Category: Life

The Psycho 3 came on for the first time this fall in Spain. Getting cooler…

 

Done filming 10 tricks! I’m stoked on how the material turned out and now Jose is about to edit it until next weekend. I’m super excited to see it so I have to pace myself 😉

Besides from wakeboarding we spent some time on shooting a bit of yoga. I can’t believe how big of an impact yoga has had on my life recently. The things I learnt about myself in my 10 days of bikram yoga stretches wide and even when I’m on my wakeboard I can relate the feelings I feel on the yoga mat.

We have so many thoughts in our heads limiting us, telling us that we aren’t strong enough, that we are scared, that we can’t do it. We have to break free of the image we have of ourselves in order to achieve what we really want. You are so much more than you think and you can do so much more than you think you can. Whenever those voices start telling you to stop cause you are not good enough just acknowledge that they exist but give them the finger.

Some inspiration for you while I’m having breakfast (:

Working on 10 tricks with Jose filming today. Super excited since all the other edits he has done (I posted the one with DC before) have looked amazing! He has some great ideas to my intro too so let’s see if I can land all the 10 tricks I want on film (:

Here is one of the 10 tricks Jose just released with Dylan:

 

A few days ago I got my invite for the World Cup stop in Indonesia, a few weeks from now. I’m really happy since I missed the last stop in Australia due to my appendix operation but wow is the line up crazy this year! It’s going to take a lot of effort to make finals since pro’s like Amber Wing, Nicola Butler, Raimi Merritt, Bec Gange and Sian Hurst are going to be there. I’m really excited to be one of the 10 invited girls to go and I’m very stoked to train for the contest. Also now writing this I’m really nervous since I really want to do well in this contest. One fun thing about this is that I’ve started to throw tricks I normally would be too scared to throw (like raleys). It’s true what my fellow BetSafe teammate Marcus Zyrken Gustafsson’s picture states below:

Today I achieved something I’ve been wanting to learn ever since I got my first wakeboarding video (Wakeboarding 101 on VHS). It has taken me about 4 years of trying it once a year and killing myself every time. Then having to wait another year to stoke myself up to try it again. I finally landed a raley behind the boat!! The trick isn’t that technical it’s just really a mental thing for my part. I’ve been doing it off the cable for a bit but the boat always seems so scary. I’ve been stalking videos of very talented rider Sasha Christian from Singapore, since she does a perfect one and trying to copy her.

So happy right now, heading out to dinner with my favorite crew! (:

Sasha in a raley

 

For amazing wake shots of my fellow team mates and wake updates join the DUP facebook page here: LINK. I’m proud to be the cover image if the page! (:

Two days of the water has made me try a lot of things to not get bored, including painting my nails (which will get ripped my first set back on the water). Copying O’Neill Surfer Girls Bree Kleintop and Sage Erickson and their anti bullying campaign. Check out the O’Neill Girls Blog to read more.

I can’t stop riding! Having so much fun with Dylan, DC, Andres and Becky here and Ride every day! I’ve ridden so much my blisters on my heels has turned into bleeding wounds so today I’m planning on letting my body rest. It’s hard with the perfect conditions and the progression of my riding though!

Right now we have a bunch of German kids at the camp and wow are they progressing. Even though I don’t speak a word of German and they speak very little english one of the guys tried his first tantrums (back flip) a few days ago. Yesterday, he landed it and this is a 10 year old with no fear. They are so cool in the boat cheering for each other and riding with big smiles on their faces. I love having them out even though my coaching with them consists mostly of sign language. The new wakeboard generation will be crazy, there’s no saying how far they will go!