We scored it pretty good with the conditions this year at the Triple-S event in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
There were many good riders out there pushing the wakestyle side of our sport.
The new A-frame rail’s so freaking smooth to hit, especially when it’s set-up in the slick.
I had an epic week here and the parties were amazing too, some cool bands were throwing down from Sunset to 11 and then we moved on to the after-party house, the Bonzaiii!!
Riders really standing out for me was team mate Dylan Thompson who’s a pro-snowboarder in wintertime and rocks it up on the kiteboard in summer.
It was great to see him throw down his mellow snow/skate style on the rails.
Also Greg Norman jr. who rides a lot of cable and plays his game of golf so now and then. He really showed some tight stuff with the kite low.
Dre was going full speed and with a sick style once again, Aaron was on his moves as usual so it was just epic being out there with so many good riders.
The event was judged by the riders and media crew so that was sick.
In the end I had two good results that I was pretty stoked with.
3rd place in the Rails and 3rd place in Best session…
I can’t wait to have more events with this kind of format and style.
I want to thank all the crew at Real Kiteboarding for the great hook-up and care.
Trip, Matt, Sleazy, Bryan and all of ya thanks.
Aight, we’ll have ontheloose.tv updates with episodes in the next weeks!!
I’m still on the road now so you’ll have to wait a bit.
I’m off to California with Aaron in a couple days, then to the Gorge for a week.
It’s gonna be fun.
Keep ya in the loop.
Shot, peace out!
Ruben
Already a few days ago that we left Fuerteventura to go to the well exciting event in Cape Hatters, North Carolina, USA.
Real Kiteboarding has got a sweet set-up over here with one of the best shops I’ve ever seen.
They’ve also got a great teaching system overhere and got plenty of jet-skis and other stuff to do on no-wind days.
Last year we had an epic event here, although the wind wasn’t that great then.
Now 3 days in the event I feel like I’ve had the 3 best days of my life.
It’s just such a sick place here, they’ve got sick houses for the riders to crash in.
Full on swimmingpool, Jacuzzi and sound system house, you know what I mean?
I felt right home when I entered the front door.
So having that all good we couldn’t wish for more.
But there was more, the first day of the event the wind was in and they just got the new rail in.
An 80ft A-frame that came in from the Project, a legit wakeboard spot in Orlando.
So having that in for the first day everybody was stoked on riding and dialed themselves in on the rail.
For now it was still laying out front real which was a bit choppy, but still fun to hit.
Last time I rode so much in one day was, eehh, I can’t remember.
Like full four hour sessions. I was dead.
The next day into the event we didn’t score it with the conditions but it was a beautiful and clear day.
Everybody was happy to chill and later we put the jet-ski and the rails out which created some nice action.
It was a great feeling to session the rail behind a ski during sunset.
Time to call it a day after we threw down a little party at the Bonzai house.
Pppfff people got kained!! ☺ Good timezzz…
Today was an epic day as well, really insane.
We woke up pretty hungover and the house was all messy so I didn’t really wanna get up.
But then Bellsy and Ryan actually cleaned the place and served Aaron and me breakfast on bed, we couldn’t believe our luck.
So we finally got out of bed and chilled and dj’d around a little, then we headed to Real.
The wind seemed to be kicking in slowly.
At 2PM everyone went out to the Slick(Flat water about 500mtr up from Real).
They had us totally sorted and the rails were all in place ready to get sessioned.
I was on my 11m and totally enjoyed every minute of my 2,5hr session.
People were really throwing down and pushing themselves, guys like Dylan Thompson from the Gorge, who’s actually killing it in the snow these days. He was having it well nice with some good style to it.
Greg Norman, Brandon Sheid, Aaron Hadlow, Jason Slezak, Davey Blair and a whole lot of others where getting sick hits.
We came in and ate a lot of food, really a lot. Drank a water and a beer…
Then we headed out to the Slick on our 9m as the wind had picked up.
We had a sick sunset session and I landed a smooth gap 3 over the A-frame, stoked on that.
So yeah, now I’m really dead and looking forward to my last zip of beer.
Take it eaazzzeee...
Rubes
ps: For more reports and movies/pics make sure to check out Realkiteboarding.com
Movies: Day 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feSf7hYK_gE
While she was over here I took the chance to show her around some of my favorite and typical Dutch places.
I think she really enjoyed it, I took her to Bloemendaal Beach which is a pretty famous and modern in Holland.
Clubs and bars on the beach, it goes off in summertime.
After that we drove to the racing circuit in Zandvoort, I was driving my Seat Freetrack and the next day we had a Seat Leon Cupra 310Hp available for a spin.
So I was checking if there was a possibility to race on the track, but it was all reserved and booked out.
Bummer!
Anyways we drove to my place, chilled out and rested a little…Then we went on to the market, I love the market.
It’s a funny vibe, good food for a good price.
And Bruna was obviously in on the Dutch candy, haha she even got to scoop it herself!
I bet she couldn’t believe her luck, swimming in candy…gheghe!
I made a phonecall to Dutch Water Dreams and they had place for us to go flowboarding that evening.
As Bruna had never done it before she really enjoyed it and was actually pretty good for the first time…
Driving the Seat Cupra 310 was an awesome experience as well, going rad in between 5 and 7RPM…Whhoooooomm!!!
I will see Bruna in a few days when we will be shooting all the 2010 Mystic products in Fuerteventura.
Check ya later.
Ruben
