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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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In the moment I am  in Dakhla/ Maroc for the KPWT competition here. I heard a lot of stories about this place here, how awsome it is and so on. And really it turned out to be a really good spot for a competition and also for training. They have lots of different places to kite here and you can choose from wave till absolute flat water. The event is held on a littlbit choppy place but its still pretty nice for freestyle and the level in the comp was very high. I had some good heats but unfortunatly also some bad and so I endet up on 6th in the Freestyle dicipline. After the heats I went straight for training because I was not satisfied with myself. I can train on a super nice flatwater spot with almost perfect conditions. I train here with Peter Tyushkevich, Stefan Permien and Viktor Borsuk and they are pushing me a lot. So my kiting gets better here and I’m quit happy to be able to be here. I hope to have some more good days… Read more ...

After to relaxing weeks on Rhodes I am now at home, prepairing for the next KPWT tourstop in Marocco.

We had two weeks with good wind in Fanes and I had a wonderfull time. We had all possible conditions and so it was a good training for me as well. Dani, a friend of mine took some great pictures and we also filmed some action - so we try to make a video. Let’s see how it works out.

After a lot of competition I have to relax a bit and come down from the stress of the events. So my girlfriend, a friend of mine and myself took a plane to Rhodes island. We are staying and kiting in Fanes and I really love that place. The friendly and familar atmosphere here is perfect to chill a bit and its windy every day. Sometimes strong and with waves and sometimes bit lighter and good for freestyle. My father and his wife are also here for holidays and so we have a good time here in greece… Read more ...

The last week I spent here in Canada. It was time fort he 4th tourstop of the KPWT and it took place in the little city of Shippagan. After a long and exausting journey I arrived at this beautifull place. The spot is awsome and the surrounding landscape is amazing. We had a really good and windy week and they could do a lot of competition. They did Freestyle, Wave, Kiteloop, Sliders and Coursrace. Read more ...

Yesterday I arrived in Shippagan in Canada. After an exausting trip of 25 hours flights, one night at the airport of Quebec and then 8 hours drive trough Canada I made it to this little town on the eastcost. The Place is lovely and surounded by lots of nature.

If have spent the night with Leander and Antoine in a super nice house next to the spot. The spot looks really nice but there is no wind in the moment. Read more ...

After my 4th place in Tarifa I decided to do more than one Tourstop in this organisation. So after Pkra Germany I booked my ticked to Brussle and from there I drove to Dunkerque in the north-east of France. The eventorganicer did a good job and setted up a nice eventvillage with bars, shops and so on. Unfortunatly the wind didn’t show up the first days and so we got preety bored.

On the 4th day the wind showed up and let us run almost 2 rounds of the Singleelemination. I had two good heats and went through in the 3rd round. After my heat the wind dropped and we cancelled fort this day. Read more ...

After Fuerte I went straight to St. Peter Ording in the north of Germany. It was time for the 3rd Pkra tourstop this year. Like every year the event in Germany was huge and for sure the biggest contest of the worldtour. Almost 100 riders registered for the competiotion and it was good to see how many motivated guys are out there. The eventorganizer did a great job and we had nice 10 days at the beach. The weather was pretty nice compared to the years befor. Sunshine every day but not too much wind. On the 6th day the wind picked up for freestyle and blew good for 2 days. I had a really bad singleelemination but could preform better in the doubleelemination and got a more or less good 9th place in the end. Read more ...

The Event here on the Spanish island is over and its time to make a review. In the singleelemination everything went pretty good for me and I had a good feeling about my tricks. I could win my first two heats against Peter Tyskevich and Alberto Rondina and lost in the third round in a close 2:3 decision against Aaron Haldow. After the single we started with the double and I had to go against Alberto again. I had a good warm up and I have been super motivated to get the 7th place. Right in front of our heat Alberto and I tangled our kites and we had to swim for 5 minutes till a jetski picked us out of the water. The guy who rescued my kite forgot to close the valves and so I got a lot of water in the tubes. After sorting out everything we started the heat and in the first trick I noticed that my kite was moving to the right side on its own. I had no controll over my kite and I crashed a lot in the Heat. So obviusly I lost that one and had to pack my stuff. Read more ...

After an exciting week here in Tarifa, the KPWT worldcup-tourstop ended with a great final day. In the singleelemination I could only make place 17 so I had to preform very well in the doubles to get to the pricemoney. After some awesome heats I finally made it to place 4!!! I’m pretty stoked at the moment.

The competition had a really good organisation and it was a big show on the beach every day. With thousends of spectetors on the beach and epic action on the water. I learned a lot in this few days and i’m happy that I have startet in this competition. Read more ...

In the moment the wind in Tarifa is very nice and its perfect for some training. Yesterday I had an awsome session in the lagoon of the Rio Jara. This lagoon works only a few days in the month and its not 100% legal to kite there… But some locals told me that after 7pm nobody will arrest you…

I kited till 10pm and my father took some great pictures. You can have a look on them in my gallery. Read more ...

After one week in Portugal I am now in Tarifa for some training.

The freestyle-event in Alvor was not to succesfull due to bad wind conditions. Most of the time we had too less wind for freestyle. We were sitting bored on the beach and it was impossible to finish the freestyle discipline. On the other side racers had lots of fun and did 10 races or so. Bruno Sroka from France won almost all races… Read more ...

After my training on Rhodes for one week I’m back in Austria. The week was just wonderfull and I had a really good time in Fanes. We had every day wind, the trainingconditions have been amasing and the people there have been so nice, friendly and helpfull. My girlfriend and I really enjoyed this week and we will come back for sure…

A big thanks goes to Roland and Thalia from Meltemi- Kiteboarding center. They helped me all the time with taking pictures from me or giving my girlfriend tipps how to make her kiting better. They are doing a great job in Fanes and I wish them all the best with their kitecenter. Read more ...

In the moment I am on the island of Rhodos in Greece for some training and to teach my girlfriend how to kite.

We are staying at the hotel Delfini in Fanes and I just love this place. Everything is so familiar and the people here are super friendly. The guys from the kitestation here are helping me out all the time and they are extremly motivated as they started their business here one month ago. Read more ...

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Actaually it’s very windy here at my homespot Podersdorf/Lake Neusiedlersee. Nearly everyday we have fine conditions here for kites between 7 and 13! Perfect for testing new JN-stuff and training. Some pics you’ll find in gallery.

Unfortunately because of the economic crisis and troubles between IKA, PKRA and KPWT nobody actually knows what future will bring. I even do not know what be my next event because nothing is confirmed. That’s a pitty and sometimes is difficult to focus my targets but I’ll give my best and hopefully during next weeks everything is fixed and on shedule… Read more ...

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Our latest video - Full Speed Ahaed is ON!

Filmed in Hamata / Egypt during our final R&D for Chit Chat, the new JN-Board. Had a great time there and new Chit Chat is awesome!

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Actualy we have a lot of wind on our lake and take the opportunity to make final tests for Circus - a new JN-Board in 136 an 133cm.

It’s has a woodcore and performs really fine. Next week it’s released for production.First pics of this board you’ll find in my gallery

Cheers

Mike

Yesterday I have been at the “Night of Sport”.

I’ve been nominated for the titel “Sportsman of the Year” in my federal state Burgenland. Just to be nominated is an great honor for me and the sport kitesurfing itself.

Unfortunatly another guy, who’s damn good at playing golf won the trophy. Congratulations to him!

But still I had a nice evening at the ceremony with good food, great entertaiment and met lots of people. Read more ...

Today I got a nice article in the “Kronenenzeitung” in Austria. Its about the Tourstop in Leucate and the training in Austria…