Having entered over 25 competitions over the last 4 years and I guess I had devoted my life to kitesurfing, training throughout the year in all kinds of weathers and all around the world and have had an amazing time and learnt alot about life and people. Well it was time to think about work too  and am hands on now in the building trade and is great to have a regular wage packet.

Still kiting as much as ever but now just for fun.

Will always promote whatever kite I am flying and kit I am wearing and hope to see you all on the beach.

Keep watching my website as will be doing lots of travelling  and making videos etc.

 Cheers Dan

Still enjoyed it. Naish and H2O sports straight on it and kit sorted. Training for the next comp in Barrow and looking forward to it.

Will be making a new video shortly called “ A bit of  everything”

Off to watergate bay Friday for a stag do and a kite hopefully. Sunday I will be at Poole harbour for H2O’s demo day, so if you are about come down and check it out. Hope to get on the water!!!

Also been to the local spots Woodies and Safety bay both super flat places to kite, from safety bay you can see Penguin island in the distance which is great to kite to.

Just back from a road trip to Margaret river, spent 2 days kiting down there, the waves at Prevelly beach are the biggest I’ve kited in and great to watch the surfers being towed in. Another spot I kited was Augustus which has an awesome inlet of flat water.

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keep checking for updates, pics, videos, and places i’ve been.

There were a total of 27 male and 8 female riders competing so we didn’t have to have any qualifying heats. My first heat in the single eliminations was 5B against the Vice Champion Youri Zoon. The wind was gusting 45 plus, cross off and very gusty.
I put up a good fight landing s bend pass, blind judge, back to blind air pass and huge kiteloop but lost my heat as Youri was as ever on fire.

After a breathtaking single’s Kevin Langeree won, Youri 2nd and Aaron 3rd North team rider Reno Romeu came a well deserved 4th. Day 3 was the double eliminations. I was in heat 24A against Michele Ratti Morales (Slingshot). After a tense 7 minute heat of giving my all, it was announced that I had advanced through to the next round.

Heat 27A I was up against North team rider Cesar Portas. I did lose to Cesar which meant I was out of the competition but had come a respectable 13th overall. Aaron managed to work his way back up showing us all how it’s done to win the doubles and overall.
Congrats to him!

Overall I had an amazing time and it was a truly mindblowing experience to kite with the top riders in the World and giving me an insight on the level I need to achieve.

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Will keep you updated on how I am doing.

In the main comp I was up against Sebastian Garat. I lost that heat, but still had the double elimination heats which started the following day. Wind blowing even harder so Reno leant me his 5m vegas. I had a close heat against Sergey Belmesov from Russia. Overall position 25th.

Entered best trick comp but judging double passes only, wind still blowing hard and gusty. Managed to pull off a blind judge to flat pass. I came 3rd in my heat against Kevin Langeree, Alberto Rondina and Lewis Crathern. It was great to kite with all the top riders and to see the crowds of spectators cheering us on!

Check out some pictures on my gallery from the event.

Hey all,

I’m just back from Perth, Australia after a months awesome training. I managed to meet up with Rhys Lloyd, Jo Aaistula, Sam Light and some other top international riders.

I’ve added some new photos to my gallery for you take a look at.

My Oz Trip video is now also available to watch.

In other news, I also recently had an interview with Rob Riches from LA Muscle.TV talking about kitesurfing click link to view: http://www.lamuscle.tv/player/hollywoodextra/31