76--9M SPI

The last day here gave up the goods in strong, warm fashion.
It looked strong enough for 7M today, but I rigged my old 9 Instinct and was lit!! It made for some of the biggest airs ever.
SPI in Oct., Great feel to the island in the dead season.
Great food, friends and kiting.
I could use a few more days of this.

75--9ME SPI

Today is on of those days that is what it is all about when in SPI.
We started with a downwinder from southflats to northflats,
for Steve to finally get up and get some great rides.
Big airs for me and Matt,
and finally rideling and getting some jibes on the surfboard.
Later Matt and I did the gulf side downwinder from jetty to our condo at the very north end of town.
Landed our kites at the condo and rolled them up on the grass,,,cool beans!!!
Some pretty big waves out there also.
The wind looks like we may get to do it all over again tomorrow.

74--17M SPI

When we went to bed last night, we thought for sure, 9M.
We hit it fairly early, and rigged biggest kites for a couple of hours only.
The last 2 days are like sex when the phone rings, Just not satisfting.
Forecast is looking good for the last 2 days here.

73--13M SPI

Tequila post....
Overinfklated my 11M amd it exploded.
So I rigged my 13M, kinda overpowering and slammed it down hard doing fronts and it tore a panel. Then it rained so hard, we couldn't see out the windows.
So we ate shrimp and drank tequila.

72--SPI 13M 11M

Second day in town, Sat. was a transition day with no wind. But we found good tequiila and shrimp.
We arrived to rain storms, and rigged when it was still drizzeling.
Pretty gust winds, probably cause we were at south flats.
We should have been at north flats for south winds.
It was good for Steve to drag around with no crowds.
We really want to get in a downwinder in the gulf.

71--Willard 11M,

I didn't think any one was gonna be at Willard today,
I called Doug at 7:30 and he couldn't go.
Off to work I went, but after seeing kites on the lake cam,
I jamed out of work and flew up to Wilard.
3 kiters there, Jake and Tyler, and finally Vern.
Pretty good day, only rigging one kite is always good.
Rode Jon's SS celeritas surf, The best epoxy surf I've been on, very slashy.
Like it, but don't love it, but I'm still a rookie.

70--PV 17M

Flew my new Zephyr 17M at Pineview today,, yahoooo.....
Very shifty, crappy winds.
Some light wind gave me the feeling of how good it's gonna do,,
and how it absorbs the gusts very nicely.
As always for me, the timing on new kites for jumps,
will take some time.
I didn't even start out with my big board,
jumped right on my Recoil 133, which worked great.
I'm not a big fan of the "through the bar" safety line,
it seems kinda sticky to me, just personal preference.
I'm gonna switch it out to the "oh shit" safety,
like all my other Ozones.
I should have taken a photo, it's so good looking.