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| Foto: Sandi Bertoncelj |
Today is five months, since my last post, many things had happened in that time:.
When the season ended for me I had to burry myself in school work and even though my presence in school was only 51%, i finished it in time without any problems.
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| Longboarding |
After school i went to Amsterdam for a week with my family and it was a great start of summer holidays, unfortunately i didn't take my kite with me, just one reason more to visit netherlands again next year.
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| Above the clouds |
A week after Amsterdam i participated at the first Bohinj lake SUP race. It was an interesting and fun experience. For me the race started already in Kranj, cause i was pretty late. Luckily i managed to get there in the last seconds before riders/skippers meeting. A few minutes before the start i stood up on a paddle board for the second time in my life, paddled to the start, where all the other riders were. I got a spot in the middle of them and when the judge gave a sign for start, everyone started paddling and someone from my/fun category hit my board with his paddle, i lost balance and fell into the water. That took me to much time and when i started paddling again, i was on the last place. Even though, i paddled as hard as i could and i managed to overtake some riders, so i didn't end up on the last place. From that race, i respect all the stand up paddle athletes even more, cause it's not as simple as it looks from the shore. I have already decided, that i will attend one or two SUP races again next year.
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| Foto: Marko Notar |
Unfortunately, we didn't go to Greece as usual, cause of the situation there, which was wrongly presented by media. We went to Pelješac, where the wind should blow quite often and actually the first week there wasn't bad at all. Training early in the morning, then some swimming and computer work and in the afternoon kiteboarding was perfect, but unfortunately it lasted only one week and in the next ten days wind became just an illusion. Luckily many friends were at Pelješac at the same time, so it was a bit easier to spend days without wind, but still pretty boring. This year even Manca Notar - (slovenian professional stand up paddle athlete, if you maybe don't know) and her family spent two weeks at Pelješac. I have already known her before, but not so good and in that week before they went home, i had spent some time with her, heard some stories from her career, saw some of her trainings and realised that she is a real fighter, the most positive and hardworking woman i knew and i really respect her. I also met her parents and they are just as kind and positive as Manca and i really can't find one bad thing about them. Manca gave me some advices for stand up paddling, showed me rock running, which is a really amazing way of training and thought me how to look at things from a different perspective. The thing that surprised me a bit and i respect the most is that Manca’s family isn't even a little bit condescending, like many families of successful athletes.
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| Rockrunning |
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| Awesome road at Pelješac |
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Golden hour
Foto: Sandi Bertoncelj
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| Morning view from the Pelješac highest peak |
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| Kiteloop fun |
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| Cruising around with sister |
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Black & white
Foto: Sandi Bertoncelj |
The days at home passed by quick, i spent them mostly on a mountain or on a road bike and two weeks before the holidays were over, i went to Premantura with friends, for some cliff diving. Years ago, when i was an alpine skier, we trained in Premantura for a week, every year, we had a track in the woods between trees, reminding a little bit on a ski cross course and i was really surprised when i found it during the morning run through the forest.
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| Blueberry hill |
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| Cliff diving at Kamenjak |
Summer holidays ended a lot faster than expected, but luckly September and October passed by pretty fast and that means winter is just around the corner & yesterday we returned from Hintertux, where we spent first four days on snow this season.
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| Špan invitational |
