Rarely, if ever have we seen such a display of Keystone Copishness to the approach taken by these people to fight a simple and small fire, yet some 20 hours later the fire still burns way out of control.

We sat helplessly and watched as the seat of the fire, some 300 meters from our house was left unchecked until it re-ignited and blazed its way up the mountain until it took such a hold that the fire itself is now some 1.5kms UPWIND from where it stared.

Utter disbelief that no one has been killed and not more property has been raised to the ground.

And why? Why did this happen? Cutting down sap filled trees on the hottest days of the year, not clearing away the fallen debris and then, are you ready for this…..SMOKING IN THE TINDER DRY ground!!!!!!! A group of whooping and yeharring cowboys chopping down trees whilst yelling and thumping their chests, it was incredible and shocking to watch

These are just some of the images I managed to take before it got really dangerous and night fell.

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Campeonato De Espana De Kiteboard

Lazyblueskies went on a 2500km road trip to bring you the latest selection of images from the Spanish Kite Pro-Am at Roses (on the Southern Boarder of Spain with France). The wind ranged from 2 knots to 52 knots and saw some awesome riding from Gisela Pulido and Jo Ciastula. Alvaro Oneiva arrived late to the competition due to travel arrangement and was forced to endure heat after heat with 3 minutes of rest before 7 minutes of hard riding. The images on the link below speak for themselves, and he won the Senior Males!! Gisela laid down some of the most incredible powered kiteloops which thrilled the eager crowd and saw her taking First place on the podium and a second place on the Racing Podium.

Newcomer to the sport and kiting for only 367 days, yes that’s 1 year and 2 days, Forest Bakker from Flexifoil International and Shapes of Tarifa showed just how much promise and talent he has both during the competition (when the wind was just shocking) and when the wind was gunning and he was just riding for fun. Definitely one to watch in the future.

Gabi from Kitec and Sam from Surfeador both in Tarifa were rescue cover with their super fast and highly manoeuvrable Thunder Cat Race Boats.

A surprise visitor to the event was the incredibly interesting Edurne Pasaban (World Record Holding Female Mountain Climber). Both herself and Gisela Pulido rounded off the event by throwing themselves out of a perfectly good aircraft for a Free-Fall Parachute that landed on the kite beach!!!

Enjoy the images and sign up for updates when we post more events.

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We are currently shooting for Aquapac at the Red Bull Kite Punks event at La Manga, Spain.

We are testing the new design of waterproof camera SLR bag and are waiting for wind to be able to get into the water and bring you some incredible up close images, like above.

The World Champions of the kitesurfing world are here like Aaron Hadlow, Ruben Lenten & Gisela Pulido to name but a few.

Forest Bakker finally got to meet Aaron and Ruben and got to show his latest ‘4EST’ movie that we have been filming. (as per below)

More images will be posted tonight and hot news - ‘Video feeds’ coming to this site soon!!!

‘Senior Spielbergo’ shows his latest movie!!

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Hi everyone

The last 10 days or so has delivered some incredible shoots for us ranging from capturing the World Wave Sailing Champions from both Kitesurfing and Windsurfing through to days when some of Tarifa’s legends all got back in the water at the same time for their first sail together in 8 years.

Tarifa has also been hit by some quite incredible storms and we were right there to capture these images. For the first time in nearly 20 years we have captured a piece of Tarifa’s history. Every photographer dreams of that ‘One Shot’, the one that everyone wants, well I shot 9 of them and I believe that I am privileged to have done so. These images are being mastered at the moment and will be available for purchase from M Rojas Photographic Processing in Tarifa, or directly from me.

Sizes will range from A4, A3, A2, A1 & A0, also we offer high quality prints, canvasses and a new type of hard backed high density foam print (incredible to hang on walls in any dimension or shape). Images will be available in fully mastered Colour, B&W and Sepia. Also a sequence option is available on all prints. Prices will start from 30 euros per print.

They really do look incredible close up. When you see them hanging on a wall, they stop you in your tracks with open mouths. These images are a true piece of history of what is rapidly becoming the World’s Busiest Watersports destination. Geographically this wave hit the exact southern most tip of Europe.

Best regards as always

Chris Skone-Roberts

Head Photographer

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A big storm front and low pressure area way to the south off Africa has been forcing wind and waves our way and the buzz around Tarifa has been, ‘Just wait until Thursday’. Well ONE BIG THURSDAY lived 100% up to its name.

I got a call early this morning to go and shoot legendary names like Eduardo Bellini, Jaime Herraiz and Abel Lago along with Christof (Tangana’s)and Alvaro (Tarifa Kiteboarding company).

The swell increased and so did the light producing an incredible day, one of the biggest that I have seen here.

So enjoy the link, there are many more images from today but here is a selection on this link

http://www.lazyblueskies.com/wp/wpg2-2?g2_itemId=6235&g2_navId=x07fcbe42

We are still experiencing some serious difficulties after our website was attacked and taken down by hackers so do please bear with us.

Best regards

Chris Skone-Roberts

Head Photographer

Lazyblueskies.com

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Hello everyone, you probably noticed that the site was running very slowly until it got to the point where it fell over. We only discovered too late from our host in America that we had been the subject of a direct attack to break the site! Very exciting and James Bond-esk. The Denial  Of Service attack was so aggressive that it also effected our host, so we have now moved to a new host and things will be better not to mention faster.

Your feedback is always appreciated so be keep the comments coming in.

