3rd and Alameda

There is a local kiteboarding spot which is generally thought of as an intermediate area near the San Mateo Bridge. In contrast to Alameda, which took me an hour and a half to get to last Friday, 3rd Ave can be as close as fifteen minutes away from work. I'd been putting off going there for a variety of reasons, most significantly that I couldn't stay upwind and didn't want to get dragged into the pilings of the San Mateo Bridge. Today I finally got up the nerve to go to 3rd, but it turned out that the wind was completely dead, and slightly offshore (impossible kiteboarding conditions). It turned out not to be a total writeoff because a local kiteboarder named Ian very graciously showed me where to pump up my kite and rig, so I'll be ready next time.

After a long drive to Alameda, Chloe took my 12m kite and got up on her board first try. It appears that all the trouble that she's been having was due to her kite!