So, sorry for the lack of updates…the last few weeks have been full on and super busy. So right now I am in Fuerteventura with the North team, we have been shooting and filming freestyle alot but there hasn’t been much wind.

I am heading back to the UK after this to have some meeting and then I have one month planned in Indonesia to surf in G-land…I cant wait. Before then though I will be posting some new videos and there is a cool North Profile video coming soon from Gx cube productions! I will update this when it comes out…

So here is a little video from my Maui trip. I was there for the MaiTai event with Susi but as John Bilderback was filming for us, I managed to cut this little action clip out of some kite beach sessions, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/user/tomcourt4

Anyways, I have been back in the DR now for a few weeks after the triple-S contest. It has been nice to relax and just ride, but I have also been riding in the PKRA world cup that is hosted here in Cabarete. One of the hardest events that I have seen so far on the PKRA, with over 50 men entering and a hard qualification round, it was difficult to make it up the ladder. I got shut down at 17th by Alex Pastor, current world no#3 from Spain. Gutted!

Anyways Im heading back to the UK today before flying to Fuerteventura for the next stop of the world tour!

So after the DR trip with the Red Bull F1 crew, i head out to Maui, Hawaii with Susi for the Triple S. It turned out to be an awesome event and kite camp that more the 150 people came to. Most of the guests where people from San Fransisco, either start ups or venture capitalist business people looking to learn to Kitesurf and network whilst doing it. A great new idea for a kite camp that is hosted by Susi Mai and Bill Tai…hence the name MAITAI.

So i basically spent a week riding at Kitebeach in Maui with the camp guests and partying at night, it was a pretty awesome setup. Straight after that had finished I headed to the Triple-S event in North Carolina, shots coming soon…

So, I haven’t posted in a while as i have been pretty busy. After my last trip to the DR I left back to the UK for the North DVD release in Germany. Unfortunately I got grounded by the Icelandic ash cloud and couldn’t fly. Anyways, as soon as that was clear, i headed back to the DR for the North International photo shoot for the 2011 gear. (photos coming soon to the magazines)

Anyways, last week I was in Santo Domingo for a Red Bull F1 event revolving around racing an F1 car on the beach. It was pretty cool to be so close to the action and see what goes into the sport. Great to see the dedication that it takes to be an F1 driver…also cool to see them wreck a car in the sand!

Next post is from Maui, for the MAITAI kite camp!

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Hey Guys, here is my latest video from rail project that we did in the DR. This is mostly shot on the new Canon 7D, we got the camera early in the year and its interesting to see the difference that it makes to the footage quality! Hope you like the video too….check it out on the video page of this site or here:
http://www.vimeo.com/10696741

Here are some preview frame grabs from my new video shot in the Dominican Republic over the last few months. The final cut should drop next week…check it out

So, after the BVI jam on Sir Richard Bransons Neker island, I flew to the Dominican Republic to put together a rail project with some of the worlds best freestyle riders. Aaron Hadlow, Andre Phillip, Susi Mai and myself have been building and sessioning a Red Bull project rail for the last few weeks.

The idea of the project has been to shoot and film the project so that we can get some solid media from it. With the support of Red Bull too, the quality of the project has been awesome with a spot basically to ourselves to use, some world class riding has been thrown down!

In the next few weeks i will be throwing out some awesome video’s on my site, so check back soon!

So, After a long period of hectic traveling, i am now based in the DR for the next month. Not a bad spot to hang out! Out here with Susi and most of the Cab Crew at the moment, but I am building a rail with Susi and Dre in the next few weeks to session for a while. My mate Chris Burke is coming out from the UK to hit the rail too and film a little video…keep your eyes peeled!

Anyways, latest developments include the Cover of the latest french kitesurf magazine…Voted rider of the month on the IKO website and also a new interview up on the wideworld.com website…
-http://www.wideworldmag.co.uk/features/q-a-tom-court-kitesurfer
- https://www.ikointl.com/iko.php?page=kiteboarder-of-the-month.php

Updates soon with some cool shots from the DR!

For the last week I have been out in the BVI’s in the Caribbean, Staying on Sir Richard Branson private island, Neker Island. It has been one of the best events that I have ever been to whilst I have been kiting and the island its self is too good to be true.

