Mallory Pro Clinic 2010
After a long 20h trip stopping over Dubai, sleeping in Manila, riding funny tricycles and a boat I finally made it to Boracay!!! As usual I was very well welcomed, this time by local rider Reo and Normeth (North dealer) and It makes it every time nicer to visit a new place. When taking the domestic flight toward Boracay and passing over the island it just looks amazing, nice white sand beach with turquoise water and coconuts all over the place… But I wasn’t expecting such a big kite community… It’s really one of the biggest kite destination in Asia, just like Cumbuco in Brazil or Cabarete in the Caribbean. You can feel very good vibes between all the people, locals are very friendly and always smiling and you can find as usual huge parties right on the beach after a big kite session and a huge sunset. For all these simple reasons, Boracay is one of the best kite destinations for holidays in winter and summer!
In addition the wind has been very good for my 5 days Kite Clinic that we organized together with Normeth and Angel, the North dealers, and it was a very good experience for me and I believe a good success. We had a bunch of riders from all levels and ages and I appreciate a lot when seeing them smiling and happy as they landed a new trick. It’s well fun and always cool to teach stuff to friendly and motivated people. So definitely doing it once again! I’m putting a gallery from the whole Kite clinic where we all wear very cool shirts that Normeth made specially for it!!! I find them really nice and much people wear it at the beach. 
I could also train a bit with the guys, for the clinic I even trained some local riders in order to get prepared for the final of their tour (KTA) in which I’ll also take part next week.
Now my good friend Florian Daubos from Naish has just arrived and we’ll be doing a trip with French Kitesurf magazine. Already got some good stuff. Susi Mai is also joining and Tom Court who had to come but sadly broke his finger went back home from Australia… I’ll also be filming a bit for the next North Kiteboarding DVD which will soon be out.
For the little story, the Philippines have 7107 islands in total, but this during low tide, when tide goes up some islands are so small that they disappear for some hours leaving it around 7100 islands…
Cheers!
Photocredit: Kristina Bott
Behind the Scene: NKB 2010 DVD
My sponsor North Kiteboarding is soon going to publish their last DVD called Behind The Scene… It’s all about the company, the team… it’s going to be epic!!! Check out the trailer and wait a bit for the full version!
Cheers
Cape Verde
It’s not good to get used to eat everyday some fresh Tuna at the delicious buffet from the hotel… After a 10 days trip in Cabo Verde staying in the great hotel of Morabeza (Thanks to Fun&Fly for this one) I just got back home and now will have to come back to real life… cooking, studying, training… But just for some days as I’m soon off to Boracay in the Philippines for my freestyle camp!
Cabo Verde is a “must go” destination for kiters and surfers… Insane spots, the most perfect waves I’ve ever surfed, great flat water and kickers spots for freestyle and cool lifestyle… I appreciated a lot the staying there with Jeremie Tronet, the professional photographer Manu Morel for our report and local rider Mitu Monteiro who took us to all his best spots. In a matter of 2 or 3 days we had done so much that we could keep relaxed as the job was done… We had some great pictures and cool filming. I join some pics (thanks to the guys and specially Marie and Alex Caizergues for taking them)
Mitu impressed me a lot with his riding style in Ponta Preta, he knows the wave perfectly and just destroys it… We learned quite a lot from him in wave riding. There was also some local young kids who are very friendly and future rippers.
After 5 days kiting the wind left and we flew to another island of the archipelago to shoot some lifestyle and discover a bit more from the country. Sao Vicente is even nicer with some different backgrounds and we still had some nice waves to surf. No sharks tho… really wanted to see one. After while we got back to Sal and surfed again as the wind didn’t show up, but it was just insane and perfect. I really love that place and next year I’ll surely come back for longer in order to improve my surfing as well as my wave riding.
My next stop will be Boracay as I previously said. I’ll be doing a Freestyle Camp together with North kiteboarding distributor (Normeth Preglo) and will then take advantage to make a trip and take part of the KTA competition together with my teammate Tom Court. So if you want to join the freestyle camp don’t hesitate to contact me.
Cheers!
