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For how long have you been kiteboarding?
For 4 1/2 years.
How often do you practise and how long are your sessions?
I practise about 3-4 times a week (when not injured) and my sessions usually last 2-3 hours.
How do you approach/learn new tricks/moves?
Luckily I learn new tricks quickly compared to many others. Usually when I see a trick on a video or someone on the water doing a trick I simply try it until it works. But I don't really visualize it or do any other fancy stuff to get it right. Just a lot of practise and many crashes!
What about your injury?
I had a surgery on my knee last summer. The recovery went really well so after 4 months I was on the water and did a "Youri Zoon is back" video. My girl-friend Angela Peral and I went to Cumbuco/Brazil, Cape Town/South Africa and Tarifa/Spain for training. At the first tour stop of the PKRA Kitesurf World tour in Mexico I finished 4th with a torn ligament (which got torn in Tarifa). I was really happy with my result but had to do another surgery. So in March I had a surgery where the doctors put in a new ligament (!?). The surgery was a great success but my recovery will last another 1-2 months from now before I can kitesurf again. I visited some tour stops this year and did a bit of wave surfing on my own.
Isn't it frustrating to see all the other guys competing and ripping on the water?
Yes, but It's a mental thing. When you have such a severe injury you have to learn to become mentally strong. But I will come back on the PKRA World Tour next year.
What is your vision of kiteboarding? Where do you see kiteboarding in a few years from now?
I hope that course racing will become an olympic discipline. Freestyle is very unlikely to be at the Olympcis but I think if course racing makes it to the Olympic Games then the whole sport will benefit. Regarding the Freestyle I don't see any completely new developments or styles. I think Freestyle will simply get bigger, harder and faster.
If Kiteboarding makes it to the Olympics, would the sport maybe loose some of it's own style?
No, take a look at windsurfing. It's at the games but wave riding and freestyle have kept their unique nature and style.
What about your fellow Randy Hereman? He is injured, too.
Yes, Randy had a knee injury, too. But he already went to Brazil for training and will be back on the tour. I will come back as soon as possible and we will hopefully make 2009 the year of the Dutch riders ;-)
For how long have you been kiteboarding?
For 4 1/2 years.
How often do you practise and how long are your sessions?
I practise about 3-4 times a week (when not injured) and my sessions usually last 2-3 hours.
How do you approach/learn new tricks/moves?
Luckily I learn new tricks quickly compared to many others. Usually when I see a trick on a video or someone on the water doing a trick I simply try it until it works. But I don't really visualize it or do any other fancy stuff to get it right. Just a lot of practise and many crashes!
What about your injury?
I had a surgery on my knee last summer. The recovery went really well so after 4 months I was on the water and did a "Youri Zoon is back" video. My girl-friend Angela Peral and I went to Cumbuco/Brazil, Cape Town/South Africa and Tarifa/Spain for training. At the first tour stop of the PKRA Kitesurf World tour in Mexico I finished 4th with a torn ligament (which got torn in Tarifa). I was really happy with my result but had to do another surgery. So in March I had a surgery where the doctors put in a new ligament (!?). The surgery was a great success but my recovery will last another 1-2 months from now before I can kitesurf again. I visited some tour stops this year and did a bit of wave surfing on my own.
Isn't it frustrating to see all the other guys competing and ripping on the water?
Yes, but It's a mental thing. When you have such a severe injury you have to learn to become mentally strong. But I will come back on the PKRA World Tour next year.
What is your vision of kiteboarding? Where do you see kiteboarding in a few years from now?
I hope that course racing will become an olympic discipline. Freestyle is very unlikely to be at the Olympcis but I think if course racing makes it to the Olympic Games then the whole sport will benefit. Regarding the Freestyle I don't see any completely new developments or styles. I think Freestyle will simply get bigger, harder and faster.
If Kiteboarding makes it to the Olympics, would the sport maybe loose some of it's own style?
No, take a look at windsurfing. It's at the games but wave riding and freestyle have kept their unique nature and style.
What about your fellow Randy Hereman? He is injured, too.
Yes, Randy had a knee injury, too. But he already went to Brazil for training and will be back on the tour. I will come back as soon as possible and we will hopefully make 2009 the year of the Dutch riders ;-)
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