About 4est

Name: Forest Bakker (4est for short)                                                                                                            

Lives in: Tarifa, Southern Spain - (kiteboard Mecca of Europe)

Born in: Barbados, West-Indies

Age: 06-12-1994

Years riding: sinze summer 2007

Team: Flexifoil International  Kiteboarding team, masmovil, prolimit,shapes, dock11,power balance.

• Equipment: Hadlow Pro, Shapes board
• Music: Techno, reggae, punk…
• Likes: Constant wind, food, editing movies, party…
• Dislikes: Gusty wind, sand in my bed, lines mess…
• Stance: Goofy

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Already at a young age Forest was mingling with kiteboarding world champions on the beaches of Tarifa. They taught him to kiteboard at the age of twelve, and taught him many tricks of the trade. He hasn’t left the beach since. He is still studying very hard at school for high grades, but almost every afternoon he can be found out on the water and waves; anywhere the best winds are in Tarifa.

Forest Bakker was the big surprise of the 2008 PKRA World Championships, where he became 17th in Freestyle, 13th in Best Trick and was awarded the rookie of The Year Award at the Kiteboard World championships in Tarifa 2008.

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So Forest, tell us a little bit about yourself.

I was born on the 6th December 1994, in Barbados. I now live in Tarifa, Spain (since 2001) with

i love the adrenaline

my family.
(Mother) Elsa, French, Designer, Skier,  (Father) Jeri, Dutch, Skier and Sailor and my (Sister) Luna.

I speak English, Spanish and French.

My kite fascination started in 2002 with Jaime Herraiz as my first hero and have been flying on the beach kiting ever since, mimicking every possible move in any wind. I was not allowed to kitesurf until I was ripping waves in plain surfing (Tarifa winter waves) and I got my sealegs! (Antibes-Athens on Schooner summer 2006)

I’ve been Kite surfing since June 2007

I love to Surf, Skate and Indo Board, as well as Windsurfing (May 2007) and Ski. I enjoy video editing, music and of course spending time with all my friends.I am playing with a number of tricks at

the moment (when the wind is thermic from the west – ‘Poniente’) I perfecting my:

i love flying high

• going big and powered
• Powering up tricks
• nice flat 3
• Big dobles

I’m currently learning: doubles

When the wind is hard from the east (Levante wind) I love free riding and going for big and bigger megaloops with graps.

My plans for the future is to travel to all the cool spots, meet more friends, and reach the highest point. I like to make freeriding movies and kite and surf forever!

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