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Bikini Car Wash Fundraiser
// August 16th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized
My friends and I hosted a bikini car was this past sunday to raise money for a stolen kite. a month ago someone stole my 5 M Fuel along with my purse, wallet, phone, Ipod etc etc in it. I didn’t own the stolen kite and must pay for it. We have a stong kite community here and were able to raise almost all of the money. Here are some photos! Big thanks to:
British Pub, TREW, Nate Appel, 2nd Wind Sports, Stone Wear Bikini’s and all the Supporters!!!
All Good in the Hood
// August 4th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
Had a fun session today on my 7M Fuel and Pearl 134 Wakeboard. I’ve found that fin-less wakeboards pop so well and so easy!! I love them. The wind was really good today, not too gusty or too windy. kind of perfect for the Gorge! Enjoy!!
Summer Snowboarding? Yes Please.
// August 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
I woke up around 6 am today to head up to Timberline on Mt.Hood. Thanks to my awesome Boss Pepi, we get shop passes to T-line. My co-worker Aaron and I went up for a quick session this morning. It was so hot up there you could snowboard in a T shirt, which is exactly what we did. We did a few runs down the mountain, then stopped off at the park to hit some rails. Since there isnt much snow you have to hike the park. After a couple of hours we decided it was time to kiteboard.. We stopped off at Gov. Camp for some milkshakes and then headed home for an afternoon kite session. Thank You Oregon!
Mai Tai in Kiteboarding Magazine
// July 20th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
Stoked to be a part of the Mai Tai Kite camp. Big thanks and much love for Susi Mai and Bill Tai. It seems like a dream!
Slider Love
// July 20th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Uncategorized
Being in the Hood River we are lucky enough (thanks to The Slider Project) to have sliders and features out on the water all summer. Windy or not there is always a way to have fun out there. Sliders and rails have been my addiction more than any aspect of kiteboarding. Here are some recent photos from what I’ve been up to lately. Photos: Matias Ricci ! Thank You!
Featured in The Kiteboarder Magazine
// July 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
Super stoked to be featured in The Kiteboarder Magazine!! Thanks Paul !!
Grinch Winch
// June 29th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized
So far summer has been epic. Hood River is such an amazing place. The kiting has been great so far. Sick flatwater, and sick rails. I’ve been lucky enough to have a cool roommate (Joby Cook) who runs the Slider Project and owns a Grinch Winch. perfect combination!! here are some photos from an early summer session on the winch. baby rail because my arm had just come out of a cast a few weeks prior!!
The winch takes a bit of work, its heavy, you have to walk out the line and someone is always driving it, but its a great way to have a chill hangout with your friends, drink some beer and get some shredding done!!
Photos: The GREAT Nate Appel
Prep Talk
Mai Tai Featured on Forbes.com
// June 3rd, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized
Check out this article and video from Forbes.com! I feel stoked to be a part of it all !!
Article Below
http://blogs.forbes.com/face-to-face/2010/06/02/kiteboarding-the-new-golf/
Video Below
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/personalbest/kiteboarding-the-new-golf
MAUI MAI TAI EVENT
// May 31st, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
I recently was lucky enough to fly to Maui for an event called MaiTai kite camp. The Mai Tai camps are hosted by pro kiter and superstar Susi Mai and famous VC Bill Tai from Silicon Valley. This event is so unique bringing together kite addicted Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and VC’s converged on one of kiteboarding’s epicenters, Kite Beach, Maui. Guys who started google, facebook, farmville, and many other from various companies have all come together to kiteboard.
Bill Tai, stoked to go kiting!
It was such a fun event, meeting tons of interesting and exciting people. Susi and Bill did a great job putting everything together, with fun activities everyday to great parties at night.
I made so many cool friends within the guests attending, and the Pro Kiteboarders who came to kite and support the event. I made a new best friend named Erika Lindberg! she is from Sweden and currently lives in Tarifa. I also had a fun time hanging out with Cameron Dietrich, Jesse and Shawn Richman, Susi, her boyfriend Tom Court. It was really cool to ride with everyone.
Cam and Pete Cabrinha
Hula Girl
Some of the kiters
Susi and I also did a hula girl photoshoot which was super fun!
I am so stoked to have met Erika, we ended up staying in a treehouse for the week. such a fun time!
overall the event was amazing! I will update with more photos soon!
Jesse Richman
I moved to Hood River, OR
// May 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
I usually spend my summers in the wonderful Cape Hatteras NC, but this year I decided to change my kiting scene and move to Hood River, OR. This is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, with rolling mountains and views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams. The scenery is completely different here, lush forests, flowers, trees, a river instead of an ocean, an actual town with people and bars, its insane, I’m in shock! and its windy everyday! I will definitely miss all my friends in Hatteras but I needed the change. I have already made a ton of awesome friends out here and have been having the time of my life. I haven’t kited yet because I had a broken arm all winter which is still healing. I am going winching today and will post pictures and video later!!
