I just arrived on the Goald Coast yesterday after the event in New Caledonia, this year the amazing scenario of these Pacific Islands showed a different side to us, from last year's blue skies, turquoise water and nice winds to lots of rain, heavy clouds and strong winds, enough to have me over powered on my 5.5m, for a moment it felt like I was competing in Fuerteventura.

That was a shame since I was looking forward to the epic conditions of New Cal, we did have a little taste of it on the last day of competition, the only day that the wind was a bit lighter and I managed to ride with a 7m instead of a 5m.

This competition didn't go so well for me, I finished in 3rd place and ran over a drunk guy on the process, he was just hanging out inside the competition area and I was so concentrated that I didn't see him, next thing I know..Boom!! I ran straight into him! There's a video of it, check it out, it's funny :) It's the day 3 video from Extreme Elements : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QseTIMrSN0E
This is my latest trick, 313 to drunk guy! it's amazing that he just walked away, I ran into him board first, it must've hurt a lot, I guess all the wine he drank made it all good!

2010 Brazilian Champion!!

Yesterday we finished the last stop of the Brazilian tour in Rio de Janeiro, as unfortunate as it sounds the wind didn’t show up for the freestyle in any of the 6 days of event, so out of the 3 stops we only had wind in one.
The competition was meant to finish on Sunday but since we didn’t have results for freestyle nor wave the organization decided to extend the event until Monday on the hope that the wind would show up. Monday was another day of long wait and no wind, at least there were little waves for a fun surf session.
With the 1st place from the stop in Cumbuco I became 2010 Brazilian Champion adding up to 4 Brazilian Championship titles, it’s amazing to see these results and think back to when I started, when winning one Brazilian Championship seemed impossible.
Now I’m home for a day before heading up to New Cal and Australia, this day better have more then 24hrs, because I have tons of clothes to be washed, dried and packed! Lets not forget the boardbag!

Argentina

PKRA Argentina

If I had to pick a word to describe this event in Argentina it would be unusual, imagine a competition set up on a lake surrounded by snowed mountains, where you can't really figure it out where the wind comes from, a water that reaches 8 degrees celsius. To wrap it up while having lunch you look out of the window and it snowing, yep, full on snow/ice flakes falling from the sky.

No need to say the conditions were extreme, I would say the most extreme we had this year, such cold winds with freezing cold waters does not bring the best riding on you. All of that made it really interesting and challenging, that plus the amazing scenario and tow's exquisite chocolates made this event fun on it's own way.

I had a thought time riding, it all felt like a dream where I was drunk and had no control over my actions, I finished the competition in 2nd place and considering the extreme cold that made people see tricks where they weren't, made them obssed with chocolate and ride like it was their very first time, I'm happy with the result.

On the way back home I got mixed up with my flight, I thought it was at 22:30h and it was at 18:35, so imagine my surprise when I got to the check in ( which was a mess since the airport in Buenos Aires was on strike) and found out I had lost my flight.. But there was this angels of a person checking me in and she sorted us out, found 2 seats ( I was with Luna my sis) in an overbooked flight and we headed home with big smiles on our faces.

Registration day in Argentina

Wow! Bariloche this time of year is amazing, I got in today to register for the competition and I'm amazed with how beautiful this place is. From snowed mountains, blue lakes and incredible sunsets, today I took some pics from my balcony and they look like postcards….enough of describing, I'll let the pics speak for themselves. Hopefully I'll have many more to share during my week of competition here. It's worth it to go full screen on this ones...Enjoy!