After driving all the night Armin and me woke up this morning only to see some really, really heavy fog lying over the sea and low winds. In addition to that it was also quite cold! Well … who thought we would have some amazing conditions later this afternoon with solid 13 – 14kts and flat water takeoffs between the breaking waves on the sandbank.

Before I could enjoy the freestyle – conditions we did 4 huge course races. The upwind was one of the longest I’ve ever done. And we had to do 2 rounds! After one race your legs were already burning like crazy! I did ok in the races, I got 7th overall after today.

Problem was, after all that racing I was so tired that I could not do well in the freestyle anymore. In addition to that I got a real hard opponent in my first heat – Victor Borsuk. He was riding strong, I messed it up … got my ass kicked in the first round already. It sucks but what should I expect after all these races with my batteries flat? Hoping for a good double now.

Right now we’re watching the socker and keeping our fingers crossed for BAYERN!!! You guys rock … do the triple!!!

Sebastian

Hey guys, it’s been quiet for a while now. Lot’s of working and partying in Munich due to the start of the summer – semester. Yesterday me and Kitejunkie – Micha decided we’ll compete in the next stop of ther german Kitesurf – Tropy … Büsum!

Tonight we’ll be driving the 900km and then be ready for the action!!

Hope to see you around there.

Seb

So here’s the latest one from Thailand … now also up on my page.
Enjoy!!

So, after our first and really windy days in Hua Hin the wind let us down a little bit. Still we could go out almost everyday and get some shots done. Unfortunately we had a couple of really heavy rainshowers … after that there was usually a day without any wind then.

Not much happened … we kited mainly around the area of Pran Buri where you can find some really nice flatwater spots. Compared to Hua Hin it’s super nice to ride and not crowded at all. But kiteschools are settling there so it’ll be a matter of time until it’ll be packed.

Yesterday in the morning I arrived after a hell of a 27 hours trip door to door. Pretty tired now and already back to uni. It’ll take time to get used to the normal life again after 7 weeks of travelling around and living the day … but it’s also always nice to be home and see the friends and family!

I’ll keep you posted about the upcoming video! Stay tuned … it’ll be a good one!!

Sebastian

The last few days here around Hua Hin have been pretty epic! Since we came back here on the 13th we only had one day without wind in the entire week. Well, the smallest size was my 10m PSYCHO4 but still, being out on the 12m or even the 15m is just so much better than sitting around, doing nothing!

We found some really good places around Pranburi which is about 30km south of Hua Hin. The other day we drove about 20km north of Hua Hin to find a nice kitingspot there. We always look for the big peers that usually protect the harbors from waves and storms and kite right behind them … some good flat water! It’s paradise after all these days competing in choppy conditions in Hua Hin citybeach.

Right now you can really feel a change in the weather. There’s more and more rainclouds and in the afternoons there’s usually massive thunderstorm – clouds blocking the sun. That unfortunately limits our time we have for shooting photo/video in the best light – conditions since there’s never wind in the morning, when the light is perfect.

We got our home – base set up in Hua Hin now and will do a few more daytrips around the capital of the wind of Thailand the coming week. One night before our flights we’ll check out some clubs in Bangkok and party hard so we’ll have a good sleep on the way back.

Sebastian