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2011 SSS
2011 SSS
The 2011 Triple S started off with windless days but nothing that a winch and a couple of jet skis couldn't fix. The winch was the high light of those days, we had some really fun sessions where we could all ride, hit the rail and sit on the deck waiting for our next turn while watching the others.
After those days of warming up playing with the winch and this skis, the wind kicked in strong and we had a solid 3 days of wind from morning to sunset, the dies played out pretty similar, we would spend the whole day on the water until the golden light session was over, then head home for a quick shower, dinner at Mojo's and straight off to one of Real's parties. By the end of the event we were all extremely tiered but with big smiles on our faces.
I had loads of fun out there and had the most quality riding of all my Triple S years, that showed on my results, I took the win on the Triple S overall award with 2nd on Surf, 1st on Slicks and 1st on Sliders. This last one is the one that meant the most to me, I really wanted to do good on that category and it was my personal challenge.
A video from the event is being cut at this moment by Boom Ting Productions and soon all the action from that week will be out!
" We're more then that "
My new video shot in Tarifa is out, watch it on Mystic's page!
http://www.mysticboarding.com/blog/items.php?id=93
Lets get out there girls!
http://www.mysticboarding.com/blog/items.php?id=93
Lets get out there girls!
Mystic shoot
This is that time of year where the Mystic crew gets together to shoot the new collection, enjoy each others company and have a good time. We just wrapped up the shoot and it was a very good one, the best of all in my opinion. I'm really looking forward to seeing the results. There will be some exciting things coming from Mystic in the near future. ;)
Marrocos Experience
As I arrived to Dahkla on the middle of the night I wondered where that 4X4 was taking us since all I saw was darkness and the bit of desert the head lights would reach, I was unsettle until I got out of the car and got stroked by the beauty of the sky, there were so many starts that's hard to describe, there all my worries about being away from civilization suddenly disappeared and from that night thru all this 10day all I saw were the advantages of going back to a simple life style.
As I connected to the internet as soon as I arrived back to Spain I thought: " Internet! Finally! " but that was not really how I felt, it was more of an instinct then an actual relieve, truth is that it's been amazing this 10 days on the middle of the Sahara desert with no connection to the rest of the world.
The only negative thing about this lack of connection was that I couldn't update the blog and post that I won the event :) I wanted to upload the pics and spread the good news but I had to wait until the plane touched down in Spain.
The competition was amazing, the conditions were perfect for freestyle, flat water and 9m weather, we were actually pretty lucky with the wind since the days before and the day after the comp it was howling for an overpowered 5.5m session.
I'm pretty happy with my riding, it all came together and I had some pretty good heats. All the other girls were also riding really good so the competition was very tight, I think this stop really showed how the level of the girls went up, yesssssss!! We are getting somewhere with all this!
This time all my gear worked very well and I had no unluckiness on the comp, the only bump was that my leash snapped on the final against Gisela and I lost the kite remaining one minute to go, a minute never went slower, Gisela pulled two tricks on that time but I had done lots of tricks up to that point and that was enough to take the win.
Now I'm taking all this new motivation from this win in Marrocos to put into some training and get ready for Leucate!
As I connected to the internet as soon as I arrived back to Spain I thought: " Internet! Finally! " but that was not really how I felt, it was more of an instinct then an actual relieve, truth is that it's been amazing this 10 days on the middle of the Sahara desert with no connection to the rest of the world.
The only negative thing about this lack of connection was that I couldn't update the blog and post that I won the event :) I wanted to upload the pics and spread the good news but I had to wait until the plane touched down in Spain.
The competition was amazing, the conditions were perfect for freestyle, flat water and 9m weather, we were actually pretty lucky with the wind since the days before and the day after the comp it was howling for an overpowered 5.5m session.
I'm pretty happy with my riding, it all came together and I had some pretty good heats. All the other girls were also riding really good so the competition was very tight, I think this stop really showed how the level of the girls went up, yesssssss!! We are getting somewhere with all this!
This time all my gear worked very well and I had no unluckiness on the comp, the only bump was that my leash snapped on the final against Gisela and I lost the kite remaining one minute to go, a minute never went slower, Gisela pulled two tricks on that time but I had done lots of tricks up to that point and that was enough to take the win.
