Well, thank the powers that send us the wind as atrophy was setting in…..(not a good look for a kitesurfer).
It felt so good to be out and about again that even the less-than perfect conditions had us heading for the door with kites and boards in hand, jostling for position for the shotgun seat in the van.
On the 24th we took out a couple of local kids for a free fly - hooked up on a 6 metre kite - getting some hang time and testing their nerves on the beach.
Wednesday the 25th saw us with a new student, Florence, from Switzerland hitting the fantastic estuary at Broadwater Haven on the outskirts of Deepwater National Park with Marco in a 15-20knot South Easterly breeze. Flo took to the 6 metre Naish kite with flair, bodydragging and self rescuing with ease.
It was a serious mission to get there after record rainfall hit the area and a soggy engine stopped us for a while but the magic spray fixed ‘er right up.
Bradley got into some toe-side transitions riding with his just purchased gear, a North 10metre and new harness.
Monte cruised out with us and explored the whole area by kite - up and down the creek, out of the mouth into the surf and back again until he was making us dizzy just watching.
The end of the session saw us doing a photoshoot for Naish with Marco and he was pumping out some freestyle moves that will knock your jocks off ….. keep your eye out in the kiteboarding magazines for those….(sneak preview coming your way) …..
And daahlings … do check out our new promo video …
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Broadwater called us back on the 26th with Florence inspiring us to get back out there ….. and after a 2.5 hour private lesson was riding on the board … both sides!!!! You go girl!!!
Monte and Alan tagged along with the usual duo of Marco and Cedric and the boys were like kids in a gun store playing with … (I mean scientifically testing) … all the new gear that has landed on our doorstep.
Margaux had a 3hr private lesson on the 27th at the Agnes Water Main Beach Surf Club in a cruisy 10-15knots after which she promptly booked in for her next day experience at Broadwater Haven.
The 28th saw us on yet another Broadwater mission with 5 students (can you tell we like it there?) - 2 with us and three lost in space somewhere as they never made it (probably a bloke navigating).
Probably just as well as the wind dropped out and we had to just bum around swimming and shell collecting with Margaux and Florence (not such a hardship, check the photos).
We also had some more car trouble, called the local RACQ mechanic and despite some serious concerns on our part he performed his wizardry and fixed the car with just a screwdriver. The amazing part of all that is that the van - affectionately known as the fart car because of it’s unfortunate exhaust habits - is now running smoothly and quietly (a slight problem here at the office ‘cos now we can’t hear the boss coming).
We did manage to console ourselves by having an impromptu dabens party here at the shack - get a load of this lot!!
Thankfully it wasn’t windy Sunday so we had an excuse to avoid the bright lights and stay near the toilet…..
Also we would like to thank the beautiful folks - Frank and Nola - from Broadwater Haven for dedicating a nice shady space with picnic table, shower and barbie for us to unwind and re-fuel in.
We are planning to go into full throttle mode for the upcoming COCONET CLASSIC Extreme Sports and Music Festival, which is to be held in Tannum Sands over the Easter Weekend, with Marco entering the free-style and national competition. We will be there with our gear and information for Fri, Sat and Sun….but I would suggest Fri and Sat for those of you who actually want to get some sense out of us as Sunday is the Music part of the festival with a fantastic line-up guaranteed to be drowning us out….besides, it’s hard to watch the stall and mosh at the same time.
Hope to see some of you there studying the form - of the kiters not the bikini chicks - what the hell……BOTH!!!!
We are now also stocking Slingshot kites - that name makes me nervous - so our arsenal is becoming more impressive day by day.
