Category: Play

This section contains all items relating to my life outside of work including kiting, places i go, things i see and the things i want to share.

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21 Apr

Hello Goodbye

If you get envious, skip this..
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04 Apr

Go-Go Karting

Still the fastest geek on a track !!
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01 Mar

Egypt 2008 Quick Vid

Quick video of frontloop training and slams.
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28 Feb

Egypt 2008 - Kite Pics

Just the kiting photos, no pyramids.
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28 Feb

Egypt 2008 - In Words

Are you sitting comfortably, then I will begin.
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11 Feb

Crusty Demons

Footage finally online, ..shot on digi-cam.
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11 Jan

Atmosphere 08

All about this years kite festivals, ..Westward Ho ….
02 Jan

Where is my wisdom

Goodbye to the hangers on at the back of my mouth.
31 Oct

Trick or Treat..

Have we grown out of Halloween, …i think not.
24 Oct

I Pulled

never overtake undercover police at **mph on the wrong side of the road, ….on a zebra crossing. Even if you can justify it to yourself.
17 Sep

What Happened Next …Almost.

What happens when you kite loop too close to the shore, ..and groins.
28 Aug

Littlehampton lives again…

What a weekend, .. ..Have you ever stood there staring at a weather map on a friday afternoon ,..satellite images playing through their sequence, but which ever way you look at it there is just no forecast of wind, ..anywhere, ..not even when you extend your search to the other side of the channel. What do you [...]
22 Aug

Stressed in the South

Fat chance. I have just come back from a rather lovely trip to the south of France with benniboy. We hit up the southern town of La Franqui on the med coast after a lovely(!) 24 hour drive, (via the crazy Norman Foster Bridge). ..and for 5 days we hit the lagoon that backs onto the sea, separated [...]
16 Jul

Finally, Evidence of the 360

I know only a few people actually believe that when we go kiting we actually do more than sit in the sun, get tanned and drink beer, …who knows where they think the injuries come from ?? But this weekend was different, …apart from getting the tide time wrong, being there at 8am for a [...]
04 Jul

I Am GRAICHEN

It would appear though that i am not the only one, .FaceBook has helped me uncover a number of other Graichens, ..mostly in Germany, ..but some also in th state whose parents emigrated, …. …but more worryingly i have found another Marcus Graichen, …only from a german version of friends reunited, and alas there is no [...]
09 May

Hello Goodbye Toronto.

As i sit here at Toronto’s Pearson airport, an airport with no shops, magazine stalls or anything other than a faux pub that smells of burnt panini’s, ..well, burnt something, and the sign says panini’s, I realise i have gone an entire holiday without a single post. I know not many people read this but for [...]
30 Apr

Life at it’s hardest

To prepare myself for the arduous task ahead as i get ready to jet off to Toronto for Shoot Toronto … ..which will of course be incredible, ..and the other side of the world, …which, if you find yourself the other side of the world is a big plus, ..otherwise, ..oops, .your screwed. ..anyway, …to prepare, of [...]
23 Apr

Really Tough Weekend

What an arduous weekend i have had, ..i got dragged out of bed at 4:30AM on Saturday and forced to sit in a car for 2 hours, …oh the pain, ..and then when i got there i all that met my eyes was this … …that and some lovely wind, and a brand new 10m Ozone [...]
12 Apr

Kites, Beaches and Sunshine

If i start a post with “I LOVE MY LIFE” ..then people might begin to resent me for being a smug bastard, ..so i won’t say it, ..i’ll let the pictures speak for me. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
12 Apr

BBQ and Bubbles

What a crazy bank holiday weekend that was, …thank you to my cooked meat hosts, ..the lovely mr and mrs pikey crate burning, lighter exploding, potato salad creating, ..and if the picture below is to be beleived, bomb making (oh how google will love to trawl that) hosts. If you enjoyed this post, make sure [...]