Fantastic day on the V2 13

Fantastic day on the V2 13... how could I not go out with wind like that? Nice breeze, not too heavy, not too light, and a great outlook! I went out at about 230 and was out for 2.5h including some jumping after the buggy trip The v213 was reasonably floaty, though I had it trimmed on the kite straps and bar to about 1/2.

From the mountain in the north to the tip of the jetty is about 5m, but it's not a simple straight trip. Pretty grey day so not that many ppl out and only a few horses.

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Lots, lots, lots of tacking. I went about 4-5 miles at the crow flies in 11 miles I went out just beofre high tide so I have very little beach to work with and there was A LOT of debris and logs. But that was fun! I was also trying to chase the waves and turn quickly before they soaked me to get more beach and to try to slingshot myself out of the turn so that I could cut really hard up wind. before the really dry white sand and minefield of logs. I had a BF on the front, but only wides on the back and they were skidding horribly in the soft sand. Wanted to get out to the jetty, but I was running out of beach and the sand started blowing so I figured I'd save it for another day... got plenty far with the insane tacks. and had a complete blast :wee:

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Yeah, you don't have to tack like this on the playa...