Kurt Robertson checking in from New Zealand!!â€
The Final Update from New Zealand… March 09
The southern hemisphere season started off in Mid Nov in Austarilia coaching some of their top junior riders and is now wrapping up back in Oz, but this time on the Goldie surfing with some buddies.
It has been a very busy season with coaching clinics held in conjunction with Wakeboard New Zealand and Mastercraft. My time has been split between the islands which gives me the opportunity to get to as many riders as possible. Sixteen different locations in total to coach.
My little team of grommets have done well above expectation with the highlights being Talor Walters and Sophie Schollum successfully defending their Nationals Titles and Seth Robinson taking 2nd in Groms in his first ever nationals. My Nationals went really well with my 3rd consecutive Masters National title.
Although the season was my busiest yet, I found a great balance and spent time with family, friends and surfing. After spending so much time away from Nz in the past 10 years, it becomes harder to leave each year. But this Northern hemisphere looks promising with a trip to Acapulco already on the cards for April.
The end of my NZ stay finished up with just enough time after Nationals for one more WNZ clinic and a couple of days with adults near Rotorua. Making approx 80 different people coached over the summer but with most doing more than one day.
From the Gold Coast I head back to Florida where I will get one weeks rest before I head to Acapulco for a week long clinic with the Mexican wakeboard association, WakeMex.
