Canadian Long Weekend

So in Canada we have a long weekend for the late (oh so very late - she died in 1901) Queen Victoria. It's commonly referred to as the May twofour weekend as her birthday is May 24th and, in some parts of Canada, 24 beers is called a twofour. There's a complete history here.

On this Saturday of our May long weekend Ron and I headed out to Boundary Bay for another lesson with Fergus. John couldn't make it as he was going to a wedding for an old friend (snore). Ron and I got out early and met Fergus for our first body dragging lesson. We had a blast taking turns with Fergus's 20 meter kite dragging over the shallow sand bars at Boundary Bay. A couple of times I sacked myself as I planed over the water but figured out how to maneuver the kite while body dragging to get a lot of speed and good runs. Apart from some small gashes on my feet, the day was painless. I need to get some booties. Another newbie kiteboarder Patrick was out, whom we met briefly last week, and he had a flash new 5 line kite which was a black and green North 12 meter. He displayed how easy to re-launch the kite was but had to borrow a bigger board from Fergus due to the lack of.... err... wind.

Ron (is the board taller than him?)

Chris (me aka blog author - cheese pose)