Apart from the amazing island, the BVI’s are beautiful and the competitors of the BVI kite Jam have been cursing through the islands on kites, boats and helicopters for the last seven days. Overall there where 53 people, 14 boats and a whole following of people involved in the inter island kite event. All kiting together and partying every night in a different location.

The event its self will be putting out some awesome shots and a full story in the next issue of Kiteboarding Magazine in the US and keep and eye out for some amazing video of the event. Next years BVI kite jam is already confirmed so go to their website and book up: www.bvikitejam.com

Here are some of my shots to make you throth!

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So after four weeks of not being able to do much, i am finally back on it again after having my pin removed from my finger a few days ago! Good feeling and ready to hit the BVI kite jam on Neker island.
Check out the vid of the doctor pulling out my finger pin: www.youtube.com/tomcourt4

Check out my latest video from Australia! Shot in only a few days of riding before disaster struck…http://www.vimeo.com/9342472
or
www.youtube.com/tomcourt4

"A collection of shots from the first day of my Australia trip around the Perth area and Woodies point. I flew out for the CORE rail jam to compete, but unfortunately I broke my finger, ending my riding for the trip. This is the video I got in those first few days.

Shot by: Susi Mai and the CORE jam crew
Filmed mostly on the Cannon 7D and Sony Cam "

a still shot taken from some footage at the core jam…

After a long week of riding obstacles at woodmans point in WA fot the Core Jam, its just come to an end. It was an awesome eight days of solid wind, loads of kiting time with everyone involved. The results can be seen on the official core website at: www.coreonlinemagazine.com

Unfortunately I broke my finger on the 2nd day of the event, eliminating my chances to place in the top 6 riders for the overall result. This was a real bad thing for me as i had flown out for the event and i was really looking forward to some solid rail time. Not to menation the 3 days in hospital and 2 hour operation!

Here is a riding shot from my first day warm up…video coming soon!

Hitting Auz with a bang for the CORE rail jam, it has been a good few days, arriving in Auz and sorting out a car and accommodation. I have been riding for the first few days in a few different spots, getting used to the area and warming up after a cold month in the UK.

The CORE jam stared a few days ago and we have been busy setting up the rails and riding a bit, warming up for the contest at the end of the week. Unfortunately I broke my finger on day 2 of the warm up sessions for the contest, eliminating my chances of competing.This is a bit of a setback for me, but it should only keep me out of the water for about four weeks and i will be back on form for the BVI kite jam on Necker island in march.

Wow, so as good as this winter has been, it just got better. Yesterday it snowed about 10 inches on the hills near my house, so I headed up for a bit of snow kite action. Amazing to be surfing one day and then snowboarding the next!

Booked Auz tickets yesterday too, 18th on the way the Perth for the Core Jam followed by the KTA Boracay event and then the BVI kite Jam on Neker island…Going to be a good start to the season!

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Right, so I have just come rounds after far too long on the festive band wagon following Christmas. Back to making plans for the coming season in 2010, what a good year its going to be!

Im still here in the UK, waiting to get on a plane to Australia to meet the UK crew out there and ride in the CORE rail jam at Woodmans point, Perth. The winter in the UK has been surprisingly good, dishing out some solid swells and a few kite sessions, so it hasnt been all bad, but never the less I am ready to move onto the next trip.

After Auz, North are sending me to the Philippines for the KTA Boracay event, that should be good to see whats happening on their emerging tour and the level of riding from the local riders.

I will post next from the airport as I head to AUZ…later…

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So, Iv been back on the IOW now for a week or so, seeing y family and getting some things together for 2010. The weather has been pretty bad apparently in the UK for most of winter so far, however, the day I arrived we had some of the biggest swell hit I have seen in years. My local surf break was topping out at about 3 times over head. I have been getting some epic waves in the last few days…check out the closeout shot!

