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Snowkiting – Red Bull Ragnarok

jeroen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:55:30 +0000

We got invited to the Red Bull Ragnarok which is the worlds toughest snowkite endurance race. As you probably know, Azza and I like a challenge.

But this was a whole new vibe we had to adopt. Snowkiting was totally new to us and wearing so much gear it’s way harder to move than when you’re just wearing boardies. The gloves made it hard to hold the bar while you’re unhooking but it made me focus on jumping big more…So all was good!!

Susi was joining us as well which was great fun. She nailed a gnarly wipe-out when she tried to jump of one of the cliffs. She’s got some balls tho, it was all icy and rocky but she still went for it.
Anyways, at the day of the race there were more than 100 contestants that showed up to the start. The Ragnarok area is known for it’s unpredictable and often changeable weather conditions. And it was no different this day…It was a nice calm morning, but as soon as the start signal went, the snowstorm hit us properly.
Trust me it was a total mess, I was being used by my kite to get dragged along for a while…Which got pretty scary at some parts of the route I took…Big icy walls and drops made it too hard for me to continue and my ankle was soar as F, so I just quit.
Azza wasn’t too stoked on the conditions either and gave up quite soon after me too…
The goal was to do a lap around five buoys that form a round of around 20km. And you had to do that five times…So in the end you’ll be exhausted anyway!!
Susi made one lap on her four meter which was sick.

All in all, Norway is great fun and I’m definitely going for another snowkite experience sometime next year. Maybe jump of a 1km high cliff, I’m in, and you know it.

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OTL in the snow!!

jeroen — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:22:07 +0000

Our trip to Norway was an absolute blast, Aaron, Susi and myself were not that familiar with snow yet…But after doing some nice faceplants and crashes we got the hang of it…It was good to learn some new stuff and definitely a highlight of the trip was jumping down some mountains.

Going uphill with your kite is sooo much fun, and then you’re on top to get some speed and just jump all the way down. Such a sweet feeling when you move the kite around aggressively. You create some kind of little freefall and get closer to the rocks…Risk is always fun to keep focused!!

Anyways, check out the episode and the photos below to get a nice impression of our trip to Norway!

In the next episode you’ll see how we all did in the endurance snowkite race.

Peace out and catcha soon.

Ruben

Red Bull Ragnarok Day 1 from Morten Gjerstad on Vimeo.

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Dom. rep. – NL – Norway

jeroen — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:58:47 +0000

In episode number five we’ll take you to the Dominican Republic. Aaron got invited by Susi Mai to ride on her new rail with some friends…They build the rail themselves, and there’s definitely some fun hits in there.

Aaron needed to go for some stitches due to a cracking pipe which cut his toe open. Oh well, he probably deserved that anyways

I will be training hard to get my fitness level up and get my ankle strong again. Super motivated to come back and ride hard again…Ppffff!!

We’ll hit the snow in Norway where we jump of some fun cliffs and later on in the next episode we’ll compete in a tough endurance race.

Check it out and enjoy that stuff.

Gnarly situation in Cape Town!!

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:51:16 +0000

Cape Town, South Africa must be one of the best places for me to spend some time… This was the 5^th winter I spend three months down there, it’s got the right wind conditions, the right weather, good food, good wine, fine ladies and just a mellow atmosphere where you don’t have to worry too much about rules and laws.

Not that I love doing illegals, but it’s just so easy to drive to a sick spot a few hours away, but quick. J Makes life easier for sure…Azza’s got his sick Range Rover sport down there so that gets some good usage too. Compared to video games, it’s pretty sweet!! Haha…

This year was different for me though, I wasn’t able to ride. Instead, I had a surgery…I needed to get my left ankle fixed up. All the cartilage was just worn out by all the poundings over the years and it was bone on bone.

That’s a gnarly situation when you’re young and you want more…I took some time off and focused on staying fit and enjoyed other things like dj’ing a bit.

Anyways, Aaron was busting out some sick moves again…In straps and in boots, even on the cable he was throwing down like a pro.

It was suffering for me to watch all of that without getting any action myself. But at least Azza was having a great time and my motivation meter got cranked way up.

Check out the new episode and the pics.

Laterzz.

Rubes

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New Caledonia PKRA World Tour event

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:23:15 +0000

Our mission was to get to the PKRA World Tour event in New Caledonia, from Fortaleza, Brazil. After a good 40hr travel we finally got there…

I wasn’t too stoked about the whole trip anymore as we had some film shoot lined up and I wasn’t able to ride. Harsh deals…

For Aaron, who was on a mission to secure his 6^th World Champion title the trip was good fun. He had been to New Caledonia before and met up with some friends.

I cruised along and enjoyed the vibe of New Cal for sure. What place…

Tom Hebert, one of our mates who lives there helped us to get a local touch of the island and took us surfing.

