Airstyle - Strictly Hooked - DVD Diary

[Toby]

Boracay Day 1

Had a great session to warm up for Part 2 of the AIRSTYLE DVD and test the camera setups.. Have a sunburn, so no filming tomorrow, Friday we will start filming!

[Toby]

Boracay Day 1:

Wind: around 16 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Dyno 18
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

Back to filming! Getting used to the conditions and light with the new camera.
Wind not that strong, but good to get more tricks on tape!
Snapped my chicken loop after 3.5 hours so stopped filming for the day.

[Toby]

Boracay Day 2:

Wind: around 14 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Dyno 18
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

We started later today, around 10 am, since then the light is the best. The wind was weaker than the day before, and then dropped to very light...at least a few tricks have been filmed, including a new trick, the Board Throw 360 Transition.

[Toby]

Boracay Day 3:

Wind: around 20 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Dyno 18
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

Amazing conditions! What a great session! Started bad with lighter wind and a broken microloop, but then conditions turned out to be perfect. We filmed a lot of tricks, and I landed 6 new tricks!

[Toby]

Boracay Day 4:

Wind: around 18 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Dyno 18
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

Another good session on Boracay. Looks like we finished filming the transitions!
Landed two transitions I never did before: Kick Flip Transition and Double Kick Flip Transition.
About 25 tricks were filmed today!

[Toby]

Boracay Day 5:

Wind: around 17 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Rebel 16
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

Went out later today, since wind was too strong...dropped a lot by early afternoon, and we started to film. Unfortunately cloudy conditions but we managed to get quiet some good tricks on film.

[Toby]

Boracay Day 6:

Wind: around 15 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Dyno 18
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

Not the strongest wind, but sun was back and we filmed several tricks.
The latest update of the trick list is: total 508 tricks, 198 tricks still missing to be filmed...

[Toby]

Boracay Day 7:

Wind: around 11 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Dyno 18
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

Very light wind. but good enough to do some low stuff in the afternoon, when the sun was lower.

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Boracay Day 8:

Wind: around 15 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Dyno 18
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

Ok wind today, landed a kick flip 360 for the first time. We are up to 515 tricks...about 188 to go...

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[Toby]

Boracay Day 9:

Wind: around 15 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Dyno 18
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

Good session today with up and down winds, but still good to film some stuff that needs a bit less time in the air. Filmed 40 landed tricks, including new tricks: Front 720 Kick Flip and Front 720 Side Stretch T-Handle, as shown in the picture below.

[Toby]

Boracay Day 10:

Wind: around 16 knots
Location: Boracay Bulabog
Kite: Dyno 18
Lines: 25m
Board: Flyradical 128x38

Very good session today...full power for 4 hours. Landed some tougher jumps, and also 3 new tricks: Back 720 Grab Kick Flip, Back 1080 Kick Flip and Front 720 Handle Kick Flip!
Trick list update: 532 tricks in total, 173 to go...