Len10 MegaLoop Challenge - Waiting Period starts today!

Ruben Lenten showing the plebs how to MegaLoop (Photo: Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar)

Every summer Ruben Lenten (NED), professional Kiteboarder and King of the MegaLoop, descends on Cape Town for the prime summer and wind conditions. This year sees Ruben, together with his friend and fellow Kiteboarder Aaron Hadlow, challenge 24 amateur kiteboarders to compete in the LEN10 MegaLoop Challenge in Big Bay, Blouberg .  

Big air equals a big score.

 

“A megaloop is when you go full circle with the kite – right through the power zone. As judges, Aaron and I will be looking at the style, height, length, enthusiasm and speed each kiteboarder executes their MegaLoop with”, says Ruben.  

In true kiteboarding tradition the best wipeout will be also rewarded. As the competition requires wind speeds upwards of 30 knots a window period from the 16^th to the 26th February 2012 has been secured to ensure optimal wind conditions. (

The Captain's Tip - conditions look amazing for Friday 17th!)

The winner on the day will take home R10,000 and a photo shoot with renowned action sports photographer Craig Kolesky. 

 

Eager challengers are encouraged to head to www.redbull.co.za for more information.

 

Ruben Lenten (NED) was just twelve years old when he took up the sport of Kiteboarding. With no kiting schools around in the early days of the sport, Ruben had to learn the hard way – taking four long months of crashing and swimming back to shore to get up (and stay up on the board). Once he got the hang of it he knew that this would be a way to express himself and started riding as much as he could. Soon, at the age of 14, a coach (Former Dutch National champion, Steph de Jong) and a sponsor recognised Ruben’s talent. This gave him the opportunity to start travelling and developing skills faster. Within three years he competed on the highest level and was the Number 2 Kiteboarder in the world – second only to one of his now best friends, Aaron Hadlow. In 2005, Ruben took top honours in Red Bull King of the Air in Maui, Hawaii where he competed in the big air format against his legendary watersports athlete Robbie Naish, and defeating Robbie right on his home turf. Right before the start of the 2006 World Tour, Ruben had a serious crash leaving him injured and unable to compete in the first few events of the tour. With him unable to score points to keep his ranking, he decided not to compete but rather focus on freeriding and finding new challenges. Since then his focus has remained on, as he puts it, “doing some pretty gnarly tricks with my kite”. He’s all about big air and loves riding in the strongest winds. “I’m pretty stoked to have kiteboarding as my job. The ocean is my playground, what more could I ask for?” Ruben is dedicated to pushing the sport and developing kiteboarding gear as much as possible, all while doing some pretty extreme stuff on his kiteboard. 

Follow Ruben Lenten on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RubenLEN10 and on 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/RubenLEN10. 

His new website www.rubenlenten.com will be live soon with more crazy action, stay tuned!

Captain Kai's World Show 19 - www.2ov.fm

This was how I wanted to start the new year on air. I played some old school rock favorites and had a great bunch of guys in as guests. Craig Kolesky, fresh from the North Shore shooting with Jordy, Tyrone Rawlins, who brought his and a few other's predictions for the ASP Tour in 2012 and Kitesurfing legends and top riders, Aaron Hadlow and Ruben Lenten, who also brought some tunes. Pizza, beers, laughs and good discussions, like the secrets to flying international with 80kg of luggage.

Download Show 19 here - Podcast Show 19

Check out my guests on Twitter:
Craig Kolesky - http://twitter.com/CraigKolesky
Tyrone Rawlins - http://twitter.com/tyronerawlins
Aaron Hadlow - http://twitter.com/aaronhadlow
Ruben Lenten - http://twitter.com/rubenlenten (He promises to actually start Tweeting.)

Don't forget to support my sponsor - RVCA SA

Dungeons shows it's Teeth - The first proper session in 2011

Roosta charging Dungeons on the Paddle day. (Photo: KoleskyNikon)

The Cape big wave community are abuzz with excitement after the first real swell of the year pulled into Cape Town last week. It was not pretty, but there were definitely some decent and pretty large waves ridden by the Tow Crews. I am really looking forward to seeing some of the paddle sessions when they get posted. The Rebel Tv Big Wave challenge is on here and it's pushing the crews here to go for broke. Check out Dungeons looking angry below:

The second of the Rebel Sessions days was called at the Dungeons, Hout Bay on Sunday in the biggest swell to hit Cape Town this winter.

On a cold, wet and blustery Sunday the big wave surfers of Cape Town congregated at the Hout Bay harbor to launch their wave runners and head out for what turned out to be an epic day of big wave surfing with a couple of rides eligible for a share of the R110 000 rebel Sessions prize money.

Having been disappointed by a swell that never reached its predicted size last weekend the eight tow in crews who took to the water this weekend weren't going to let the wind, rain or freezing water keep them from the huge swells that were unloading at the Dungeons, and as the crews started buzzing around the backline it became clear that this was going to be a special day of surfing.

Captain Kai's World on www.2OV.fm - Podcasts for Show 1 and 2

Ok, I have been getting harrassed for the Podcasts to my first 2 shows and here they are.

First was show 1 with guests Warwick WOK Wright and Narch from PHFat.
Captain Kai's World Show 1 Podcast

Second was last night's show with guests Andrew "Roosta" Lange and Craig Kolesky.
Captain Kai's World Show 2 Podcast

Hope you enjoy, for those that missed out! Make sure not to miss the show every Monday from 8-10PM (SA Time). Thanks to RVCA and Nikon for prizes on the show.

Captain Kai's World on www.2OV.fm - Show 2 Tonight

That's right you lucky bastards, your favorite Action Sports blogger is going onto the airwaves. Thanks to the insanely clever and incredibly handsome guys at 2 Oceans Vibe Radio, I will be starting my new radio show on Monday Evenings from 8-10pm (South African Time.) The show promises to be a good laugh as I have guests from the worlds of Action Sports and Social Media, liberally garnished with raw rock and banging beats. The first show was a rocking success and we had a great time with Wok and Narch.

Show 2 Line Up:

Action Guest: Andrew "Roosta" Lange, Free Surfer, actor, blogger and "Unemployable".
Blog: Roosta's Pluck

Media Guest: Craig Kolesky, Action Sports Photographer for Nikon and Red Bull.
Blog:Craig Kolesky Twitter: @CraigKolesky

Interact with us on Twitter and WIN a R500 Voucher from the fine Folk at RVCA - just tweet us during the show and be sure to insert @RVCASA and @KapteinKai - I will choose the best message by the end of the show for the winner!

To tune in on the Interweb, via PC. Mac or Smart Phone, just click on the 2 Oceans Vibe link below:

www.2OV.fm