Kurt Robertson checking in from Mexico!

Two weeks in Mexico

The past two weeks in Mexico with my girlfriend Carla have been quite possibly the most interesting weeks of our lives. It was filled with coaching, riding, eating, adventure and a lot of crazy.

It started off on a beautiful lake in Acapulco where I coached for the Mexican Wakeboard association. Seven students in all on the flattest lake you could ever see. It was located about 200 meters from the ocean and so we rented a beach house to enjoy the perfect life, Salt and fresh water.

Lunch times were spent body surfing and evenings spent in one of our two pools. Acapulco was great and I can’t wait to return there next year for an even larger and longer clinic. After the clinic we head to Bonfil for some surfing and relaxing on the beach.

Next Carla and I headed to Teques for a couple of nights with WakeMex President Marcos Torres. The time was well spent sleeping in and hitting the lake for some wake surfing to beat the heat. I can’t imagine there are too many places hotter than Teques.

The second week was suppose to be spent in Mexico City hitting Museums and being the good boyfriend.. But on our first night Marcos called us from Hidalgo where he was a part of a government funded expedition through the province. Of course we were keen to join in even though I had no real idea of what I was getting into. I didn’t even have my board, but after a quick couple of phone calls, a local shop had leant me a LF board and boots and we were off.

We were picked up from the city by the crew and headed to Pachuca, Hidalgo. We were greeted by the director and it was only then I got a clue of how massive of a production was going on. There were Trophy Baja truck racers, Freestyle, 4 Wheeler and Enduro Moto riders and Marcos and myself on the wake side of it. A convoy of approx 15 vehicles.

They were making a two hour show on an expedition across the area to promote it by using extreme sports. It involved going to insane locations with 5 am breakfast calls and not getting back till 9pm each day. On the second day in St Christo we were taken to the most insane lake that had never had anything on it other than the local fishing boats. It was so far out that after 3-4 hours of trying we couldn’t get the boat in. So we just flipped a fishing boat on the side of the river and got pulled over it by a 4 wheeler moto.

A trip of this magnitude was a first for me, A lucky opportunity that saw us staying in a 300 year old castle eating awesome food and going to locations that I should never have seen. We could never have done it without your initial support and backing. Thank you very much.

I am now back in Clermont where I will spend 3 days sleeping before I head on the next trip to Waco, Tx and Leon Mexico.

I hope this finds you safe and well, will keep you updated on the next adventure.