Well after a long week at the Oktoberfest in Munich in the beer tents it was nice to get some time to hit the Cable park there. I went with Susi and my friend Dan flew out from the UK, it was a good laff, we also hit some good skate spots around the city. Looking forward now to getting back to the coast and some kiting, although i am going to hit the famous Munich river wave tomorrow for a bit of surfing!

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So, last week was super hectic, organizing the slider jam at White Air in Brighton along with Chris Burke. We had Ruben Lenten flying in for it along with Davey Blair from Hawaii and it was an awesome festival. Unfortunately there was no wind, so we held a contest hitting the Kiteworld feature behind Jet skis…In the end I got 2nd to Sam Light. Two podiums in as many weeks!

After that had finished i made my way to Munich to hit the Oktoberfest for a few big Germany beers. Great to see some friends there that i hadn’t seen in ages!

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After hauling all the stuff to Brighton in Sew’s Van, we’re now busy putting everything together and giving it the last coat of paint ! lookin good so far for the WhiteAir/Kiteworld Slider Jam!

So after an awesome weekend down on Poole Sandbanks at the Animal Windfest i came back with a good result. After almost five years without wind, the Windfest finaly got some, although light, it was enough to hold a good race series and a freestyle contest. As well as the wind the party’s went off with a Turbo Neon Fluro night on the Saturday that was awesome, with some great bands playing. check out the Animal Windfest website: www.animalwindfest.co.uk

So, iv been back in the UK now for about three weeks and it has been busy! After a heavy weekend last week up in Blackpool to see everyone at the BKSA event, i have been down to Poole, Sandbanks to film with the BBC for a ‘sports round’ special about the up and coming Animal Windfest event that is running from the 11th-13th September. Should be a funny video, so dont forget to watch on Friday (11th) morning BBC1.
Also Chris Burke and me have been planning things for the WhiteAir event that is hosted down on Brighton seafront on the weekend starting the 18th. Sponsored by Kiteworld mag, it should be a good event! check it out:http://www.kiteworldmag.com/news/tom-court-confirmed-for-kiteworldwhite-air-slider-jam/

Also here is a little teaser video from the Fuerteventura trip last month:http://www.vimeo.com/6359634

After finishing the PKRA world cup in Brazil and getting a bad result, coming way outside the top 10, i have returned to the Kite Mansion in Brazil to keep training for the Last leg of the PKRA world tour in Chile.

I have three days to train now before i fly to the last stop on the freestyle and wave world tour. Hopefully i can get a top 5 result to secure my place within the worlds top ten, but its going to be a difficult one!

here is a new video from the kite spot on Brazil that i have been training at. One of the most undiscovered places to train in Brazil, empy beaches and wind every day! check: www.youtube.com/ripslix for my latest travel videos!

after the whole year on the PKRA kitesurfing world tour, i have come to brazil to finnish the year. This is the second to last stop on the world tour, the last being in Chile next week.

This event hasnt gone so well for me, i have been in the top 10 all year in the rankings, but at this event i got a 17th, which sucks! pushing my ranking down to 12th overall…fingers x’d for the last result in chile to bring me back on top!

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I have just finished my final leg of the PKRA world kiteboarding tour in Brazil. Gaining a 9th place overall after a few close heats in the double eliminations, finally being knocked out by Ruben Lenten. It was an awesome spot, with strong wind every day, riding mostly 9 and 7m kites with small waves!

i have now traveled down the coast to the kite town of cumbuco, im staying here for a few weeks until my next comp, starting on the 2nd oct…hopefully i can gain a good result on that too!

i am now just coming to the end of 3 weeks training in dominican republic with susi mai. have had wind every day with some perfect conditions, filming for a new video and working on new moves for the next leg of the PKRA world tour in brazil!!

here is the product of a day filming at Laboca…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIkCWqj99cc
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warming down now and heading back to the UK for the Animal windfest at poole, sandbanks over the next weekend!