Aaron’s luck in the competition didn’t go so well, he had some trouble with his board not feeling too good. So no 6^th title for Aaron, and time to take a break from the whole competition side of life.

Azza’s On The Loose with Ruble Duble, traveling the globe to live life and ride hard.

Check out episode #3 NOW!!!

Peace!

Ruben

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Hitting up Brasil

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:47:12 +0000

On The Loose is rolling smoothly with new episodes. Now #2 is here…

This time you’ll see Azza and me on a trip to Brazil. Aaron is rocking out some moves while I busted my ankle…

Luckily Riki and Gigi from Pro Kite Brasil had the perfect set-up to get some chill time in.

It was a big bummer for me as it was the start of my trip around the globe with Aaron. First Brazil, then New Caledonia onto Cape Town.

Harsh deals traveling around the globe with all your surf gear with ya and not be able to shred.

Oh well, I had enough time to get my mind on some other things!

In the end, everything happens for a reason.

I hope you enjoy this episode, check back regularly as we’ll have our latest pics and travel stories up.

Make sure to check out Red Bull TV too.

Peace out and spread the love.

Ruben

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”NEW” Episode for OTL Season Two is Here!

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:13:59 +0000

Season Two of On The Loose has finally found it’s way to the web!

After the great success of last years web-based episodes from On The Loose, the project has now grown bigger.

I’m proud to say that we’ve actually made it to television with seven, 26 min episodes. It has started broadcasting on ServusTV in German speaking territories like Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

Now we’ve cut the 26 min episodes down into shorter webisodes so we can feed you guys new stuff every week.

It’s well exciting for me to see how this project has grown and got more and more professional. With the help from Red Bull Media House we’ve been able to improve our filming and really create some storylines.

On The Loose is here to show you a little behind the scene stuff of things we get up to and have to deal with as pro-kiteboarders.

It’s mainly my best buddy Aaron Hadlow and me rocking around the globe, but more and more you’ll see other riders like Susi Mai, Bruna Kajiya and others interact with OTL.

It is a tv-series, so it’s not an internet movie filled with action. It’s more than that to keep people outside the sport interested as well.

We’ve shot plenty of footage so for sure we’ll hit you guys up with highlights when the time is right. Until then, enjoy and spread the love…

Oh and make sure to check out Red Bull TV.

Check out the pictures of the trip down below…

Peace!

Ruben

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On The Loose Season 2 takes off!

jeroen — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:18:44 +0000

Who are you?
Who am I or who are we?!
We are On The Loose, I know it has been a while since we updated last. The wait hasn’t been for nothing, I can promise you that!
We have been busy creating a new website but more importantly, we’ve been working to get kiteboarding to a more mainstream audience.
We believe that our sport has the potential to grow huge.
Not only the sport, but especially the lifestyle that comes with it. J

On The Loose has made it’s progression that I was hoping for, we’ve got our first new episodes of OnTheLoose 2010 on television. Episodes of 26 minutes are now in the make.
For now it will be broadcasted in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

You can check the live streaming of the first episode on ServusTV.
The first show was on Saturday the 29th of May at 22.15.
There will be a new episode every Saturday.

Check it at servustv.com

The 26min episodes will be cut down in wepisodes to show you all of it here.

So now that we’ve got lots of new videos, photos, blog and trips coming up on this website make sure you check back regularly.

Stay tuned and keep looping…
Peace!
Ruben

Still knocking and rocking in SA!

jeroen — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:13:06 +0000

Here’s another episode of On The Loose in Cape Town.
My freaking gear got stolen out of my car, everything gone…
Around 15.000 Euro’s of shit gone, gone and more gone!! :S

Stupid they stole my gear, there’s Red Bull and Mystic all over that Fuel.
I hope they choked on it or somebody choked them for it!!
But I had all my gear set to my favorite settings, especially my bar I put a wholo lot of loving in…and to get that back I had to tune in some new gear.
I’m a bit clumsy with that stuff so Slingshot’s one and only Amery Bernard aka ‘Dirty Hippie’ helped me out once again…

We’ll also show you some Cape Town scenery…
Aaron will head to Langebaan with Ryan Gaw to capture the last sesh in SA for this trip.

I learned a lot in the last few months and this will help me to get my shit together better and better.

So keep on watching and supporting, then we’ll be able to grow bigger.

I’m On The Loose and ready to capture new shit.

Be patient, keep smiling, enjoy life and rock whatever you are doing hard!!

Peace out!
Ruben

The hand that rocks the cable… Wake style!

jeroen — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:57:30 +0000

Episode 5 is all about wake style. We visited the awesome South African National Wakeboard at Blue Rock. Hard core cable action with the best riders made us work a little harder!..

It is the first time the event is held here and a lot international riders joined us here.

Great action in a spr atmosphere

Peace
Len10