Since I was at the SSS I have spent a week in the DOM REP before coming back to the East Coast of the US for our RedBull Roadtrip.
Out in the Dominican it was pretty fun, I was there with Will Milne, our camera man, continuing to shoot for our TV series On The Loose.
During the trip I was shooting some pictures, practicing some new tricks and checking out the PKRA.
Being at the event and not entering was pretty weird, it was good to see it from a different perspective though.
I also managed to learn a couple of new moves, I landed a Moby Dick 5 and almost got the 3 Shifty Blind, thats a frontside 3 then reverse into blind, I have had it in my mind for a while so glad that I am close to that now.
For the last week I have been on the road along with Ruben and Susi again shooting for On The Loose and working with RedBull on promotion down the east coast.
We started up in Charlestone (CHUCKTOWN) where we met up with Davey Blair a friend of ours, we scored some great conditions, first day we had a sick wakeboard session, then we got some wind with good kickers and then the next day we hit this other spot with some flat water. We met some cool people and had a great time so cheers to the people at Air Kiteboarding, Trophy Lakes Wakeboarding and everyone else that hooked us up there.
Next stop was Tybee Island (Savannah) that was also good, the wind was a bit lighter but the conditions were still pretty good, it is a river mouth with a bunch of sand bars so you can pick your own flat water spot, also when the tides are right you have wind against the current so its hard to go downwind. Cheers to the guys at All Out Kiteboarding and again all that hooked us up.
Now we are In St. Augustine, unfortunately the wind has dropped but we are still having fun down the beach, yesterday we got to visit Ocean Extreme Sports and then headed down the beach where we did some Winching, SUP and played a bit of football.
We have another day here before our last stop up in Jacksonville then we are out of here and back home!
The last 2 days have not been so windy, we ended up chilling most of the day then hitting the slider behind the ski at sunset. I well enjoyed that, it is more like cable and nice to do something a little different.
For more pics and stories have a look at OnTheLoose.TV
We have had an epic first few days over here in Cape Hatteras, the Triple-S held here at Real kiteboarding is one of my favorite events, the conditions and rails are so good.
I left from London along with Will Milne(Boom Ting Production) who is filming out TV series On The Loose. We met Ruben in Chicago and then took our connection all together to Norfolk.
On the first day we had a little warm up in the slick and later in the day sliders. That evening was the opening party, which soon turned into an after party at out house.
Yesterday was the first main day and we had some great conditions for it. After a late start we went for a down winder through the slick. I was lit on a 7 with 20m lines and boots, we stopped half way down to film at this one super flat spot, we went for some big Mega loops, which was pretty sketch in boots, but then also some good freestyle in the butter flat water.
Later that evening during the sunset we had a slider session, it was set up right foot forward so I was happy to try some stuff that I had been practicing up at Thorp Park Cable whilst I was back home. I got some good hits at first and was having such a good time, I started to get a bit of confidence up so tried some gap 3′s (handle pass over the middle) unfortunately I got one a bit wrong and ended up concussed, at first I couldn’t remember the whole day but now my memory is back and I’m ready for the rest of the week! Can’t wait to see what’s in store.
Over the last couple of weeks I have been on the move around europe.
It started off with a trip to Lagos in Portugal, I had been there last year and thought it was the right spot to go for a few days of wind.
The forecast looked good but when we arrived there was no wind, we decided to go to Tarifa where there was bound to be some.
We had a good few days kiting in and around there, the conditions were not amazing but nice to pull a few mega loops again.
That weekend was the KBO in Holland at Ruben’s home spot. There was no wind for the event but its was a fun couple of days filming for On The Loose and seeing a few friends.
Now I’m back in the UK sorting out my gear and getting ready for the next trip. I had a good cable session today up at Thorp, there are some pictures below, and there should be some wind over the weekend.
I am off next week to Cape Hatteras in the States for the Triple-S where we will be hitting rails and filming again for On The Loose.
I nearly lost a toe on this one! Red Bull hooked us up with a slider in Cabarete which was super fun to hit, then we sessioned Encuentro which had some sick kickers rolling in. Shot by Susi Mai and Lewis Crathern, edited by William Milne.
Music from the Red Bull audio files:
1# Wanna Be An MC? by Mykill Myers
2# Chocolate Milk and Apricots by Mission
3# Murder by Kidsimple
4# Boob Tube by N.Y.C aka Never Yet Contested
