Brazilian Tour Natal

This past weekend we had the 2nd stop of the Brazilian Tour powered by Wolksvagen, this time we went to Natal- Rio Grande do Norte, but unfortunately the wind was far from being suitable for a freestyle competition on the 3 days of the event.

Nothing worst then a long wait such as this one for a competitor, our luck was that the competition was based on the pool area of Vila do Mar Hotel, so while we waited we could take turns between the ocean a a swim in the pool.

Having only the result from the 1st stop in Cumbuco, all will be decided on the last stop of the tour in Rio de Janeiro, looking forward to that!

Brazilian Tour

Today we finished the first stop of the Brazilian Championship; I’m very pleased with my 1st place :) and looking forward for the next stops. The competition was held in Pico das Almas- Cumbuco, the beach is well know as a surf spot around here, that made things a bit complicated for us freestylers, but as everything is life there’s the negative and positive things, so as we dealt with very choppy waters we also had amazing kickers to hit.

Lots of girls showed up including some locals from Cumbuco, and a couple of foreign, at the beginning this seemed very odd to me but apparently there’s an international rule that allows citizens of different countries to compete on our nationals. So we welcomed them with open arms and had a great time with the girlz.

Volkswagen is sponsoring the 2010 Brazilian Tour and we have two more stops to go, they will be in Natal and Rio de Janeiro. The next one is Natal so I’ll be training in Cumbuco for a week or so and head down there for the comp. I haven’t been there in ages, probably 6 years, when I first started to kite, it was my first training trip and I remember spending the whole day on the beach, literally! Good times :)
Here are some picsis:

pics from Windzen with Red Bull

Here are the pics from the other night at Windzen with Red Bull!

Cumbuco day 1

Here we are back to my second home in Brazil, this time I have my sister and Alex Pastor with me to rock Cauipe lagoon, it feels great to be back and it’s almost strange to realize that I actually missed this place, I guess when I’m here I ride so much, suffer from sourness and sunburns that when I leave seems that I’m coming back from the battle field.
I wanted to come sooner but for some reason every time I thought of leaving my home convinced me to stay just a little longer, so after almost 2 months of “ should I go or should I stay” something came up and forced me out of Ilhabela, this something is the Brazilian Tour, we haven’t had one since 2008, now we are back with a 3 stop tour that starts tomorrow here in Cumbuco.
Yesterday was a sweet first day, with a session at the lagoon with my 5.5 Ion, a flat tire from taking the air from the tires to ride on the sand and a little fun action with Red Bull on Windzen to end the day. I’ll post some pics from the event last night on the next two days.