Name: Marten van Suylekom

Nickname: Martini van Salamailaikum

IKO license: 4430 level 2

From: Oosterhout, The Netherlands

How did you start kiting?: I started kiteboarding 6 years ago with my brother. We bought an old kite and a selfmade board, and went practising. Before that, we were always flying smaller kites on the beach, so it didn't take us long to learn it.

Why do you like kiting?: I like kiting because there are so many different kinds of styles you can use. You can go with a surfboard in the waves, go oldschool, just cruise around, or go hardcore wakestyle. I prefer wakestyle.

Competitions: 1st Russian O'Neill Kite Cup 2008 in Hurghada, with the freestyle amateurs, even though Im not Russian! yieuuueueuewwww

Other sports: wakeboarding and bit of snowboarding.

Kite adventure: Got a hole in my lip once from the inside up to the outside. happened with kiting!! scary!!!

RedSeaZone: I found out about RSZ once I was on a holiday in Egypt. I kept in contact with Red Sea Zone when I went home, and I'm working with them for 2 years now .

Beyond kite: Love to travel around, last year I've been to France, Italy and Australia. It's always good to come back to RSZ though.
I'm trying to play a bit of guitar as well, which keeps me busy!

Something from yourself: uhhh yes www.cabrinha.com greatest kites and boards on the market :)