My vague plan for the next few weeks is to ride here in the UK, practice some of my tricks in the cold to make sure I have them solid and then think about heading to Australia at the begging of Jan. Will keep you posted of what goes down in the UK…

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Hey Guys,

Just a heads up, I have just uploaded a new video from my Brazil trip last month. All shot by Susi Mai with some help from Jereme Tronet too :) it is just a short compilation of some riding on the lagoons near Cumbuco. Check it out:
http://www.vimeo.com/8018602

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www.youtube.com/tomcourt4

So after over a month in Brazil, we decided to head down wind to the town of Jericoacoara. What and awesome place, the whole town is totally sand, there are no roads and only sand track through the whole place, feels a bit like the end of the world. The wind there is good too, powered on a 7m every day, great for some mega loops and huge air!

With us we had the whole MAITAI kite camp crew, organized by kite adventures Brazil. This was awesome as we did some huge down winders every day. With the arrival of a new swell here it has been good for some strapless action too!

I will be heading back to the UK next week with Susi, where we shall make our plans for a winter escape to Australia to hit the CORE rail jam…looking forward to it!

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So the last few weeks have been busy, full of down winders. I think i have done at least 150miles downwind in a few days, seeing tones of the Brazilian coastline whilst i did it. It has been great fun. This was all part of the two kite camps that we had organized with ‘kite adventures’ (www.kiteadventures.com), the people that came to join us have been having an awesome trip, with hours of kiting every day and a fleet of buggies following us down the coast with supplies. Definitely a very unique was to see Brazil and I would recommend considering it for next year!

Shortly the MaiTai camp will come to and end and Susi and I are going to head back to Cumbuco for a few weeks to shoots and ride…I will be putting some effort into finishing my latest web movie with some new tricks thrown in! I will post again when its online!

lata t

The last few days have been awesome here in Brazil, I have been riding alot and shooting in the Cumbuco lagoon with Susi, Jeremy Tronet and Lyn Svensen, It has been a super productive few days. We are putting together a travel story from Brazil, so it should be interesting to see what we get. Also i have been shooting some video that i will put out shortly!

Unfortunately I didn’t enter the KPWT here in Brazil, i didn’t want it to get in the way of shooting and it wouldn’t have done anything for my overall world ranking in 2009. So now i have to put my hopes into 2010 to claim a world title.
It has been a hard year this year with so many PKRA world events being canceled…i have a feeling it will get better next year!!

mean while expect to see more shots like this one coming out near you!

cheers

tom

Hey Guys, After several months of online voting on the video contest at www.riders-match.com, my video has been votes into the Final. I am super happy with this and i need your help to win the Final Voting, this would be awesome.

Here is a link to my video:http://www.riders-match.com/uk/member/tom/

see what you think and then drop a vote (remember you can vote every day again!) cheers….

T

After only a few days here in Brazil, i entered the ‘kite show’ contest here in Cumbuco. It was a fun event run with a relaxed format that worked well. After competing for three day in various disciplines I came away with a 2nd place best trick.

Tomorrow there is the registration for the KPWT world tour stop also here in Cumbuco, I think I can get a good result in the freestyle, but im not sure if I will enter or not.

After a long period in the UK it is great to get away, escaping the begging of winter to come here to Brazil. I flew here with Susi, and when we arrived into Fortaleza after 20 hours of traveling, straight into a buggy and off to Cumbuco for a session in the lagoon at sunset.

The first few days have been pretty busy, with the new ‘Kite Show’ contest hosted by kite forum.com, in Cumbuco town that I entered, it has been a fun few days! I am still deciding whether or not to enter the KPWT world event next week, but I will post again regarding that soon.

Our plans for the next few weeks include our kite camps in Paracuru, followed by an epic down winder to Jericoacoara. For info check: www.kiteadventures.com. After that we might hit the ’ Tremembe Kite Mansion’ south of Fortaleza with Sam and Niko.

i will keep you posted, here is a shot from the Cumbuco Lagoon…

Well, after a good length of time to get over the effects of the German beer, everything is back on track. Just booked my tickets to Brazil in order to hit up the Susi Mai/Tom Court MaiTai kite camp that we are putting on…should be fun. Don’t forget to check out the website at:http://www.kiteadventures.com/services/camps/procamps.html.

The IOW has been fun for the last few weeks, hitting up some pit bike racing with my mate Stu who helped out at white air last month. Unfortunatley i got my video cam stolen at White air, so i havnt been able to cut any new vids, should be coming soon though when i get another one! in the mean time, check out this video from FatSands:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xeHctyQu40

Next stop Brazil!