In between my training down here in Cape Town I took a little break and joined the Red Bull crew for the Red Bull Mobile launch party in Johannesburg, they flew in most of SA's athletes and our kiteboarding crew formed by Ruben lenten, aaron Hadlow and myself.
The venue was amazing, it was the Turbine Hall, this huge stylish warehouse that got turned into a massive dance floor, a vip area and some private lounges to sit and drink with your friends. As for the night's attraction we had the boys from BC One and Street Style pulling out cool moves, as for the music we had The Beat Bangaz, Black Coffee, Goldfish and to end the night in style, Faithless, which was my personal favorite.
For those who are wondering hat Red Bull Mobile is here is a quick explanation: Red Bull in association with Cell C developed a customized Red Bull smartphone that has free access to all the Red Bull content and can be bought as a contract mobile phone from the 25th of Feburary, my birthday :)
No need to say we had a great time at the party, after that I had a quick night of sleep caught the flight back to Cape Town and managed to have a very fun session with my 9m Hadlow Pro when I arrived. After the session I went straight to dinner and from there to bed for a good night of sleep at last!
Here you can watch a quick video from the party:
http://www.redbull.co.za/cs/Satellite/en_ZA/REDBULL/001242760617920
Cape Town for the Winter
Cape Town
This winter I decided to come back to Cape Town to get some training done, it's been 2 yearssince I last came and everything is quite different, for my surprise so I am, the last winters I spent here I always had a hard time with the wind, never managed to learn anything new and ended up being frustrated, but this year has been different, I'm much more comfortable with the crazy Cape Town winds and my training is going much better. It's been really fun in general to be here, there's a bunch of riders around, good old days friends, and girls to ride with! Not any girls too, they are Jalou Langaree and Jo Wilson, rippers that unfortunately don't come to the competitions anymore but are still on the top of their game.
The other day we had a good session in Lagabeen with Aaron Hadlow and Rui Meira, the spot was nice and flat for a change and I managed to ride with my 7m before the wind got to strong and sand was blowing everywhere. Rob and Fiona Claisse from Progression were filming loads and taking shots, here are some of them.
Today is one of my rest days, it's been windy pretty much everyday and the days there was no wind I ended up either going to the cable park, surfing or running chores, so today will be a full day of doing absolutely nothing :)
For now the forecast doesn't look too good for the next days so hopefully the swell will pick up and there will be some epic South African surf to entertain us.
This winter I decided to come back to Cape Town to get some training done, it's been 2 yearssince I last came and everything is quite different, for my surprise so I am, the last winters I spent here I always had a hard time with the wind, never managed to learn anything new and ended up being frustrated, but this year has been different, I'm much more comfortable with the crazy Cape Town winds and my training is going much better. It's been really fun in general to be here, there's a bunch of riders around, good old days friends, and girls to ride with! Not any girls too, they are Jalou Langaree and Jo Wilson, rippers that unfortunately don't come to the competitions anymore but are still on the top of their game.
The other day we had a good session in Lagabeen with Aaron Hadlow and Rui Meira, the spot was nice and flat for a change and I managed to ride with my 7m before the wind got to strong and sand was blowing everywhere. Rob and Fiona Claisse from Progression were filming loads and taking shots, here are some of them.
Today is one of my rest days, it's been windy pretty much everyday and the days there was no wind I ended up either going to the cable park, surfing or running chores, so today will be a full day of doing absolutely nothing :)
For now the forecast doesn't look too good for the next days so hopefully the swell will pick up and there will be some epic South African surf to entertain us.
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