New Video : The Philippines Experience

Here we are ! My new video is finally online, hope you will like it :

Last December, after the PKRA in China, I went to Boracay (Philippines) for some training. Unfortunately, because of a typhoon (Pablo), we only had a few windy days… But even without wind, the paradise is still looking good !

Thanks to : Normeth the mermaid and the Hangin Kite Center, Fabio Ingrosso for coaching & filming (srilankakite.com), Jimbo ‘le roi des animaux’ for editing, and my sponsors for give me the luck to live this dream !
To be continued…

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Dakhla Part 2

Finally, I was stopped on the second round of the doubles by my team mate Paula Novotna. I saw her doing a perfect blind judge as first trick, I tried to do the same but I crashed and then I was already done in my mind. Anyway, I’m pretty happy for her, because she managed to finish at the 4th place !

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Then I watched the competition until the finals, level was pretty insane, Marc Jacobs was kiting really hard and won against his friend, Your Zoon, in the semi-finals. Then he lost against the spanish makina, Alex Pastor.

About the girls, Gisela did an awesome heat against Bruna Kajiya, but then she lost in the final, and Karolina Winkowska, the world champion 2012, finished at the first place of this first PKRA stop !

It was not a really good competition for me, I missed training this winter, and so many girls are rocking now… But I keep the motivation ON and I will do my best to be back stronger for the next stop in France !

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PKRA Dakhla : Part 1

Here we ARE ! The 2013 freestyle season is starting in the middle of the moroccan desert, called Dakhla. It’s really awesome to meet up again all the friends from the PKRA Tour ! Looks like everybody is happy to be here, in the middle of nowhere, to compete and see the progression of each other !

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In the single elimination, I lost in the second round against Manuela Jungo, I crashed all my tricks, and I was really upset of my under performance, but that is the game and I need to work harder to become more consistent in competition.

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Alex Pastor and Karolina Winkowska won men and women single elimination, it was a huge show !

Yesterday we started the double elimination, I had my first heat against a russian girl, and even if I was still not happy with my ride, I managed to win. Competition was stopped at this level and today was focus on the waves competition.

The rest of the double should be tomorrow or on sunday, so… fingers crosssssed !Image

Back to the Cold

I spent 3 great weeks in South Africa, the wind was not blowing like I was expecting (only 10 days kitable during 3 weeks), but I had great time with all the North Team and the other riders. I had the luck to test some new coming things for 2014, and as usual, North Kiteboarding prepare you some crazy stuff !!!

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South Africa is really a beautiful place with amazing landscape, a lot of animals and insane sunsets !

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Now I stay at home 2 weeks and then the season will start with the first PKRA stop in Dakhla… Stay tuned !!!

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