63--ULLB 15M, 13M

Boring place to just hang around,
Doug cooked bacon egg scramble,
then we drove to the other bay to the SW
there was wind, we wondered if that was always the case?
5:00 on the water. w/ Glide
Did a bone head jump, crashed and got the lines
inside them self,
by the time I fixed that, I was in the weeds,by the fence,
with a tangled mess.
walked back.
I left the mess and rigged my 13M
I don't give a shit what anyone else says,,
I can jump higher, and more in control on my 13M
compared to my 15M.
And I'm tired of talking about it.
Kinda died around 7.
Just as Ryan, Thomas arrived.
most everyone left
I untangled my 15M lines
then the wind picked back up.
Got another session on 15m.
Very fun weekend....

62--ULLB 15M

Jake saved us a camping spot,
We got on the H2O around 5:00,
kited till dark.
Getting the timing on the 15M down a little.
Got to ride samller board, most of the time.
It feels overpowering when the wind comes up,
like my 19.5M. until I pull the trim strap.
I'd much rather ride the 13M.
I put an extra line to the strut tip
for super lite wind relaunch,
It rolled over as easy as my TD.
I wont do it on the other sizes, only for 10mph stuff.
Camping W/Doug, Kim/kids, Jake, Dean.
Tequila and tall tales.

61-ULLB 13M 15M

First one on the water.
13M and Glide

Then tried the new 15M

Took off and first thought was,,
SHIT,,now I need to buy another kite...
Did air jybe that went bad,,
lost board then when relaunching kite,,
the chicken look came disconnected.
I tried to relaunch and just go unhooked,
but couldn't get it done.
While floating away from my board and reconnecting my c loop,
I yelled to Dean to help find my board
He's my new hero, even took it to shore.
Walked back
But then
Had a killer ride, again the only one out,
not even the 20M's could get going.
I'm now the proud owner of a new 15M Instinct.
Probably go 15M, 11M, 9M, 7M
I gotta sell some old kites!!

60--ULLB 13M

Wasted a trip to Rush.
I had a couple rides,
but way to shallow.
First time at Lincoln Beach
Great new location.
Great wind day,
Great swell,
Great friends.
The swell adds just enough to a jump,
that it was easy to get the biggest air ever.
The flat water inside is nice.
This place has it all...

1--Sulphur 7.5,Techno

The lulls were to big to kite,
so I windsurfed.

59--Blackfoot Reservoir 13M

Irv had the day off
we had land lessons most of the day.
The wind picked up.
I rigged my kite for some offshore wind
in a spot we thought was very shallow.
I took off, got a few rides.
I thought I could jump off and stand,
after all, I was in the weeds kiting.
When the wind "lulled"
I got off my board to stand,
but I went over my head, in the weeds!
no life jacket, no board leash.
I thought it would be like Rush
and I'd just wait for the wind to pick back up.
First the board gotaway from me.
Then the wind came back up and started dragging me offshore.
I tried to swim to shore, no luck
pulled the depower all the way,
still no progress.
pulled the "oh shit" handles,
still not enough progeress,
swimming in the weeds, not touching the bottom.
Finally I let the kite go.
And finally made it through the weeds to my board,
then to shore.

We went back to the cabin,
couldn't get Irv's boat started (surprise)
We took the 4 wheelers as far as we could
to the other side of the reservoir,
and hiked mile or more to my kite.
No damage.
Lesson....don't assume it's shallow,
just cause there is grass in the water by shore...

58--Rush 9M, 7M

Mike and I had the early smoothies.
I was starting to have to depower some,
when I noticed Mikes 5th line broken.
He had no safety with it broke.
I "yard sale" my kite
and got him landed.
I took the oportunity to rig my 7M
good choice,
It started rippin.
The Instinct is soo smooth in this crap.
Not just survival kiting,
it was killer fun.
30mph pluss winds.

My 5th line came detatched.
On the other side.
Kinda scarey, not knowing what to expect.
but I went across the lake and safely landed.
Reattached the line,
then went back out till I left for work at 11:30.

57--Rush 13M

Rush is so low,
you could hardly see the wind on the water.
Doug on 17,
I followed him out on 13M

Stayed upwind,
got some jumps,
dropped the kite in the light wind.

Did all that, over and over, for about an hour.

56--Sulphur 13M

Sulphur is a kiting challenge.
I got some rides,
and it was good.
The wind was good NW direction.
It would blow kiter to the south side,
if drifting happened.
It's the lulls that are the down side.
If I could have got upwind more before the lulls,
It would have been better.
The fresh water and small swell, was a treat.

55--Rush 13M

Long day of kiting,
When I got there,
Kenny was launching his 20 Waroo.
I rigged my 13M.
Had 4 sessions, till 7:00.
Switching back and forth,
from the Glide to my 132.
I'm getting a better feel of the Instinct,
every time out.
Unbelievable power, and stability.
The timing for jumping is what I've been looking for.
Crashed the Instinct 5 times,
easy relaunch every time,
as long as I didn't stand,
just float with the wind, and it goes up every time.
Don't know why some people insist it won't water relaunch.
Maybe they should actually try it sometime.
Jon rode the 11M.