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on 2010/08/17
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow folks, I’ve just come back from a truly ALL-TIME, amaaaaaaaaazing trip !!! I’m buzzing with excitement, new impressions, friendships, experiences, siiiick sessions, w o w, the last 3 weeks might have been THE very best trip e v e r Read more ...
Tags: Blog, cannes, film, geographic, mark, mission, national, photography, sharks, thorpe, tiger, travels, underwater, white
on 2010/08/03
TAMPA/LONDON/BERLIN, August 3rd: Nine-time women's kiteboarding world champion Kristin Boese is backing up the IKA's Olympic campaign to have the sport included in the sailing program for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Kristin Boese says: "I believe that kiteboarding would be the perfect addition to the Olympic Sailboat classes. It is spectacular, transports a young and dynamic image and offers huge potential as a media and spectator sport." "Through its beauty and excitement kiteboarding has the power to reach out to millions of people around the world and inspire them - a message that I am more than happy to support." Boese adds.
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on 2010/07/19
Nine-fold world champion Kristin Boese is improving her performance at the Palmolive Kitesurf Worldcup from round to round. Twice she started on Monday in Course Racing and finished both heads as number three.
“If I manage to get used to the light wind, there is a good chance for me to secure a place on the podium” 33-year-old Kristin believes, who so far is number four in the list.
Steph Bridge from the UK and Katja Roose from the Netherlands have won one of the races each. In the leading position still is Caroline Adrien from France.
With the men Bruno Sroka from France is dominating the races. He is followed by Rolf van der Vlugt from the Netherlands. The best German racer is Armin Harich, taking the tenth place so far. Dirk Hanel, Germany’s fastest kitesurfer has good chances to improve his 13th place.
The audience could watch a number of exciting races while the sun was shining from a blue sky. The races are to be continued on Tuesday.
115 participants from 22 nations have registered for the Palmolive Kitesurf World Cup in Sankt-Peter-Ording. They compete in the disciplines Freestyle, Course Racing and Big Air. This event is one of the stops of the PKRA World Tour 2010 and the only tour stop in Germany.
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Tags: Blog, news, Press
on 2010/06/29
My dear North Kiteboarding International team-mate Jeremie Eloy has just launched his brandnew website, woooooooooooooooow, it’s insane, check it out!
…well, to tell u the honest truth: I’m not surprised about its sick content, design and features as it has been developed by the same super brain that’s behind kitegabi.com as well Yep, Jeremie and myself share the same web-mastermind of New Dawn Media! Read more ...
Tags: Blog, chitchat, dawn, dreams, eloy, freeride, international, jeremie, kiteboarding, media, new, north, team, waves
on 2010/05/20
Heeeeeeeeeeeeey, joy, after a rather exhausting plane trip of 11 hours (9000km) from Perth, W.A., I j u s t arrived in the city of sheiks, fat cars, the tallest building in the world and a palmtree made out of sand that got many into bankcruptcy.. YES, I’m in Dubai, UAE, stoked Read more ...
Tags: Blog, desert, dubai, kitesurf, shamal, travels, UAE
on 2010/05/17
Have u already downloaded your FREE WALLPAPER CALENDAR for the month of May?
If you haven’t, then it’s high time to do so … the month’s already passed more than half way through folks
For your free download in all screen resolutions and even for the IPhone, just click here! Read more ...
Tags: Blog, calendar, free, goodies, jamie scott, may, wallpaper, waves
on 2010/03/12
Today, precisely one year ago, I was as close to ‘not seeing next day’s daylight…’ as I’ve never been in my life before. Yep, I experienced THE most serious wipe-out of my career in a rather serious swell that rolled in at Australias amazing west coast on 12th of March 2009.
You can read up on that day in my blog from a year ago, if you want. Basically what happened, is simply what can happen anytime, any day, in any condition…: All of a sudden it all went horribly wrong and although I’ve been having the greates ball out there for almost 2 hours, suddenly sh$t happened… a monster munched me, I got tangled in my lines and got the second wave of a monster-set on my head, whilst still having a line wrapped around my arm… Read more ...
