Aloha,

The last days i have been hanging around in Japan with Seigo (Slingshot distributor) and we are doing a demo tour around Japan.

Japan real kite cup.

My trip didnt start that good because KLM ripped me a of 230 euro for a tiny boardbag. Because i didnt break the half of my normal gear my boardbag was just 24kg. hmmm.

At the day i arrived there was no wind and it was rainy, also my phone didnt worked that quit sucked. So we went to some shops to find me a new phone. Finally i bought a new prepaid Phone, Only every call i make to europe cost me 1 dollar for 30 seconds hahaha.

The 3 and 4 th we had a kind of competiton a ‘real kiteboarding cup’ there wasn,t to much wind but the 2nd day i could ride on a 14m RPM and it was just ok. Sunday we left in the evening to drive to the next hotel where we would sleep and go to the next shop. Also there wasnt that much wind , but i had fun on a strapless surfboard and a 14m. Today we went to a kind of private beach, i didnt expect wind but it slowly came up and i started with a strapless surfboard and in the end it was quite allright for some freestyle action, still light on a 14m  but ok!

Some pictures of the competiton made by:  Mamoru Mashiko  Thanks for that!

Here are some small video clips as well. 

Will try to keep you up to date.              

 Cheers

Youri