MEMORIES FROM THE PKRA IN DAKHLA

Hey,

Two days after the competition, I finally found a minute to write something and shear my best memories from the event in Dakhla

It is so hard to write something more about the pkra right now… With Toby’s awesome pictures, seventh frame amazing videos and PKRA media press release that are giving all informations about the event on the prokitetour.com or facebook page (pictures, heats, tricks and other info about this competition)

I will  shear some of my best memories from the PKRA in Dakhla where i took the 2nd place.

First of all it was great to see you all again, all the riders that I haven’t seen from August, and all PKRA crew that work day and night to make everything work during the event. 

It was amazing to be back to Dakhla, the kite spot is sick and the accommodation for the riders is just at the beach. 

The competition and the new scoring system which played a big role on the first event, with a limit of 12 tricks, 7 scored and family tricks from where only 2 are counted… What can I say… Changes are always good, but we have to get use to the new systems and learn how does it work properly. Me sometimes I was thoughtlessly repeating tricks from the same group family and wasted a lot of energy for the hard ones… Nevertheless, I  showed a great performance and did good tricks so I am super happy :)

Big thanks for my caddy who was the most relaxed person I ever met in my life :)

Now I am back to europe, getting ready for hardcore action on the PKRA in Leucate which begins next weekend. Weather forecast looks promising with 40knots and 10′C air temperatures :)

YO

KAROLINA

FORD KITE CUP 2012 MAKING OFF

This year FordKiteCup  started kite season in Venezuela, on the Coche island which is a kite paradise for freestyle …

It was a great, but busy week of kiting and photo shooting with Łukasz Nazdraczew for up coming 2012 season.

We did lots of kitesurfing pictures,

freestyle …

grab style…

sponsors’ style…

but also my favorites … lifestyle photos :)

some of the scenes were posed and faked to  …  

…  BRING YOUR ATTENTION …

and make you come

for the FORD KITE CUP this year!!!

As always it’s going to be a lot of fun and action at the polish seaside !!!

19-21 May CHALUPY 3

7-9 June REWA

20-22 July LEBA

17-19 August JURATA

Photos: Lukasz Nazdraczew fotoart.pl

see u there

KAROLINA

SOUTH AFRICA 2012 … THE MOVIE ♥

After I had injured my ankle during training in Basil I had looooong winter at home studying…. But what dosn’t kill you, it makes you stronger. So fit as ever it was time to practice some kiting before 2012 world cup kicks out.
As usual I chose South Africa as my training field. The place has everything I need to prepare mysel for hectic year. From choppy Muizenberg through flat lakes to big wave spots like Witsands, the city offers you all kinds of conditions I will later meet during the PKRA world tour.

Big thank YOU for supporting my kite career goes to

Slingshot / Ford / Burn / Roxy

And My BIG FAMILY who support my kite passion

and other friends who supported me during tough recovery… thank you ALL !!!

shoot Driftwell.com

♥

HOLIDAYS IN MEXICO.

Today I am going to tell you a story how did I pass my holidays… kite free :)

SO I went to Mexico where …
I  was chilling like this dog (at the beach with perfect waves in a background) …

photo. Mikołaj Molenda/Kuba Lubniewski

 …

I visited places where wind never show up… it was perfect after two months in Cape Town, where wind was howling everyday in my ears !!!

photo. Mikołaj Molenda

…

Puerto Escondido is a small town where  the nature is wild like in the jungle…

photo. Adam Tarasiuk

 

…

Local surf spot ‘mexpipe’ where waves are violent but with a perfect ‘barrel’ shape !!!

photo. Mikołaj Molenda/Kuba Lubniewski

Eventually, I was surfing too and

photo. Adam Tarasiuk

and surfing

and fighting with waves…

or being kicked out from them…

Now once again it’s the end, and time to go back to reality… From Monday I have to go back kitesurfing  :D

Bye Bye Mexico, hope to be back SOON!!!

photo. Adam Tarasiuk

 

More info about the place you can find on surf-mex.com and surfround.com

 

xxx

Karolina

SUNSET SESSIONS

Kitesurfing for me it’s not only about full power action and difficult tricks…

I have also a big opportunity to enjoy a beautiful nature and enormous spaces that surround kite spots all around the world. In Cape Town, you can find plenty of different environments and beautiful views that are one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. One of it, is the Table Mountain, in my opinion, the view is more impressive from the bottom of the mountain than from its top.

There is a district called Table View where you can kite with a beautiful Table Mountain in a background :) but what is more impressive there… are the sunsets,

they make everyone saying WOW, this view is amazing…

KAROLINA & KUBA W

TUTU FOR GIRLS

Everybody asks me why, why and why I ‘ m wearing my pink tutu…

The answer is simple…

Because it’s pink, fancy and feminine :)

and it bounce when I  jump

and it turns when I spin !!!

Girls, don’t wear boardshorts, they are designed for guys !!!

Karolina :p

LANGEBAANANANANANAN

So here I am… Still in cape Town :)

I have been kiting at the playground all the time and lazy to go somewhere else…

till the new 2012 PKRA calendar showed up, and I had realized that my clock is ticking and it’s getting closer to my first PKRA event in Marocco on the end of March… The end of freeride and fun sessions in tutu… Now it’s time for real TRAINING  in wetsuit and super strong killer wind !!! But with my new slingshot, I am finally ready to hit overcrowded beaches :)

So we decided to go to famous Langebaan, for … fishing ?

… and kiting on a different spot with choppy …

and super gusty wind…

South Africa has this attitude that every beach you go, kite conditions are different … with different strength and wind direction, water temperature from 14′C in Atlantic ocean to 25′C in lagoons, big or small waves, flat, choppy, blue, green or even brown water. You can find everything you need and what mostly suit you…

That is why we all love SA (I will miss you during the looooong competing year)

Lekker

Karolina