Kitesurfing – Session 12 – Sunrise beach
The wind is PUMPING today. I used Greg’s new (2nd hand) 2006 10m2 Naish Torch (thanks Greg) and he was on his 8m2.
Progress:
I can go upwind now!!!!! This is major progress. It was my backfoot that I wasnt using correctly. I needed to extend my front leg fully and put more pressure on my back heel. This slowed me down when going ridiculously fast and I was feeling the kite and board much better.
Weather Report:
24knots SSE. 18 was predicted – Windguru is giving me a headache! 19deg. Directly onshore. Bluebottles by the million. I got stung like hell on my hands, feet and ankles several times and it hurt for about 2 hours after I got out the water.
So I am trying to organise a 10m2 kite for myself now.. The hunt is on. The debate is what kite to get. I really enjoyed the 10m2 Torch – a C type kite. My main kite is a Naish 12m2 bow kite. So looking at the Torch 2006 kite – I just cant bring myself to pay the new 2007 prices! Also checking out the BestKites, North, Cabrinah.
