Winds up!

The wind finally returned with a vengeance today (there had been no wind since we got here). We met Dave at Canoe beach and rigged the Switchblade 12, but the kite was far too big for the conditions and the wind was directly onshore = a recipe for disaster, so I pulled the plug and we waited for the wind to change direction. This happened soon enough, and I got my first chance to try out my new used FLX board, which in combination with chloes 8M sonic just floated upwind with no problem at all. I had a great session, and then we took turns launching and landing eachother. Chloe and Dave each got up on the board and also had a few painful looking "ragd olls" where they got launched into the air and then unceremoniously plunked head first into the water. I was very happy to have got in enough days earlier this year to be (for the most part) done with that stage!!

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dave:


The only hiccup was when I crashed hard, breaking my board leash. I body dragged upwind as fast as I could, but couldn't get to the board fast enough. Later on I saw a lot of people just let go of the bar and swim hard for the board which looks like it works better. Thankfully, Jesse Richman was there to grab the board and very nicely brought it to shore.