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http://throwitdown.com/profiles/paula-rosales.html

on the kiteboarding side of tingtings

Additional Props to

Hangin Kite Center Normeth and Nenette Graf

Neil Godbold, Willy Kerr, Stephan Hertig and Mars Gersbach

and my mom who thinks what am doing is crazy but silently proud of me.

FTW!

PKRA Thailand X Thai Wake Park X Bangkok : Thailand Love You Long Time

The Thailand Trip was insane!

Bruno Sroka who was also with us for the KTA in Boracay. We all came in on the same flight and got a nice deal for a huge van with a Teli heading to Hua Hin

not to mention my two hot kite mommas Normeth and Nenette of Hangin Kite Center who followed the day after...

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We got to Hua Hin really late so we had to drag our quivers to the comp area then look for our house which felt like forever since we we're traveling the entire day.

The wind in Hua Hin at that time was erratic, it's either hot and windless or windy and freezing with rain, so we kinda spent most of the PKRA days in the InterCon hotel poolside (chillin' like a millionaire. lol ) when the boys got knocked out from the double elims.

Kiting in Hua Hin is kinda tricky as the waves get big in the shore but it's fun to use them as kickers when you get a hang of it. Kite relaunching was death in the making

o well, i get kudos for experience.

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Two Weeks of pure fun and realizations and just some random quirky stuff

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in the PKRA Thailand it was nice to meet the girls in the kite hood.

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Thai food is amazinggggg but always say NO SPICY because it will still be spicy in the end

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Fried insects doesn't really taste different from crispy chicken skin but with matching little legs that kinda get stuck on your throat when you don't chew on them properly

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SamSam Bar in Hua Hin can be fun when your with the right people.

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Partying in Bangkok is expensive.

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Hotel Room AfterParties are always funny.

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Bangkok is a GREAT city; such a visual overload

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A PingPong Show is really disgusting, we were so horrified and regret seeing it. but hey.

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Anton and Mikey formed a band in Hua Hin Reggae Bar. and i was the first groupie!

It is a quaint little bar at the end of Hua Hin beach with really cool locals.

-Safety First-

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The obstacles at the Thai Wake Park are super smooth so i got to progress in my rail riding style a lot.

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Our HouseLady in the hostel is named MEOW and she cannot speak english

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Getting Lost with a great group is entertaining. especially if you don't have any Bhat money left to go home. hehe

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You'll probably find half of the pictures in this blogpost bizarre as most of these are related to our trip experience and inside jokes about it.

but here is a nice funbox sequence that Anton shot and edited for me.

Love You Long Time Thailand

Braiding hair while waiting for the wind

Choose your insect, Grasshopper or Fly or perhaps a worm?

living the life @ InterCon Hua Hin

QuickSilver/Roxy Concept store Hua Hin

Need for Speed

working on flexitime is always a good deal for me

but you know its gonna go crazyyy when all things happen at the same time.

ahhhh

i havent been posting stuff for a while and am sure you know the reason why.

same same over and over again.

but it's gonna be over soon so i have more time to process pictures, edit videos, create stuff and write my articles.

Today is the last day of KTA Boracay. There's gonna be a massive party too at hang out bar in Hangin Kite Center.

Should be really really GREAT.

The theme is Lady Gaga and the Rockstars.

hahaha. lets see whats gonna come up tonight with my lady gagaish outfit.

I did Course Racing for the first time ever. i never knew i'd enjoy it this much.

super fun!

Tomorrow i Fly to Thailand for The PKRA

and a lot of us are going there,

should be fun and a lot of work involved too!

Rediscovering the fun of racing <3

PS: i need a new quiver bag.

back to blind

I've been running around like a headless chickee AS USUAL

With this NEW and "GROWN UP" decision i made a couple of weeks back

my mood has been going up and down

and i just find myself staring at blanc spaces every so often.

In the previous post i was Derailed last january, for all the plans that didn't push through which created a domino effect in everything going on with my life right now

and currently suffering the consequences that it brought on my lap.

This lovely month of Feb, am blind. Literally blind on what lies ahead of me.

