I love it when i'm home, the wind is on and the sea is rough...Yesterday was a good day, i went out in Zandvoort for a little session. The wind was pretty gusty and i had to edge super hard to get a little upwind.

I was out on my new 7m Fuel 09, sooo smooth, direct and constant...Great recovery after the loops to safe my ass from smashing my face on the water!

Sebastiaan Hogeboom of Kiteshots.nl was taking some photos. Cheers mate...
Check em out on the link below or in the picture gallery.

Peace!
www.kiteshots.nl/kiteboard/2008/zandvoort/12-08-2008/index.php

My friend Renars from Latvia who I met six years ago for the first time invited me to his country.

He owns two Skate/Surf/Snow/Kite shops in Riga, he's a cool dude and he showed me a good time there.

There was a Festival called the Ride It Summer Jam, Iron Man was  the Kiteboarding part of this festival which had Jams for Skateboarders, BMX and Wakeboarding. It was fun to be at Jurmala (Dubulti beach) to see how the sports are going in Latvia.

Too bad there was no wind for the weekend, but we went wakeboarding on Renars B'day which was a lot of fun.

I brought two of my good friends from Holland to chill and see what i'm doing. The way to Latvia we had like a four hour delay which was not cool!

But it was fun and i'm sure i'll be back in Latvia.

 

Check some pics if you want :)

 

Peace! Thanks to Renars and crew... http://www.aloha.lv/ 

Lot's of traveling done again and lot's to come...I was invited to Ukraine by the Slingshot importer Alexander Karpenko.
I really didn't know what to expect from a country like that.
I arrived in Kiev, got in a ten hour car drive with Alexander to the South.
We arrived at the place where a cool festival/event was set-up.
All the people set-up their tents on the beach and just camped there for the weekend!
Every evening there was a band playing and at day there was a Red Bull DJ spinning some decent tunes.
So I came there to do a demo, wind came up quite good and I gave a nice show with about 300 people watching. I love it when a crowd is watching, you just go mad and ride with a lot of energy.
I got really good feedback from the people and they loved the kiting…Not many people spoke English but I had a good time just feeling the good vibe.
Some good looking chicks as well, dammn…
Thank to all for showing me a good time in your country.
Peace!

After Ukraine I went on a little holiday with my friend Max who works for Mystic.
The PKRA competition was on, so it was good to catch up with a couple of the guys again.
Aaron did a good job and I’m glad he came in first, epic riding! ☺ Way forward!
Some good parties go down every year in the Karpa tent, just no comment!

After a few days of chilling home and wakeboarding a bit, I fly out to Latvia.
Renars, the Slingshot importer invited me for a demo and hang-out!
This is what they wrote about the competition which will be part of the big Ride Summer Festival in Latvia…The competition Iron Man will be exciting not only for participants, but also for audience, because kiteboard freestyle icon Ruben Len10 is coming to Latvia to demonstrate a show. Recently Ruben won the Triple S Invitational, which is a competition between the best riders in the world. Before competition starts, there will be a press conference with Ruben Len10. Anyone, who is interested in talking to a kiteboard global star, is very welcome to Dubulti beach on 9th of August.

So yeah I’ll let you know how it goes!

Peace and take care. Enjoy life, cause that’s what it’s for!
LTR Ruben