Those French know how to Represent!!!!

Hot off the press and straight to the blog the French are at it again… Slingshot party 2009 with special guest Ruben Lenten, Youri Zoon, and regional riders from around the area come together in a epic weekend of killer riding and beats on the streets. After hours was all the rage as riders stepped up there beer drinkin and moves at the prestigious club el norta… Lucky enough they weren’t to drunk to get it all down on video for us to enjoy!

2009 Slingshot French Tour
vimeo.com/6245261

2009 Slingshot Party
http://www.slingshot.fr/slingshotnews/?p=161

Slingshot Snowkite, Its Alive!…

Well this is the beginning of the Slingshot Snowkite blog section…

Can’t wait to fill this to the brim with all sorts of product info, video links, photos, and stoked from all around the world…

This section is here to pass on news/info/photos/links of anything SSSK and if you gotz’ the goods’ contact me at c.schey@slingshotsports.com and I will post it. Any submission that are blog worthy could possible get hookD up with some sweeet promo…! or a least a sick 10″ spicky ball sticker in green, purple, yellow, black, or white….

I am very passionate about the outdoors and I’m truly stoked on both snowboarding, mountains and clean air… The ability to snowkite has brought all of these together like some freaky crazy dream so to be able to be apart of the growth of the sport is something I’m really pumped on. Between the park, rails, gliding, or freestyle/freeriding; Snowkiting has something for all to enjoy…

I would like to thank “Stringer” for all the killer shots he was able to take while out on tour in Idaho. More of his killer shotz can be found on http://www.flickr.com/photos/10069384@N05/ .

Can’t wait for 2009/2010 season to start!

Projects sponsorship grows…

by – Jeff McKee

The projects is one of the most progressive rail parks in the world as well as home to some of the best rail riders like Rob Jacques (former projects resident) and now Slingshot’s own Nate Perry. The past week Rob Nate and I have been floating around on a barge re-vamping the rails at the projects as well as planning Slingshot’s new rail for 2010. If you haven’t been to the projects; Go. If your stuck at work: go to http://theprojectspark.com/ and start planning your trip…Who knows we may run into each other…

The Green Monster

Getting Chilly

Corrie Dyer here, Its starting to get cold up here in Tennessee, so me and my boyfriend are just trying to make the best of it and still have fun before our season comes to an end. We were determined to ride yesterday, even though it was in the 50’s and raining.

INDO trip wrapped up!

”YO! Matias ”Dibu” Ricci here!

Bringing you some fresh news from my latest trip around Indonesia. Got the full month of September traveling around the islands, scoring great Kiting, surfing and parting conditions. Spent two weeks in THE spot for Kiting, got some solid swells and even a massive 4.5mt one. Toby Bromwich, for Core magazine http://www.coreonlinemagazine.com/, was there covering all the action that was going on. So make sure you check issue #9 for the prime cuts. The Slingshot Ozzy crew was standing strong this year with all their weapons, Ben Wilson, Ryland Blakeney, Jake Gordon and Troy Gibson where scoring some sick barrels and destroying the lip. Also some well recognize lens masters where around as well doing their thing, Shannon Stent filming and shooting for his upcoming new project; and from the surfing world, photographer Jason Walcott was recognizing the potential in kiting’s latest evolution.
After beeing kited out, we moved back to Bali, for the party scene. Some great times in Indo, good vibes, sick conditions, lots of friends, a place i would always like to go again.
Back in Maui now, swells are starting to pump, so expect some action coming up soon.
Enjoy the captions!
i’m ouuuut!
Aloha”

Matias ”Dibu” Ricci
check some more action at www.dibujado.blogspot.com

Hi Friends,
Today my Wife’s family and I took a trip to Prainha which is a small fishing village pass the Beach Park where the PKRA use to hold it’s event. It has a little lagoon their that is a great for Kiting and only a few locals. There was some clouds and rain around so the wind was light, but I made it work with my RPM 12m. It was a lot of fun to get to show off for the family because they had not really seen kiteboarding up close.

