6-- sled above Viva Naughton

The hills above Viva Naughton lool like a snowkiting meca,
if there was just more snow.
We sledded to the top for a view.
Cool place.

5--Bondurant 17M

2 full days here, and not even kiting in the same area 2wice.

4--Bondurant 17M

Matt and I drove to Irv's Thursday night for the first cold overnighter in the RV.
Irv's cabin door was frozen shut, so the shots were in the RV.
Friday AM we were off to Wyoming to kite.
Bondo is like Strawberry on steroids. HUGE
The hill to the right in the photo is the big gliding hill.
We camped on the road by the kite spot -12ish.
Cold, but we survived.

3--Lake Creek 11M

Both Matt and I felt guilty for leaving work
since we are leaving for Jackson Hole Thursday.
That guilt passed fast once we were back at the kite spot
at the top of Lake Creek.
Probably my favorite place but the wind could have been stronger and longer.
Avy forecasters said it could blow in the 30's on top
and it was windy in the parking lot.
I decided to leave the bug kite and just take the 11M.
As sweet as it was to be back there kiting, it didn't last long.
Good news is that the sledding we did for the rest of the afternoon was
some of the best ever.

2--11M Skyline

Finally some pow to snowkite in.
Still early season conditions,
but nice to get out.
Some very fun hovering jumps with kiteloop out.
What a fun feeling.
Second ride on my Never Summer Legacy board.
Rode for hours, with no quad burn.
that also translates to supurb board smothness.
Normally it take me a month to get the quads to not burn.

1--Rush 9M, 5M

Reports from Rush were coming in that it was frozen and a little snow on top.
I thought it would be a goodwcall for Jim to get a taste of the winter kiting.
When we got there it was a Warm 54 degrees and strong winds.
Jim put up his 8M and I put up the 9m foil.
We were both overpowered, mainly because of the fast surface and no edge.
We then took turns on my 5M frenzy.
If I lived in the midwest and only had this type of winter kiting as the only option,
I be pretty bummed.

5--Monte Sled

Matt and I went with Bob for a very unexpectedly great day on the sled.
Bob knows Monte so good that we found powder stashes
even though it has not snowed for weeks.
We found a ridge that looks good for south winds to try to snowkite someday.
Matt rode my old sled to get the bugs out after winter and changing the front end out.
It runs really strong and the new narrow front end worked like a champ in the powder.
It feels like it needs dampening in the rear end. Time for a new shock.
That sled will be great for me to learn how to wrench on,
if I fuck it up I still have my XP and wont be out a ride.
And I need to put the man cave to good use!