I have now been kiting for about 11 years, I started back when I was 11.
My first DVD I stared in was shot when I was coming up through the ranks on the PKRA before I had any championships, it was shot in Cape Town just as I was coming away from board offs and as the new handle pass revolutions was arriving.
Check out this little trailer and go to Progression’s Facebook page, once they have hit 2000 hits you will be able to check it out for free on YouTube.

After a sweet 3 months of riding and chilling in Cape Town it was time to get out of there and get back on the road.
This season was really good, I got to kite and cable loads trying to nail a 900 and also hang out with some good friends. It was nice to be based somewhere and chill in one spot for longer than a few weeks.
My first trip this season was to Norway, last year I came here to Hagastol for the Ragnorok, it was so much fun there was no way I was going to miss it this year.
I have been here for 3 days now, on the first day there was no wind so went to snowboard at the close by resort in Geilo, that was a lot of fun, hitting some rails and learning to flip into the massive inflatable air mattress.
Yesterday was our first session with a kite, it was nice for an 11m although there was not much visibility which made it pretty hard. I managed to do a bit of freestyle, nailed a mobe or two, front blind mobe and a few other things which was cool. Still it was pretty frustrating, popping is really different, I have in my mind that I can nail everything I can do on the water but everything is in the take off and I am still struggling a little with that.
Today is the first day of the event, there is going to be no wind so I am going to go and ride on the 2.0 cable system that they have set up outside the hotel, then maybe some snowboarding at the slopes later.
Check out my Facebook page for some pictures of the trip so far and also the Ragnorok page.

Over the weekend I decided to enter in the Ultimate X event down at the Waterfront here in Cape Town.
It is an event that includes FMX, BMX, Skating and Wakeboarding.
The set up was in a small canal where we were towed by jet skis over a couple obstacles, long flat bar with a big oli on and a kicker.
Obviously this isn’t my main sport but I do really enjoy it, it was a cool atmosphere and fun to hang out with the crew of riders out here.
Hopefully next year will be even bigger and better.

Here is my new movie from Mauritius, a trip I went on last August to shoot the first products in the Hadlow Collection.
Shot and cut by William Milne, Boom Ting.

I’ve been in Cape Town for the last couple of weeks scoring some epic kite sessions and hitting the cable on windless days.
Cape town has been producing some classic days with epic kickers so I’ve just teamed up with William Milne from Boom Ting Productions to film over the next couple of months.
We’ll be working on some projects capturing some of the latest innovations and unseen tricks to be landed on a kite, shooting some new product vids to get you up to speed on the new Hadlow Collection and also will be shooting the first in the series of Ask Azza.
The first video will be covering one single trick, I’ll fill you in with the history of the trick, my opinion of this particular move and my top tips on nailing it.
So fill in the comment box and let me know what trick you would most like to see.
Closing date is 31st January, all comments after the 31st won’t be entered, ONLY comments under this post and on my Facebook Fan Page status will be counted.

Also here is a clip of one of my kicker hits from the cable the other day.

Arriving back home on monday I started to make my plan for the next few months, I was planning to check out the DR one last time this year and whilst looking at flights a good one came up the following day.
My new Wakestyle board just arrived into the office so it seemed perfect timing, I got involved and got the flight, picked up my boards and headed to the airport. I will have some pics of it up soon.

Also here is a short movie about my kite, continuing on from the board vid I posted a couple of days ago.

Since our sick session at Greatstone with S2AS it was back home and down to Lancing where we would again be demoing some kit with the boys from the shop, kiteworld came down to hang out and take some pics, check out the small article on their website, also keep an eye out for the next issue where there will be a cool interview about the products, my last year and the things I have been up to since my departure from the World Cup.

On Monday we took a trip to King of Watersport, Tuesday was down to Exmouth to see EDGE, where I got to see the young ripper Tom Bridge kain some sick low mobes and front blind mobes in next to no wind, def one to watch out for in the future, he really reminds me of when I was young.

Yesterday we were in Bristol at Bristol Kite Store, we hung out here for the day and managed to make it onto BBC Radio Bristol, before heading up to Loughborough and seeing Air Boss World. They have a pretty cool set up, the shop is situated on an old air field and right next to a race track, that was pretty tempting to take Vanzee on a little burn around it but though I should probably preserve my 20′s so that I could make it to our next stop in Hunstanton tomorrow (15th, 11-3pm).

Don’t forget to stay updated on Facebook and Twitter and check out the new episodes of ON THE LOOSE, there are a couple of new episode from out trip in the US, really funny and some sick action from the SSS.

Friday was the start of the HADLOW Tour around the UK, we started up in Whistable at Boardworx and then move on to S2AS in Hythe and Hove/Lancing for Saturday and Sunday.

So far it has gone really well, the best being a demo day down at St. Mary’s Bay, which is one of the my old local spots. I haven’t been down there for year so it was cool to see the place again and meet some old friends and locals.

The kite seems to be going down really well, it is really cool to have such positive feedback after all the hard work of getting the kite and boards ready.

Today I carry on along the south coast and then we will be stopping in the following places before the final stop in Blackpool for the BKSA Finals.

For more information on all the kit check out my new Products page or Flexifoil.com

Monday 11th October        King of Watersports, Bournemouth
Tuesday 12th October        Edge Watersports, Exmouth
Wednesday 13th October        Bristol Kite Store, Bristol
Thursday 14th October        Airboss World, Loughborough
Friday 15th October        Hunstanton Watersports, Hunstanton
Saturday 16th October        BKSA Finals, Blackpool
Sunday 17th October        BKSA Finals, Blackpool

A new Episode of On the Loose, this time we are in the States for the SSS. On the Loose.TV