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Nitro City Panama

This place is insane.  After the hour long drive from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) in Panama City, the first signs of Nitro City came into view.  First up was the Motocross track, built by Travis Pastrana himself, and right behind it, one of the biggest kiting slicks I have ever seen.  Now I was excited, flat water is at the top of the list of things I look for in a good kite spot.  We continued down the road towards the tip of Punta Chame,  and arrived at the Hotel.  I couldn't believe what I was seeing, a beach front hotel with a bar and grill, pool, hot tubs, arcade, skatepark, mini bike track, and a two tower cable system.

Our first day there we woke up early and drove about a half hour north to a sick surf spot called Tits, and it was tits.  I surfed for like 5 hours just lapping perfect waist to shoulder high lefts.  After passing out in the car on the way back.  I was just refreshed enough for the start of our first kite session in front of the hotel.  As the tide rolled in kickers started to form off the point at the perfect angle to load into.   We rode for a bit then hit the restaurant, Nitropolis, for a burger and beers.  Live music was jamming, kegs were flowing, and Norman was kicking my ass with Buffalo.  Then the lights came on and the Cable session was under way.  I was pretty faded but riding fucked up is nothing new to me.  Only had one close call when I went for an air trick and ended up on the ground under the lounge deck.  All good though.  We finished off the night with some more beers and a Big Buck Hunter tournament.

The rest of the trip was pretty much a blur of sick riding and partying.  We got to ride behind a boat in the Panama Canal which was irie and I rode a dirt bike for the first time.  I'll definitely be returning to Nitro City every windy season (Jan-April).

Triple S Day 1

Up High in Utah

I had alot of fun riding in Utah this year.  Lots of parties, good friends, and crazy air.
http://slingshotsports.com/2012/03/utah-2012/

Bridge Rail Session

Spent a month in Florida hitting up some cable parks and filming with Billy Parker.  This is a video from one of our sessions.  Shot by Sean Carmicheal

Video - Weaponized

Fresh vid from Slingshot, little compilation of most of the features I got to hit this year.

My First Slingshot Ad

I've always wanted to be featured in a Slingshot ad. Finally after nine years of riding hard here it is. My man Lance Koudele and I synced up for this shot during the 2012 Slingshot Photo Shoot in the Hood River, OR. On this day there was no wind in Hood so we drove like 3 hours to a place called 3 Mile. The wind was light and fluky when we first went out so I took a 13m, but as the sun started going down the wind strength increased (still fluky as shit). Lance set up on the pier so I was able to jump pretty close to him and still have time to avoid the beach after landing (barely), but if the kite went down it would for sure be on the rocks. Shymac held this huge ass bulb flash that pretty much lit up like the sun whenever Lance pulled the trigger. I looked into it a few times and had to land in a haze while my pupils re-dilated. The hardest part was getting close enough to the flash while maintaining solid power in the kite since the shore line was disturbing the wind. Usually I wouldn't be very stoked with a Raley shot but the lighting and scenery in this shot is one of a kind, gonna be hard to top this one. Watch out for the video coming out from the whole Hood River Shoot, should drop sometime before New Years. Peace.