Full Name – Katinka Buiting

Age – 24

Home Town – Apeldoorn, The Netherland

Europe seems to have one of the biggest wakeboard scenes in the world, why do you think that is?
It definitely varies throughout different in countries Europe. But I guess you could say the cable wakeboarding scene is big in Germany and France, recently in Baltic countries as well. Which is quite strange since those are definitely not the warmest countries in the world. Maybe because with the cold a lot of people snowboard in winter and they want to stay on a board in summer?

Also, people in Western Europe can generally afford to pay for wakeboarding. The area is densely populated, so there are always a lot of people close to cable parks, all potential wakeboarders.

If wakeboarding didn’t exist, what do you think you’d be doing instead? 

That’s a hard question. Just watching lots of Netflix haha. Before I started wakeboarding I was dancing competitively, but I doubt I’d still be doing that. I’d probably be snowboarding and surfing more. I love both, and snowboard on an indoor mountain (fridge) here in the Netherlands sometimes.

If you could steal one trick from any rider, what would it be and which rider?
I guess I’d rather steal someone’s style than one trick. For example Shocky (Jonathan Silvershats) has a style that I’d love to steal, he makes everything look sooo easy! If it has to be a trick, probably Crosse’s grabbed roll to blind, it looks so effortless and he can do it off everything pretty much anything.

Butter slides or back 9’s? 

Hahaha neither. I love hitting rails and especially love the feeling of landing into banks. Way more than boosting of kickers or doing butter slides. Although sometimes a kicker session can be good.

Which Slingshot set up are you rocking this year and what do you like about it most? 

This season I’m going for a Volt and RAD’s or maybe SpaceMob boots for winching. Last season I rode the Volt as well. Back then I ordered it without being able to try it, only after reading the specs in the catalogue. I was super nervous if I was gonna like it or not, but It turned out to be the best board I’ve ever ridden, so of course this season I’m not changing! What I love about the Volt is that it’s super light. I like to ride a medium or bigger sized board, but sometimes big boards can get a bit heavy, which can be hard if I’m trying really quick and jumpy tricks. The Volt is so light that this is never an issue  Also, I love the flex-tips on features and the stiff belly makes for great pop on ollies. It just has everything!

What was your favorite part of Crafted Seconds? 

My favorite thing about crafted seconds was that it pushed me to film and learn new things. My home-cable Burnside Cable park allowed me to film before opening hours one morning. It was a lot of fun to be able to customize obstacles and try different combinations. Somethings that they are normally not okay with.  I was looking for different ways to customize obstacles as soon as I new I was taking part in the event. If I had to narrow it down to a single favorite…The wheelbarrow on the flat bar turned out to be the most fun.