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O’Neill Kite World Cup @ Scheveningen #ONeillKWC

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Scheveningen is hosting the O’Neill Kite World Cup as we speak, from 15 until the 20th of may. It’s the very first PKRA World Tour in Holland, celebrating O’Neill’s 60th birthday. And I, born and raised in this little town by the sea, am so proud of that and can’t wait to go and watch the action! I will be there taking photo’s and sharing via Twitter and Instagram from tomorrow on: Most of us are working during the day, and therefor we’re now kind of ‘missing the heat’…

Updates
But luckily, O’Neill (and O’Neill Netherlands as well) is doing a great job posting the photo’s, sharing updates and recaps like the one below. We’re even able to watch who’s waiting for the next heat (and who won the previous) and check out the weather (They normally ride at 12 knots)..  See some of the action live via the Scheveningen Live Surf Webcam. Are you there? Get social and twitter via #ONeillKWC

Favorites
Youri Zoon (NL) is currently holding the title of world champion. Youri, Alex Pastor (ESP) and Alberto Rondina (ITA) are the three big favorites to win this competition.

Party
The entrance to the kite world cup is free. But the party of this event is one you don’t want to miss. On Friday (tickets 12,50), aside from some DJ action, Go Back To The Zoo is performing live! On Saturday (tickets 5 euro) we can enjoy the sunny danceable melodies of Splendid. More info and tickets here. The party will go on untill 1 in the morning. Not done yet? Beachclub Naturel is throwing a great party unitll 4 in the morning.

Connect
ProKiteTour on Twitter
O’Neill NL on Twitter
O’Neill on YouTube
O’Neill on Vimeo
O’Neill on FB
O’Neill NL on FB
Youri Zoon on Twitter
Youri Zoon on FB

Caine’s Arcade – Inspiring story

Your heart will melt and your face will turn into a big smile when you finished watching this movie, if you haven’t seen this already. The 9 year old boy Caine made an Arcade out of cardboard, but never got customers. This video is about the best day in his life.

The power of online
I love stories like these, that show how powerful ‘online’ can be, and how it can turn ‘something small and offline’ (zero customers) into a big succes (give a boy the best day of his life, regular customers, a video that went viral, a song and 111K+ likes on Facebook). This video went viral about a month ago.

Via Ren Phillips (Pinterest).

 

Pinner of the Week – Monique vd Vlist

Pinner of the week 5 - Monique van der Vlist

Yesterday the first Pinterest & Brands workshop took place at IN10. More about that later. Now, it’s time for the pinner of the week!

Monique vd Vlist
This week, inspired by the Sanoma Media Parade and the presentation of Monique van der Vlist (art director of ‘101 woonideeen‘ / ’101 ideas for the home’) we chose her to be the pinner of the week. Her account Vlinspiratie / Monique vd Vlist deserves this spot because of these awesome boards: USA instant vacation feeling, Logo&Brands, Illustration and the handy Vli’s Pinterest Presentation board.

Find her on Twitter.

Former pinners of the week:
1. Erika van der Bent.
2. Wesley van Breukelen.
3. Tiger Hellstrom.
4. Mathias Host Normark.

Nice to do this weekend: Hack your Pinterest account pretty!

Alex & Taru – Sailing the world

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Dreams do come true.

Like in this case, for Alex and Taru. These two beautiful people fell in love, sold most of their belongings, bought a boat and went on a fairytale journey, sailing across the world. Now they share the wonderful and new adventures they run into with us, at sea and inland, through the web.

“We’re sailing around the world in search for something different, a life more simple. It’s our way to gain freedom, independence, happiness and peace of mind. Enjoying the world, the places, the food, the people & the cultures we meet along the way.“- Alex & Taru

Do you have a passion for travelling? Follow them. Take a peak into the oceans finest sights, sip a cocktail while reading, close your eyes and dream on. Like I said, dreams do come true…

World Tour Series – Blog
Twitter – Alex and Taru
Pinterest – Taru’s Moodboards
Foodspotting – Taru’s dish reviews

Via Harald & AudreyVictoria.

Pinner of the week – Wesley van Breukelen

Pinner of the Week Wesley van Breukelen

Here we are again! Shining a light on a pinner that you should be following: the ‘Pinner of the Week‘. Like we said before, lots of pinners have great boards. But some just stand out.

And the pinner of this week is:

Wesley van Breukelen
Wesley is a visual designer at eBuddy, living in The Hague. Colleague Bart Baeckelandt pointed him out as a ‘must follow’ some weeks ago. And since then we’ve been enjoying his boards ‘Illustrations‘, ‘Videos‘, ‘Photography‘, ‘Identity’s Branding‘ and ‘Typography‘. Good to know: His brother Vincent van Breukelen is also a pinner you should be watching.

Find Wesley on Twitter and visit his portfolio here.

Former pinner of the week:
1. Erika van der Bent.