The Crossing

Over the last few days we have been attempting to cross the English Channel.
The plan was for Richard Branson along with Family (Holly, Sam and Ivo Branson) and a group of friends including a few of us from Flexifoil would attempt to brake the record for Oldest and youngest kiteboarder, Biggest group and Fastest crossing on a kiteboard across the channel.
Unfortunately we did not make it this time, Monday was used for the guys to familiarize themselves with the gear, Tuesday was perfect for us kiteboarders but after 5 miles of batteling through the huge swell in 35 knots we were forced by the boats to come back to the UK as it was unsafe to support the riders in the massive seas.
Wednesday we ended up without wind so now we have rescheduled the crossing for sometime in the coming 2 weeks.

Also see our new Episode of On The Loose, Ep 7 fully of snowkiting action. www.ontheloose.tv

English Channel Crossing!

I have been in Mauritius for the last 10 days, we had some good conditions and we were able to capture some real nice footage for a new short action movie that will be released soon.
The guys working with Flexifoil at Kite@North hooked us up during our trip so we got to see all the epic spots.
Look out for the video coming soon.

I would have usually stayed longer but I had to fly back earlier as either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday I will be doing a crossing from England to France.
Richard Branson is celebrating his 60th Birthday by doing this challenge.
Flexifoil are providing all the equipment and have especially made kites with Virgin Active logo’s for the hole crew to ride.
It’s going to be a massive event and maybe we will make it onto the news so look out for it over the next few days especially if you are in the UK.

Also check out my Facebook and Twitter pages for daily updates.

Don’t forget to see the new Episode of On The Loose too, Ep 6 full of Snowkiting action!

Gran Canaria and Ep 4 and 5

Last week I was in Gran Canaria shooting the last episode of our On The Loose TV show and Online Series.
It was a fun week with some really strong wind, massive Mega Loops and some good Freestyle too.
We met up with the Windsurfing Legend Bjorn Dunkerbeck who showed us the local spots and also our mate Gianni Aragno came out for a couple of days towards the end of the trip.
So keep following Ruben and I in On The Loose, then you can see if he makes his new Mega Loops stunt.
New episodes are out now. In the latest one you can see my trip to the Dom Rep where I was hitting some rails and also see how Ruben is recovering.
Coming up next is some snow kiting in Norway with some crazy footage.

Check back next week, www.ontheloose.tv

On The Loose Season 2 Episode 3

I have been at home in the UK for a few days now with good wind, I had 2 good sessions, 1 at Lancing and 1 at Goring with nice wind for a 7 and 9.

My next trip is on Sunday, I am off to Gran Canaria filming again for On The Loose, Ruben is attempting a new stunt in the strong winds, it should be fun as it’s a new place for me, I’m looking forward to some big loops.

Season 2 of On The Loose is fully running now, we are on Episode 3 so keep checking it out for weekly releases.

Home and Hood

After my trip to the states I had about 10 days back at home before I was heading back out there, this time to the West Coast in Hood River, Oregon.
Was nice to be home for a few days to see friends and relax, we had some great weather and wind which are the best days to be on the south coast.

A few days later I was out to Austria for meeting with RedBull, I was only there a couple of days but I got hooked up with a sick wakeboard session on the latest Master Craft, was sick but I really need to spend some more hours hitting the wake, I got some Tantrums and Railys down but for sure it’s time to spend sometime to get to the next level.

Arriving back home that evening I jumped in the van with a couple of mate and headed over to the East where the British Nationals were taking place. Was fun to see everybody, ride and hang out for the weekend.

Each year in Hood river there is a Slider Project going down, this year the Ro Sham Throw Down was the main cause of our trip.
This year we got to hire this sick house over looking the main spot at the sand bar, which is where the event was going down.
The set up was pretty sweet, loads of people turned out to watch us and the atmosphere was fun.
We had a few fun little obstacles and the format was really good. 3 heats of 8, top 3 advance from each for a 9 man final. Everyone has to bust there best wake style and slider hits and you win on overall impression.
I was just having fun riding with the crew, was cool to see everyone with a smile on their face doing what they love.
I managed to win the event which was pretty sick.
Cheers to everyone who made it happen, was really good job this year!

On The Loose Season 2

After months and months of filming On The LooseSeason 2 is now out.
It shows our travels over the last year and is more of an insight and story about what we get up to opposed to full action.
By working with RedBull Media house they have created 7 TV episodes for their RedBull TV station and RedBull.com. These 7 episodes have been cut up into small segments for web and will be released weekly on ontheloose.tv.
So check out OnTheLoose.TV now to see the first episode.