Day 7:

The first day without wind. Henning and the others headed to the city to go shopping and to check out some local attractions, at the end of the day we were off for a barbecue in house of some friends.

Day 8:

I got 20 years old that day, again I woke up with Henning signalizing that it was time to shoot some images (this time at 7 am) but luckily the wind just picked up late. When I woke up 2 hours later again a big cake was waiting for me in the living room (thanks mates!) and the wind picked up so I had a good unconventional breakfast and then set up my second Recoil 136 and went out at Dolphin Beach on my 9m kite and with Union bindings. The kickers were small and the water was choppy but still it was a great session. To end the day we had Sushi for dinner.

Day 9:

Rossinis for breakfast were I could also check my mails. Straight after I had my first 7m session at Dolphin Beach this year, was fun but gusty! Ruben and Kevin were there to, Ruben was killing it like always. After two hours we went back to the apartment and some minutes later we drove to Melkbos to have a foto session, but the wind was super strong for 7m and I couldn’t do much in the 30cm deep water where Henning was standing with his cam.

Day 4:

I woke up at 6 am facing a big grin of Mister Nockel who explained us the situation: wind and perfect light. So we headed to Big Bay and had a photo session. I totally felt like a beginner, the wind was super gusty and I was always under or overpowered on my 9m, but still we got some nice shots. At the end of the day I had to pay my tribute for the long out-time I had this winter with some pain in all my body parts… Read the rest of this entry »

Day 1:

Had a good comfortable flight with British Airways - Virgin Atlantic, they didn’t even weight my board bag which was at least 40kg heavy, but then it staid in London, where the transfer time was little bit more than an hour.
When I arrived in Cape Town Henning Nockel and his girlfriend picked me up from the airport, then we drove to a rental car to get an additional car and then to their apartment.
The wind was nuking from the first day on, could see people blasting huge airs on 7m kites from our balcony, which is in second line from the beach and gives a good view of the Table mountain. Read the rest of this entry »