Kitesurf Magazine no.4 2009 Comments Off

This is a report about our trip in France, we sent it to the Kitesurf Magazine and they published 6 pages!
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KBO 2009 Comments Off

Better late than never, but here is my kbo report from 2 weeks ago

We went to the big Kiteboard Open event in Noordwijk, we drove off on saturday evening, after a short powersession on Kornwederzand. I was not feeling too good, because I had been sick for the past days, but with some painkillers you can do anything, right? When we arrived in Noordwijk, we set up our camp and waited for our friends from the north We went to the beach and checked out “the party”, which (as always) did not take place We went to bed not too late, so we would be fresh in the morning.

Sunday, the event started! A nice big setup with a lot of kiteboarding brands and things to do for the family visitors. We tried to kite, but the wind was not so good. A small competition took place, for the nicest looking jump in both professional and amateur categories. I tried to do a nice flat 3, but I missed the bar and my leash broke loose! So my kite was floating towards open sea (due to the offshore wind) but a rescue boat brought it back to the beach
At night, we went to the party. It was pretty crowded, so we also spent a lot of time on the beach and parking. We had a good time, but decided not to go to bed too late because there was a wind forecast for monday!

Monday, there was no wind. We waited on the beach, because the forecast said there would be some wind in the afternoon. And it came! Finally, riding with power on my 12m for the first time ever on a KBO
The competition started in the afternoon, and my first heat went really good. The judges said they would give points to high jumps and crowd entertainment, so I decided to go for it. I was super powered on my 10m, and opened with a mega kung-fu, some loops and offcourse also some normal powered hp’s. I ended my heat with a kiteloop slimchance, which I (almost) landed! At least I was advancing to the next round, where I decided to take out my 8m. However, during the heat the wind dropped, causing me to be underpowered. I could not do any high jumps, but managed to land a 313, backmobe, kgb and slim. That was not good enough, mainly because of the lack of high jumps I think. Anyway, I did not advance and I packed my stuff.

The pricegiving was cool, with 3 friends in the top 4 and my girlfriend Annie on 3rd place too. We congratulated everybody, and then we went back home. I had to recharge for 2 days,