Line Tangles & Self Rescue

John, Ron and I headed out to Boundary Bay for another lesson with Fergus and for Ron and I our second lesson this May twofour long weekend. The wind looked good in the morning but was light once we got out on the water in the early afternoon. A forgotten harness sent Ron back to the car after a 20 minute walk and Fergus set John for body dragging. I brought my 12 meter kite out to mess around with as there wasn't much wind Ron and I could at least practice with it.
John got 4 good runs of body dragging and caught up to speed with Ron and I. Ron and I flew the kite for a while and tangled the lines something fierce a couple of times. We practiced water launching techniques and then Fergus taught all of us self recue and kite retrieval exercises. All and all it was a good day. Afterwards we chilled out on the rooftop back at our place.


(left to right) Ron, Chris, John

John Blown (yes that's John's last name)