Nitinat Kiteboarding III: May 2006

Ron and myself just got back from a wild weekend in Nitinat. Check out the Nitinat kiteboarding pictures. Also joining us were my sister Karli, my brother-in-law Francis, and my neice Amalia. The weather was supposed to be bad but we went anyway because you can never accurately predict the weather at Nitinat. This weekend the sauna was built and we had 1.5 days of great wind for kiteboarding. The camp site was full, with only a few of the kiteboarding regulars, but we made new friends and had a great time.

The pictures are online: http://www.flickr.com/photos/extra_chrisb/sets/72157594223219923/

Nitinat Dale was ripping up the 25-30 knot wind on Sunday on a 16m and catching huge air. I grabbed a quick video of him kiteboarding, check it out below.



Actual Dale at Nitinat kiteboarding video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a6eRZA0p8Q

New Kiteboarding Pictures and Video

Our kiteboarding pictures are up from our trip to Tampa and South Padre. Check them out here.

Also, we shot a short video of John kiteboarding which is embedded below.



Actual video link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDPZzBtYkvI

South Padre Kiteboarding

Hello from South Padre Island, Texas. We had a great day of kiteboarding today in the most amazing kiteboarding spot that I have been to. Key West, Florida was good but everything is bigger in Texas including the sand flats. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of square miles of shallow water to kiteboard. Johnny and I are going up wind, for the most part, and finally, I think we can call ourselves kiteboarders. I bought a used Cabrinha Crossbow 12m to compliment my 16m Crossbow and I love it. I'm now looking for a bigger board because I'm a bigger guy and I was loving the Litewave 169cm that I was riding today. We have one more day of instruction tomorrow with Roberto who was a great coach/instructor. Details and lots of pics to follow when we get back as I can't find the USB cable to download all of the pics from today. The nightlife is a little funny here but we're going out tonight with huge smiles on our faces and a few minor bumps and bruises. It looks like I'm going to Nitinat next weekend... who's coming? This sport rules!

Tampa Kiteboarding

I didn't think I would get to do any kiteboarding in Tampa, but John and I went out today and had a blast at a place called Ft. Desoto. Tomorrow we are going to South Padre Island for the weekend and have a couple of lessons. I have to figure out how to straighten out my front leg so I can edge properly. Anyway, its BBQ time and its Johnny's last day in Florida so we have to celebrate. Here are some pictures, the first one is of me getting pulled off the board.

South Padre Island Kiteboarding

It's about 11:30pm and I'm just packing up my things for my business trip to Tampa followed by a weekend in South Padre Island Kiteboarding. I'm too tired to post details but I'll have lots of pics when I'm back next week. South Padre is in Texas ya hear!
http://www.southpadreislandkiteboarding.com/