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

Holy shit, that was a sick trip!
Sitting on the airport right now on my way back to Amsterdam, always good to go home...Moving into my new apartment will be great! Got some party lined up with my homies, time to chill...

My trip here in the USA was insane, had so much fun and been chilling with such a mellow people. Cheers for the good vibes everyone...
Like i had some work to do with Slingshot, finishing up the Slingshot LEN10 Freestyle Collection.
Slingshot gave me the great opportunity to be madly involved with the design and development of the new Lunacy boards, the new killer Fuel and a new LEN10 pro-bar.

The boards rock, i love the feel of em and they are super durable...They come in the sizes 129, 132 and the 135. Now everyone can get away with riding this awesome board. Wide tips which means great pop and a single concave in there for softer feel on the landings.

The new Fuel is insane, i had some huuuge loops in the gorge...We've been testing around with some new profiles and shapes, after testing a couple prototypes we came to the thing i wanted.
Super direct feel on the four line pro-bar, smoothest turning, good power and a bit of depower...But people who choose this kite, will have to ride hard! Promise?!

The bar is just kept simple and durable, i like it simple...No messing around with too much shit on the bar! 800pound lines should hold in any kind of conditions.

So we had to shoot new photos on the new gear, we had some cool shots which will be published in the magazines worldwide...

Also we set-up some rails with an awesome crew, the local crew in Hood River put out some rails and a kicker. One day there even came a sick limo with a rail on top...So we were hitting that thing pretty hard.
It was fun hanging with the boys like Sleezy, Chucktown's mr. Blair, Dre, Ian, Dylan, Joby and all those guys...
We even went snowboarding up mt. Hood 2 days, soooo much fun!

So yeah now it's time to go home, chill a bit and then Dubai for a couple days.

Peace out everyone, rock that shit!

Leaving home, coming home…It both feels good when it’s timed right!
When you traveling a lot then you’ve got to make sure you balance it out, for me, I need to be home so now and then to re-energize and catch up with my family and friends!
That’s what I love, riding at my homespot and just hang, chill and party with my buddies…After a while it’s time for action and I leave again to rip it up somewhere else around the globe.
The past 6 months have been quite hectic, traveling from place to place riding hard, photoshoots, testing gear, training blablabla…It’s all fun to a certain level, so that’s where I try and keep it!
I’ve got my own new crib here in Holland, loving it! My couch is my new best friend and had some quality chill time on it…☺
The other weekend I had such a good one, went wakeboarding in the morning, had an awesome sesh. Then the wind picked up in the evening and I had a killer sunset session at my homespot…
Then the next day I went to a sick party with a lot of my mates…Really enjoyed it!
Dj’s like Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin, Karotte and Ricardo Villalobos were rocking the tunes.
That’s what I like, it helps me through long flights as well when I listen to the live-sets from the party.

Anyways, I’ll be off to Ukraine soon for another cool Slingshot event.
Will let ya know how it rolls.

Take care and Ride hard!
Lata Ruben

Ps: Check out some pics in the picture gallery if you’re up for it! Shot!