks and SSS.