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Back in Tarifa again for 10 days, 2 days ago the started the J&B kite masters.

Witch is bassicly a event with a format of freestyle of the last 10 years. And 16 riders where invited.

So we had 45% points for freestyle , 45% points for old school and 10 % for inovation.

In the first heat i was against Jose luengo , the wind was gusty and not that strong  but i won my heat and past to the next round. Read more ...

Jihaa today we finished the Doubel eleminiation of the Freestyle here in Tenerife.

The wind looked strong for 6m but during the heats it was dropping a little,so i went from pumping my 6 to riding my 10 hahah.

Andy came from 3th place and had a good heat against Seb Garat, so it was me against him in the final and the wind kicked in full. I was lit on my 10m but it was al or nothing and i went full power on it. had a pretty good heat wit lots of power and it was enough to win this event here in Tenerife. Read more ...

After we finished up Pkra in Fuerte the day after we moved to Tenerife for the next tour stop.Only there is not much money and not much points eather , i am still here for the wave competition as wel.   Read more ...

Thats it thats al.

I worked my way up a bit in the doubels to a 4th place. Had a couple of good heats and had to fight for 3th place against andy.

But after riding 5 heats in a row , i had to ride against a fresh rider. I made a couple of mistake,s in that heat so Andy was the better rider in that heat and i ended up in 4th place.   Read more ...

Fuerte not being as i hoped for can we say.

Today we finished the Singels first heat i passed quit easy , rode solid and had some good tricks.

Seconds heat i was up against Ariel corniel and i need to beat him to get to the quarter final, but that didnt happen.

When i came back to the beach i was quit sure i won the heat, had powerd trick, variation and switch trick.

But the judges thought different and i lost in a close 3-2 decision in favour of Ariel. Read more ...

1,5 week ago we finished Pkra in Germany , the longest and best organized event on Tour.

Mostly of the years we had al kinds of wind including a day of storm, i was waiting for this to come but 2010 no storm for the Pkra.   Read more ...

Joehoe,

Back in Tarifa after a week in maroc essaouria . The comp went pretty good for me in the singels i ended up in 2nd place in the doubels i had the change to come back. Alberto rondina came up to me again , he is always riding string and i had a hard heat it was superrrr close and luckly i won and had to face kevin Again. The first final in the doubels i won, but the 2nd final kevin won again. So 2nd place here in Maroc not to bad after al. Read more ...

Whats up whats up.

Back on the road again , last weekend we had the SS party in west of france Le touget plage, we had a nice party with some wind on sunday and a lot of fun during the weekend. Directly after i flew to Maroco (essaouira) for the Pkra here. My flight was looking prety good with just one stop in Cassablanca but Read more ...

Hey Guys,

AFter my 4th place in the singels the wind looked pretty bad and i didn,t expect to ride again, but around 2 o clock the last day the wind came up realy good.

I was power on my 14m and 1 heat on my 12m. First heat to defend my 4th place Local rider Alex Soto , had a good and powerfull heat and past on against Alberto rondina for 3th place, again had a good heat and won over him.   Read more ...

jow jow,

So yesterday we finished the Singels. I had a couple of hard heats. First against Brazilian Evandro da silva who is riding really well.

I went on against dominican Alex Soto, he is also riding realy good , didn,t ride that well but got a couple of good powerd tricks and made it treu. Read more ...

Last 4 days has been alright here in Cabarete, the wind was pretty good until yesterday , there where some clouds hanging on top of the mountains so the wind was gusty and not really strong.

Today we will have the registration of the PKRA and tomorrow the first comp day.

The water condition is super choppy,after a full dat of kiting your eyes are filled up with salt water hahah.

Hey Guys,

Been quit a time whit out an update from my side. I haven’t been sitting at Home though and doing nothing.

2 weeks ago we had the Brunotti 2011 photoshoot at Mauritus, what a great place. We had wind, wave,s ,sun. And a great time. Just been there for a week what is way to short , when you are there, travel around the island and you will see amazing spots with nobody there. Clear bleu water and white sand. Read more ...

Whats up,

I just came back from Leucate (South of france) where we had the 2nd tour stop of the PKRA.

The first competition  day we had some good winds, it was warm and sunny so basicly a perfect day.

The start of pretty early around 8 o clock in the morning by then the wind was still very light and most of the riders where wondering what the were doing at the beatch at that time of the day including me, the Erik the race director was sure there would be wind and it was! Read more ...

Hey ,

Whats up ?

A very disappointing start you can say! In the Singles I  lost the semi finals against Alex Pastor after a super close heat wich resulted in a 3-2 for ALex , who was riding really well.  And finally won the singles finale as well.

Because in the losers final I won over kevin and put me in 3th place and kevin in 4th my position. Kind of hard this meant I had to go against kevin again. Read more ...

Hey ,

Whats up ?

A very dissapointing start you can say! In the Singels  lost in the semi finals against Alex Pastor after a super close heat witch resultetd in a 3-2 for ALex , who was riding realy well. And finaly won the singels as well.

Because in the lossers final i won over kevin and put me in 3th place and kevin in 4th my possition was kind of hard , and as i expected i had to go against kevin again. Read more ...

Aloha,

Yesterday the predicted no wind , but in the end it turned out to be the best day. Read more ...

Hey hey,

Today we finished up the doubels witch where pretty excited Aaron , kevin and me could still win the world championship .

Aaron who got out pretty early in the singels come back up and realy strong , i rode a good heat against him, and i kept my 3th place after i had to go against kevin , had alright heat. And kevin was riding good. Kevin took the win and with this also the world title. Read more ...

Whats up whatsupppppp.

Just a quik update of whats going on.

new cal is going of! today we finished the single elemination and i ended up 3th place.

The week didn,t start that good for me we arrived 1 day before the registration and the lost my boardbag so couldnt ride for 1 day , but finaly the morning of the competition the brought it to the hotel. Read more ...

Hey,

This weekend we had the dutch championship at scheveningen. The wind was strong the first day and the second perfect for some freestyle action. I made it up to the Final against Kevin langeree. We where just ok on ours 12,s on sunday and pulling everything out of the bag. After a close decision kevin was to strong for me and finishd 2nd. Now i am in Tarifa again To train hard again for the Next pkra tourstop. Read more ...

He all a happy update from my side.

Just the weekend before the First tour stop of the year, pkra France in leucate. I was in Mirns (north of holland) where was a cool Event and they also had a pro contest where they asked me to compete in. They had a Pro ranking. Read more ...