Round 3 of the BKSA Freestyle Kitesurf Championships took place in Hunstanton, Norfolk over the weekend of the 1oth and 11th July. Unfortunately the event clashed with the filming of the Cannonball Run Europe, but luckily James Boulding was in attendance to film the event and post the tapes down for a Blue Juice edit – cheers James!
Looking forward to Round 4 in Barrow already!
The lack of wind all around the UK recently threatened to scupper the first BKSA Kiteival of 2010 this weekend in Redcar, Teeside. Whilst the wind conditions did put a stop to many of the heats, the sea breezes kept the course racers and landboarders happy and with a weekend of sunshine the event was a complete success. Check out our video of the weekend here:
BKSA Kiteival – Redcar 2010 – Images by Craig Sawyer
Well the start of the UK kite surf competition season was blessed with clear skies and beautiful warm weather – its a shame the wind and waves didn’t turn up! We were down in Watergate Bay all weekend, full report, video and photos will be online soon but for now some of our photos are on the BBC Cornwall Website here.
While in Zaafarana, Egypt, we put together this Triple S Wildcard Entry video for Dan Sweeney, the UK Junior Kitesurf Champion.
“The Triple- S Invitational is the international free ride “world championships” of kiteboarding. 2010 marks the 5th year of the Triple-S Invitational, after four extremely successful Triple-S events, this has become a highly anticipated event on the pro kiteboarding calendar. Watch the world’s best kiteboarders compete in Surf, Slicks and Sliders in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 7 Parties, 7 Bands!”
Watch this space to see how Dan, and the video produced by Blue Juice gets on!
We have just returned from a week away in Zaafarana, Egypt, with Kitesurf Kings – a UK based Kitesurf School that specialises in Overseas Clinics.
Situated on the Red Sea, Zafarana Beach Resort lies to the south of Cairo and the north of Hurghada. The lagoon offers both perfect conditions for beginners and experts alike, there is plenty of room for everyone and with waist deep water with only sand under your feet there is no excuse not to try those new moves!
As well as the 4 students on the intensive week long course, we were joined by Dan Sweeney, current UK British Junior Champion, his brother, Oli Sweeney and John from Stormriders. The purpose of the trip was to produce a short promotional video for the Kitesurf Kings Overseas Clinics, and podcast and still image media content for Dan Sweeney as he enters the 2010 UK competition season.
We will post the videos and pics here soon.
Two days of fantastic conditions made Swansea Bay the place to be if you wanted to see the best kitesurfers and landboarders in the UK. With broken cloud and only a few showers the crowds were out to support the competitors, entertained by Lewis Crathern on the mic, all under the watchful eye of 5 times World Kite Surf Champion, Arron Hadlow.
Congratulations to Toby Raw, local Littlehampton rider competing for the first time in the Pro Mens – he nailed it and took first place. Blue Juice sponsored rider Dan Sweeney fought off tough competition and won all his heats, and finished second overall, setting himself up for the season ahead.
Blue Juice were there to capture the event in stills and on film.
Blue Juice spent Bank Holiday Monday down in Littlehampton on a typically British overcast day, but the most important thing was present – a good south westerly wind. It was a good opportunity to test out some new camera equipment ahead of the busy summer season, including broadcast quality mics and fluid head video tripods. Photos from the day can be viewed here - http://bluejuicedesigns.co.uk/gallery-slider-may09.php. Video footage will feature in a forthcoming release for Dan Sweeney, UK KiteSurfer.