Tom Court

Fuerte North shoot

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:56:17 GMT

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…

Latest video from Maui

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:06:48 GMT

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!

Hawaii

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:15:24 GMT

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…

Red Bull F1 Santo Domingo

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:25:13 GMT

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!

Latest video, Project DR

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:07:31 GMT

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

DR project video

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:18:34 GMT

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

Project DR

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:26:46 GMT

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!

Developments

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:23 GMT

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!

BVI Jam and Neker Island

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:08:44 GMT

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!

Road to Recovery

tomcourt46@hotmail.com (Tom Court) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:00:49 GMT

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