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 2010/02/11
Folks, this place ROCKS
Yeah, first day at the Nyali International Beach Hotel greeted me with no wind, though, I have to admit, this place is soooooo beautiful and pretty drained of my 35 hours travel from Australia anyway, I actually didn’t mind a little time to chill! … and chilling out, relaxing, unwinding here is easy, the hotel is absolutely stunning: 2 pools, an insanely white, huge sand beach, great food, at the Aqua Beach Bar there’s THE most comfortable ‘chill out’ beds with cosy cushions, beathtaking palmtrees, huge frangipani trees… monkeys in the garden, camels on the beach - JOY, too cool, I l o v e this place Read more ...
Tags: 2010, africa, beach, boards, bram, burke, chris, dierick, Events, extreme, hotel, kenya, kicker, kites, north, nyali, prosurf, slider, travels
on 2010/01/27
Heheeeeeeeey, excellent, I’ve just gotten back to Western Australia and immediately there’s some sick action happening here: the annual Slider Jam, a freeride-event put together by Core Online magazine at Woodmans Point in Perth.
9 days and a sick fun park made up of rails, sliders, and kickers, each one sponsored by a kite-brand attrackts quite a crowd and some really ‘big names’ in the kiteboarding professional scene made their way to ‘Woodies’ (as Woodmans Point is referred to by the locals) amongst them my North International team mates Tom Court (UK), Cesar Portas (ESP), also 5x Kiteboarding Worldchamp Aaron Hadlow, even Andre Phillip, Susie Mai, Bruna Kajija and many more… Read more ...
Tags: andre phillip, Australia, bruna kajiya, cesar portas, core, Events, Magazine, online, perth, susie mai, tom court, western