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F-O-N Champion 2003
Member#: 6 Location: Registered: 24-07-2002 Diary Entries: 209
Mood: Living to kitesurf :-)
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15th December 2006
Kite surfing: Camber Sands Wind Direction: SSW Wind Stength: 25kts ish Surf / Sea State: Fairly smooth Air Temperature: 10 Sea Temperature: cold Weather: Sunny! Max Speed: Distance Covered:
I was really pleased that Paul, my partner in crime, had driven all the way
up from Brighton. It's always better when you have a buddy about too.
The wind had calmed down just a tad from earlier in the week, and the fact
it'd gone a little more onshore meant that I didn't have to worry about
getting out of my depth.
We spent the next three hours having the most AWESOME time! It was
superb...cutting through the waves, hopping off them now and again, holding
and sometimes making ground upwind... My turns and rotations still need a
fair bot of work, but all in good time. The nice thing with kiting is that
when you get dunked, restarting is 100 times easier and quicker than
waterstarting a windsurf rig.
Yesterday I looked at a new, smaller board than my beginner's 145. I tried
out Paul's 135 board and absolutely loved it... it sliced through the chop
much easier than mine, and it was easier to pop up off the water. So it
looks like I might be trading mine in... :-)
The sun shone, creating a gorgeous backdrop to the 20 or so kites that were
out. All in all it was a fantastic afternoon, and still incredibly mild for
15th December.
Autumn 2006... legendary!
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