4 months of flying all culminated into 10 seconds this morning. After 35 min on my Rush 300 static i walked from the grass to that way too small
parking lot w/ 5 cars in it.
Piloted between light stantions and trees grabed a longboard from the hatchback waited for the right moment.....
Shabang!!! about 75 yrds one way before i bailed running.
With kite overhead i left the board and backed out of the area safely and in tact. Can't get this grin off my face today.
Soon as i get home tonight all the tools come out of the car. Got to fill it w/ safty equipment now because finally i am in some way a
Kiteboarder!!!:
This has me reminiscing about my first rides- just so happens I have some video! This is my very first day trying to ride something while flying a
kite, and this is my first (and only) descent run without getting pulled off the board. It was the last run of the day and it was AWESOME! Been
hooked ever since.
That's our boy John Holgate in the background- for any who don't know in addition to being a kiter he's a pretty awesome musician to!
We understand all that is not mathematics through the world, but we understand the world through mathematics
2.6 , 3.9 , 5.3 , 6.8 PL Vipers
5 , 7.5 HQ Apex II
14m HQ Montana VII
5m naish element
7m ss turbo diesel
10m pansh blaze
5m beamer dearly departed into a tree
3 "snowspider" homebuilt kite sleds
3 homebuilt buggies
1 skate board with seat on wheels or blades (the c0ckroach)
No pics...... one of those spontanious moments. that old WTF lets go for it. Wind was honking nicely and really thought i was ready. Cant wait for
work to end.... 3 mins after and i'm setting up again. I cant beleive you guys have been keeping this from me for so long. I have a lot of wind to
make up for in my life. But think i'm up for it......Happy Daze.
I started out on rollerblades and tarmac after struggling in the water. What you are up to is very do-able. Helmet is a must you WILL fall back and
hit your head.
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