Tags: Australia, big, Blog, kitemare, nature, swell, W.A., waves, western
on 2010/02/20
Yeah, JOY, the Prosurf Extreme Charity Kitesurf Competition that took place last week at the Nyali International Beach Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya and which I’ve had the privilege having been part of, took an epic end in style on a ‘Dhow’ - traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more lateen sails - and just as special as every single day of the comp! Read more ...
Tags: beach, big air, black, Blog, burke, chris, christian, dhow, dierick, ebony, elephant, Events, extreme, freestyle, giraffe, hotel. bram, kenya, kicker, mombasa, nyali international, prosurf, river, safari, slider
on 2009/12/04
Hey Friends,
In parallel to this blog im using another blog into a new cool vanguard & Design website for man, probably one of most visited sites in Spain, Overthere i tell all my chronicles of my trips different point of views about countries and stuff in own language, so all the Hispanic loudspeakers can follow my actions in their own language.
So yea thats it!
http://viento-y-marea.dtlux.com/blogs/ Read more ...
Tags: Alvaro, Blog, DTlux, español, newblog, news, onieva, Spanish
on 2009/12/02
I am very excited about those news as I have been working crazy hours (and night shifts) to get things ready for the big day and for the girls around the world!So here we go female kiteboarders out there! Check out our new website
KB4girls.com, see the tentative schedule to see if we will host a clinic near you or sign up for one of the 2 already finalized events here in Australia in early 2010!
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on 2009/12/02
I am very excited about those news as I have been working crazy hours (and night shifts) to get things ready for the big day and for the girls around the world!So here we go female kiteboarders out there! Check out our new website
KB4girls.com, see the tentative schedule to see if we will host a clinic near you or sign up for one of the 2 already finalized events here in Australia in early 2010!
Read more ...Tags: Blog, Newsticker
on 2009/10/28
Even thought my entry might come a bit late, I thought better late then never and wanted to join the fun!
There actually are some great videos online (especially in the BMX and Skate categories!!!) and now there is my entry too! :)
To watch and vote for my video click here:
http://www.riders-match.com/uk/member/KristinBoese/
(and sorry, but to actually make the vote count you will have to register after scoring the clip...)
Thanks big time for your support!
Yours, Kristin
Tags: Blog, Newsticker
on 2009/10/28
Even thought my entry might come a bit late, I thought better late then never and wanted to join the fun!
There actually are some great videos online (especially in the BMX and Skate categories!!!) and now there is my entry too! :)
To watch and vote for my video click here:
http://www.riders-match.com/uk/member/KristinBoese/
(and sorry, but to actually make the vote count you will have to register after scoring the clip...)
Thanks big time for your support!
Yours, Kristin
Tags: Blog, Newsticker
on 2009/10/23
The clinic is open to all women kiters that are upwind riders and have their own gear. The clinic is October 30th, Friday from 11am till 5:00pm (meet at 11:00 to start rigging...).
We cover all skill levels of riding from cruising, basic jumping, boosting, wake-style, spins, and handle pass. Numbers are limited so reserve your space!! This is a FREE clinic.
Please call to register 808-871-5857 or send an e-mail to suziej@maui.net
See you soon girls!
Tags: Blog, Newsticker
on 2009/10/23
The clinic is open to all women kiters that are upwind riders and have their own gear. The clinic is October 30th, Friday from 11am till 5:00pm (meet at 11:00 to start rigging...).
We cover all skill levels of riding from cruising, basic jumping, boosting, wake-style, spins, and handle pass. Numbers are limited so reserve your space!! This is a FREE clinic.
Please call to register 808-871-5857 or send an e-mail to suziej@maui.net
See you soon girls!
Tags: Blog, Newsticker
on 2009/09/22
And it really was a special meeting I have to say as we not only got to test the new 2010 gear but also got to really explore the west coast of Ireland during the 4 short days of the event.
