Snowkitemasters January 2012

I decided to stay at home for a couple of months during this winter, but then suddenly I got an email from the race director of the Snowkitemasters. He asked me if I wanted to judge the snowkite competition.
I never judged snowkiting before, but I always wanted to check it out one day.

So in January I took a plane to Geneva together with Thibaut Michiels, a friend of mine from the highschool years. It's always nice to travel with somebody else.

A few days before I bought a GoPro Hero 2. Perfect timing!

During the flight we had an awesome view, check it out:

We arrived at Serre Chevalier at night and we were lucky. The whole day the road was blocked because of the snow, and it just opened 30min before we arrived there.

The first day was windy and it was time for the French nationals. 

Riders were doing some nice tricks similar to the tricks on the water, but they did it on a 2.5m kicker landing on ice.. Insane!

I was really looking forward to snowkite myself, but we didn't have enough time the first day..

But no worries, the second day was the day!

After some more judging it was time! 

IT WAS AMAZING! 

I thought it would be hard, but from the moment my kite was in the air I started cruising to the top of the mountain!! Check out the view:

The third day, there was no wind, but still we managed to keep ourselves busy..

For the rest of the week we saw some nice action.

You can check some pictures on http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151128362080364.785787.294761655363&type=1 

I didn't have time to snowkite until the last day, but then the snow turned into ice. 

It was still fun, but not like the first time when we had fresh powder.

During the week we also had some nice parties, but I think it's best to say that what happens in Serre Chevalier stays in Serre Chevalier..

Enjoy my story and my pictures!