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First Session of the Year

Mostly Harmless - 9-3-2012 at 08:12 AM

Had my first kite session of the year yesterday. Wind was blowing 30+, had my 8m catalyst up with probably 4-5 waves. Had the entire beach to myself (one person on shore with a metal detector). Felt real rusty. Only lasted 2.5 hours, I really need to get back into shape badly. Super pumped to be back out there again, let the games begin.

Kober - 9-3-2012 at 07:05 PM

Few perfect warm days for kiteboarding this week ...... too bad I have tons of work ,,,.... Its so nice when beach is crowd free ..... be safe and have fun .....
I be probably coming on Sunday to Brooklyn for a session since SW is no good at my local spot .....

Kamikuza - 9-3-2012 at 08:45 PM

Good to hear! How long has it been?
... 2.5 hours :o lucky!

Had my 12th of the year this morning :D admittedly, 5 of those were in NZ - which is supposedly in the throes of summer... but it was a good one too! Gusty as hell - 12 to 28 knots :o but I got one frickin' epic jump in (among all the lame ones) so I'm pretty happy...

They were filming a drama on our beach too :( I was the only kiter so no problems I guess and they didn't make a fuss about keeping me out of shot, except when I was coming in to pack up. So if you see a Japanese drama with a big fat kiter in the background or hear "Ohhh craaaaaaap!" on the soundtrack... it's probably me :lol:

Mostly Harmless - 10-3-2012 at 05:37 PM

I once had session and a newly wed couple were shooting some pictures on the beach, a few minutes into the session I notice the photographer trying to line up some shots with me in the background, always wondered how they came out.

PHREERIDER - 10-3-2012 at 06:07 PM

way to get some!