With a big coach, countless rental cars and 3 big vans full of equipment we drove to a new spot every day, exploring coastline and countryside in a very special way.
The first day started of with a beautiful 1.5 hour drive to Keel. Even though we did not find any wind in the wide bay of Keel we did find lots of space for a beach BBQ and to present all the new 2010 gear. In the afternoon we even went on a Beach Safari which was a amazing Kayak tour along crazy rock formations and through caves and I was totally blown away by Irelands magic!
For the next day we had organized a Girls Pro Clinic for all the female kiters of Ireland and thanks to the guys from Pure Magic Kitesurfing the clinic was not only well attended with 20 girls but we also had a bus, free lunch, dinner, T-shirt and party for all the girls taking part in the clinic. With Belmullet we had chosen a spot where all the Best guys could kite on the ocean side and in the waves and where we girls could kite on the other side on a flat water (lake). The day turned out great and after a demo in the beginning where I showed the girls all the moves they wanted to work on during the day we then went kiting all together and everybody improved a lot and we definitely celebrated that at the party in the evening! J
This was not the only party of course and even though I don’t usually party that much I have to say the Irish and all the Best guys are real party people and the Guiness and “Irish Flag shots” were adding to it. This made the event even more crazy and fun I have to say..
But back to work of course as the next day I had a super fun day of shooting fun lifestyle and some action shots (in light winds) with Best photographer Gavin! We even had Jeff and Iveta help us out with the lighting and finding the right locations and managed to just get everything we needed before the meeting was over…
After a little closing party I took a taxi to the airport at 2 am in the morning to get on my way to Indonesia… Long trip, but very much looking forward to meet up with the Best Odyssey and to ride some great waves!
Tags: Blog, Newsticker
on 2009/09/22
And it really was a special meeting I have to say as we not only got to test the new 2010 gear but also got to really explore the west coast of Ireland during the 4 short days of the event.
With a big coach, countless rental cars and 3 big vans full of equipment we drove to a new spot every day, exploring coastline and countryside in a very special way.
The first day started of with a beautiful 1.5 hour drive to Keel. Even though we did not find any wind in the wide bay of Keel we did find lots of space for a beach BBQ and to present all the new 2010 gear. In the afternoon we even went on a Beach Safari which was a amazing Kayak tour along crazy rock formations and through caves and I was totally blown away by Irelands magic!
For the next day we had organized a Girls Pro Clinic for all the female kiters of Ireland and thanks to the guys from Pure Magic Kitesurfing the clinic was not only well attended with 20 girls but we also had a bus, free lunch, dinner, T-shirt and party for all the girls taking part in the clinic. With Belmullet we had chosen a spot where all the Best guys could kite on the ocean side and in the waves and where we girls could kite on the other side on a flat water (lake). The day turned out great and after a demo in the beginning where I showed the girls all the moves they wanted to work on during the day we then went kiting all together and everybody improved a lot and we definitely celebrated that at the party in the evening! J
This was not the only party of course and even though I don’t usually party that much I have to say the Irish and all the Best guys are real party people and the Guiness and “Irish Flag shots” were adding to it. This made the event even more crazy and fun I have to say..
But back to work of course as the next day I had a super fun day of shooting fun lifestyle and some action shots (in light winds) with Best photographer Gavin! We even had Jeff and Iveta help us out with the lighting and finding the right locations and managed to just get everything we needed before the meeting was over…
After a little closing party I took a taxi to the airport at 2 am in the morning to get on my way to Indonesia… Long trip, but very much looking forward to meet up with the Best Odyssey and to ride some great waves!
Tags: Blog, Newsticker
on 2009/09/14
Because of the last minute announcement of the event only about 2/3rd of the riders were able to make it out to Greece. Still, the best of the best had showed up to battle it out race after race between the islands of Paros and Antiparos. With 4 races a day and 5 possible days of racing an interesting event was expected. However, Bruno Sroka proved that he really is the best rider this year, winning every single race.
