65--10M SPI

Kitequila day.
More tequila than kiting.
twin tip then surfboared then rapid wind decline
then tequila.
Gulf looked very nice today, to light of wind, oh well.

64--10M SPI

Jon passed his cold to me,and I didn't get much sleep.
Jim left today, and we had to go to the airport to get our rental car.
Hammered and on dayquil, the session was short but pretty fun.
North winds brought out the rubber today. 63 degrees.

63-10M SPI

Jon and I chased up to the North wind kite launch area,
while avoiding the B&F'n wind surfers and found 10M++ wind and buttery smooth water. Like first tracks on the groomed corduroy. AHHH...

62--11M,10M

Very nicely powered early session.
The surfboard session in the flats sucked
because of weeds on the fins.
Surfboards belong in the gulf.
Probably won't happen unless I go alone.

61--11M SPI

I had 4+ Hours of kiting
It was very pleasant.

60-17M, 11M SPI

First Kitequila day is great to get in the books.
Light wind that rapidly ramped up.
Almost could have been on the 11M from the start.
(that's why Jon's 14m kept up with the Zephyr, ha)
Afternon session was on the 11M but could have been on the 10M.
The forecast was for dying winds, not increasing winds.
That is why I over rigged, twice!

Photo of Gulf, Padre Island, Laguna Madre, and the mainland.



Harlingen airport.




A flock of blue Zephyrs

59--DC 11M

Pretty strong winds for DC.
Colder than I dressed for,
so after a few crashes and getting chilled,
I Kited up to ride with Sarah and Linda windsurfing.
Then it started to lighten up and the race back was on.
I didn't quite make it all the way back in,
floated the last 100 yards or so.
Good thing the launch is straight onshore.
Now it's time to pack gear for SPI !!!

58--17M PV

The building high pressure was in place
But not as clear as we wanted to see.
It came in late, like 4 ish
The few clouds made it gusty, lully stuff.
We only got to ride for about an hour.
Hiked in to middle inlet.
There is finally enough beach to launch.
Just me and Vern.

57--Willard 10M

On the water by 10 and the rain ended my day at noon.
Twin tip first but the surf board rode the chop smoother.
Would be nice to have 2 hours of kiting by noon every day.
Hope this cold weather coming kills Rush weeds.

56--DC 11M

Lots of kiters at DC today.
Typical puffy inland lake stuff,
not the smoothies like last week.
11M was to much work early on,
but nicely powered for the second half of the session.