One of my favorite things about these small villages besides no crowds is the food. They always have some small family owned restaurant where you can eat heavily with drinks for $2.50. What a deal! Needless to say I had a great time today and here are some pics to show it.

Mark Doyle

Coolum Kite Festival Downwinder 3rd-4th October

The start

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Some Novelty Kites

This weekend I competed in the 5th annual Coolum Kite Festival Downwinder race. The 15 kilometre open ocean race is part of the Coolum Kite Festival which draws thousands of people from around Australia. It’s always a cool event and it was great to chill on the beach with friends and watch the massive novelty kites in the air. There was every type of kite imaginable; from stingray kites to teddy bear kites.
During the 2008 race, I was on the other side of the world competing in Chile for the PKRA, so this year it was great to once again do the race.
The start of the race was pretty hectic. Over 40 kiters lined the shoreline and as the start horn sounded, there was a mad flurry of kites all over the place and their respective kiters jousting for an initial lead. It was pretty comical, it took me two goes to actually get up on my board and start the tack down the beach, and by the time I sorted myself out I was amongst the middle of the pack.
The wind was about 12-14 knots and I slowly caught up to the front of the pack. It was great to be out on the open ocean with all the other racers and it was pretty funny racing against my friends and local kiters.
As I came in to the beach to finish, I tried to make a smooth transition from standing on my board to running up the beach, but over judged my speed and noobed up completely on the beach and crashed my kite. I ended up finishing 3rd which I was pretty stoked about for the kite size I had. The 15 km race took about 25 minutes so the pace was pretty good for the wind.

New Rienstra video; crushin it wakestyle…

A Work in Progress – Part 1

http://vimeo.com/6979627

Shred it all!

Hey everyone, Rob Jacques here. I have been thinking recently about riding in every aspect, particular I have been thinking about riding on a small wake and why people complain about it. I understand why you would be like ahh man it sucks when the wake is small like this, I can do my bangers, but in reality isn’t it just as much fun? If your on an un-weighted prostar 205 you should still go out with a positive outlook and make the best out of it, who cares if you cant stop your 7’s on it, you can still do some nice soul carving and some little re-entries, grabs and pokes. After all, wakeboarding is all about fun and as long as you are on your board you should be having a good time. So get out there and demo a Reflex and enjoy a new outlook on fun and riding! Thanks for reading people! follow me on twitter.com/robjacques and feel free to add me on facebook at www.facebook.com/notrobjacques

Robby J

Hi Guys,
Mark Doyle here. I just arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil yesterday October 7th. This is my sixth trip down because my beautiful wife Mara was born and raised right here in Fortaleza. I meet Mara in 2003 when I first came down for the PKRA Event. There was a huge party at the Orbita, a night club in Fortaleza, where I meet Mara in the middle of the night. She did not speak English nor did I speak Portuguese. Her friends and mine would help us translate and over a few years she picked up English. Now she speaks perfectly and we are living in South Padre Island, Texas.

Northern Brazil is a great place for Kiteboarding. There are so many flat water lagoons that make for perfect free style Kiting and many miles of sand bar breaks that you can enjoy ripping waves up. I should also mention they have great wind for 9 months out of the year and in their peak season it blows everyday.

My first destination to kite was Cumbuco which is the most famous lagoon and starting to get over crowded. On our way their I saw another smaller lagoon which I have seen in years past, but never kited. There where a few kiters already up and riding so I thought, why drive any further. With good wind and water its time to kite. I put up my 8 RPM and new 2010 Misfit board which I love the bolt on pads and straps system.

After 2 surgeries on my knee, 2 surgeries on my are, and 2 years of rehab later I felt pretty good just to be landing my standard handle passes. I have learned a lot physically and mentally over the last few years. I cut 8 tendons in my arm and the Doctor originally thought I would not be able to hold my own body weight with my arm. Those kind of thoughts can bring you down to a very low point in life and you really have to grow and big strong in order to over come challenges like that. Here are a few pics of the day to check out. In the next two weeks I will have more stories, pics, and videos coming your way.

Live life to the fullest and never give up!
Mark Doyle