Sophie Mathews

Friday, 25 July 2008

WAVE MASTERS

Santa Cruz

Portugal

I am now here in Santa Cruz, Portugal for the KPWT wave masters. The spot is renowned for its good winds and swells.

The last few days have been with zero wind, which has tested everyones patience. However, the waves have been excellent so we have been surfing all day everyday.

Today I did something new. Tow in surfing behind a jetski which was great fun. It is an amazing sensation to glide full speed into the wave. It is defiantly something that I will be doing again sometime.

We also had around 10 knts of wind, which was not enough to run the competition, but after 4 days of no kiting all the riders went to the water, catching waves but then walking back up wind.

The conditions were not ideal for testing, but I am loving my new "Shinn" wave board. It allows you to cut back on the waves aggressively, planes early, and is super maneuverable.

The forecast is looking better over the next few days, so i hope we can run the competition

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

ITALY - KPWT comes to an end

Results

9th Freestyle

7th Course racing

The competition in Italy, Lake Como has come to an end. After a frustrating start to the week due to light wind, the conditions improved for the last few days and we were able to finish the freestyle and course racing, although we didn´t get a chance to do a double elimination.

I had some bad luck just before my freestyle heat, as a huge music speak fell on my hand. Unable to move my little finger, but with some good strapping and sheer stubbornness I went on the water.

The week was great fun, with the main sponsor, FIAT organising a freestyle motorcross show. This display of true madness was of course the highlight of the week, with two of thier riders performing mind blowing tricks such as back flips and the flying superman off the ramps.

Congratulations to Ania Grzelinska and Leander Vvyvey who were the Freestyle winners.

For more information on the competition, photos and videos, please visit the official KPWT website - www.kiteboardpro.com

I am now sitting in Athens airport en route to Istanbul for the next stop on the tour. The competition will be starting on the 12th and the main sponsor is JIM BEAM.

Hopefully there will be some good wind so I can train before the comp and get used to the spot.

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

KPWT - ITALY

Day 1 on the third leg of the KPWT and the competition has kicked off here in Italy in a spot called Colico, Lake Como. With beautiful surrounding landscape it truly is a magical spot to hold a competition.

The wind has let us down a bit so far and the singles of the mens freestyle had to be post-phoned as the conditions were not quite strong enough. The rules say that the heats can only be run if there is a minimum of 12 consistent knots.

So we are all here playing the waiting game. I will keep you up to date with how it goes!

WAVE MASTERS

ITALY - KPWT comes to an end

KPWT - ITALY

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