On a photography front we have had some incredible shoots, including The Day Of Legends when Tarifa’s Best all took to the water in a windsurfing display that hasn’t been seen for over 8 years. The line up included Eduardo Bellini (Kite Pro Centre & 12 times Spanish Windsurfing Champion), Jaime Herraiz (North Kitesurfing), Abel Lago (KPWT World Wave Champion) Christof (Tangana) and Alvaro (Tarifa Kiteboarding Company). The images will appear on line later under the windsurfing gallery.

News updates - Tim and Nic Nott are now shooting with lazyblueskies.com and can be found around Tangana Chiringuito every day, just look for the photographers T shirts and Dwarf 8 flags.

Best regards and more interesting news regarding magazine articles coming soon.

(Photo - Jaime Herraiz going for a Kiteloop on a windsurfer)

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Firstly, we’d like to apologise for the site being so slow!

It’s been a never ending battle to sort this problem out with our current hosting company and finally we reached the end of the line with them and have decided to move to another provider.

 This promises to be infinitely better. However, in the meantime you may not be able to load other pages in this site and we apologise in advance for this.

Of course this is never as easy as it may seem, so we ask you to bear with us whilst it’s being transferred.  In the meantime, if you have any queries then please feel free to contact me via email chris@lazyblueskies.com.

Many thanks,

Chris

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For the third year running over 80 of The Student Kitesurfing Association have hit Tarifa. A very big Tarifarian welcome is extended to you all. We have many events planned for you and we hope that the wind gods deliver a true Tarifa experience with sun, windy and muchos cerveza.

Many thanks to all the sponsors of the events, the main one being Flexifoil and the team of other local and international supporters ; Dwarf 8, Perfect Day Events, Aquapac, Banti Bar, Cafe Del Mar, Mezcla, Tangana, Indo-boards Spain, Dock 11, The Kite Pro Centre, A whole list of Pro Kitesurfers including Sophie Mathews from www.sophiemathews.com (NOBILE) , Jo Ciastula (AIRUSH), Alvaro Onieva (BLADE), Gisela (WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPION!!!) Jaime Herraiz (NORTH), Soufiane Hamaini (NORTH), Abel Luego (DWARF 8), and all the other Pro’s who are hoping to make it, Anglela Piral and Youri Zoon, and of course not forgetting the whole team of Professional Watersports Photographers from www.lazyblueskies.com who will be on hand at all times to be your very own paparazzi both on and off the water.   

BRONZE - If we see you on the beach and we happen to be there and take a couple of images then its 20 euros.
SILVER - If we specially come out to meet you and shoot, a few general shots (beach shots) and then some riding shots then its 30 euros.
GOLD - If we come out and get in the water after doing SILVER and get water bag shots, as many as we take, its 40 euros
PLATINUM - If we then put all the images on line its 50 euros
DIAMOND - If you want printing then it slides up to 60 euros dependant on how many images we print and what size.
DIAMOND & PEARLS - if you want kite video camera action (its a bit bumpy) but it is still well worth the 20 euros as NO ONE is offering this in Tarifa.

See you all on the water or in the bar afterwards (all of our guys wear Photographer T-shirts) just say hi and fix a shoot from $20!!!!!!                           

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Hi everyone, a quick update for you all. Thanks so much to all of our sponsors who have enabled us to win the most prestigious shoot slot on the whole coast - The Tangana Bar & Spin Out Windsurfing. You can see our Flat Screen 22" Monitors in the bar showing top quality professional images from beginners on their first day right through to fully sponsored Pro Riders. We mix kitesurfing, windsurfing and general beach life images.

Feel free to just ask any of our photographers for details.

As our reputation says, we are really chilled to work with but want to get so close up that the images we provide are incredible. Our pricing structure depends on what we do but as a general introduction below is an idea.

BRONZE - If we see you on the beach and we happen to be there and take a couple of images then its 20 euros.
SILVER - If we specially come out to meet you and shoot, a few general shots (beach shots) and then some riding shots then its 30 euros.
GOLD - If we come out and get in the water after doing SILVER and get water bag shots, as many as we take, its 40 euros
PLATINUM - If we then put all the images on line its 50 euros
DIAMOND - If you want printing then it slides up to 60 euros dependant on how many images we print and what size.
DIAMOND & PEARLS - if you want kite video camera action (its a bit bumpy) but it is still well worth the 20 euros as NO ONE is offering this in Tarifa.

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Hi and welcome everyone,

We have been so busy working hard behind the scenes in preparation for the coming season but now we have officially started shooting in Tarifa. Feel free to come and find us at any of the local beaches, just look for the flags and the photographers wearing our T shirts. The Team for the coming season are Chris, Karen ‘Blondie’, Tim, Nick, Blue, Simon and we are very lucky to welcome Lucas Tozzi working with us (Freelance)

As our reputation says, we are really chilled to work with but want to get so close up that the images we provide are incredible. Our pricing structure depends on what we do but as a general introduction below is an idea.

BRONZE - If we see you on the beach and we happen to be there and take a couple of images then its 20 euros.
SILVER - If we specially come out to meet you and shoot, a few general shots (beach shots) and then some riding shots then its 30 euros.
GOLD - If we come out and get in the water after doing SILVER and get water bag shots, as many as we take, its 40 euros
PLATINUM - If we then put all the images on line its 50 euros
DIAMOND - If you want printing then it slides up to 60 euros dependant on how many images we print and what size.
DIAMOND & PEARLS - if you want kite video camera action (its a bit bumpy) but it is still well worth the 20 euros as NO ONE is offering this in Tarifa.

Remember to call or email

Best regards and remember to keep watching the photogallery

Chris and The Lazyblueskies Team

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