Petar Pavlovic

My older brother introduced me to kiteboarding when I was 15 years old, but at that same time I was also playing football and was quite talented in it so all of my free time was spent on the field instead of on the water. After suffering a lot of injuries in soccer, when I was 19, I decided to drop football and devote myself to kiteboarding.

That’s when I started working on my first freestyle kiteboarding moves. Having gained some experience in kiting, I wanted to have my own professional equipment, but since the equipment was expensive and I needed more money I fixed myself a job as a kiteboarding instructor.

I wanted to gain even more experience from both training on my own and teaching other students so I decided to fly to Cabo Verde. After 5 months of working and training in pretty hard conditions I came home to Croatia and won my 1st Croatian Championship! The following season I was, however, not that lucky and I came 3rd! I’m still working as a kiting instructor and am still devoting all of my free time to free-styling.

From working at beaches in Brazil, Cabo Verde and Montenegro I have gained a lot of experience, but sometimes with experience come also the injuries. I have last injured my knee in Cabo Verde, and I am now left out of the running for this year’s Croatian Championship title, which I was preparing for. I am now looking forward to fully recovering and flying as soon as possible!