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Date of birth: 30/3/1988 0:0:0
Height: 178
Weight: 73
Years of experience: 5
Lives in: Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands
Favorite spot: Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Has kited in: Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Cabo Verde, Dominican Republic, Canarisch Islands, Australia, U.S.A., Italy, Canada, Hawaii, Greece, Brazil and more...
Kites because: I kite because I can let go all my feelings in it and I can do it as aggressive as i want, just loving this sport...Like to be on top of the game with my buddy Aaron Hadlow and take the Freestyle to another level each time we ride!
Dislikes: Olives and Pikkels...blehh!!!
Listens to: Music...music is what keeps me going when I知 on the road, where ever I am I always feel home when I listen to my ipod!! I listen to all kinds of music but I love Techno, It gives my life a little more action! Also Faithless, Coldplay, Gentleman, Alien ant Farm and all kinds of other shit can be found on my ipod!!
Occupation: I finished my school, that was the first thing my dad said to me when I got hooked on kiteboarding...First school then kiting!! So I did that and then fully concentrate on my thing, kiteboarding!! So right now I知 professional kite surfer and got my sponsor behind me in the right way...
Gear
Which kites do you use?
The killer Slingshot 2007 FUEL
Why do you use The killer Slingshot 2007 FUEL kites?
I ride the Slingshot kites because, Slingshot is supporting me all my career so I知 used to their kites and love to work with them. The Fuel 2007 fits in my performance very well it's good for my style. Powered, Technical, Fast/Smooth, Durable and really aggressive...I think it's the only kite that can handle me...the other ones will be broken in a session!!
What's your favorite kite size?
In 2007 things has changed a little for me, I found a different way of kiting for myself!! Right now I love to go out when I am lit on my 7 meter...Tony Logosz, the kite designer of Slingshot we worked a lot together this year to make some sick kites!! And the small sizes are so insane, my 7m is the most smooth kite ever... So whenever it's 35 knots I値l be smiling...It's just different if you fly 10 meter far or like 50...I just love to go MASSIIVE!!! My other sizes are made well too and perform perfect in lighter wind...All my kites have a little bigger wingtips than last years and they stay so stable in the sky!! With my 73 kilograms I only need till 13 meter otherwise it's not windy anyways!!
What board brand do you use?
Custom Brunotti Boards...
Why do you use Custom Brunotti Boards... boards?
Brunotti is supporting me from the start so I am really used to their boards and know Jinne Sietsma(shaper) for quite a while now. We've made quite a few boards so he exactly knows what I like in my boards and tunes them to perfection!! Every now and then we try some new materials or something and he always finds sick ways to make new stuff...Really enjoy working with him!!
What's you favorate board / size?
My favorite board on this moment is for sure my custom Pro-X...It's about 125x39 with a double concave and pretty straight outline, flat rocker and it pops as a crazy ******
Style
Adrenaline driven, with only 2 brain cells left!!! I just ride however I want to, and that's aggressive, powerful and technical. Also I don't give a shit I don't mind crashing and had a couple of those in my career but whatever comes up in my mind I try to pull as hard as I can...It can be dangerous sometimes...But till so far it helped me out very well in competitions and free riding, people like to watch me ride and I like to show off!! So all good...
Favorite trick
....hmmm don't think I致e got a specific favorite trick, really anything that I pull off as it is hard, high, fast, powerful, crazy then I like it...it's just about the feeling I get, when I get yanked throughout the air...
New trick
Tricks always need perfection and there always need to come new tricks...So right now I知 just training in really strong conditions so I can control everything when it's going 100 miles an hour and still try to land...My moves are getting bigger and bigger but with that bigger, bigger crashes come too...So need to stay healthy and stretch a lot...We'll see...
General
Advice
First take a lesson at a professional kite school that is I.K.O certificated...Then keep your brain there with you and listen properly, next time you need to do it alone...It's fun when you know what you're doing...So go out there with a lesson and get to know what you want to do...Keep in mind, Mother Nature can be a Bitch sometimes!!
Anything else?
Don't talk about it just show your shit...!!! Pick up your lessons in time!!! Live life how it goes, don't put to much energy in changing things it can be badly, just pick it up and take it...once you go it will be all good! AAAAAAAAAAdrenaline Driven for lifetime! PEACE and Mellow out...
Le site de Ruben http://www.rubenlenten.com
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