On the female side Steph Bridge had broken her rib and could not compete, that meant for me my strongest opponent was out and even though we had some awesome greek girls compete I was able to win all except of one race.
While the winners were pretty undisputed, it seemed as if there was a little dispute going on between Paros and the weather gods. While the first 2 days brought perfect sunshine and 15-20 knots, the 3rd day came with some crazy rain. Usually there is NO RAIN whatsoever in Greece at this time of the year and soeverybody was completely unprepared.. The restaurant and kite center proofed very water-un-proof a nd beach and roads did not seem to soak up any of the water falling from the sky. While everything was muddy and messy the restaurants in Pounda all closed down and it took a day to get everything to work normal again.
The happier everybody was to see the sun again on the last 2 days of the event and next to racing the windy time was also used to run the Greek Championships. The top 3 guys and girls were really riding on a pretty high level and it was fun to watch them between our races!
With 11 races and the Greek Championships completed everyone could be pretty satisfied with the event and after the price giving the riders that had traveled to Paros from all over the world took the next ferry back to Athens and towards home.Greece ones again proofed itself to be a beautiful and worthy world cup spot and we will probably come back next year!
Tags: Blog, Newsticker
on 2009/09/14
Because of the last minute announcement of the event only about 2/3rd of the riders were able to make it out to Greece. Still, the best of the best had showed up to battle it out race after race between the islands of Paros and Antiparos. With 4 races a day and 5 possible days of racing an interesting event was expected. However, Bruno Sroka proved that he really is the best rider this year, winning every single race.
On the female side Steph Bridge had broken her rib and could not compete, that meant for me my strongest opponent was out and even though we had some awesome greek girls compete I was able to win all except of one race.
While the winners were pretty undisputed, it seemed as if there was a little dispute going on between Paros and the weather gods. While the first 2 days brought perfect sunshine and 15-20 knots, the 3rd day came with some crazy rain. Usually there is NO RAIN whatsoever in Greece at this time of the year and soeverybody was completely unprepared.. The restaurant and kite center proofed very water-un-proof a nd beach and roads did not seem to soak up any of the water falling from the sky. While everything was muddy and messy the restaurants in Pounda all closed down and it took a day to get everything to work normal again.
The happier everybody was to see the sun again on the last 2 days of the event and next to racing the windy time was also used to run the Greek Championships. The top 3 guys and girls were really riding on a pretty high level and it was fun to watch them between our races!
With 11 races and the Greek Championships completed everyone could be pretty satisfied with the event and after the price giving the riders that had traveled to Paros from all over the world took the next ferry back to Athens and towards home.Greece ones again proofed itself to be a beautiful and worthy world cup spot and we will probably come back next year!
Tags: Blog, Newsticker
on 2009/09/02
Supported by Dakine, Liquid Force Kiteboarding, Best Kiteboarding, and Elemental Herbs, 8-Time World Champion Kristin Boese and Tonia Farman hosted the event from Well's Island in the Columbia Gorge. Once everyone was shuttled to the island, the gray clouds parted and the wind turned on. Tonia and Kristin kicked off the all-day event with demonstrations by Kristin while Tonia walked through the steps to perform the maneuvers that Kristin was executing. The gals asked questions as Kristin rode back and forth to demonstrate moves. Then it was time for everyone to get on the water!
28 girls launched their kites and headed upwind to ride in a wide open section of the river, with steady wind for attempting tricks. Tonia and Kristin, on their kites as well, stayed close by to give tips and instruction and demonstrate on the water. After a lunch break, the gals went back out for a group downwinder to the Hood River Event Site.
The evening festivities were hosted by Windance with free cocktails, beer, BBQ, Thai dinner, music, and a raffle sponsored by Slingshot and Mystic. Thanks to Dakine, Liquid Force, Best, South Bank Kitchen, and Windance for an incredible support!
words by: Tonia Farman,
www.womenskiteboarding.comTags: Blog, news, Newsticker