Now I'm taking all this new motivation from this win in Marrocos to put into some training and get ready for Leucate!
a little bit of Thailand
With the forecast not looking too good we had to rush the double elimination and incredibly we finished the single and the double all in one day, we had an early start at 8:30 am and the wind stayed all the way until dark.
I stayed with my 3rd place after defending my position against Holly Kennedy then challenging Karolina Winkowska for the 2nd place, unfortunately on my heat I made a tactical error and tried a trick too close to the beach, since the wind was offshore I got stuck on a wind shadow and my kite stayed on the water for half of the heat, it's so frustrating to be on the water trying to relaunch while there's a heat foxing on!
Since the competition finished quite early on the week we had a lot of time to get to know the place and do some tourism, it was amazing and the culture here is beautiful, here are some pics that show a little bit of it :)
I stayed with my 3rd place after defending my position against Holly Kennedy then challenging Karolina Winkowska for the 2nd place, unfortunately on my heat I made a tactical error and tried a trick too close to the beach, since the wind was offshore I got stuck on a wind shadow and my kite stayed on the water for half of the heat, it's so frustrating to be on the water trying to relaunch while there's a heat foxing on!
Since the competition finished quite early on the week we had a lot of time to get to know the place and do some tourism, it was amazing and the culture here is beautiful, here are some pics that show a little bit of it :)
Thailand
So, the first stop of the tour here in Thailand hasn't been going as plan, but there's no need to loose the good humor, as writing this I realized that there's a lot of positive thing to take from it.
I got here all exited for the competition and boom! I got an Asian flu instead of a smile as as welcome gift, I managed to have a full on cold in Thailand and better yet, fever! Now imagine having fever where it's 39 degrees….hmmm.
The spot also showed us it's dark side, from beautiful sunny and warm Thailand we went to beautiful rainy and cold Thailand, there is wind so we'll compete anyway, we can't afford to way for the nice sun to come back :) So on the first trick of my first heat my board snaps, luckily I managed to land some tricks and Karo Winkowska was good to me and landed me her spare board for the rest of the competition.
Then on my next heat I found out the judges weren't taking in consideration the competition area, I saw one of the tricks from the other competitor considerably far out of the box and went to talk with the head judge, this is what he tells me: " haaa, yeah, we area not taking in consideration the down wind booyes" Geee! thanks for letting me know NOW, after I spent precious time of my heat trying to stay within the competition box!!
I haven't been here that long but I already got to take a lot of lessons from this trip:
- Thailand can get pretty cold, so I might want to back a little bit more then bikinis next time I come.
- Always travel with a spare board even thou all of them broke, just find any other one.
-Make sure to remind the head judge that he should warn the riders when he decides to disconsider the competition are, because mistakes such as those on events such as this one, where the wind is rare, can compromise a result for the whole stop.
Looking forward for the rest of the trip here, I'll have my fingers crosse for more wind to finish the double! Luckily the amazing yummy Thai food remains the same and the massages are as good as ever!
I got here all exited for the competition and boom! I got an Asian flu instead of a smile as as welcome gift, I managed to have a full on cold in Thailand and better yet, fever! Now imagine having fever where it's 39 degrees….hmmm.
The spot also showed us it's dark side, from beautiful sunny and warm Thailand we went to beautiful rainy and cold Thailand, there is wind so we'll compete anyway, we can't afford to way for the nice sun to come back :) So on the first trick of my first heat my board snaps, luckily I managed to land some tricks and Karo Winkowska was good to me and landed me her spare board for the rest of the competition.
Then on my next heat I found out the judges weren't taking in consideration the competition area, I saw one of the tricks from the other competitor considerably far out of the box and went to talk with the head judge, this is what he tells me: " haaa, yeah, we area not taking in consideration the down wind booyes" Geee! thanks for letting me know NOW, after I spent precious time of my heat trying to stay within the competition box!!
I haven't been here that long but I already got to take a lot of lessons from this trip:
- Thailand can get pretty cold, so I might want to back a little bit more then bikinis next time I come.
- Always travel with a spare board even thou all of them broke, just find any other one.
-Make sure to remind the head judge that he should warn the riders when he decides to disconsider the competition are, because mistakes such as those on events such as this one, where the wind is rare, can compromise a result for the whole stop.
Looking forward for the rest of the trip here, I'll have my fingers crosse for more wind to finish the double! Luckily the amazing yummy Thai food remains the same and the massages are as good as ever!
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