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The last weeks have been very exciting and stressfull. After a weekend at home I went to Morocco for the Pkra tourstop there. The event was in Essouira and everything was pretty small. The conditions have been very hard with gusty, nuking wind every day. In the singlelemination I could get up to the 4th place which made me really happy. Later in the doubleelemination I had to go against Andy Yates and he kicked me to the 5th place. But still an awesome result for me and I’m super stoked! Read more ...

So the Pkra tourstop in Cabarete is over. It wasn’t an easy competition. The wind was pretty light most of the time and the locals ripped it really hard. In the singles I could win against Bobo Corniel in the first round but in the second round I lost in a close decision against Tom Hebert from New Caledonia. In the doubles I could beat two local rider again but In the fight fort he 7th place against Jesse I struggled with the very light wind and lost. There was no way to go upwind on my 13 and then it gets really hard to preform good freestyle! So in the end I got a 9th place. Top ten again but for sure I want better results soon. After the comp the wind left and for 4 days I had to rest… Also I got foodpoisoned which wasn’t funny at all!!! On my last day I had a nice session at La Boca with Tom Hebert. After my journey home which took over a day I was happy to be back in Austria. The wind was waiting allready at the lake and on my first day home I had a sick day in Podersdorf with wind fort he 9 all day long. Read more ...

The last days have been a bit stressfull but I had good kitesessions and trained a lot. May was one of the best month I ever had on the lake Neusiedlersee. Wind blew almost everyday and I never had so much time on the water in one month. When the forecast started to look bad my girlfriend Carina and I decided to fly to Tarifa for a week and we have been pretty lucky with the wind there. From 6 possible days we had 6 days of wind! It was great fun to be in Tarifa again and the kiteing was really nice. I still have an evening session at Playa Los Lances with only 3 or 4 people on the water in my mind… Unforgetable! After this trip, when we arrived at home, southeasterly wind kicked in at the lake and it had 32 degrees so I took my stuff out of the bag for an awesome session in Breitenbrunn. One day later I packed my stuff again for my flight to the Dominican Republic. And here I am now to train a bit and to compete at the 3rd PKRA tourstop this year. Lets hope for good wind and a good competition… Read more ...

Last weekend we had the 1st stop of the Kitetoureurope at my homespot Podersdorf. I was super motivated and excited for this competion. The wind was perfect on the first day of the event and we ran the whole singleelemination on that day. I had some great heats and could beat good guys like Stefan Permien and Mario Rodwald. So I made it to the final in which I had to go against Alberto Rondina. I know that he is a really good rider so I gave everything to win this heat but in the end with a close 3:2 desicion he won the heat and the Final. Unfortunatly the wind was gone for the rest of the competition and so we chilled a lot in Podersdorf and could enjoy the awesome parties there. Read more ...

Last weekend we had the 1st stop of the Kitetoureurope at my homespot Podersdorf. I was super motivated and excited for this competion. The wind perfect on the first day of the event and we ran the whole singleelemination on that day. I had some great heats and could beat good guys like Stefan Permien and Mario Rodwald. So I made it to the final in which I had to go against Alberto Rondina. I know that he is a really good rider so I gave everything to win this heat but in the end with a close 3:2 desicion he won the heat and the Final. Unfortunatly the wind was gone for the rest of the competition and so we chilled a lot in Podersdorf and could enjoy the awesome parties there. Read more ...

The last week I have been in Leucate for the 2nd tourstop of the Pkra Worldtour. Unfortunatly we had really bad luck with the wind this year. All the past years the Tramontana was blowing almost every contestday. But this year we had only one day with wind and so we could only do a singleelemination. In the first round I was up against Jessy Richman from Hawaii. He was doing great in the difficult conditions and I struggled with my quickrelease which opend during my heat and made me swim around in the competitionarea for about one and a half minute… Jesse won the heat. Read more ...

Slowly its getting warmer in Austria. After my trip to Thailand, where it had up to 43 degrees it was kind of a shock being back home but fortunatly spring is coming and it gets warmer and warmer. The last week I could train a lot on the lake with great conditions! Wind from 18 to 35 knots, arround 20 degrees and sunshine most of the time. And what can I say… I just love it to be back on the lake. To kite with my girlfriend and my friends on my homespot is so amazing!!! Read more ...

Slowly its getting warmer in Austria. After my trip to Thailand, where it had up to 43 degrees it was kind of a shock being back home but fortunatly spring is coming and it gets warmer and warmer. The last week I could train a lot on the lake with great conditions! Wind from 18 to 35 knots, arround 20 degrees and sunshine most of the time. And what can I say… I just love it to be back on the lake. To kite with my girlfriend and my friends on my homespot is so amazing!!! Read more ...

So today it was the last they of the Kra Tourstop here in Thailand. There was some wind coming in and so they finished the doubles. Unfortunatly it all went wrong for me. It was almost not enough wind on the water but ok to go with my new 14 Prima Donna 4. I could not go upwind but ok at least I was not going downwind to fast. I had a good heat and I was pretty confident about it. Back on the beach they told me that the judges messed something up and that they have to rerun my heat. I was pretty pissed because I think when you want to be a profesionell kitetour the judges have to know who is out there and who they have to judge. Anyway… when I went back on the water I felt that the wind droped a bit. But a little bit less wind made a big difference for me. There was no way for me to stay in the competitionarea. After to tacks I had to run upwind on the beach. Two tacks later I was on the bottom on the box again and I coulnd’t do to much tricks because there was just no wind for me. So I lost, got 9th place and I’m really pissed now… Hope its getting better soon. I don’t want to spend all my money and train so hard for getting fucked in the competitions…

So yesterday was the first day of the Pkra competition and we allready had good enough wind to start the singels. 25 men registered for the freestyle. The level was really high and the heats have been good to watch them so far. I got a lokal rider in the first round which was a good warm up. He was riding well but I had a good heat and could beat him. In the second round I was up against Alberto Rondina from Italy. He is an really good rider and so I knew I had to pull out some difficult tricks. To the normal stuff I did an double S-bend pass an double Backroll pass a kiteloop-slim and a Blindjuge 5. I was pretty happy with that heat and it also was good enough to win. My 3 round heat was against Youri Zoon. With Kevin he is one of the best kiters in the world in the moment and so I had nothing to lose. I had a good heat which made my happy but still he was kicking my as out of the singles… Read more ...

I’m allready 4 days here in Hua Hin and I just love it. Its my first time in Thailand and its so impressive. The food, the people, the lifestyle and so on. I rented a sooter for my stay to do some sightseeing and to get around.

I could kite everyday allready. Indeed in light winds but still its an awesome place to kite. The water and the wind are so warm that you are almost sweating on the water. The condiotions are similar to Bozobeach in Cabarete without the shorebreak. Not total what I like but its ok… Read more ...

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”… Read more ...

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 Read more ...

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. Read more ...

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… Read more ...

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!!! Read more ...

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… Read more ...

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.

Thanks Dani for your work.

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