After a few lessons i got the opportunity to take out my newly acquired 14m Vegas 04 - supervised by a kiting mate.
The wind didn’t cooperate at all as it went from 15kts to 24 gusting to 26 in about 30min. So obviously i put the kite back in the car - and of course the wind dropped down again so i set back up and by the time i got out again there was very little left of the wind (all in the space of 40min). I managed to get a few body drags out in the water - which was good fun but i was intending to hone some board skills but the wind just wasn't there.
After about an hour of just having a laugh in the the wind dropped pretty low and the kite fell out of the sky. I moved rapidly upwind to try and catch it - but there just wasn’t enough wind and the lines had lost more distance than i could make up. I remeber thinking "Ohhh ****e this is bad" actually i think i yelled it :). Then about 1m off the ground the kite gripped and i was flung 3 or so m in the air (well thats what if felt like - superman style) and I landed on my bar - got a nice cricket ball bruise on my leg for my trouble. So close to loosing all chances of ever having kids - one inch and i would still be down at the beach contemplating suicide. Pretty amusing now - i must have looked dern confused.
Just thought all the other newbs out there would be amused by my damaged pride - but ill be out there tomorrow battling it out. Say G'day if your riding in Brighton Victoria & don’t say i didn’t warn you to give me a wide girth
Im the bright orange 14m vegas.
Wind 1 = Hobbling Alex -1
Al
p.s if anyone has a Ocean Rodeo Zen 135 lmk as i would love to know how they handle - thinking about picking one up tomorrow.
I have a snowboard background so is this board suitable for rapid advancement and choppy conditions?
