36--Rush 12M 16.5M

Great day at the pond.
Jon, Doug and I,
Rigged up and down as the wind dictated.
Did my first(on Water)powered downloop toeside turn.
and my highest water jumps.
Love the Turbow.
Left at about 4:00 as it got cold , rainy and really windy.
Gotta love RUSH, never a dull moment.
Very Happy

35--Strawberry 16.5M

Chicken Creek west
Almost no wind on the bottom,
Jon and I worked our way to the top of the hill.
The snow was OK, unless you broke through,
One jump, I came down on my butt,
broke through the top crust,
and it felt like someone had stuffed me in a garbage can.
Only my legs from the knees down,
and my arms and head, were above the snow.
I had to use the kite to get out of the hole.
I stayed on top so when it died,
I could just ride down the hill to the van.

34-Skyline 9M

I got there a little later,
forcast was for clearing as the day went on.
First session was a little cloudy,
harder to see.
I rested (napped) for a while
till the sun came out.
The wind was from a direction,and strong enough,
you could go anywhere you wanted.
Rode the powder on Bosco hill,
then worked my way to the ridge,
then 3 hills over to the large west facing hill
and rode freshies there
till I couldn't go anymore.
Most kiters went home,
or rode down by Electric Lake.
no heards to deal with today.
Excellent weekend of kiting.
36.7 mph top speed.

33- Skyline 12M Snowkitemasters

Winds started out light from the Southeast.
I almost hate rigging anything without onepump.
So I rigger the TD again, to light for the first session.
Then it just shut down for couple hours.
When it switched SW, it was light at first.
I had a hard time making it up the hill.
Bigger kites were flying past me.
Once on top, it was great for about an hour.
Then the storm winds came in.
Most big kites were blown off, quickly.
(Kenny on 26m, ripped off him, and blew away)
Then the bigger, gustier, winds came.
No need to have a shitty session,
after all the good riding I'd had.
I packed it up, and just watched
Chasta, Jake, and others for a while.

32 Skyline 12M Snowkitemasters

Click on pix to enlarge..
Lots of out of town riders.
Lighter winds all day,
most were on 16M (12m foils)
still at one point the 12M Turbos.
dominated the sky on top of the hill.
The sheep hearded together,
I spent most of the time south on the ridge
away from the heard.
Small party at he cabins,
Talking to Chasta and Rob, alot.
Shared a room w/Mark and Sal.

31 Strawberry 16.5M, 12M

We wanted to kite further east than S. River,
but there was no wind.
So we rigged in light wind at S River.
I didn't do the tour like Doug, Jon and Jeff.
I stayed on the lower ridge line
To work on gravity jumping and spins.
The snow got worse as the day went on.
Second session,,
Hooked up with the Best team (Jake)
at Chicken Creek hill
The snow was still good, even later.
I always thought the wind would suck there, in a shadow.
but it was good wind, all but the bottom.
It is a great hill to play on.
Excelent day...
Doug works harder when he's out, and is done before I am.
He probably won't ride with me again. bummer....

30 Strawberry 12M

Strawberry fields,,,
Forever......

PV 19.5M---PM 12M

Rode the easterlies
at Pine View
early,
but not early enough,
missed most of it.
but pretty nice snow.
Went to Powder Mountian
Gusty, Switchy, Underpowered.
Guess thats whats gonna happen,
with no wind in the forcast.

Strawberry East 9M, 12M Chasta

A day I will never forget.
Pulled into the parking lot behind Chasta.
He says "follow me"
yea right....
9M kept me going for a little while.
I had to go back to get my 12M.
Had fun on the hills by the parking lot for awhile.
Then the Ozoners came back.
I followed Chasta, Brian, Rob, and his Girlfriend (Elsa?)
I started following Chasta on the banks of the Lake.
Then I just went on the lake to watch,
Following along behind,
this guy goes beyond any words I can come up with.
We came to a large hillside,
he flies off the top, gliding smoothly to the lake,
We could feel that he had found a "perfect spot"
We all stopped and just watched this incredible show.
Rob videoed, it will probably be on next years Ozon promo DVD
They went further east(downwind)
I know my limitations,
and headed back upwind.
satiated.

Rush 12M

More of a test session,
than a real riding session.
The drysuit is excellent,
Wore the same layers I wore yesterday snowkiting.
Should have had one years ago..
Self launching the turbo,
took a couple of trys.
First try was like on snow,
but too hard on the kite.
Second did a drift launch.
carried it out into the water
and just set it in the water
it floated away and then did a rear line relunch.
Worked very good.
The kiting was gusty 15 to 35
I didn't last long, before it started raining.
Self landing I just stood it on its tip,
anchored the bar, pushed the bar to total depower,
and walked to the kite.
Easy as long as there is an anchor.
Maybe I'll bury a bag of rocks with a rope attached.

Powder Mountian 9M

Very good 9m conditions.
Snow started out windblown softies,
on top of hardpack.
It got softer as the day went on.
5 kiters out today.
Nailed quite a few fast, downloop, toeside, turns.

25 Skyline 12M

Only 3 kiters today,
all on Turbo's.
2 guys from Durango.
SE winds opened up the East facing slopes,
on the west ridge,
my favorite wind at Skyline.
2" new on top of hard crust.
Sunset session was awsome...