Volleyball and Stuff

I have not been kiteboarding for a few weeks but I got to hang out at the beach yesterday for some bocce, volleyball and a little sunset skimming action. I did, however, represent by bringing a North Flag so that people could find us. Check out the pictures: http://www.kitebytes.com/beach/

Key West Florida Kiteboarding

John and I are going to Key West Florida on a kiteboarding trip in November from the 16th to the 23rd. John turns 30 on the 20th so we thought it would be a good way to ring in the 30's. Check out the weather graph from the other day when Key West was still feeling the effects of Hurricane Dennis.

Benjamin Franklin Invented Kiteboarding

Kiteboarding, it appears, was invented by none other than the indispensable Benjamin Franklin. Legend has it that one languid summer afternoon in the early 1700s a young Ben Franklin, "being desirous of amusing myself with my kite, and enjoying at the same time the pleasure of swimming," found himself and a plank he used for a float propelled across a "mile-broad" pond "without the least fatigue and the greatest pleasure imaginable." It was an activity he recommended, although the record fails to mention how many actually took him up on it.