Kitesoul Magazine #4 English Edition

KS_Kiteboarding at Pipe, what were the emotions you had inthat day, making history in kiteboarding?RS_ The session with Keahi at Pipeline started off as just anothersession as it begun as nothing new. Pipeline has been kited manytimes before through out the years, but what made this sessionspecial was the quality of waves that were coming though. WhenPipeline gets windy, it’s from an onshore direction of wind that causesthe wave to go bad very quickly so the waves that you do catchat pipe do not really resemble anything close to a “pipeline wave”,but for some reason, this day the wind was slightly more sideshoreallowing for a few “diamonds in the rough” to come through.The main feelings that both Keahi and I had were not from the conditionsthemselves, but rather the fact that we were on the famousstretch of beach with almost every pro surfing in the world stayingat one of the beach houses in front of the wave watching us withabout 100 tourist that were also on the beach…KS_How is your relationship with Cabrinha, how you feel with theproducts and your team mates?RS_ I feel like I’m at home with Cabrinha. The fill their offices withgood people with a passion for kiteboarding. Everyone there aregreat people that work together well on both the office level as wellas the team level.. I always look forward to catching up with the peoplewho work in the office when I go to Maui as well as organizedteam shoots.KS_How do you feel about having a promodel surfboard in theline? How did you develop the Proto?RS_ I couldn’t be more stoked to have a pro model with Cabrinha.The Proto is the first pro model that I have ever had and am reallystoked with the first one in 2015. Pete and I went back and forth onwhat we felt the Proto should be, a board that works well for downthe line wave riding, but still usable for “strapless freestyle”. It’s agreat board that I’m stoked on and feel a lot of people will like it aswell.