Though i really wanna do a backloop to blind in the kite right now as i am prepping up for

KTA Boracay.LOL

- sorry i jsut cant think of something more creative than this for now.

All my so-called creativity is being sucked up into one place right now and it's kinda driving me crazy.

**i really can't see the point how can companies want to keep their supposedly "creative" employees inspired when they wanna keep them clocked-in to a four wall space from 9-5pm 6 times a week. ** just wondering here a bit, and maybe somebody can give me an answer i can believe about this one.

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The wind has been very nice to me lately by staying at 15-20knots which is perfect for my Cabrinha SB 7m and good to practice stuff unhooked.

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For the last couple of days

at 7am i wake up for breakfast and try to squeeze in a sched before my ITC course starts at

around 830am and ends around 4pm when the wind usually dies and i cannot go practice anymore. Am missing out on my sunset sessions because of the pile of work on my lap (AM NOT complaining ok, am jsut sayin' :) ). Am missing out on a lot of parties lately because i have to get up early and usually to tired to function and dance.. i wish there are more hours in the day so i can do more stuff like hosting a dinner for some friends. <3

AM really glad i still made it to the ABC party

(hey am not missing out on an costume party around me)

but i went home early coz am tired so i only had pics to see how Fuckt everyone was.

i really missed a good one right there.

i received roses on valentines day

well at the end am stll very happy on where i am right now

PEACE, LOVE and PASSION

DeRailed Posting: January 2011

January is crazy!!! I don't even know where to start...

1. I Got my Hair color changed FINALLY. goodbye orange blonde hair. hello Ash Blonde.

I just hope it doesn't turn green or something after a few kite sesh.

2. My friend Kate and Noel got married after 5 years and 7months with each other. I still remember meeting kate on their first week together as a couple. <3>

3. Since i've been out of the water alot because of my knee i only go kiting for specials occassions like a day trip to union bay where it's less choppy which will give less impact for my knee.

4. And since am out of the water i've been in party rehab with all the other guys from room one and "Justin Beaver" A.K.A. Anton Lilljegren with the rest of the swedish french toast mafia - whatever that means to them.

5. Had fun organizing the parties again for the 22nd Boracay International Funboard Cup - the 80s party was crazy AS USUAL! and the fashion show was extra crazy cause on of the guys stripped in the end. haha.

6. I also went out kiting in my crayon costume and my friend's blue wig. It was sooo fun! But also kinda hard, i really didn't think it would be though.

There are also sad .. i mean LESS happy things that crossed my path last month

1. I didn't get to compete for the WWA 2011 because of my knee and my crazy ass schedule for january.

2. My shoulder is F*ckt. ahhhhh. NOTE TO SELF: unhooking in 30+knots is not a good idea.

3. My Kite is Broken :(

4. Am not gonna make it to thailand :(

5. My BRAND NEW 60D got wet and is not working anymore. i had to bring it to Canon and shell a lot of cash for the repair :(

- am really unlucky when it comes to electronics you know. i really don't get it. a few months back i broke my GoPro on my FIRST DIVE in Malaysia and now my 60D :(

-am on my 3rd or 4th G2 Iphone for the last 2 years. i really don wanna upgrade it because i know am just gonna break it or lose it along the road.

I've made a very grown up decision the other day which will change my life for the year. I actually saw it coming but i never thought i'd have to decide this month.

Crossing my fingers that am gonna survive this "change" am gonna do.

Ill tell you more about this in a separate post. For now am just really gutted and hoping that am doing the right thing.

o well, the sun doesn't stop shining. <3

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wow, i didn't realize how long my hair was.

I can see my red head self from where i was seated.

BOOM!!!! Thank You again David Salon

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Kate is the prettiest bride everrrr

She had a really really rad wedding and the reception set up was amazing.

am such a sucker for set deign/interior stuff am so amazed when i went in.

wedding turned grand reunion - so fun reminiscing about stupid stuff we did in college.

i kinda feel bad not staying for the after party, my stomach was hurting so much so i had to go :(

Union Bay here i come - Photos by Anny Barlow

fun trip turned sour when my camera broke :(