The second episode of The Low Road produced by Nate Appel of Cineaptic Digital Media has just dropped! This episode features myself and Brandon Scheid at home in the slicks of the outer banks. Thanks to Nate and Best Kiteboarding for bringing this episode to life!

Catch the episode here:

http://www.bestkiteboarding.com/The-Low-Road-2

Photo: Bryan Elkus Photography

The wind has been all time in Hatteras this July. Check out some photos taken by Bryan Elkus of a recent session with the crew at http://www.bryanelkus.com/slick-session-sw-is-back/

Keep a look out to see the good ones in print soon!

During the winter of ’10-’11 I was able to link up with Nate Appel of Cineaptic Digital Media in various parts of the world- specifically the Baja peninsula of Mexico and the northern coast of Puerto Rico. Here is the first episode of Nate’s new series entitled The Low Road that made to document the trips. Enjoy!

Special thanks to Best Kiteboarding for helping to make this Project a reality and a success!

The Triple S Invitational is the world’s most progressive wake and surf style kiteboarding event bringing in the best riders of each discipline from around the globe. It went off in Cape Hatteras, NC at REAL Watersports last week. The event started out with light winds so wakeboarding and winching were going down every day. The last three days had perfect South-West winds which set the stage for some of the best riding I’ve ever witnessed or been a part of!

When all was said and done, I was able to come out with a few results to be proud of. I managed 5th in the slicks discipline behind the big guns, Aaron Hadlow, Sam Light, Billy Parker and Brandon Scheid. The next podium position I took was slightly less of an achievement but one none the less.: 2nd place in the “Best wipeout” category. The final results announced were the Men’s overall. I was overwhelmed with excitement to hear my name called for the 2nd place overall position with Brandon Scheid to my right in 1st and Billy Parker to my left in 3rd.

Photo: Bryan Elkus

All in all the event was killer and one of the best experiences of my life. HUGE thanks to REAL Watersports for putting on the event, Lifethereal for the daily video updates, and BEST Kiteboarding for putting great gear in my hands and under my feat.

Check out all of the Daily updates here:

Here are a couple shots from Bryan Elkus Photography in the most recent Kiteboarding and Kiteboarder magazines:

So far this spring Hatteras has been delivering some insane conditions. We’ve had everything from glassy barreling surf, nuking SE kitesurfing sessions and PLENTY of days riding the slick. We have been shooting quite a bit with Nate from Cineaptic Digital Media for future projects but for the time being, here is a little clip my friend Toby put together of some of the crew sessioning a little log jam Brandon and I set up:

BonK from Toby Diggens on Vimeo.

So we’ve been in Puerto Rico for a little over a month now doing some testing and filming of a few of the 2011 BEST products. Here’s a video of the Kahoona V3:

The list of invited riders to the 2011 Triple-S invitational is out!  I was lucky enough to make the cut, alongside 25 of the world’s best wake and surf style kiters. The Triple-S put on by REAL Watersprots is, in my opinion, the best kiteboarding contest in the world. It is formatted in a open free-ride style so all of the riders have the whole week to show everyone what they’ve got. The triple-S stands for Surf, Slicks and Sliders… my three favorite aspects of kiteboarding, what more could I ask for in a contest!

You can follow the event here on the Triple-S facebook page

Just got back from Los Barriles, Baja, Mexico and am pleased to say the trip was a huge success! I went into the event knowing that it was mainly a course racing event but thought there was a freestyle section too. When I showed up, i found out the the big air (which I thought was freestyle) was truly a big air contest. Never the less, I decided to enter that along with the downwind slalom racing… with very low hopes. I ended up blowing my expectations out of the water and won every heat all the way to the final round where I placed third! On the final day The event organizers decided to throw a prize purse towards a freestyle event. There was a one heat free for all with about 25 men and women competing at the same time. I managed to land pretty much everything I wanted and came out on top with the biggest $250 check I’ve ever seen!