Silvester Ruckdaeschel – Kiteboarder

Tag: travel

Cape Town Day 1,2,3

January 20th, 2008

capetownapp1.jpgDay 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 »

El Gouna, its blowing!

June 17th, 2007

So this is my 11th day in El Gouna, I ride my 8m Impact and 9m Tribal almost every day, only had one calm day, wicked! Yesterday we started to record some moves, got some funny bails, today I learned something new, gotta see it on vid! I’m here till Thursday, still have to shoot some pics and much more video. Then I’ll be heading back to Munich, and then, then, then, I’ll be at the PKRA in Tarifa, for a good result hopefully, press ya thumbs tight, good luck to you all, make the best out of your time!

In Egypt

June 9th, 2007

Arrived two days ago, was welcomed by a Sandstorm so the plane had to restart just before landing, funny!The 40min. drive to El Gouna even better, you could see max. 10 meter far, crazy.Once I arrived in El Gouna I went to the water directly at kiteboarding club el gouna with my 8m Impact Short Line and had a nice session. Yesterday it was strong for 8m again and even better! Read the rest of this entry »