03.06.06
Less wind & equipment failure
On the water at about 10.30. Big kite (14m) did the trick in roughly 18 knots of wind. Martin asked me to show him some tricks - he's working on forward rolls, so I demonstrated a couple then added some board grabs to the maneuver for style! We had good fun. Reflecting on yesterday's session: I'd have to add it to my 10 all time best - mainly attributed to the warm water & freedom it allows.
Going in to have some water & change to a long sleeve top (more protection against the sun) wasn't so gr8 - thanks to the extremely warm sand the glue holding the valve to the leading edge bladder failed. After a groot gesukkel I gave up & allowed it to cool, hoping that it would re-seal as yesterday - it didn't. I tried Martin's new North Vegas 12 - nice!
At the death of the day I took Dave's 16 Crossbow & the new Nobile Skim! Skim is gr8. And differenty difficult. Sure I'll get the hang of it in 2 ticks.
We also spent some time on the sand bar taking pics. Another day in warm water!
On the water at about 10.30. Big kite (14m) did the trick in roughly 18 knots of wind. Martin asked me to show him some tricks - he's working on forward rolls, so I demonstrated a couple then added some board grabs to the maneuver for style! We had good fun. Reflecting on yesterday's session: I'd have to add it to my 10 all time best - mainly attributed to the warm water & freedom it allows.
Going in to have some water & change to a long sleeve top (more protection against the sun) wasn't so gr8 - thanks to the extremely warm sand the glue holding the valve to the leading edge bladder failed. After a groot gesukkel I gave up & allowed it to cool, hoping that it would re-seal as yesterday - it didn't. I tried Martin's new North Vegas 12 - nice!
At the death of the day I took Dave's 16 Crossbow & the new Nobile Skim! Skim is gr8. And differenty difficult. Sure I'll get the hang of it in 2 ticks.
We also spent some time on the sand bar taking pics. Another day in warm water!
posted by Hennie at
10:29 pm
