In the beginning of the season I had a powered session on Mirns, and someone offered me to ride with his Go Pro HD cam. I could not refuse this offer, so I strapped it on my head and went out 
I was riding in my drysuit, with my 8m Kondor III on 21m lines. Enjoy!
Headcam Tijn at Mirns from Tijn van Esch on Vimeo.
Hey everyone, I just finished my new movie! Recorded in August, September and October on my homespot Workum. Check it out and have fun! Another movie will come soon!
Tijn Fall training 2009 from Tijn van Esch on Vimeo.
Finally, the movie is finished. Last night we worked untill late to finish it, and I have just uploaded it on Vimeo. The movie is available in higher quality now!
Have fun watching, and dont miss the end 
Trip from Tijn van Esch on Vimeo.
A friend of mine, Frans Vegt, shot some footage with a mega-cam. The movie is not edited, the original footage is in slowmotion. Nice HD quality, check it out!
Kiteboarding in slowmotion. from Frans on Vimeo.
Here is my new movie, Tijn @ Tarifa 2009. Not so much freestyle in it, I have used all the footage I had. Thanks to Steve Verels for filming (in nice HD) too!
Enjoy!
Tijn @ Tarifa from Tijn van Esch on Vimeo.
The download will be online soon, you can download it via Vimeo if you are a member.
Also, I was at the Sticked Season opening 2009 in Mirns, one of my homespots! It was a nice weekend, with wind and great riders! We arrived on Friday evening, and chilled out with our camper homies. We had a nice campfire, and drank some beers. Saturday the sun was gone, but the wind had arrived! The competition started at 12, so I was really stoked and went on to try the wind. I was on my 10, but it was a bit strong so I rigged my 8! I was riding for about half an hour, then I went back to ask when the Procompetition was starting, because I had to compete. It would start in 45mins, so I warmed up a bit and waited for the start. My first heat was against Johnno Scholte, Klaas Adema and Stefan Permien. I’ve competed against all 3 in the past, so I knew the level of riding. Stefan would be the biggest competition, which he prooved in the heat by landing the most tricks. I landed a backmobe and kgb clean, and some other stuff, but crashed my slim. It was enough to advance to the next round, I was 2nd in the heat. Stefan was 1st. The wind was really low, so Klaas had trouble to land his tricks and Johnno didnt land so much either. I had to wait some time for the next round, and especially enjoyed watching Youri Zoon’s heat, man what a style and power! Youri, you are my new favourite rider The wind was decreasing and increasing, so it was hard to get the right kite. When my 2nd heat started I was up against my friend Bas Koole, Stefan Permien and Leander Vyvey, so I had to give my best to advance. Unfortunately, I was out on my 10m and the wind dropped. I was underpowered, and I only landed my backmobe 
By the end of the heat I knew I did not advance, but I was curious who did. It turned out to be Stefan and Bas! I was a bit disappointed, so I took my 12 for a ride. The wind was gusty, but after a while it was really good. I watched the finals from upwind, Bas Koole, Thomas deHaene, Stefan Permien and Youri Zoon were ripping it up! Bas ended up 3rd, Stefan 2nd and Youri was well deserved 1st.
My final ranking is shared 6th place, not my best but at least I beat the current 2nd and 1st of the Netherlands
I liked the weekend, next stop: KBO 
I did some kiteloops in Tarifa, Steve Verelst filmed a couple of them. It was about 40 knots side-off, I was the only one on the water (not even windsurfers!) so I did not stay on for long. Here is one of the better results, in slowmotion
Tijn kiteloop @ Tarifa from autofocus on Vimeo.
I will begin to upload and edit more pics and videomaterial soon, I only got back home just this afternoon after a 35 hour drive so I will take it easy today. More to come!
