Tuesday....how did so many get the day off????

I knew I was going to invite Jason Darlington, my nephew down to Belmont today because he had the afternoon off. But who knew the wind was going to gust over 25 mph and blow for over 3 hours?

I think you can see the sand blowing behind Omar Nazif. He first rigged his 16, then downsized to a 12. At one point he wanted his 16 back.

Day number 6 and Jason had no problem handling my 16. Later it proved a little big when the wind hit speeds of over 25 mph in the middle.

Deon Aumaier had no problems today because he "pumped" his mid sized foil. Good choice Deon.

Klaus Schultz got off work and rushed down to Belmont. He got in a great session. Now he is off to Laughlin Nevada for a motorcycle ride from Thursday until Sunday. He loaned me his kite gear until he gets, back because my 16 has a big rip up the center....Boo hoo.

Lance Smith got in a little kite time too. He pulled off some big air today and some spins too.

Joe Wilcox also got some great air time and we had a few hand slaps too. He's no one trick pony now!!

Mike Noel didn't have to get to the docks until 6 so he was back on the beach. Why not????

Dong has been getting in some incredible sessions for the past few weeks. The wind gods have been good to us this months, but where was Kyle today??? I want to see a note from his teacher.

Bill Swiskow had already taught a lesson, so when that was over he was on the water carving some transitions on his board. Nice.....

We're also lucky to have a few girls kiting at our beach. This is Brittney pulling off a smooth turn.

Even Todd Snyder wandered up to the Claremont ramp to get his moment in the sun.

But the shot of the day was when Faycal took off his board and made this great air move. I'm guessing he was over 25 feet off the water. Who cares it looked great.

Then Al Navas was nice enough to catch a few shots of me on the water. Thanks Al, I owe you one, but why didn't you catch one of my jumps???? Just kidding Al. Al back off...sorry man.

As you can see Jason is starting to get it. I didn't catch the shot but Jason made a few transitions from Starboard to Port and returned to the beach. Next challenge is to get out farther on the Starboard reach so he can stay up wind a little better. That's next lesson, but not bad for 6 days.

At the end of the day Al Navas and Jason walked the walk. But the guy who had the longest walk was Chad Belteau. I think he said he tried to pull off a trick as the wind was starting to die and his kite went into the water near the marina rocks. We took care of his Skywalker "Fatty" but suggested he keep his stuff with ours near the trash can.......WHY NOT, SOMETIMES WE BRING BEER...
See you on the beach.