On the weekend was the Kitesurf-Trophy on the holiday island Sylt. Thursday night I was picked up by Kitejunkie.com who went all the long way from Munich over Frankfurt Main to Sylt. Thanks for that!! We drove the 750km from Frankfurt Main to Sylt and arrived there on time for the registration at 10am.
The wind was pretty good though, but not enough to start the Single Elimination. They decided to start a kind of Fun Contest, where you have to show your best trick. Finally I had the chance to flight a new Psycho IV for the very first time and made three very powered kiteloop handle passes. The first place won Mario Rodwald with a Richmann (kiteloop with douple backrotation and handle pass afterwards). Super Mario.
At the afternoon the wind picked up and we could start the Single Elimination. I had to go against Stefan Permien. Even though I had a very good heat with kiteloop handle passes, slims etc. Stefan won the heat, who could land all his tricks super nice and powered. In the end Stefan and Mario were in the finals again, where Mario won against Stefan this time.
On Saturday we started the race. A huge fun, when more than 20 riders go on the same course to be the first. I didn’t think that it might be so much fun. I rode on the 4th place in the first race. In the second I could do pretty well in the beginning but another kite steered his kite into mine so we had to be rescued by a boat, because the wind was slightly off-shore. That took at least 45min. In the third race my tactic didn’t work well. Eventually I could do the 6th place after all. And I pretty satisfied as it was my first race.
When I was standing on the beach on Sunday morning, I thought that´s gonna be fun! The waves were massive and the wind pretty strong. I could win the first two heats in the Double. I was totally overpowered on my 8.0m and fought my way from wave to wave. The next heat I had to go against Rick Jensen. His conditions!! Massive megaloops with handle passes and more. It was simply fun to watch him riding this day. He could go into the finals. Rick was on fire! But he was too tired to win against Mario in the final. But still. Respect!
I am not sure what to do the next days. My flat is still occupied so I could use the time to go training in St. Peter. I am not sure yet. At the moment it is raining!