Riding at Kite Punk’s
On the 3rd day of Kite Punks the wind filled in, it was cloudy and not the prevailing wind but the sliders were set, so everyone rushed to get out on the water. I took most of my time to nail the flat bar and kickers, the wind was a bit gusty so I wanted to take it easy at first. I had fun and soon started nailing 360’s across and off the slider, at one point I almost got a 720 but I missed the bar as I came into land.
The next day turned out to be great, there was no wind in the morning but it picked up throughout the afternoon until we were powered on 12’s. All the sliders were set up perfect, I ended up riding all the obstacles but having most fun off the kicker and A-Frame. Late afternoon the we came in for a break, the wind had picked up for 9 meters so most of us came in for an hour of so. Later I went straight back out, one thing I hadn’t tried was the wall ride and I had been exited to ride that for the whole trip. Once I went out, I went straight up wind to hit it and rode it the whole session, this was the most fun and I think it must be the best obstacle in the field. I had a really good ride on it and managed to get a 720 across the whole thing, I was stoked, I also made a 360 up and then board slide across the top. I had a well good day and then finished it by taking a few runs over the massive kicker, I grabbed the bar on the 720 but kept getting nailed from the height, it was all good fun though and was just good to be out there with all the guys.
Everyone was riding well and having fun, Ruben was taking everything full on which was good to see, Neal was styling everything to the max, Leeshai was getting bruised all over the place and Janek walked home bleeding, no one was hurt too bad though which made it fun.
