Updates for the last 4 months which feel like 4 weeks.

LOng time no blog.
I have been very bad at updating this blog page but that is going to change now!!!!

May-Spent the month of May on Tiree at home doing lots of kiting and generally loving my wave board it was fantastic!!!!Unfortunately i was un able to attend the first round of the BKSA but never mind. I managed to claw my way back into fist position again in July as you will find out.

June-I went across the sea to SYLT in Germany for the first round of the KPWT which was fantastic. Got great conditions and had a good result comming 3rd in the dingle illiminations final and then comming 4th overall. Very pleased as it was my best freestyle result in the world. A few days later i came back and my whole life was turned upside down.

July-At the beginning of July my brother was tragically killed in a fast jet accident during a training exercise.This devestating news has shatterred our familys life and i have lost my only brother. I miss him very much and think about him constantly. He was the driving force behind me trying to make kitesurfing my profession and did everything he could to support me. He wasn't just a normal brother or a regular guy he was very special to alot of people and he will never be forgotten.Hopefully he's flying on up there , love you and miss you K

There isn't anything worse in life than a loved one being taken from you and when it happens your whole life is put into a new prospective. It was extremely difficult to get back into a regular routine and even now 3 months down the line it feels like its never going to return to normal.I decided that he would say that i should try to turn the negative into the posotive and try to continue. The competion season was in full swing and the last conversion i had with my brother was about when and where the next meet was. So i have continued to compete. I went HUnstanton and finished 2nd in the BKSA tour. My plans to continue with the KPWT changed as i felt i didnt want to leave the UK at this time. I then had the next meet in Barrow and furness to look on too.

August- Barrow and Furness was a great comp for me. I won the comp overall and my fellow scottish competator Holly Kennedy got on the podium so i was absolutely thrilled for her. Then a few weeks later it was on the road again this time down to Blackpool. Unfortunately my good dortune which had done me so well in Barrow did not continue over to Blackpool. It was super windy and extremely on shore conditions. I ended up in a sticky situation in the first heat injuring my foot and having to retire early from the competiton. Better luck next time i hope. The next event is on FRiday so will have to try to be fully fit by then. We will see.

September-Bridlington starts on FRiday and i have a 10 day trip to the dingle area of southern ireland planned to catch some swell weve been watching in the atlantic . Heres hopeing we catch it right.