Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition

Manel was running out of time to film his video, he was about
to leave Brazil and he needed an empty lagoon with no kiters
around. And so it was. No kiters and no people around, that
was not a secret lagoon, it was a ghost lagoon! So I decided
to go around naked because it was really funny being there
with nobody around, running and kiting with my Big George
swinging at the sun, hahaha! Then, I suddenly saw a group of
cows, I put the tripod in a good place, the cows looked at me,
we felt the love and we flowed together! It was another scene
that I didn’t decide. It was a great moment! No planning, no
cameraman, just me, the tripod and the cows. Unforgettable!
KS_And what happens when you fail a BJ5 attempt?
It depends on how close you are to the Blind Judge 5. You
can see the progression along the 3 episodes. In Egypt, Episode
I, I still hadn’t tried it very much. So, instead of a 540
degree rotation I did a 450 rotation, that’s a heelside edge,
board crossed to wind direction. A big crash, as if the board
gets stuck in the water and you get thrown backwards like
Indiana Jones whip. The result is a neck contracture, which
needs 2 days to recover. That’s nothing. In Episode II in Brazil,
I was more committed for the BJ5, my pop was harder so
I got higher with time enough to do a 540 degree rotation.
The heelside edge (and the flipping 2 days neck contracture)
disappeared from my life, the crashes were not so painful
anymore. I progressed on my Blind Judge 5 adventure! Then
the only thing I was focused on was to go higher and higher
so as to have more time to complete the rotation and catch