Back from South Africa. 3 month of pretty unpredictable conditions but when it was good it was very very good.Also won the South African National Cable Competition which was amasing! Then a quick trip over to Tiree and made a few small films which i will post as soon as!
I started kitesurfing on the Scottish island of Tiree where i live about 4 and a half years ago. I had seen it in the Vendee region of FRance when i was 14 on a family holiday and just thought it looked incredible. I first got involved with kite buggying and then progressed to land boarding as i was too young to have a proper kitesurfing lesson. I had windsurfed from the age of 8 and wake boarded before so it was a natural progression to put the two skills together. I began competing in 2006 and at my first event i won the amature section . I couldn't beleive it. So the following year i traveled to south Africa to train and try to learn some more of the more technical freestyle tricks and get into some big waves. This paid off and i was second overall in the Pro fleet in 2007. This year was the highest point so far . I won a a second at The KPWT World Championships in FRance and then went on to win the Overall British Championship TItle 2008. Which brings us up to now.
Nice one Helen - Keep up the good work - Catch you somewhere in 2009. DC
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ReplyDeleteHi Helen, Alan, The photographer from the Brid event, i have some pix for you if you can get in touch, great to meet you at the weekend, kindest Alan.
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