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Switzerland for a month


It’s been a while since my last post…
I’m on the way to France now to check out some new spots, have a look at the European kite course race championships and a little roadtrip down to Sardinia to the kite world championships.

So what happen since my last post…
Honestly not too much, after my last trip to Japan I went almost straight back to Switzerland, wt a little stopover in Bangkok. It was nice to se everyone back home again, the sun was out a lot and I’ve spent quality time wt friends at the river, cooking some Asian style meals and having fun in the sun.
The best thing that happened this summer was the 10days “Badenfahrt” which is a big city festival that’s comin up only every 5 years. When it happens, it happens big time ;-) This was the perfect spot to meet old friends and thousands of people buzzing the streets all night long every night, doesn’t matter what day of the week. Free concerts, theaters, musicals, installations, bars, food stalls and very good sound hubs.
I could not do all 10 nights, since I had a team meeting in London in the middle of the week. I just stayed one night up there and we did some pub hopping and having discussions about next season. On the second day I managed to see London the chines way… do it in 3hours J


Get to Victoria Station, walk to the Buckingham Palace, along the park alley to (fountain) further on passing by Downing street No.10, which btw is not very impressive,  then take a left to Big Ben and have a stare at the London Eye… yes I did it all… the only thing I forgot to bring was a camera to take some shots.

So right now I’m here at the Bordeaux airport waiting for Kathrin wt her bus to arrive so we can head for our first stop, Dune du Pyla, the biggest sand dune in Europe.



After this trip it will be time to head back to Asia again for the new exciting season.



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7Stones KTA Boracay

it has only been a short break in between the Thailand and Philippines event, but we got it all sorted out and pulled another great event.

Boracay showed it's best side to the competitors and we were blessed wt endless winds and sunshine again.
So this was actually our last tour stop of this season, as we just got the news from Korea that the event is cancelled due to the political situation. So, no Korean kimchii for me this year.

The Boracay event wouldn't been possible without the great support from 7Stones Boracay, as the main event sponsor and organizer of the event, special thx to Dani and his crew. FANTASTIK job

I will not give a detailed report of the event, as Neil done that already on our website. Check it out here
www.kiteboardtour.asia

As u can see in the results my girlfriend Rebecka got the first place in TT-Race, wohooooo i'm proud of you!!


Frenchie pulled out another great KTA video to be watch here
http://vimeo.com/20915398

So whaz my plans now... i think i will do some trips around the Philippines probably Palawan and the far north end of the Philippines, Kingfisher for some more kiting.
My plans for the summer are not really worth the ink yet, as it is all written up in the stars. Might be some trips to Middle East, Asia and probably some judging on the KTE, which will have tour stops in France, Spain, Germany, Holland and Poland this summer. Maybe i will also get a job for a few months and work a little bit in Switzerland and enjoy family and friends there for a while.

Life is a beach and tomorrow is another day... so i will keep movin on and around the world for a little longer.
We also got a few new KTA projects and i might get busier around Asia.

So i will keep u updated once it's fixed.

thx to the KTA Team for a great season (-:

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Silvaplana... the 4th KTE tourstopp

we do it again... just 3days had past since we ended the last event in Sylt. The forecast looked very promissing for the next 4days.

I went up to silvaplana wt the train, as the mountains were a bit steep for my vespa... The train ride is one of the most scenic rides in Europe, along the Swiss mountains. The railroad climbs up the mountains smooth like a snake.
What a blast, the first day skippers meeting was early as usuall...10AM, we had set up a freestyle square and a course for the racing already by that time.


It was a great meet n greet again, as most competitiors came straight from Sylt. I gotta say it feels like a big family on the KTE, u know everyone and u can have a good day at the lake and a hard night in the bars.



The judge team was very international again and we got a good bond all together.









Silvaplana lake has some special conditions for the riders, u gotta use a 2meter bigger kite then usual, caused by the thin air up here on 1700m.
The wind should start if there is a slight breez from north east and the sun is out.
On Friday we got blessed wt winds all afternoon till the rain came around 5PM, we got the full single elimination ladder done, races were postponed to the next day after the wind did not come back till 6PM. So we went for dinner around 7PM and all of a sudden all kite were back out in the water till after 8PM.
The next day promissed some good winds all afternoon... but we got 0... so we did some SUP board racing and slack line. We called it a day again around 6PM... 6.15PM the wind kicked in again.. we could have done some races till 8PM but when u call it a day u can't get back. So we had to hope for Sunday... pricegiving ceremony was scheduled for 3PM...

Most rider didn't show up till late, cause they know that winds here do not blow before noon. It looked like we didnt get wind for the racing.. think that would have been the first event wt FS done but no racing... last announcement 2.30PM... and again by surprise the wind came back. Light but enough for a race.
So we got it all done again... everyone was happy that we did it.

I had a good ride back wt Bruno Sroka from France. He lifes at the north west tip of France and had a long (12h) way home after dropping me off in Zurich.
We had a good laugh when we drove throu Zurich behind Joharas colorful, graffity van. She was on tour wt Maike and Nicky and they had a good party in the van... lucky they did not cause a accident wt some drivers on the opposite lanes that could not stop staring at the van. (-:

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